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Refugee
I didn't appreciate it much at first, and always thought the album version was superior, but now I see it as a really great song.
Maybe even better than the album version?
Maybe even better than the album version?
Chizip said:i like it 10 times better than the album version
its quite delish
angelordevil said:
I prefer the earlier versions to the finished ones. I think they're more organic.
Huh, I forgot those lyrics... really nice! It also begs the question, "What the hell, Bono?" He can come up with some really interesting stuff, but then drops out nonsense like "an intellectual tortoise" and, the worst line of any U2 song, "...heavy as a truck"AtomicBono said:I especially like the lyrics. "I had the universe decoded then the atom split" "It's the defeaning silence that drowns god out"
Catman said:
Seriously, the lyrics you mentioned are better than, and I'm being honest here, roughly 80-90% of what Bono came up with for HTDAAB. Not saying anything about the songs themselves, just that Bono needs to take a step back and read what he's writing...
Zootlesque said:
Now why did they not put this one on the album? Maybe cos these alternate lyrics are not quite as easy to sing along to?
xaviMF22 said:
maybe cause is not as "accessible" as the one in the album??
don't know if that makes any sense
Zootlesque said:
It does... to me. Cos you basically said what I said, that it's less accessible, harder to sing along to.. less catchy lyrics!
Oh... not to mention fewer rhymes! along the lines of tracks/backs/cracks.
xaviMF22 said:
and I wouldn't hate it as much
Zootlesque said:
Wait... are you being serious or sarcastic?
I don't, in any stretch of imagination, hate HTDAAB! But I get the feeling I would've preferred the less catchy, more poetic version.
Zootlesque said:
But I get the feeling I would've preferred the less catchy, more poetic version.
cjboog said:Thanks to whoever sent me this version, I really like some of it such as the "My oh my, you know I got no tears to cry" part but don't like the chorus as much. I don't really care for the Ah-ah-all beacuse of you in the other version, but both of them are great songs.
Ay Ay Cap'n!LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:
LJT said:^On its way
catlhere said:I'd send it but your email only takes "known" senders and I really don't feel like filling anything out to be able to send someone something. So, sorry about that.