Stand Up Comedy Appreciation Thread

[bram]

I think this song could be really amazing live, although I think that the guys could have put this together a little better in the studio.

 

[bazza]

agree...the song ROCKS!!! i love the last 30-40secs...really cool sounding....

 

[Popmart Shopper]

the biggest surprise on the album for me.Funky and a daring brave song.

 

[Acrobatic]

This song gets better with every listen. I was actually jonsing for it while out for dinner. Very well built, Edge is all over the place and that is refreshing. He's all over the pedals, can't imagine him walking around too much during this one live, just jamming hard! Top 3 tonight for me (of my favorite tracks -changes every day).

 

[bdogm]

Man, this song just builds up.

 

[last unicorn]

The evil thing about that song is that you simply don't get the monster riff out of your head after listening to it. At least that's what happened to me yesterday.

 

[RademR]

first 1/2 song = pretty good
second 1/2 song = amazing!!!!

cool to see what they do with this live...

 

[DoctorMacPhisto]

first 1/2 song = pretty good
second 1/2 song = amazing!!!!

cool to see what they do with this live...

agreed

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I absolutely cannot wait to hear this one live.

 

[nirniva]

I absolutely cannot wait to hear this one live.

Seconded. Here's hoping for a longer version of Edge's solo...

 

[namkcuR]

The only thing that bugs me a little about this song is that there is a hook at the end of the first verse in the line "I'm gonna fall down/if I can't stand up/For your love" that never shows up again in the song. It just feels kind of weird for a hook that good to be up front in the first 30-40 seconds of the song and that never be heard from again.

But I love this song!

 

[God Part III]

I'm starting to really like this, actually.

 

[sue4u2]

This was (past tense) the one I have skipped over. Then I heard it this morning on the radio while running errands. It will be their next single (I think). Very radio friendly. Just like that - gained an appreciation of what I'd been missing.

 

[JCOSTER]

This song makes me think that Bono wrote it as Dr. Roberts on that funkadelic bus in Across the Universe.


I can't wait to hear this live!

 

[Vlad n U 2]

How is this song weak? This song is brilliant! Its the Larry and Edge show!

Haven't seen Larry drum so well, and Edge is truly on fire, the solo reminds me of a louder and rockier version of the Velvet Dress solo.

 

[Sleep Over Jack]

Yes, this song and 'Crazy Tonight' are really good in my opinion, I was totally surprised at how strong they were, and neither deserves to be lumped in with GOYB, which, in my opinion, is the only turkey on this album. Having said that, they are similar to 'Boots in that they're more commercial, but that's it.

 

[gweeps]

Though I don't mind it I still think it's one of the 2 worst tracks on the album, after NLOTH.

 

[OrARoundabout]

"I got to stand up
The wire is stretched in between our two towers
Stand up in this dizzy world
Where a lovesick eye can steal the view
I’m gonna fall down if I can’t stand up
For your love"

Reference to "Man on Wire"?

Just wondering

 

[purpleoscar]

"I got to stand up
The wire is stretched in between our two towers
Stand up in this dizzy world
Where a lovesick eye can steal the view
I’m gonna fall down if I can’t stand up
For your love"

Referance to "Man on Wire"?

Just wondering

You're not the only one.

 

[ndmaxfield]

IMO "Stand Up" should be released as a single. They could rework the beginning to make it a little stronger for radio, but leave the last supersonic minute just the way it is. I think it would astound casual radio listeners.

 

[OrARoundabout]

You're not the only one.

Sry, I haven't read through the whole thread yet

 

[ndmaxfield]

"I got to stand up
The wire is stretched in between our two towers
Stand up in this dizzy world
Where a lovesick eye can steal the view
I’m gonna fall down if I can’t stand up
For your love"

Reference to "Man on Wire"?

Just wondering

It's definitely a reference to Philip Petit.

 

[Sleep Over Jack]

this song amazes me. it's so slick and slippery. it's a miracle of production, like it's bouncing all around the room and you're chasing after it to try and see what it is and make sense of it and then, poof, just like that, it's gone. and you're all WTF just happened?

I agree, there's a lot going on in this song production-wise, it's much less bare-boned that I expected. I like a lot of the things they did with the massed vocals, and the lyrics don't bother me anywhere near as much as I'd feared.

 

[laurent37]

It's massive. This could be a huge single.

 

[one4u2]

I Stand Up Comedy

 

[gweeps]

The "love love love" part is so cheesy, but the rest of the song is addictive.

 

[laurent37]

This song is so sick.

 

[adypole]

You're not the only one.

count me in. I instantley thought of this when I heard it.

 

[bathiu]

How is this song weak? This song is brilliant! Its the Larry and Edge show!

Haven't seen Larry drum so well, and Edge is truly on fire, the solo reminds me of a louder and rockier version of the Velvet Dress solo.

really? I hear alot of "Holy Joe" near the end of SUC...

great song

 

[maycocksean]

Okay, I don't know if anyone else but me hears this, but Bono's vocals on this song really remind me of. . . .

Michael W. Smith.

I don't think that's a good thing for Bono, because Michael W. Smith is an unremarkable vocalist at best. It's not the kind of comparison I like to draw.

But I happen to like a lot of Smith's music, as cheesy as it is, so it don't bother me none. Just doesn't sound so much like U2.