shuttlecock XXIV: it's the little swings - Page 47

lazarus · 07-18-2020, 04:15 AM

Well they appear to have eased off on the covers front since 2000; what other notable ones are there that have studio versions? The Saints Are Coming?

Maybe I erased the others from my memory.

Axver · 07-18-2020, 05:08 AM

I just remembered Window in the Skies. Fuck what an absolute clunker.

I am pleased to report, however, that djerdap and I once got stonkingly drunk together and he sings a fine cover of WITS in the style of a grumpy old heavily-accented Croatian man. Truly a work of art.

Headache in a Suitcase · 07-18-2020, 06:47 AM

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GirlsAloudFan · 07-19-2020, 01:59 PM

5 Best U2 songs:

Clocks
Livin' On A Prayer
The Killing Moon
Don't You (Forget About Me)
Anyone Can Play Guitar

Hewson · 07-19-2020, 07:19 PM

#6:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY4HbB7PooY

GirlsAloudFan · 07-21-2020, 02:22 AM

You know what is *not* one of the 5 worst U2 tracks? In God's Country. Song rocks. And Kanye has a track on his new album called In God's Country. I hope it's a straight up cover.

GirlsAloudFan · 07-21-2020, 02:23 AM

Kanye has been acting up again and saying a ton of stupid shit, but I just thought it was interesting as a U2 geek to see a track called In God's Country.

cobl04 · 07-21-2020, 03:27 AM

I thought the same thing, ha.

Vlad n U 2 · 07-21-2020, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GirlsAloudFan

You know what is *not* one of the 5 worst U2 tracks? In God's Country. Song rocks.

Went fucking off last November during the JT Tour. Killer.

mikal · 07-21-2020, 07:33 AM

I watched U2's Apple Music interview in 2017 about the Joshua Tree tour last night and it was amazing. The Edge talked about the time he tried mushrooms. Really cool interview.

Axver · 07-26-2020, 06:40 AM

I suppose I should be grateful the band never seemed inclined to do a Boy 40th anniversary tour, because I'd have been fucking pissed off to miss that thanks to covid.

prbiker15 · 07-26-2020, 11:24 AM

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDGr6wC...=1t4rhlhad64b8

Good to know that Bono and Edge are still ok.

david · 07-26-2020, 02:20 PM

I never expected that.

iron yuppie · 07-26-2020, 06:13 PM

A U2 song that doesn't get enough appreciation is Breathe. It *might* be my favorite late-period U2 track. The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a challenger.

cobl04 · 07-26-2020, 08:01 PM

I have always felt Breathe is overrated. It's overstuffed with ideas, there's like five different songs in there (the drum intro, the two meh pre-choruses, the soaring chorus, the fast-paced verses).

I really dig the verses (even though Bono seems to lose his breath as the song goes on), but it's executed poorly overall. Edge's guitar playing is nothing special. One of Larry's better tracks of the past 20 years though.

Cedars and Fez/Being Born are the standouts and the last two really good songs the band has made in my eyes. Exactly the route I wish they'd gone down.

Axver · 07-26-2020, 10:25 PM

Breathe is legit on the same level as Unknown Caller, Boots, and Comedy as one of the bottom four on that album - a series of ideas bad in their own right, shoehorned together to produce something even less than the sum of its parts. Far too much of that on NLOTH. The verses try too hard to be clever and Bono sounds exhausted even trying to try. It's the sort of thing that if I were wearing a U2 shirt in public and that song came on, I'd be so embarrassed that I'd just never show my face there again.

I am not being hyperbolic - much.

LemonMelon · 07-26-2020, 10:29 PM

I like Breathe a lot. The flood of syllables in the verses gives the song a fun energy despite its loping time signature and the cello was a stroke of genius from Eno. It's anthemic like so much great U2 without being boring or obvious.

david · 07-26-2020, 11:50 PM

Totally forgot Breathe opened the early 360 shows.

lazarus · 07-27-2020, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cobl04

I have always felt Breathe is overrated. It's overstuffed with ideas, there's like five different songs in there (the drum intro, the two meh pre-choruses, the soaring chorus, the fast-paced verses).

I really dig the verses (even though Bono seems to lose his breath as the song goes on), but it's executed poorly overall. Edge's guitar playing is nothing special. One of Larry's better tracks of the past 20 years though.

I kind of agree with this in theory, though I do still like the song a lot. There's still probably at least 4 songs on the album I prefer to it.

And I'll maintain, as I have since the 360 tour, that this was a TERRIBLE choice as an opener; the beat is all wrong for something to kickstart a show--isn't it in 3/4?? This kind of dense but anthemic track is far better later in the set, like it is on the album. It's like opening with Acrobat.

djerdap · 07-27-2020, 05:34 AM

I made Axver listen to Window in the Skies twenty times in a row.

