Songs of Experience 37 - now with bonus orchestra

[lazarus]

Agreed. It wouldn't shock me if they used it in a "Red Flag Day" (or even in a "Summer Of Love") video.
But this is just part of the problem. I could tolerate an animated video if it was good enough to support the concept. But it is not. The concept is simultaneously superficial, messy and poorly executed. There are parts where it seems the author (and/or the band) ran out of ideas.
The lyric video for "American Soul" surprisingly suceeds being more captivating.

Yeah I’m just mystified that they used this image for a song that has nothing to do with it, when there are two other songs that do, especially when both are accessible and could be singles themselves.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Yeah I’m just mystified that they used this image for a song that has nothing to do with it, when there are two other songs that do, especially when both are accessible and could be singles themselves.

Cause U2?

This is a band that wrote a song about New York City, and then filmed a video driving through New York City... for a faux Who tribute song about Bono's mom.

A band that took a song about Michael Hutchence hanging himself and made it into a video about an NFL kicker missing a field goal... with John Madden.

A band that made a video about a terror attack in Ireland for a song about Ali instead of Raised By Wolves.

 

[Pop Artist]

Dang...but didn't they 'advertise' that one on U2.com????

Somebody probably whispered the words "cultural appropriation" to them and made them re-think things...

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Or... psst, Bono looks like an old lady in that hat

 

[pacemaker]

Probably showing either my age or usual out of the loop living I do but who/what 1R stands for?

1R = OneRepublic, which is the bland pop-rock band that Ryan Tedder leads.

 

[trevgreg]

Cause U2?

This is a band that wrote a song about New York City, and then filmed a video driving through New York City... for a faux Who tribute song about Bono's mom.

A band that took a song about Michael Hutchence hanging himself and made it into a video about an NFL kicker missing a field goal... with John Madden.

A band that made a video about a terror attack in Ireland for a song about Ali instead of Raised By Wolves.

Perhaps. But I don't think there's a rule out there saying that everything needs to be literal to the 't'. It's not like Stuck had to be a video about someone taking their life or sad enough to make me curl up like a fetus on the floor after watching it (or worse).

Same for the "not playing California live in the state of California" and other matters we all critique a bit more than what we probably should.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Perhaps. But I don't think there's a rule out there saying that everything needs to be literal to the 't'. It's not like Stuck had to be a video about someone taking their life or sad enough to make me curl up like a fetus on the floor after watching it (or worse).

Same for the "not playing California live in the state of California" and other matters we all critique a bit more than what we probably should.

There's a difference between "doesn't have to be a literal representation of the song's meaning" and "goofy football video narrated by John Madden"

 

[DeVaul]

Whoa whoa whoa. The only Stuck video that shall be recognized around here is the one with Bono repeatedly thrown out of a driving van for wearing a stupid jacket.

 

[Luzita]

I think they used the same artist as for American Soul but the AS video was more successful. This one seems disjointed in its images and, I don’t know, the animation style or maybe the scene cuts don’t go with the music as well.

 

[xana dew]

Inspired by this thread I decided to listen to (my version) of SOE after letting it rest for a couple of weeks. I'm struck by how American Soul has cast such a pall over this record for me. I'm irritated by it and I like the spoken word section written for Kendrick Lamar even less. SOE is the first "grab bag" U2 album for me. I went and redesigned it in iTunes, inserting the strings version of Lights of Home in place of the original, deleting American Soul and 13, and adding Book of Your Heart as the closer. Get Out of Your Own Way remains, but I can't help but agree with someone here who described it as "toothless."

I love most of the remaining songs, especially Little Things, and I've even warmed up to Best Thing. I just wouldn't have used it as a lead single. It works best as a deep album cut, a bouncy mood lifter that keeps the record moving along. SOE is a strong, but uneven, effort. My heart lies with SOI. That album hit me just right.

 

[RABIDLAMB]

The more I listen to the record the more I think of how poor the Single choices were.
It's not as if they were stuck for choices.

If they were to release it again I'd have to go with Lights of Home (Strings) as the lead off single.
Then I would have followed up while things were still hot with a glorious 8 min version of Love is Bigger with the choir & strings with full Hey Jude outro.

Instead we got 2 milky white pop songs, someone dropped a bollock there.

 

[trevgreg]

Whoa whoa whoa. The only Stuck video that shall be recognized around here is the one with Bono repeatedly thrown out of a driving van for wearing a stupid jacket.

Which is the superior one anyway, yeah.

 

[Hewson]

 

[Gonna Run 2 U]

If U2 really wanna troll us they’ll release Landlady as the next single and it will be a music video of refugees crash landing a boat at the Statue of Liberty

 

[YBORCITY]

If U2 really wanna troll us they’ll release Landlady as the next single and it will be a music video of refugees crash landing a boat at the Statue of Liberty

I think the term now is Ref-Jesuses'

 

[BVS]

If U2 really wanna troll us they’ll release Landlady as the next single and it will be a music video of refugees crash landing a boat at the Statue of Liberty

But what audience would this be marketing to?

 

[CosmoKramer]

But what audience would this be marketing to?

Female Refugees who become land ladies?

It’s very targeted.

 

[The_acrobat]

Whoa whoa whoa. The only Stuck video that shall be recognized around here is the one with Bono repeatedly thrown out of a driving van for wearing a stupid jacket.

AGREED!!! There is no other.

 

[redhill]

Inspired by this thread I decided to listen to (my version) of SOE after letting it rest for a couple of weeks. I'm struck by how American Soul has cast such a pall over this record for me. I'm irritated by it and I like the spoken word section written for Kendrick Lamar even less. SOE is the first "grab bag" U2 album for me. I went and redesigned it in iTunes, inserting the strings version of Lights of Home in place of the original, deleting American Soul and 13, and adding Book of Your Heart as the closer. Get Out of Your Own Way remains, but I can't help but agree with someone here who described it as "toothless."

I love most of the remaining songs, especially Little Things, and I've even warmed up to Best Thing. I just wouldn't have used it as a lead single. It works best as a deep album cut, a bouncy mood lifter that keeps the record moving along. SOE is a strong, but uneven, effort. My heart lies with SOI. That album hit me just right.

SOI is a better album, IMO.

 

[Axver]

But what audience would this be marketing to?

That's the joke.

 

[BVS]

That's the joke.

:facepalm:

 

[DeVaul]

 

[rennowba]

Larrys face [emoji85][emoji85][emoji85][emoji85]he doesn't look good does he. Definitely looks like he is having face jobs.

 

[hasin73]

SOI is a better album, IMO.

No way.

 

[super fly guy]

Larrys face [emoji85][emoji85][emoji85][emoji85]he doesn't look good does he. Definitely looks like he is having face jobs.

Are those specs painted on?!??

 

[ascender_RS]

If there’s one good thing about the new video it’s that Larry looks the most enthusiastic he’s done in years.

 

[redhill]

No way.

First of all, you can't say an opinion is wrong.

Second of all, yes way. It's not even close, actually.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Opinions can't be wrong, except when they are.

 

[kabigon]

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Is that the wax museum rendition?

 

[DeVaul]

Opinions can't be wrong, except when they are.

Bono will use that.