BoyOnTheHorizon
Refugee
I know the world doesn't need another thread, but I want to say it out loud... It's grower!!
It the first album that grew on me since AB. I am not kidding.
Zooropa was a weird little bastard when it came out. Surely, it has staying power, cause the songs, as different as they are, have the U2 flair. I am a traditionalist, so it was a shock, but I liked right way.
Pop was a big disappointment, after all the hype, Bono even saying the album would be called Expect Nothing but the Best , people saying would be earthshaking and groundbreaking album. When it first came out, with midnight release here in Brazil(it was very rare), I was so excited and then boom... in the first days I already had most of the lyrics in my mind, and some weeks later a realized that from that album, the only songs I liked were Discotheque, Staring at the Sun and Gone. It stayed like that since.
ATYCLB was immediate. The first half achieved it's purpose with the precision of a sniper. That album was meant to be like that. And I like it the way I did on the first listen; sure when I first heard Walk On I thought it was the best song since Pride. It wasn't. But Beautiful Day and Stuck in Moment became all time classics. And In a little while
Bomb was surrounded with more or less the same hype as Pop. The IPpod. Vertigo. The best ever, eleven reasons to go out, Edges on fire, etc.
I heard Miracle drug with a smile in my face. But weeks passed, and all that remained was a very good album with brilliant moments and Yaweh...
No Line... well, the next reinvention. Where? When? Who? Didn't like it first, too many things going on. I thought, well, here Edge is inspired. Nice production. I started to dig it, Crazy, Stand Up, Breathe.
But when I the hype was gone I saw that most of the album was U2 covering themselves. Of course it has great moments like MOS, Breathe and Crazy Tonight. But I felt cheated with songs like Magnificent and UC. Songs that are simply warmed up, U2 by the numbers in auto pilot. The first time the band showed that so explicit.
To be continued...
It the first album that grew on me since AB. I am not kidding.
Zooropa was a weird little bastard when it came out. Surely, it has staying power, cause the songs, as different as they are, have the U2 flair. I am a traditionalist, so it was a shock, but I liked right way.
Pop was a big disappointment, after all the hype, Bono even saying the album would be called Expect Nothing but the Best , people saying would be earthshaking and groundbreaking album. When it first came out, with midnight release here in Brazil(it was very rare), I was so excited and then boom... in the first days I already had most of the lyrics in my mind, and some weeks later a realized that from that album, the only songs I liked were Discotheque, Staring at the Sun and Gone. It stayed like that since.
ATYCLB was immediate. The first half achieved it's purpose with the precision of a sniper. That album was meant to be like that. And I like it the way I did on the first listen; sure when I first heard Walk On I thought it was the best song since Pride. It wasn't. But Beautiful Day and Stuck in Moment became all time classics. And In a little while
Bomb was surrounded with more or less the same hype as Pop. The IPpod. Vertigo. The best ever, eleven reasons to go out, Edges on fire, etc.
I heard Miracle drug with a smile in my face. But weeks passed, and all that remained was a very good album with brilliant moments and Yaweh...
No Line... well, the next reinvention. Where? When? Who? Didn't like it first, too many things going on. I thought, well, here Edge is inspired. Nice production. I started to dig it, Crazy, Stand Up, Breathe.
But when I the hype was gone I saw that most of the album was U2 covering themselves. Of course it has great moments like MOS, Breathe and Crazy Tonight. But I felt cheated with songs like Magnificent and UC. Songs that are simply warmed up, U2 by the numbers in auto pilot. The first time the band showed that so explicit.
To be continued...