Aardvark747
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petethechopp said:
This thing is blow the roof off when its played live!!!
And if it's in a stadium, with no roof - it will be even better!!
petethechopp said:
This thing is blow the roof off when its played live!!!
petethechopp said:Did COBL come from the POP era? I hadn't heard this.Yeah, in the the interviews I've heard thats what Edge and Adam have said. Its hard to believe but very fascinating that sound came from the POP era. What if COBL was on the Pop album Lets say right after Please on the tracklisting
jick said:
I have yet to hear a performance of Sometimes You Can't Make It where Bono nails the falsetto part of "the best you can do is to fake it" lyric.
jick said:If the Brooklyn clips are any indication, U2 will have trouble making it something like.
It also takes some air and juice to the song when Bono does a falsetto. Falsetto parts usually beg "listen to me" instead of "sing with me." So I highly doubt the crowd will be into the "ohhhs" with Bono in the live setting, unlike Streets or the "let it go" segment of Bad.
Considering also that Bono has been struggling with his falsetto as of late, I doubt City Of Blinding Lights will have any magic left in the live setting. I have yet to hear a performance of Sometimes You Can't Make It where Bono nails the falsetto part of "the best you can do is to fake it" lyric.
Also, "you look beautiful tonight" isn't exactly the best lyrics and seems lifted straight from a boyband songwriting manual.
Cheers,
J
Aardvark747 said:
But u must admit, he makes up for it with the emotion he puts into the rest of the song?
whasjoewahn said:
*Agrees*
Oh come on now. It's called a "hook", heck by your reasoning most Beatles classics are no more than songs with "boyband lines".jick said:
Back when this forum was filled with COBL-gushers, I told them what a lame lyric "oh you look beautiful tonight" is. Then they all started getting defensive and said that it was a deeper meaning that talked about inner beauty and a different level of beauty.
But that is not the point. When someone hears the song on radio or MTV, he/she won't have time to analyze the lyrics but will instead have the line "you look beautiful tonight" stuck in his ear associating it with a U2 song. It's such a boyband line for a U2 song.
Everyone in the forum trashed me for my views on COBL back then. It's nice to know that some are actually agreeing with me now. What a difference a few weeks can make.
Cheers,
J
jick said:
Back when this forum was filled with COBL-gushers, I told them what a lame lyric "oh you look beautiful tonight" is. Then they all started getting defensive and said that it was a deeper meaning that talked about inner beauty and a different level of beauty.
Sleep Over Jack said:I love the studio "Bad".....the guitars drums and vocals sound amazing..the album version has an atmosphere that is hard to re-create live.