darklordedge said:
Mercy isn't that good... I really enjoyed the chorus, such as: "love puts the blue back in your eye" and that part, but the rest, even the opening line, I didn't enjoy at all. I would say that NS and V are equal... they could be played for each other. As for X&W and FS... Xanax kills Fast Cars like a car hitting a deer. As I said before though, I enjoy the Mexican feel of Fast Cars...
Just thought that it might be interesting to bring up a few more songs to debate on: Always, the early version of Beautiful Day. Alt. Versions of Sometimes..., All Because of You, and Yahweh.
For me, of course Beautiful Day kills Always, but I kind of like Always. I would put the normal version of Sometimes... over the Alternate Version. The alternate version of All Because of You I would easily say is better than the album version. As for the 2 Yahwehs, there is such a small difference between them, but I would still go with the album version. Other comments on this?
^Yep, mate.
For Mercy, I have the opposite feeling than yours
. I think that the verses are perfect as they are (not sentences written by a 8yr old boy, as someone said once in this board), and the oppositions match perfectly. About the chorus, is good, but not as good as other U2 songs. IMO the song is in its final form and production and it shouldn't be reworked.
NS vs Vertigo: NS have the feeling of a garage rocker, maybe for smaller audiences, but Vertigo rocks in ambiances that are the typical U2 ones. It's even better live!
X&W vs FC: I'd take Fast Cars. I love the previous version, is more rocker, and those riffs kill me, but it was such a surprise when I first listened to Fast Cars, and it gives you the feeling that U2 just entered in a bazar in Maroc and started to play. It'd be a great single, followed by a great video.
ABOY: I can't hear Bono in the alternate version, but the instrumental kicks. IMO the best version is the single version, just perfect.
Sometimes: album version, naturally. The alternate is too... demo
Yahweh: as this is my favourite U2 song, the album version is better, those more discernible guitars give the feeling of description of a painting or something, mainly in the bridge, despite I think the alternate bridge has better lyrics.
Since you talked about Always, I think it'd be great too if it was on the album, but i'm happy with BD, that is sighly better. The same with LWTSH against The Fly or Ultraviolet... The lyrics killed Lady to be on the album.