California (There Is No End To Love) - Song Discussion

[Mrs. Garrison]

i love this damn song

totally unrelated but not

 

[Gonna Run 2 U]

It's a fun song. Bono strains a bit and the lyrics are a little awkward but the chorus with the killers esque synth makes it a good time.


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[RockNRollDawgie]

This is the first tune I heard from the album. I loved it immediately! The Beach Boys intro
was cool! This sounds like it's from 1980!

 

[purpleoscar]

i love this damn song

totally unrelated but not

Driving song!

 

[birdman]

Edges solo sounds like something J Mascis might play, like Tarpit out of 'You're Living All Over Me'.

 

[lazarus]

Nice reference to classic Dino Jr

 

[CosmoKramer]

Listening to it now.....its catchy and it gets better with each listen. That opening was cringeworthy at first but I almost like it now......almost.


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[trevgreg]

Driving song!

I just listened to it twice on the road today, and I can confirm that yes, it is.

 

[NotBono]

Seriously, I think this is one that'll grow on people and ultimately end up as a single and has a slight chance of hitting the charts. It's got a really fun, youthful and energetic vibe to it and is probably my favorite of the album.

I guess I'm in the minority here

 

[Snuffleupagus]

I love the pre-chorus/ chorus of this song. The more I listen to bonos singing on this the more I enjoy it and it just has that Motown vibe to it in the chorus mixed with modern and a desire to surf



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[Gilead12]

The "that's how I know!" after "there is no end to grief" is my favorite vocal moment on the record, I think, even above all the 'Iiiiris'es. CLASSIC Bono explosion, and you can tell he's feeling that lyric, which is also one of my favorites on the record.

 

[Niceman]

I haven't decided if I love or hate this song, but I'm certain now its one or the other.

 

[Chrisedge]

My favorite track and growing.

 

[An Cat Gav]

It's absolutely brilliant. With the right video and maybe being used in some big US tv show it has a very good chance of being a hit. Not a hit in terms of chart positions maybe, but of getting into the heads of the general public.

 

[birdman]

It's absolutely brilliant. With the right video and maybe being used in some big US tv show it has a very good chance of being a hit. Not a hit in terms of chart positions maybe, but of getting into the heads of the general public.

Hopefully, U2 have nothing to do with big US TV shows, in the future. It would ruin the whole era.

 

[Airseven]

I think this is the appropriate thread to mention that half of these song titles are damn awful.

 

[owl]

More California love coming through - I approve.

 

[birdman]

I think this is the appropriate thread to mention that half of these song titles are damn awful.

Especially 'Raised by Wolves'. Sure Bono, I'll be a wolf for you... fucken' gimp *cough*

I also concluded that if 'The Troubles' had a different name, I would have enjoyed it more.

 

[guill]

i love this damn song

totally unrelated but not

This is the first tune I heard from the album. I loved it immediately! The Beach Boys intro
was cool! This sounds like it's from 1980!

outrun and california, 80's heaven

 

[Diane L]

Easy and breezy and fun, fun, fun. The whoa whoa whoas remind me of a Katy Perry song (Teenage Dream?) but that's not a bad thing when used like this.


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[popacrobat]

Easy and breezy and fun, fun, fun. The whoa whoa whoas remind me of a Katy Perry song (Teenage Dream?) but that's not a bad thing when used like this.


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I think it reminds you of California Girls. Seriously. She should be in this video too.

 

[Diane L]

I think it reminds you of California Girls. Seriously. She should be in this video too.]

Yes, that's the song! I'm not a fan, she's a silly person and crazy to let Russell Brand get away, IMHO. But in this context, in this song...it works.


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[birdman]

But in this context, in this son...

When one liiiii...

 

[bonocomet]

Became my #1 on third album listen. I liked it on first listen, and by second listen couldn't get the melody out of my head. My rankings will probably change in time with each listen, they usually do.

Seriously, I think this is one that'll grow on people and ultimately end up as a single and has a slight chance of hitting the charts. It's got a really fun, youthful and energetic vibe to it and is probably my favorite of the album.

I guess I'm in the minority here

I'm with you.

upbeat and sunshiny like it should be

love it

This song is breezy and easy. It rolls more than rocks...it's pop U2 style. I like it...

Fun, upbeat, catchy pop/rock that makes you smile and sounds like the familiar U2 people love.

Basically Kryptonite to some on Interference.

 

[Gonna Run 2 U]

I think this should be a single with a video immediately


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[owl]

I think this should be a single with a video immediately


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I couldn't agree with you more.

 

[yankeesguy86]

Saw this getting a little hate earlier in the thread, but I come back to this song as much as any on the album. It's the first chorus I latched onto, and it's just a fun and breezy pop song. Seems to have some mainstream potential, too.

The most "bubblegum" U2 song since Discotheque . . . but that's alright

 

[corianderstem]

This song keeps getting better and better, the more I hear it.

 

[Sr. Poop]

U2's most mainstream song and will get the most attention from the mainstream crowd. I think this will be a hit song for them.

Just want to view my awesome prediction again

 

[sue4u2]

I don't know. Jury still out on this one. They are still discussing it in my head. I've already skipped over it a couple of times. But it's early, still.