Songs of Experience - 1 Year Later

[lazarus]

Originally Posted by womanfish

Sorry,

Don't think All That, R&H, October, No Line (although its very close), or Bomb is better than those two albums. and if you do, then

I misinterpreted, thought you were giving numerical scores to each album and not rankings, as you said “rate” and not “rank”. And then you seemed to reverse yourself later in the post.

[gweeps]

Just heard the burp in American Soul. Took me long enough.

[DeVaul]

Originally Posted by gweeps

Just heard the burp in American Soul. Took me long enough.

Isn’t that the entire song?

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Originally Posted by DeVaul

Isn’t that the entire song?

That's the fart

[DeVaul]

The original title used one of those parentheticals Bono loves so much:

“American Soul (from an Irish hole)”

[gweeps]

It's a sonic hodgepodge.

[DeVaul]

Originally Posted by gweeps

It's a sonic hodgepodge.

Sounds about right.
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[Hewson]

[Irvine511]

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

That's the fart

Punk rock from Uranus.

[gweeps]

Originally Posted by Irvine511

Punk rock from Uranus.

Don't you mean stunk rock?

[gweeps]

Book of Your Heart is one of the Top 5 songs from either SOI and SOE. It reminds me of something they would have done around The Unforgettable Fire/Joshua Tree eras. I wonder if it's an older piece worked on later?

[phanan]

Not Top 5 for me but certainly better than a few other songs, and therefore part of my custom SOE.

[womanfish]

Originally Posted by gweeps

Book of Your Heart is one of the Top 5 songs from either SOI and SOE. It reminds me of something they would have done around The Unforgettable Fire/Joshua Tree eras. I wonder if it's an older piece worked on later?

Yeah I agree that it is a very good song. Very Rattle and Hum sound to it. I would definitely kick off American Soul and The Showman for it, and it would be a very cool album track.

Crystal Ballroom of course would be the replacement for me for SFS on SOI. That would be a top 4 song for me on that album.

[lazarus]

Originally Posted by womanfish

Yeah I agree that it is a very good song. Very Rattle and Hum sound to it.

One of the more electronic-heavy and atmospheric songs on SOI/SOE, doesn't really recall the roots-based R&H to me.

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Originally Posted by womanfish

Yeah I agree that it is a very good song. Very Rattle and Hum sound to it. I would definitely kick off American Soul and The Showman for it, and it would be a very cool album track.



Crystal Ballroom of course would be the replacement for me for SFS on SOI. That would be a top 4 song for me on that album.

While I'd definitely add Crystal Ballroom (and release it as the first single), I wouldn't kick anything off. I'd merely add Ballroom and Invisible and make the album longer.

If there's a song I'd kick off it would either be California or Every Breaking Wave, as neither song fits thematically on an album that's supposed to be the band's origin story.

You can pretend that Every Breaking Wave is just a love song and could fit, but a song about the band's first visit to California does not fit a timeline discussing the formation of the band.

[mikal]

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

While I'd definitely add Crystal Ballroom (and release it as the first single), I wouldn't kick anything off. I'd merely add Ballroom and Invisible and make the album longer.

If there's a song I'd kick off it would either be California or Every Breaking Wave, as neither song fits thematically on an album that's supposed to be the band's origin story.

You can pretend that Every Breaking Wave is just a love song and could fit, but a song about the band's first visit to California does not fit a timeline discussing the formation of the band.

That's how I listen to it. Laziest alt track list ever. Add Invisible as the first track and end the album with Crystal Ballroom.

[womanfish]

Originally Posted by lazarus

One of the more electronic-heavy and atmospheric songs on SOI/SOE, doesn't really recall the roots-based R&H to me.

I'm referring to the feel of the songs latter half. About 2:25 on, and the style of the guitar solo, and bono vocal at the end of the song. To be honest, I kinda forgot how electronic sounding the first part was. lol.