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New Album Discussion 10 - Songs of Sir, this is a Wendy's, durr
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That wasn’t part of tiny desk? Jesus Christ. Spread this shit out. Most of your fans are already drunk.
tommycharles
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I'm halfway through, and there's more to like here than I was expecting based on the tracks they released early. But my goodness, what did they do to the chorus of The Miracle?! I like the new arrangement, but thumbs down to those new words.
I’m just absolutely delighted with this album. It’s like a big hug. I don’t know how to express that in a way that doesn’t sound stupid, but I really love this. Even the songs I never really liked (Miracle Drug, The Miracle… guess I don’t care for miracles) are so charming on this album.
david
ONE love, blood, life
The Little Elf Concert was good.
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
4. Cocaine Bear
Tyagu_Anaykus
New Yorker
I am in love with this version of Bad
iota
War Child
5. Cocaine Bear again.
Most frustrating thing about this project is that it shows the songs were always there.
This obsession from Bono and Edge to redefine themselves as songwriters in the last 15 years in order to get away from this (false) narrative that they were hacks who used sonic wizardry to cover up average tunes is bizarre at best and creatively limiting at worst.
I don't think they ought to worry about how sonic experimentation impacts the creative process, they've always had natural songwriting tendencies to justify being adventurous.
Basically, they should screw Rick Rubin and his ill informed opinions, a man who hasn't produced a decent album in decades.
This obsession from Bono and Edge to redefine themselves as songwriters in the last 15 years in order to get away from this (false) narrative that they were hacks who used sonic wizardry to cover up average tunes is bizarre at best and creatively limiting at worst.
I don't think they ought to worry about how sonic experimentation impacts the creative process, they've always had natural songwriting tendencies to justify being adventurous.
Basically, they should screw Rick Rubin and his ill informed opinions, a man who hasn't produced a decent album in decades.
Thank you! Absolutely agree. Have some respect for the words? You mean the evocative poetry of their best work that he kinda downplays now in favor of pithy B-platitudes? FFS. Get out of your own way indeed.
Salome
you are what you is
The version on UF is special, but this version has a better balance.
Or something.
Love it
This.
They clearly took issue with the criticisms - from Rubin and others - that they used smoke and mirrors to become huge.
This should prove for once and all that the songs are great on their own.
david
ONE love, blood, life
Wasn’t Rubin’s real issue is that he wanted the band to more or less have the songs written before they came to the studio?
Both. He wanted songs ready and he said something along the lines of the band using atmospherics to hide that they don’t really have a song. Which was BS then and is laid bare by SOS, which is the most Rubin-sounding thing they’ve done.
DomCobb
Acrobat
Can't stand Peace on Earth on ATYCLB and can't stand it here. Sorry Edge.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
So if you had to make the standard cd - what’s on it? Here’s mine:
1 Vertigo
2 Stories For Boys
3 Invisible
4 11 O’Clock
5 If God Will Send
6 Bad
7 Walk On
8 Red Hill Mining Town
9 Lights of Home
10 Dirty Day
11 Electrical Storm
12 The Miracle
13 The Fly
14 Stay
15 Two Hearts
16 Little Things
I’m loving most of them - I went in expecting to be able to scrape a 15 track version together to listen to, but I really don’t ‘dislike’ anything. The worst bits just seem unnecessary, but it’s all good. Maybe swap Get Out or Cedarwood Road for Moment of Surrender?
1 Vertigo
2 Stories For Boys
3 Invisible
4 11 O’Clock
5 If God Will Send
6 Bad
7 Walk On
8 Red Hill Mining Town
9 Lights of Home
10 Dirty Day
11 Electrical Storm
12 The Miracle
13 The Fly
14 Stay
15 Two Hearts
16 Little Things
I’m loving most of them - I went in expecting to be able to scrape a 15 track version together to listen to, but I really don’t ‘dislike’ anything. The worst bits just seem unnecessary, but it’s all good. Maybe swap Get Out or Cedarwood Road for Moment of Surrender?
JamietheEdgefan
Refugee
I'm still processing the album, there's a lot to get through - but I'm very impressed so far.
I just watched the documentary, which was great. It had quite a sweet message from Bono and Edge before the end credits, thanking Larry & Adam for letting them "go rogue with this one".
The performances were amazingly shot too, they should hire whoever did it for their next full band concert film.
I just watched the documentary, which was great. It had quite a sweet message from Bono and Edge before the end credits, thanking Larry & Adam for letting them "go rogue with this one".
The performances were amazingly shot too, they should hire whoever did it for their next full band concert film.
F'n preach it.
ferball415
Acrobat
And it's just so bizarre and stupid that it was ever questioned in the first place. When The Best of 1980-1990 came out, the general reaction from everyone, critics and casuals alike was something to the effect of, "Oh yea--these songs are like, uniformly amazing, aren't they? This band clearly wrote pretty much the best songs of the '80s."
I (and most of us, I presume) personally think the same applies to the '90s, but at least with that decade's output you can understand why the accusation ("so eXperiMentaL") would be made [by dopes].
womanfish
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I'd rate it about a 3 out of 10 on ATYCLB and a 4 out of 10 here. Improvement! LOL
Edge is wonderful on the album. All over the place he shines
Bono has some great moments as well, and then a few that clearly reflect the vocal was taken in one go and as raw as could be. There’s a few songs where his voice really brings down what was a wonderful tune. Basically anytime he tries to hit the falsetto nowadays. He needs studio magic or let edge take over
Overall much better listen than i was expecting
Bono has some great moments as well, and then a few that clearly reflect the vocal was taken in one go and as raw as could be. There’s a few songs where his voice really brings down what was a wonderful tune. Basically anytime he tries to hit the falsetto nowadays. He needs studio magic or let edge take over
Overall much better listen than i was expecting
womanfish
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Would be interested in seeing this list from others here. I'm working on mine. Getting close
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
He needs to go back to the aviator glasses from 2014 and cut his hair short and dye it black.
Gonna Run 2 U
New Yorker
Is Bono literally turning into the fly?
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