I recently went back to Vertigo and appreciated it for what it was.
Somtimes I forget the feeling of seeing U2 on the tv adds in 2004 for the Vertigo single before the album officially came out. Now Vertigo has been played so many times it has become normal but when I first heard and saw them they were cool.
The song was cool and sounded fresh, they sounded young and energized again easpecily Bono. That intro with the scratching guitar before the song took off seemed a little bad ass at first even.
So go back at watch the tv comercail and even though they were "selling out" tell me they werent cool.
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=YiV4jzWitnA
They even looked cool and rough, Bono easpecily looked rejuvinated and cool. His hair was long again, the way he moved or danced to the song, the fact that he wore like 5 necklesses. I particulary liked they way he use to shake and bang violently on his chest when singing the feeeel part of the song it just added to the dramatics and specticle of it. Matter of fact I dont think Bono can dance but he could in the ipod comercial and the vertigo music video. O yea and loved how Bono says - turn it up loud captian - when the song gets going
Somtimes I forget the feeling of seeing U2 on the tv adds in 2004 for the Vertigo single before the album officially came out. Now Vertigo has been played so many times it has become normal but when I first heard and saw them they were cool.
The song was cool and sounded fresh, they sounded young and energized again easpecily Bono. That intro with the scratching guitar before the song took off seemed a little bad ass at first even.
So go back at watch the tv comercail and even though they were "selling out" tell me they werent cool.
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=YiV4jzWitnA
They even looked cool and rough, Bono easpecily looked rejuvinated and cool. His hair was long again, the way he moved or danced to the song, the fact that he wore like 5 necklesses. I particulary liked they way he use to shake and bang violently on his chest when singing the feeeel part of the song it just added to the dramatics and specticle of it. Matter of fact I dont think Bono can dance but he could in the ipod comercial and the vertigo music video. O yea and loved how Bono says - turn it up loud captian - when the song gets going