Thanks, but I’m ok with it- no worries. Songs have different meaning to different people- and that’s the beauty of it. Someone else hating it won’t take away from my loving it.
I can’t stand Cedars of Lebanon, but that song could be a savior to someone else. It’s all good.
And I love GOOYOW. Great message for Bono's sons and mine.
i was a teenager, and music never quite hits you the way it does when you're 16 or 17
I'm glad we're all starting to appreciate NLOTH more.
So is this the song that was a letter to his sons?
So is this the song that was a letter to his sons?
So is this the song that was a letter to his sons?
To be fair unlike the Vertigo/05 phase, tour aside, all five AB singles were not promoted beyond their music videos/radio play and such and such and considering four of the five were released after the album was released and also while the band was heavily invested in touring and not doing loads of TV spots and personal appearances, Top 15 is very decent. I never suggested they were comparable to the era prior and what was to come where U2 became more invested in SNL, web streams, Letterman, Late Show set ups etal as promotion, but you gave the impression they'd done poorly so I countered.
And the whole 1990-1998 era from AB to The Best Of, prior to ATYCLB = 10 Top 10 UK singles out of 15 released in an era where unlike 2000 onwards they did not do regular TV spots and showcases etc.
In short, aye, no bad...
The first verse seems to be a letter to his daughters, specifically helping them deal with heartbreak.
Yet the second verse seems like another letter to America. Which is annoying.
Bono can say these are letters to whoever he wants obviously, but four of the five songs we’ve heard sure sound like letters to America to me. All with a message of you screwed up electing Trump. Blackout does it most effectively.
Best Thing would be the exception. Of course, they’ve tried to make it political as well with the video.
4?Bono can say these are letters to whoever he wants obviously, but four of the five songs we’ve heard sure sound like letters to America to me. All with a message of you screwed up electing Trump. Blackout does it most effectively.
Best Thing would be the exception. Of course, they’ve tried to make it political as well with the video.
Little Things? Is that the 4th? Sorry don’t hear it.
Little Things can certainly be interpreted in many different ways, which is U2 at its best. But, I’ve always thought much of the song could be about Trump, in particular these sections:
The night gave you a song
A light had been turned on
You walked out in the world
Like you belong there
As easy as a breeze
Each heart was yours to please
Is it only me who sees
There's something wrong there
It's the little things that give you away
The words you cannot say
Your big mouth in the way
It's the little things that tease and betray
The Big Mouth from The Blackout, where he’s clearly talking about Trump, is referenced again here.
With that said, this entire song could also be about Bono himself.
No. Bono is the only person in the world who's noticed that something is off about Trump and is now singing about it.Yeah, that it’s a pretty big stretch. I think the big mouth he’s talking about in TBT is who he’s referencing here.
I doubt Bono is going to be talking about Trump as having the night giving him a song or being easy as the breeze.
Just an update here. For Get Out -
I know the annoyance of having the Kendrick ending just stopping cold. So I created an alternate ending mix.
Also created an ending without the Kendrick part at all, cause i know some people here didn't like it that much.
I for one think the entire Kendrick part should be on the front end of Am Soul, but whatever, i still don't mind it at the end of Get Out.
Hope some people find it useful.
Link here
https://spectrio.egnyte.com/fl/0ureiBf22t
Thanks so much for all these mixes!
So is this the song that was a letter to his sons?
I believe Little Things is one of those Bono talking to himself songs.
Every song he's singing to his mother, himself, his wife, his kids and every album or song he makes it seem like it's the first time ever and that's why I love Bono.
Absolutely! Glad to have a group of people that can I can share them with.
I like you, bub.Maybe not you.
Don't extrapolate to the rest of us.
Are we? I think less of it as time goes on. A few good songs surrounded by the dross of a compromised vision.
Let's hope not. If that was my dad's letter to me I'd tell him that's why I don't care about him as much my mother and that he should put a bit more thought into it next time.
Little Things can certainly be interpreted in many different ways, which is U2 at its best. But, I’ve always thought much of the song could be about Trump, in particular these sections:
The night gave you a song
A light had been turned on
You walked out in the world
Like you belong there
As easy as a breeze
Each heart was yours to please
Is it only me who sees
There's something wrong there
It's the little things that give you away
The words you cannot say
Your big mouth in the way
It's the little things that tease and betray
The Big Mouth from The Blackout, where he’s clearly talking about Trump, is referenced again here.
With that said, this entire song could also be about Bono himself.