The Sage
War Child
Judah said:Small point Re: "The Exodus sold" line...
I always thought it was "The exit is sold...if you want a way out..."
That's what i've always thought it is, too...
Judah said:Small point Re: "The Exodus sold" line...
I always thought it was "The exit is sold...if you want a way out..."
don't know if it's the best lyrics and atmospherics, but at least they're perfectly in balance as in most good - great U2 songsMichael Griffiths said:Some of Bono's best songwriting and Edge's best atmospherics.
Key word being, "some".Salome said:don't know if it's the best lyrics and atmospherics, but at least they're perfectly in balance as in most good - great U2 songs
The live version from Rattle Hum rocks. "Ok Edge play the blues." Bame, microphone slams.
I think it's a really good song. The only trouble is the political talk. It's hard to hear that over and over every time you listen to it because it's not really part of the song, even though the subject of apartheid inspired it.
Perhaps Bono could update the lyrics a little bit? There's a whole slough of stuff going on in South Africa for him to rant about!
maybe on the next tour?
It encompasses the reasons why people hated U2 in the eighties.
This is undoubtly one of their best songs ever in my humble opinion and it's hard for me to believe that they haven't tried it out again in the last twenty years. It indeed has one of Bono's most powerfull and theatrical lyrics, he really captures an impressive mood with it. Everyone else is perfect in this, the drum and bass part of it is particularly fantastic. If I was U2's producer I would beg for Bono to write more lyrics like this. I would give him this lyrics, remind him of it and ask him to write more in this way.
I believe that U2 should start to put a few classic songs to rest next tour, and this would be the perfect song to take over Sunday Bloody Sunday and kick off the whole political moment they like to have (and I like it too). It should defenitly comback. A powerhouse in my opinion.
Favorite lines:
A prize fighter in the corner is told / hit where it hurts for silver and gold
The temperature is rising / The fever white hot / Mister I ain't got nothing / But it's more than you've got
I believe that U2 should start to put a few classic songs to rest next tour, and this would be the perfect song to take over Sunday Bloody Sunday and kick off the whole political moment they like to have (and I like it too). It should defenitly comback. A powerhouse in my opinion.