i don't dislike it. there's not a song on october i could say i don't like or skip past.I think I might be the only person on Earth that enjoys "Is That All". I know the opening riff is borrowed from Electric Co (How awesome is Electric Co?!!??!?!?!), but, after that, I don't know....not a great song, but, Edge's guitar is so pure on this song, it's like a beam of fucking light. See? This is why I rarely talk about U2 on this board. I sound like a simpering toady.
Back then, my musical knowledge and tastes were very limited. It was a completely different world in that regard. Funnily enough, my trip to see U2 in the US and signing up to last.fm on my return to Australia is what changed things. In the US, I picked up a bunch of CDs since your prices are so much cheaper than ours, then when I got home and signed up to last.fm, I was rather bothered by the fact that it vividly highlighted how little music I really had. So I very quickly began digging into the world of music and now look where things are.
Bizarrely enough, Best Of 1990-2000 is what really turned me into a serious fan. I heard Gone and was hooked. Then a friend of my mother gave me copies of the UABRS and RAH videos. After 11OTT and Bad, there was no going back.
Please explain.
Also, you gonna check out Vertigo and Punch-Drunk Love?
See a few years ago I might have believed this but in the last few years people who have been making music for years like Porcupine Tree, Todd Rundgren and Kate Bush have released one if not their best albums. I saw Return To Forever a few nights ago. They are in their 60's and rocked harder than U2 ever has. I believe talent lasts forever with U2 I just don't think they have the motivation.
See a few years ago I might have believed this but in the last few years people who have been making music for years like Porcupine Tree, Todd Rundgren and Kate Bush have released one if not their best albums. I saw Return To Forever a few nights ago. They are in their 60's and rocked harder than U2 ever has. I believe talent lasts forever with U2 I just don't think they have the motivation.
I think I might be the only person on Earth that enjoys "Is That All". I know the opening riff is borrowed from Electric Co (How awesome is Electric Co?!!??!?!?!), but, after that, I don't know....not a great song, but, Edge's guitar is so pure on this song, it's like a beam of fucking light. See? This is why I rarely talk about U2 on this board. I sound like a simpering toady.
I think I might be the only person on Earth that enjoys "Is That All". I know the opening riff is borrowed from Electric Co (How awesome is Electric Co?!!??!?!?!), but, after that, I don't know....not a great song, but, Edge's guitar is so pure on this song, it's like a beam of fucking light. See? This is why I rarely talk about U2 on this board. I sound like a simpering toady.
Never "Lance on Cameron" levels though, so it's all good.
"Is That All?" is a cracking tune, that's for sure. "The Electric Co.," however, is something else entirely. Say what you want about the Chicago DVD, but that moment when Edge breaks into the solo is one of my favorites U2 moments on film.
Both films were tedious and uninteresting. It is as simple as that. I was never engaged. They tried so hard to be classics but they fail.
Yep. Vertigo is bound to be played on AMC or TCM. I have always wanted to see Punch-Drunk Love. I love seeing comediens do dramatic work.
Both films were tedious and uninteresting. It is as simple as that. I was never engaged. They tried so hard to be classics but they fail.
Yep. Vertigo is bound to be played on AMC or TCM. I have always wanted to see Punch-Drunk Love. I love seeing comediens do dramatic work.
That's cool. My tastes were fairly limited when I heard Bomb, too. We all change, especially at such a young age.
It is funny that you got into '90s U2. Did you ever really like Achtung Baby?
When I was in San Diego for the start of the tour.....hearing the opening to Electric Co was easily one of the best musical moments of my life. I was just so amped, geeked, psyched, stunned, pleased......then, to fucking follow that up with An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart....goodness. No set list party can capture what it's like to be there early on.
Am I missing one?
Awesome.
I really hope I can catch either an early show or a Miami/NYC/Boston show during the next tour. Miami's easily the most feasible, but seeing them in the other 2 places would be amazing in and of itself.
rattle and humWhy not?
1) TUF
2) Achtung Baby
3) The Joshua Tree
4) ATYCLB
5) War
6) Zooropa
7) HTDAAB
8) Passengers
9) Pop
10) Boy
11) October
Am I missing one?
RAH.
Anyway, I need to go grocery shopping, so I'll see you folk in 45 minutes or so.
I don't think it's tedious, but some pretty dense, complicated character and relationship drama. The struggle and dramatic change in Michael Corleone is nothing short of a Greek tragedy. If you don't like it, that's cool, but not appreciating the technical work is pretty bad, I think. At least give it credit for that.
It'll be interesting to read what you think of PDL, I remember you not being too high on P.T. Anderson in the past.
I just don't understand why people love The Godfather so much. I don't see what's so great about it either thematically or visually. Well...I'll take back Visually, when my aesthetics class spent FOREVER discussing the filming of it and what they went through to make it look as realistic as possible, THEN I was impressed.
I in all honesty hated Bomb and ATYCLB on first listen but things equaled out when I listened to X&Y and thought it was a classic.
The Godfather was really well shot and directed but the film never interested me.
Punch-Drunk Love is an Anderson film? Honestly I don't think I can watch it now.
No, seriously I'll give it a chance.
Yeah, we're at opposite ends of the spectrum here. Cannot for the life of me see how anyone that claims to love film could watch it and dislike it, but, hey, it's a different era and people like what they like. People today fawn over comedies like Anchor Man or Knocked Up and I want to ram any of 10-15 Woody Allen films down their throat so they can watch a real comedy, but it would go unappreciated, so what's the point?
The Godfather was really well shot and directed but the film never interested me.
Punch-Drunk Love is an Anderson film? Honestly I don't think I can watch it now.
No, seriously I'll give it a chance.
then ram them down our throatsYeah, we're at opposite ends of the spectrum here. Cannot for the life of me see how anyone that claims to love film could watch it and dislike it, but, hey, it's a different era and people like what they like. People today fawn over comedies like Anchor Man or Knocked Up and I want to ram any of 10-15 Woody Allen films down their throat so they can watch a real comedy, but it would go unappreciated, so what's the point?
I like to think that I've got a pretty good spectrum of film respect. Casablanca is one of my favorite films, The Godfather though, is one of my least favorite. I will also admit that I really like Anchorman and Knocked Up, and I have yet to have seen a Woody Allen film (the opportunity just hasn't presented itself, but if you recommend one to me, I'll rent it tomorrow), but in the long run, I've always felt that wha'ts funny is relative.