Next Album Rumours Thread III - The Gospel of Adam

[mikal]

HMTMKMKM absolutely fits in Zooropa. It adds a little extra punch to the beginning of the album. The crunchy guitar and vocal effects fit that era almost perfectly. And sandwiched between Zooropa and Numb is pretty much as perfect a fit that you can get.

 

[AndrewCowley]

Sonically, HMTMKMKM is a better match for Pop than Zooropa.

But anyhow ... Zooropa, Passengers, Pop. What a great trio. Where has that band gone?

 

[the tourist]

Sonically, HMTMKMKM is a better match for Pop than Zooropa.



But anyhow ... Zooropa, Passengers, Pop. What a great trio. Where has that band gone?

The lemon incident swapped the band with an alternate dimension version of the band. Somewhere in the multiverse, our U2 is still making super interesting music.

 

[zoocarolina]

Not really related to a new album, but this is a pretty cool slow pandemic type cover of The Fly

https://youtu.be/zQtdm_q1uTo

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I hold Babyface in the same regards as I do Boots.

 

[Hewson]

I hold Babyface in the same regards as I do Boots.

Boots was kind of fun live.
Babyface...well you heard the clip.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Babyface is creepy. Boots is cringe. Whether or not you find Babyface as cringey because it is creepy means like... babyface has to take the cake.

But the musical sound of Babyface is still solid, something Boots can’t challenge.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Creepy as fuck. I always skip it.

 

[LemonMelon]

Babyface is creepy on purpose and an excellent sonic creation. Production is crisp and spacious, Edge's guitar tone is like little else he's ever done.

It's not a great song, of course, probably my least favorite song on one of my top albums ever, but it's an oddity from my favorite U2 era so there are things about it that I like.

 

[DeVaul]

The verses are great.

 

[lazarus]

Babyface is creepy on purpose and an excellent sonic creation. Production is crisp and spacious, Edge's guitar tone is like little else he's ever done.

Most of this. It sounds great, love the instrumentation. The toy piano juxtaposed with the lyric and the discombobulating rhythm parts.

And I prefer it to Dirty Day, which probably could have used another pass on the mix. I think even Edge said as much.

 

[Irvine511]

Watching the Grammys right now.

It’s next to impossible to imagine U2 taking the stage alongside these acts. No disrespect to anyone.

The world has changed.

 

[lazarus]

I mean last time they weren't even allowed to perform in the venue and had to do so from a floating barge or whatever.

 

[Irvine511]

I mean last time they weren't even allowed to perform in the venue and had to do so from a floating barge or whatever.

They were basically put on an ice floe.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Watching the Grammys right now.

It’s next to impossible to imagine U2 taking the stage alongside these acts. No disrespect to anyone.

The world has changed.

Yet they just ran through the candidates for best pop solo performance, and I gotta say... probably the worst year for pop music in a very long time.

 

[Irvine511]

I believe you are required to love Dua Lipa.

I like “Cardigan” and that Harry Styles song about watermelon jolly ranchers.


Oh, look — Lionel Richie. Maybe U2 could play.

 

[prbiker15]

At most they’ll pull a Lionel Richie and show up in the In Memoriam section. [emoji51]

 

[LuckyNumber7]

I believe you are required to love Dua Lipa.

I like “Cardigan” and that Harry Styles song about watermelon jolly ranchers.


Oh, look — Lionel Richie. Maybe U2 could play.

Otherwise my credentials would be taken away. I’m also required to be absolutely torn and conflicted by Doja Cat.

 

[lazarus]

I mean, U2 are rock royalty at this point and if they contacted the Grammys saying they were available (assuming they had new material out), they wouldn't be turned away.

And unlike most of these big acts, they won't feel pressured to do a medley, and understand the power of one good song performed well.

Of course, you have to actually play a good song, and not Get Out Of Here With That Shit or Get On Your Eyeliner.

If they have a Vertigo, or a more powerful slower track like MOS, they could go over big.

 

[lazarus]

At most they’ll pull a Lionel Richie and show up in the In Memoriam section. [emoji51]

Is Bono OK??

 

[Irvine511]

Bono literally did just show up in a photo montage of someone who died.

 

[ascender_RS]

i like babyface, for what it is. sure it's nothing special and it kinda plods on a bit too long, but it's not one of those actively objectionable, run-to-hit-the-skip-button clunkers that U2 has plenty of.

it is definitely one of their worst live songs (which thankfully the band recognized quickly), but the album version is easily better than, say, the middle trio of NLOTH, or the singles from SOE.

Babyface fits perfectly on Zooropa though, both in terms of the lyrical themes and the sound. There's so much going on in the recorded versions of all those songs, I love that album.

I've always put HMTMKMKM on to my extended Pop playlist.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I'm gonna take my Babyface is horse shit ball and go home.

 

[super fly guy]

I'm gonna take my Babyface is horse shit ball and go home.

Dont let the stable door hit you on the way out.[emoji854]

 

[DeVaul]

Crap From Your Stable

 

[DaveC]

they shoulda just called the song Horseyfaeces amirite

 

[Hewson]

they shoulda just called the song Horseyfaeces amirite

 

[lazarus]

It was some Beautiful Hay
Now can I get a NEIGH?

 

[pacemaker]

If You Wear That Velvet Dressage

 

[Hewson]

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses....wait what?