So, what do we know about the less known songs?

[shart1780]

3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
5. City Of Blinding Lights
7. A Man And A Woman
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10. Original Of The Species

I don't know anything about these songs. What info do we have on them? Anything at all?

 

[VertiGone]

3. sounds like coldplay's clocks and AB outtakes mixed together apparently (spaniard/italian)


10. sounds like bowie's aladdin sane (Q magazine 2 years ago)

 

[Murray]

3. A song about Bono's dad
9. One of the first songs we heard about, from the original SOLAR tracklisting.
10. " "

 

[VertiGone]

I'd like to add that we also know that Jick will complain about many or all of them in a thread started by himself.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Once Bono said that they were working on a song that I think he described using the words "metal" and "mad piano". Does anyone remember?

 

[Swan269]

Bono said in the Q article that "Species" is about Edge's daughter

 

[Murray]

I'm gonna pull a Popmartijn, and answer this thread title with one word:

"less"

 

[VertiGone]

Dalkey said there was one other track that was bluesy, other than LPE, so i'm going to go out on a limb and say that Crumbs from your Table is bluesy.

 

[shart1780]

I don't want another bluesy song

 

[RademR]

3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
-song written for Bonos father.
-recited lyrics at Bob's funeral.
-described by magazine as "sykscraping rocker", Bono was dancing to it.

9. One Step Closer
-apparently started with Liam Gallagher (lyrics)