MrBrau1 said:
It's one of U2's few "Rock and Roll" tunes and it's very, very good.
IT'S A SINGLE, IT'S SOLE PURPOSE IS TO BE POPULAR, WHAT KIND OF A CRITIQUE IS THAT.Lo-Fi said:Personally I don't find it a very strong song anyway it's just too soft and sentimental for my liking and just to 'poppy'.
gmplace0401 said:If the info about the new single version of OOTS are true, then I wouldn't think they'd use the video from the Chicago DVD because it would be the stripped down, Edge on piano, sans guitar version. Hopefully it'll mean they throw it back in the setlist now and again...with guitar
typhoon said:
IT'S A SINGLE, IT'S SOLE PURPOSE IS TO BE POPULAR, WHAT KIND OF A CRITIQUE IS THAT.
gmplace0401 said:If the info about the new single version of OOTS are true, then I wouldn't think they'd use the video from the Chicago DVD because it would be the stripped down, Edge on piano, sans guitar version. Hopefully it'll mean they throw it back in the setlist now and again...with guitar
typhoon said:
IT'S A SINGLE, IT'S SOLE PURPOSE IS TO BE POPULAR, WHAT KIND OF A CRITIQUE IS THAT.
The song AND the video kicks major ass!Headache in a Suitcase said:and i friggin like all because of you and i'm sick of people calling it a bad single so go bugger off
Lo-Fi said:
I hope not, the album is already a year old, it's had 4 singles off of it. They'd be flogging a dead horse if they stretched it out for another single. No more please, the album and the singles have been a success, time to just finish off the tour next March and then think about the next phase of their career.
Personally I don't find it a very strong song anyway it's just too soft and sentimental for my liking and just to 'poppy'.
Still, 'Pop' had 5 singles released from it in the UK, so who know's, but I really hope they just put HTDAAB to bed now, it seems the right time.
AtomicBono said:
ABOY is a good song and was a natural choice for a single... I think the problem (in the US anyway) was its placement. Shoulda had Sometimes be the second single, ABOY third. The general strategy I've noticed most bands take is rock song first, ballad second, then another rock song, then a midtempo-not-quite-ballad-but-not-really-hard-rock song, and it tends to work. I think OOTS shoulda been the fourth single - City to me was a bad choice. Oh, and the single mix of ABOY kicks the shit out of the album mix, they should have used that mix in the US.
Great post. This is right on target. I was shocked that Sometimes was not released as the second single. I was 100% sure it would be, with ABOY to follow. Whether people here like ABOY or not, it is perfectly logical they would make it into a single. It fits all the criteria for appealing to the general public: short rocker, heavy bass line, catchy lyrics, etc... Along with Vertigo, ABOY is a virtual blueprint for how to sell records... Atomic, is the single version you are referring to not available in the US?
Whether or not they should have released OOTS be4 COBL is debatable. While OOTS is much more complex, it may not have the same mass appeal as COBL, we'll see...
Can't wait to hear what they've done with it, they'd be crazy not to also release OOTS in Europe...
Originally posted by jrjunior31
Great post. This is right on target. I was shocked that Sometimes was not released as the second single. I was 100% sure it would be, with ABOY to follow. Whether people here like ABOY or not, it is perfectly logical they would make it into a single. It fits all the criteria for appealing to the general public: short rocker, heavy bass line, catchy lyrics, etc... Along with Vertigo, ABOY is a virtual blueprint for how to sell records... Atomic, is the single version you are referring to not available in the US?
Whether or not they should have released OOTS be4 COBL is debatable. While OOTS is much more complex, it may not have the same mass appeal as COBL, we'll see...
Can't wait to hear what they've done with it, they'd be crazy not to also release OOTS in Europe...
MTEdge said:Maybe that's why LAPOE was not considered as a single. It seemed so obvious.
I kid you not.
U2DMfan said:
All of the singles lately seem pretty obvious. I'm not sure that criterion would prevent LAPOE from being a single, I think it's probably less obvious than the others, actually, even with the basic blues rock progressions.
I always thought of "How Many More Times" with that song, but I never actually checked out the notes or the chord progression, it's similar enough just by a casual listen.
jrjunior31 said:
It's funny, I've always thought Love & Peace was very "Beatlesesque". The first time I heard it I instantly thought of "Yer Blues" off the White Album. The heavy guitar lick by Edge sounds like that big Gretsch (no idea if thats how its spelled) that Lennon used to use.
The White Album... Not a bad place for The Edge, or Paige for that matter, to get a couple ideas from...
U2DMfan said:
The White Album
OOTS even with Edge's signature delay, to me is very Harrison-esque, even if that's just a "feeling" and doesn't actually correlate to Harrison's style at all. I play guitar, but I wouldn't say I am a technical expert to pick out such things.
It's too damn bad that it wasn't a double album as well.