The beauty of the Real Thing

[KhanadaRhodes]

anyone who can't appreciate achtung baby can't appreciate...other things

oh yes i went there!

 

[Zoots]

other things

oh yes i went there!

you move in mysterious ways.

 

[Axver]

Yeah. Tell Axver that!

And I'll tell both of you that I disagree and shall now return to my Abode Of Eighties U2.

Unless, of course, you wish to talk about Acrobat. Mmm, Acrobat ...

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

you move in mysterious ways.

 

[Zoots]

And I'll tell both of you that I disagree and shall now return to my Abode Of Eighties U2.

Unless, of course, you wish to talk about Acrobat. Mmm, Acrobat ...

Well... the point of this thread is to show that the outstanding lyrics and instrumentation of Acrobat takes nothing away from the complete experience that is EBTTRT (with video).

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

when i was all messed up, and i heard opera in my head...

Unless, of course, you wish to talk about Acrobat. Mmm, Acrobat ...

what about ultra violet?

 

[Axver]

Re: when i was all messed up, and i heard opera in my head...

what about ultra violet?

I'd rather talk about it than TTTYAATW!

 

[Axver]

Well... the point of this thread is to show that the outstanding lyrics and instrumentation of Acrobat takes nothing away from the complete experience that is EBTTRT (with video).

Honestly, I don't find EBTTRT to be much of an experience. If I'm thinking of the right video, I've only seen it once - I thought it was pretty cool but it made me feel queasy.

 

[Zoots]

Well... we can always talk about the genius of the "Dreamed that I saw Dali..." line. But this thread is about the reeeeeal thing!

 

[Zoots]

it made me feel queasy.

It made you feel queasy...God! It's not a rollercoaster!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I'd rather talk about it than TTTYAATW!

well, yeah! i tend not to trust song titles with that many Ts in them.

 

[Zoots]

well, yeah! i tend not to trust song titles with that many Ts in them.

That's one of the worst abbreviations.

 

[Axver]

It made you feel queasy...God! It's not a rollercoaster!

Rollercoasters are cool.

Videos that mess with my eyes are not. At least, that one wasn't.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

That's one of the worst abbreviations.

i don't know what's worse: that abbreviation or the german or gaelic bono sings in another time, another place.

if it is german i sure as hell don't know what he's saying!

 

[Axver]

well, yeah! i tend not to trust song titles with that many Ts in them.

But you'll trust EBTTRT?

 

[Zoots]

i don't know what's worse: that abbreviation or the german or gaelic bono sings in another time, another place.

if it is german i sure as hell don't know what he's saying!

I think it's gaelic.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

But you'll trust EBTTRT?

it has three. that's my cut-off.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I think it's gaelic.

that explains a lot

 

[Axver]

i don't know what's worse: that abbreviation or the german or gaelic bono sings in another time, another place.

if it is german i sure as hell don't know what he's saying!

It's Gaelic. I often see people say it's gibberish, but if you listen to the demo that's out there, he sings that part in English, and I once saw a translation to Gaelic that - at least for a good deal of it - matched the album perfectly.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

It's Gaelic. I often see people say it's gibberish, but if you listen to the demo that's out there, he sings that part in English, and I once saw a translation to Gaelic that - at least for a good deal of it - matched the album perfectly.

i've made up my own words. it might as well be gibberish

 

[miss becky]

Images of Highway 66 and the ghost ranch hills come to mind. All of a sudden you hear the sound of some kinda clicking coming from a distance. The clicking turns to a monstrous industrial riff. and the roar of the Zoologischer Garten train that has just arrived and trampled all over the heartland.

 

[RademR]

anyone who can't appreciate achtung baby can't appreciate...other things

oh yes i went there!

best post of the thread.

 

[ZeroDude]

Even Better is The Real Thing, so cool, so so sexy

 

[Mullen4Prez]

excellent song

 

[gareth brown]

if that song were a man, i'd marry it. or at least have sex with it.

keep in mind that it lasts under 4 minutes.

Why did I think this is the funniest thing I've read all day?!

 

[neutral]

Well... the point of this thread is to show that the outstanding lyrics and instrumentation of Acrobat takes nothing away from the complete experience that is EBTTRT (with video).

Loooove the video. (All 3 versions I have. )

 

[Needle_Chill]

Yeah, it's got an awesome groove and a killer, triumphant chorus!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

best post of the thread.

 

[miss becky]

Now I have that guy's voice from the video stuck in my head. "Is it art, or is it pornography?"

 

[Miggy D]

Axver drinks far too much Haterade for his own good.

Whatever happened to that bowing smiley? You know, the one that looks like it's worshipping at an altar? I wanted to use that one and put 'Ever Better Than The Real Thing' in front of it, but it looks like that smiley no longer exists!

-Miggy