I deserve a bottle of pelinkovac for that alone.

07-18-2020, 04:15 AM	#921
lazarus Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 41,669 Local Time: 11:44 PM	Well they appear to have eased off on the covers front since 2000; what other notable ones are there that have studio versions? The Saints Are Coming? Maybe I erased the others from my memory. __________________

07-18-2020, 05:08 AM	#922
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:44 PM	I just remembered Window in the Skies. Fuck what an absolute clunker. I am pleased to report, however, that djerdap and I once got stonkingly drunk together and he sings a fine cover of WITS in the style of a grumpy old heavily-accented Croatian man. Truly a work of art. __________________ __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

07-26-2020, 06:40 AM	#931
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:44 PM	I suppose I should be grateful the band never seemed inclined to do a Boy 40th anniversary tour, because I'd have been fucking pissed off to miss that thanks to covid. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

07-26-2020, 11:24 AM	#932
prbiker15 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 15,680 Local Time: 02:44 AM	shuttlecock XXIV: it's the little swings https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDGr6wC...=1t4rhlhad64b8 Good to know that Bono and Edge are still ok.

07-26-2020, 10:25 PM	#936
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:44 PM	Breathe is legit on the same level as Unknown Caller, Boots, and Comedy as one of the bottom four on that album - a series of ideas bad in their own right, shoehorned together to produce something even less than the sum of its parts. Far too much of that on NLOTH. The verses try too hard to be clever and Bono sounds exhausted even trying to try. It's the sort of thing that if I were wearing a U2 shirt in public and that song came on, I'd be so embarrassed that I'd just never show my face there again. I am not being hyperbolic - much. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

07-18-2020, 06:47 AM	#923
Headache in a Suitcase Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: This forum just ain't what it was pre-2007 but I still post here Posts: 69,601 Local Time: 02:44 AM	13

07-19-2020, 01:59 PM	#924
GirlsAloudFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 26,433 Local Time: 01:44 AM	5 Best U2 songs: Clocks Livin' On A Prayer The Killing Moon Don't You (Forget About Me) Anyone Can Play Guitar

07-21-2020, 02:22 AM	#926
GirlsAloudFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 26,433 Local Time: 01:44 AM	You know what is not one of the 5 worst U2 tracks? In God's Country. Song rocks. And Kanye has a track on his new album called In God's Country. I hope it's a straight up cover.

07-21-2020, 02:23 AM	#927
GirlsAloudFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 26,433 Local Time: 01:44 AM	Kanye has been acting up again and saying a ton of stupid shit, but I just thought it was interesting as a U2 geek to see a track called In God's Country.

07-21-2020, 03:27 AM	#928
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 58,498 Local Time: 04:44 PM	I thought the same thing, ha.

07-21-2020, 07:33 AM	#930
mikal Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Black Lodge Posts: 27,444 Local Time: 01:44 AM	I watched U2's Apple Music interview in 2017 about the Joshua Tree tour last night and it was amazing. The Edge talked about the time he tried mushrooms. Really cool interview.

07-26-2020, 02:20 PM	#933
david ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: southern california Posts: 10,763 Local Time: 11:44 PM	I never expected that.

07-26-2020, 06:13 PM	#934
iron yuppie ONE love, blood, life Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 10,715 Local Time: 01:44 AM	A U2 song that doesn't get enough appreciation is Breathe. It might be my favorite late-period U2 track. The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a challenger.

07-26-2020, 08:01 PM	#935
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 58,498 Local Time: 04:44 PM	I have always felt Breathe is overrated. It's overstuffed with ideas, there's like five different songs in there (the drum intro, the two meh pre-choruses, the soaring chorus, the fast-paced verses). I really dig the verses (even though Bono seems to lose his breath as the song goes on), but it's executed poorly overall. Edge's guitar playing is nothing special. One of Larry's better tracks of the past 20 years though. Cedars and Fez/Being Born are the standouts and the last two really good songs the band has made in my eyes. Exactly the route I wish they'd gone down.

07-26-2020, 10:29 PM	#937
LemonMelon More 5G Than Man Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hollywoo Posts: 68,642 Local Time: 11:44 PM	I like Breathe a lot. The flood of syllables in the verses gives the song a fun energy despite its loping time signature and the cello was a stroke of genius from Eno. It's anthemic like so much great U2 without being boring or obvious.

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07-26-2020, 11:50 PM	#938
david ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: southern california Posts: 10,763 Local Time: 11:44 PM	Totally forgot Breathe opened the early 360 shows.

07-27-2020, 05:34 AM	#940
djerdap Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 7,516 Local Time: 06:44 AM	I made Axver listen to Window in the Skies twenty times in a row. I deserve a bottle of pelinkovac for that alone. __________________