Rate the Song: Invisible
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LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
It sounds like Smile got a synth pop makover. Best "lead single" since Beautiful Day.
7 or 8, I'm not sure. The lyrics are lame, but it's a damn good pop song, not gonna lie.
7 or 8, I'm not sure. The lyrics are lame, but it's a damn good pop song, not gonna lie.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
This will be hillarious to compare in a few months' time. I really enjoy it now, usually my taste stays pretty much the same. Loved NLOTH2 over boots last time, enormously, and it's still one of my faves. I like Invisible, quite a bit, cause it sounds different. And that the wonky what I thought were synth noises are made on a guitar, bonus points, lol. I'd say it gets an 8.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Beat you to it.
Nick66
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Oh of course.
Then again, I prefer 4th of July to this, so I'm kind of biased towards that record. That's not a reflection on Invisible but rather a reflection on how I feel about TUF.
What can I say, I'm rank sentimentalist.
Your rating Dig?
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Like, I think it's absolutely ludicrous that this might not function as a formal single for the album. My brain naturally goes in the direction of this being a huge future hit for them.
Surely that's a 0 or a 1, with 3/10 just for a "bad but it could be worse" kind of tune.
I think both songs are underwhelming in the lyrics department. I've got to run now, so I haven't time to go into detail, but Invisible reads to me like a combination of bad high school poetry inspired by second rate emo-pop bands (e.g. the opening verse) and stale cliches ("there is no them, only us").
But, for anyone who's about to paint me as a total detractor without reading my earlier post, the instrumentation is pretty promising. I like what's going on there.
Yahweh_OMG
New Yorker
I did the same!!! I played Exit and God part 2 very loud...
Some good moments in that song but intro and outro too poppy for me. Not a fan of synth that softens the song. However I love the part between 1:55 and 2:51, the best part being clearly at 2:35!!! Average song, some efforts to get another sound, unfortunately those are the parts I don t like.
Hopefully album version is less pop and more guitar/drum oriented. Adam is making a great job. Edge gives some signs of life again.... Larry, I don t know what to think really.
7/10
I gave it a 9. Perhaps that's too generous, but I think it's a fabulous song.
(I also ranked in the context of my ranking scale from late in the 2012 series, which was overly generous.)
Nick66
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I also think it's a good song...though I wouldn't rate it quite that high (I gave it a 7), which in my mind would mean it ranks among U2's best, and I wouldn't go that far. But as you alluded to, we might be using different scales.
Incidentally, the discussion we were having yesterday...i.e. the music making the lyrics. I think that's happened here, and hearing the lyrics with the music, I really find them quite moving.
LadySpinHead
Refugee
8/10 for now- I'm really digging it.
corianderstem
Blue Crack Distributor
After a bunch more listens, I'm going to go with a very happy 8.
Maybe in a month or two it will settle down to a lower number, but I can't imagine it would drop to below a 6 on the 1-10 scale.
Maybe in a month or two it will settle down to a lower number, but I can't imagine it would drop to below a 6 on the 1-10 scale.
kassandra
Refugee
I gave it an 8. I think I'm swayed by the newness, who knows after a month or two but like Cori says, no lower than a 6.
God Part III
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
I gave it a 9. I adore it.
Sure, I might say 7 or 8 in a month, but that's not what this is for.
Sure, I might say 7 or 8 in a month, but that's not what this is for.
Super Yo
New Yorker
9 out of 10, love the intro and the guitar solo. Also, the lyrics are direct but really touching.
I put today's Invisible votes into my 2012 Rate the Song spreadsheet. With 88 votes (which is, by a fair amount, more votes than any song got in 2012 Rate the Song), Invisible has a mean rating of 7.69, with a standard deviation of 1.37 points. Putting it with the 2012 votes, this would put it in 83rd place among U2 songs, right below Mothers of the Disappeared, and right above When I Look at the World. It is a few ranks down from Vertigo, and rather far ahead of Boots.
Thoughts? Seems a little low to me. Obviously, though, it's hard to put too much stock in a comparison between Invisible's votes in 2014 and all of the other votes from 2012.
Thoughts? Seems a little low to me. Obviously, though, it's hard to put too much stock in a comparison between Invisible's votes in 2014 and all of the other votes from 2012.
Serena Vox
ONE love, blood, life
8
It's a solid song, but could do with being a minute or two longer.
It's a solid song, but could do with being a minute or two longer.
mikal
Blue Crack Addict
Hard to tell right now. It's hard to crack that top 50 but I'd rate it higher than 83.
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AndrewCowley
Refugee
8 for me. Could easily go to 9 (or even 10) if the non-edit version has a proper ending.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
That's probably a function of the unique voting environment. Voting for one song in isolation is likely to be lower, because there is no comparative analysis. I may rank my worst U2 song a 6, so then one above average probably gets an 8 or even 9 as a result. It would be lower for one song in isolation because you are either comparing it with nothing, or every song ever.
This seems fair from my perspective, but then I seem to disagree with the initial excitement at the moment. I had seriously low expectations and it's well cleared the bar in that regard, but it's no more than middle of the road in the context of the band's entire output. I'm just finding this an average late career song that isn't bad when it's on, has some good qualities, but at the end isn't memorable and doesn't compel me to return. I've played it four times now and still can barely remember how it goes, but when it's on I enjoy it as long as I ignore the shitty lyricism.
hanksta13
The Fly
4 for now. Maybe it will grow on me.
I want ALT. Rock U2 Back!!!!!
War Era rock. This is to poppy and Cold
Playish style for my taste. I want rock with an Edge! Pun intended.
I want ALT. Rock U2 Back!!!!!
War Era rock. This is to poppy and Cold
Playish style for my taste. I want rock with an Edge! Pun intended.
I hate to disappoint you, but I highly doubt that U2 will ever sound like they did in the War era again.
hanksta13
The Fly
I know but I wish they would do some guitar driven stuff like some of their older songs . Bullet the blue sky and the Fly are a few examples. Is that part of
U2 gone forever?
I love how up until about 2006 on this forum, Coldplay were derided for being a U2 clone, and now anything U2 puts out is derided as a Coldplay copy.
Hell, I bet U2 could put out death metal and we'd get at least one "COLDPLAY!!!" post. Though that might come from me, taking the piss.
Hell, I bet U2 could put out death metal and we'd get at least one "COLDPLAY!!!" post. Though that might come from me, taking the piss.
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