Ordinary Love

[corianderstem]

BigMac has an 'in' to the Academy. He already knows they all hate it. obviously.

 

[MadForIt]

U2 and Chris Martin would be awful
U2 dont need to go down that route

 

[Mountain Dew Ma]

BigMac has an 'in' to the Academy. He already knows they all hate it. obviously.

 

[Acrobat_Al]

How can they keep saying that they're looking for "new sounds, new colors" when they use a piano and the same guitar effect that Edge's has been using since 2001?? Nice song, but it is just another contemporary adult song...

 

[Mountain Dew Ma]

 

[mikal]

How can they keep saying that they're looking for "new sounds, new colors" when they use a piano and the same guitar effect that Edge's has been using since 2001?? Nice song, but it is just another contemporary adult song...

You're right. U2 should create new instruments!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Perhaps they should use a glockenspiel

 

[Von Schloopen]

They already have!

"I Will Follow", "Electrical Storm", "Crumbs From Your Table."

 

[lemonfly]

I wouldn't mind them bringing back some instruments they've used in the past - harmonica, a brass section, the "electric violin" sound they had on Drowning Man etc. I don't think anyone is seriously expecting them to go proggy with the instrumentation, but they can broaden their horizons beyond chimey guitar/synths/piano. I *think* that's what Acrobat Al was getting at.

 

[Von Schloopen]

I think people who are hoping that Edge will one day put away his delay pedals are going to be perpetually disappointed.

 

[Catman]

Yeah, "delay" is pretty prominent w/ U2.

 

[Musikwala]

Is there a Bart Simpsons chalkboard generator out there?

 

[thavidesco]

Hey people, stop you grinnin and drop you linnin, the song is AWESOME, it´s well produced pop song, no need for blasting guitar solos, it has great chorus and great singing by Bono, the music fits perfectly for the purposes of the song. It is their trademark and what made them special, not to exhibit, but to serve the song, I enjoy it very much, it still sounds like U2, but pushed somewhere else, what more can you ask for, I´m happy!!!

 

[mama cass]

i love it too

the whiners are cracking me up, it's like santa giving them a lovely gift and them bursting into tears and throwing their toys out of the pram because they don't like it - spoilt brats, boo hoo

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I think people who are hoping that Edge will one day put away his delay pedals are going to be perpetually disappointed.

 

[LUNEDEMINUIT]

On a positive side,we can look at Ordinary love like it's four men chopping down Achtung baby.


**IRONY**

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Context apparently is non existent anymore.

If So Cruel was a one off single not linked to any album...

 

[Globo14]

After a few listens, this song is leaving me with a positive outlook for the album, even though I don't find the song itself all that great. There's definitely potential here. The lyrics are too predictable and blatantly political/inspirational for me, though.

 

[mikal]

Context apparently is non existent anymore.

If So Cruel was a one off single not linked to any album...

Yep or The First Time. People would have pulled out the lame "U2 is on auto pilot" commentary for sure.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

So Cruel? More like So Coldplay rip off!

 

[LUNEDEMINUIT]

Context apparently is non existent anymore.

If So Cruel was a one off single not linked to any album...

There's more meat around "So cruel's" bone than Ordinary love,i'll say.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Of course there is... It was released 20 years ago. When they weren't liars.

 

[thavidesco]

Somehow I find the second part of the second version (Your heart is on my sleeve...) reminding something from Unforgettable fire in a great way and the refrain sounds gospelly like little bit from JT era, again in great way, just impressions... Fantastic song!!!

 

[jay canseco]

What I can't figure is the strong negative reaction from some. Indifference I could see. I guess I just ignore songs I don't much care for.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

What I can't figure is the strong negative reaction from some. Indifference I could see. I guess I just ignore songs I don't much care for.

That's the 5yr thing. When WITS was released I think most people just mumbled to themselves "Well, that's awful" and quietly shuffled on.

 

[lemonfly]

What I can't figure is the strong negative reaction from some. Indifference I could see. I guess I just ignore songs I don't much care for.

You mean "I've waited nearly five years for this? Is this a fucking joke?" I don't think it's so much to do with the quality of the track, more with the prolonged time interval. Had we gotten an album in 2011, I don't believe there would be anywhere near the disdain that we're seeing. It's a 5/10 song imo, but after nearly half a decade of no official releases it's akin to stumbling towards an apparent oasis in the desert, only to find it's muddy and full of camel shit.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Yeah, just the length if the interval significantly adding to the weight of expectations.

 

[mikal]

I pretty much figure that all of Bono's lyrics have to do with tax evasion nowadays.

 

[jay canseco]

The way I see things, the soundtrack was not a place for U2 to try out a new sound. They needed to write a U2ey track for Nelson Mandela. We still have 12 potential new sound experiments to look forward to on the upcoming album.

 

[Registered Dude]