The second Heartland appreciation thread!

[Zoots]

I think Promenade's the best song to come before The Unforgettable Fire, but I also can't bring myself to split Promenade --> 4th Of July --> Bad.

Promenade is really something else. That intro!!!

 

[Adam'sbaby]

Not only does Heartland rock my socks off, it rocks them back on too! Heartland has immense powers.

Behold the amazing powers that Heartland owns!

 

[the tourist]

BUMP!

 

[babyman]

this was never a song....................................................................
this is pure poetry

 

[the tourist]

Heartland! Good evening!

 

[Axver]

this was never a song....................................................................
this is pure poetry

Bono was at his lyrical best during that era. One Tree Hill, Heartland, Exit ...

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Bono was at his lyrical best during that era. One Tree Hill, Heartland, Exit ...

i think he was at his lyrical best for unforgettable fire through pop

 

[Axver]

i think he was at his lyrical best for unforgettable fire through pop

For me, he has had two lyrical peaks, 1984-1989 and then Pop. Achtung Baby does have some sensational lyrics too, but I can't call it a lyrical peak because of ... well, about half the album.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

For me, he has had two lyrical peaks, 1984-1989 and then Pop. Achtung Baby does have some sensational lyrics too, but I can't call it a lyrical peak because of ... well, about half the album.

which half? (i will admit, zooropa doesn't exactly have any shining moments as far as the lyrics go.)

 

[Zoots]

For me, he has had two lyrical peaks, 1984-1989 and then Pop. Achtung Baby does have some sensational lyrics too, but I can't call it a lyrical peak because of ... well, about half the album.

You don't like half of the lyrics on Achtung Baby but like all of HTDAAB? Sounds like crazy talk to me.

 

[Axver]

You don't like half of the lyrics on Achtung Baby but like all of HTDAAB? Sounds like crazy talk to me.

Actually, when I first read the lyrics for HTDAAB, I didn't think they were spectacular at all, besides Crumbs. I now like them more, as happens when I hear music: for example, the opening line of Streets is really not very good, but can you imagine anything else suiting the song better? Similar thing happened for me with HTDAAB's lyrics.

Anyway, here's my assessment of Achtung Baby's lyrics.

Zoo Station - meh. I don't feel strong emotions either way. Made its statement well, though.
EBTTRT - poor.
One - some of it's great, some of it's not.
UTEOTW - ABSOLUTE GENIUS!
WGRYWH - below average.
So Cruel - great.
The Fly - AWESOME!
Mysterious Ways - pretty good.
TTTYAATW - poor!
Ultra Violet - would be good but I just can't get past 'that line'.
Acrobat - Some of the best damn lyrics EVER!
Love Is Blindness - AWESOME!

So for me, AB had its lyrical mountains and valleys. Some of it was genius, but some of it makes me cringe or doesn't inspire me at all.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

"Heartland" is a fantastic song.......

if you live in a heartland. Here in the city............just not feeling it.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

edit: this sums it up best for me. i've got one U2 tattoo. it's of the achtung baby/zooropa spacebaby, not of a joshua tree

 

[Zoots]

Anyway, here's my assessment of Achtung Baby's lyrics.

Zoo Station - meh. I don't feel strong emotions either way. Made its statement well, though.
EBTTRT - poor.
One - some of it's great, some of it's not.
UTEOTW - ABSOLUTE GENIUS!
WGRYWH - below average.
So Cruel - great.
The Fly - AWESOME!
Mysterious Ways - pretty good.
TTTYAATW - poor!
Ultra Violet - would be good but I just can't get past 'that line'.
Acrobat - Some of the best damn lyrics EVER!
Love Is Blindness - AWESOME!

So for me, AB had its lyrical mountains and valleys. Some of it was genius, but some of it makes me cringe or doesn't inspire me at all.

Okaaaayyy............. but it's Achtung Fucking Baby, it was the sound of the future, the new era, the new decade, the sound of the chopping down of the Joshua Tree, the sound of the fall of the Berlin wall, the sound of the trains arriving at Zoologischer Garten, the sound of a rocking-harder-than-ever-with-oodles-of-attitude U2, the sound of.......... you know what I'm talking about.

 

[Axver]

the sound of the chopping down of the Joshua Tree

Don't say that!

the sound of a rocking-harder-than-ever-with-oodles-of-attitude U2

One tour, three songs: Lovetown; God Part II, Desire, All Along The Watchtower.

Rocked harder than anything Zoochtungy except Bullet live and MAYBE The Fly.

But you expected all that, didn't you?

 

[Axver]

And Zoochtung didn't have HEARTLAND!

The poor UF era didn't either. Every Heartland-lacking era should feel deep sorrow.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Don't say that!

but it's the truth!!

 

[Axver]

but it's the truth!!

...



OK, so there was a point and reinvention and all, but ... couldn't they do that and leave thoughts of chopping the Joshua Tree down alone?

 

[Zoots]

Whatever, Achtung is the greatest!!!!!! alalalalalalallalalalala *with fingers in my ears tightly shut*

 

[Zoots]

And Zoochtung didn't have HEARTLAND!

The poor UF era didn't either. Every Heartland-lacking era should feel deep sorrow.

My God! You overrate Heartland more than we do the Zoo era.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

My God! You overrate Heartland more than we do the Zoo era.

haha, i was thinking the same thing! maybe i'm missing something, but i can't think of any song by any band that i like so much that i would say such a thing.

oh wait, i did just think of one song.

 

[Zoots]

let me guess... is there something i should know?

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

let me guess... is there something i should know?

noooo!! that's not even in my top five of theirs!

it's a song called swing by japan. *braces herself for the "who??" comments to come*

 

[Zoots]

the who???

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

the who???

no

 

[Zoots]

no I didn't mean The Who.... I meant it as 'the who???'

 

[Axver]

My God! You overrate Heartland more than we do the Zoo era.

I wasn't being completely serious, heh.

And I think the point of this thread is exaggeration. At least, it's become the point!

 

[Axver]

Also, remember, I am one man in a Heartland against a bloody crowd of people in a Zoo!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

no I didn't mean The Who.... I meant it as 'the who???'

japan. they were new wave before new wave existed: http://www.nightporter.co.uk

when i first started at my job, i had to fill out this survey thingie on the off chance they'd pick me as a spotlight employee of the month in our monthly (you'd never have guessed, huh?) newsletter. anyway, they were the usual questions: favourite food, song, book, etc. this crap is always hard for me. it took me 21 years to pick out a favourite colour, much less a song. so in a jam i picked swing by japan. i then realized this is the closest to an all-time favourite song i'd get. i love it.

i still don't have a favourite book though, i've only been able to narrow it down to an author.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Also, remember, I am one man in a Heartland against a bloody crowd of people in a Zoo!

hey, i love heartland. i just like achtung baby better! but i'd pick heartland over one (okay, so that's not saying much, but i do love the song).