No. They shouldn't tour unless it's new material and we are all sell outs for not being upset by it.
shuttlecock XXIV: it's the little swings
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Kieran McConville
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I suppose my take on U2, independent of this tour business later this year, is that I don't wish them to be frozen in the past, but I wish that their present was about 1000 times better than it is.
The last time I felt like some of their new material was potentially their best was POP. So it's been a rough twenty years for this fan. But hey, I got twenty good years out of them, so I don't know if I'll hand in my card.
The last time I felt like some of their new material was potentially their best was POP. So it's been a rough twenty years for this fan. But hey, I got twenty good years out of them, so I don't know if I'll hand in my card.
People who are happy to see U2 tour the Joshua Tree want their artists entombed and frozen in time? Do you understand how misrepresentative and condescending that is?
elevated_u2_fan
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Laz is being condescending? This is my shocked face.
Hewson
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Since this harkens back to the origins of it...
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Is Bono OK?
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Is Bono OK?
cobl04
45:33
Is there are more badass act in the history of rock music than a band at the height of their powers interrupting 13 of their shows for a live fucking satellite link to civilians on the ground in the middle of a civil war?
"I want to say hello to the people in Bologna, thank you Bill, U2, tonight we don't feel alone as we usually do."
And then the Bad synth loop begins.... shivers.
Fucking imagine that. No current artist alive with a comparable level of stardom would have even one-tenth the amount of balls.
"I want to say hello to the people in Bologna, thank you Bill, U2, tonight we don't feel alone as we usually do."
And then the Bad synth loop begins.... shivers.
Fucking imagine that. No current artist alive with a comparable level of stardom would have even one-tenth the amount of balls.
lazarus
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It’s more badass than a band in 2019 doing a link back to 1987, that’s for sure.
namkcuR
ONE love, blood, life
It was certainly a profound thing, and it speaks to the band's history of using their platform for good. It was powerful(and uncomfortable for some in the band - Larry called it 'excruciating', but that was the point). Though, I think it wasn't popular with everyone at the time. "U2 At The End Of The World" says they got savaged for it some corners of the British press.
I think it was ultimately a great thing though, just to raise awareness.
Come on, man.
GirlsAloudFan
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Nobody:
Me: A good late-career U2 song is Cedars of Lebanon
Me: A good late-career U2 song is Cedars of Lebanon
cobl04
45:33
hahaha
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mikal
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I like it too. I'd rather go listen to it on its own but I always thought it was a good representation of the atmosphere the band originally intended for that album.
Jerry Dunk
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No Line on the Horizon, Moment of Surrender, Fez, and Cedars of Lebanon are good songs. The rest of that album mostly sucks, in my view.
LuckyNumber7
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I think Crazy Tonight is a nice song. I like the music video, too.
cobl04
45:33
Nailed it.
lazarus
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LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
All of it is good/great except for the middle trio and to be honest Crazy Tonight sounds kinda good after the dogshit singles from SOE.
That's my hot take for the day.
That's my hot take for the day.
). I don't really need to hear the song in any form ever again though.
Popmartijn
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I'm with you on this one. I also think that it flows well on the album, coming from the early morning vibe of Unknown Caller. (The track after it, not so much...).
namkcuR
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LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
EBW yes, Miracle no.
lazarus
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These are all in the bottom 2-3 of their respective albums also so it’s a little pointless to rank against each other IMO.
namkcuR
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I just like to take any opportunity to defend SOI.
LuckyNumber7
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I tend to find EBW and Crazy around the middle of their respective albums.
Middles which are both substantially stronger than SOE.
Middles which are both substantially stronger than SOE.
Crazy Tonight live took a bland song and made it something different.
EBW live took a solid typical sounding U2 song and made it sound like it was trying too hard.
Miracle live as an opener as I+E kicked into gear made me accept it and the studio version as something a little more than 'oh, it's another generic 00s/10s U2 song'.
EBW live took a solid typical sounding U2 song and made it sound like it was trying too hard.
Miracle live as an opener as I+E kicked into gear made me accept it and the studio version as something a little more than 'oh, it's another generic 00s/10s U2 song'.
cobl04
45:33
I've always had a soft spot for Crazy Tonight. It's maybe the most saccharine song they've written, and the verses are shithouse, but goddamn does everything else do it for me. I love Edge's galloping guitar line and Bono's soaring vocals in the chorus. It sounds like the U2 that I fell in love with in 2004 when I heard HTDAAB and specifically COBL for the first time.
It's a lot better than Magnificent, one of Bono's worst ever performances both lyrically and vocally, Unknown Caller, maybe their dumbest song ever.
The live version was a million times better and really enjoyable.
It's a lot better than Magnificent, one of Bono's worst ever performances both lyrically and vocally, Unknown Caller, maybe their dumbest song ever.
The live version was a million times better and really enjoyable.
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mikal
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lazarus
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(kicked in testicles) "...haven't hearrrrrd"
The guitar solo is trash as well.
Yes, that's enough to ruin it. Magnificent has a great vocal, whatever you think of the lyrics. And the percussion has something going on, moreso than the generic sound of what Cock Crazy is serving up.
The live version is a completely different animal; calling it "better" is an understatement. It was their way of acknowledging Pop/Discotheque without actually doing so.
LuckyNumber7
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LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Unknown Caller has really clicked with me lately. I love the nocturnal atmosphere of it, Edge brings his A game (never happens once on SOE) and I actually love the huge vocals in the chorus, though I wish they were singing different lyrics.
By far the weakest part of the song is how overwritten and clunky the lyrics are, but musically I think it's a good effort.
By far the weakest part of the song is how overwritten and clunky the lyrics are, but musically I think it's a good effort.
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