"So Cruel" Appreciation Thread

[U2@NYC]

Many times underscored, this is, for me, the perfect 'pain ballad'... that completes U2's masterpiece, Achtung Baby.

Any other fans of 'So Cruel' in the forum?

 

[chickadee]

I am! *waves* I love it! I love the lyrics, they're so dark and twisted.

 

[U2girl]

Possibly my favorite U2 song.

 

[theedge111]

Its in my top 10 for sure!

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

I gave you everything you ever wanted, wasn't what you wanted.

 

[BluRmGrl]

....Between the horses of love and lust, we are trampled underfoot.....

Such a dark song for them. It's made even darker for me because I believe part of the inspiration for this was the breakdown of Edge & Aislinn's marriage, wasn't it? I've always viewed the song as being from Bono's point of view. The lyrics feel like it was happening to him though, you know? Am I making sense?

Anyway - great song, very dark, love it....

 

[U2@NYC]

I agree with that you say. Isn't it the perfect break-up song?

I remember playing it over and over after a hard break-up I had around 2001. And insulting her over and over while the song was on...

"The men who love you, you hate the most
They pass right through you like a ghost
They look for you but your spirit is in the air
Baby, you´re nowhere".

 

[Niceman]

That song is BEYOND!!!!!

 

[MCF74]

What else can you say? "So Cruel" is stunning and brilliant in ways that most songs released today can only dream of being. I think it's some of the band's best songwriting to date.

Can you imagine hearing this song in concert now? I think I would have chills for hours, if not days just thinking about it. When was the last time they played it live?

 

[BEVERLY56]

What else can you say? "So Cruel" is stunning and brilliant in ways that most songs released today can only dream of being. I think it's some of the band's best songwriting to date.

It's all that and more. Quite possibly the most underrated U2 song ever.

 

[hero]

"I'm only hanging on
To watch you go down
My love"

 

[miss becky]

So Cruel is in my top 10 songs of all time. I love it. It's incredibly dark and bitter, and perfect to listen to after you've just broken up with someone. The lyrics are simply amazing.

 

[phanan]

I've always loved this song, and I love it's placement on the album, just before breaking into The Fly and Mysterious Ways.

 

[Shaliz]

One of my favourites, too! It just seems to build and build in intensity, and the "between the horses of love and lust we are trampled underfoot" line has to be one of the greatest lyrics ever written, IMHO.

 

[one4u2]

So Cruel

 

[randhail]

Great song, i think i'll pop it in the cd player when i get out of work.

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

Desperation is a tender trap...

That song hurts. So great...

 

[MacPhistoPT]

It's a good song, has probably the best lines that B-Man ever made!! But the melody is a bit boring, although it fits well on the mood of the song.

 

[chickadee]

"I'm only hanging on
To watch you go down
My love"

That's my fave lyrics *nods* it IS so cruel, lol!

 

[Carmelu2fan]

It's all that and more. Quite possibly the most underrated U2 song ever.

Oh so true

 

[Adam'sbaby]

It's all that and more. Quite possibly the most underrated U2 song ever.

And that's why it deserves to have a thread dedicated to it!

 

[Zoots]

she wears my love like a see thru dress
her lips say one thing her movements something else

 

[tiny dancer]

Great song, but when I listen to it, it always makes me feel

 

[Carmelu2fan]

me too I can really relate

 

[Sleep Over Jack]

I'm always floored at how even most hardcore fans don't rate it (I saw it getting voted off 2nd or first in album survivor polls for Achtung Baby)..its absolutely brilliant, and sums up the mood of that whole album.

 

[Carmelu2fan]

That is because most of those ppl that voted are prob very young and cannot relate

 

[sue4u2]

I'm always floored at how even most hardcore fans don't rate it (I saw it getting voted off 2nd or first in album survivor polls for Achtung Baby)..its absolutely brilliant, and sums up the mood of that whole album.

Some people have considered this song filler. I never could relate to this because it's actually my favorite (lyrically) after Wild Horses which is just before it of course..
then again AB is a phenomenal piece of work on so many levels, lyrically, emotionally and mentally. it hit's the

 

[U2@NYC]

Some people have considered this song filler. I never could relate to this because it's actually my favorite (lyrically) after Wild Horses which is just before it of course..
then again AB is a phenomenal piece of work on so many levels, lyrically, emotionally and mentally. it hit's the

People that consider "So Cruel" a filler...

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[youtooellen]

filler?!
no waaay.

for me, this song is brilliant. I can easily say that it's one of my favorite songs by U2. AB without this song would be so different. this song captures so much emotion.. that when i hear it i get all sad

but yeah I love this song

 

[MCF74]

Anyone who says that "So Cruel" is filler hasn't really listened to the song and it's lyrics. Filler? Oh man. I honestly would say that it puts most of today's rock songs to complete and utter shame. Listen, this isn't even my favorite U2 song, or even in my U2 top 10. But it is undeniably brilliant and has been criminally overlooked.