BVS
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How is that a cliche? It's a feminist saying.
Who's gonna ride your wild horses ruins actung
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How is that a cliche? It's a feminist saying.
BVS
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I would love to see this quote. I don't buy it for a bit...
Every time I look at the thread title I think it says "WGRYWH ruins acting, and it really confuses me. I think, "What ... because of the video? I thought Bono was good in it."
Typos - don't you just love them?
Same here.
Achtung Baby is probably their most flawless album.
WGRYWH is beautiful, and I have to disagree with the band on their belief that the acoustic single version is superior to the album version. the album version just has so much more spirit and atmosphere.
Same here.
Jeannieco
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Every time I look at the thread title I think it says "WGRYWH ruins acting, and it really confuses me. I think, "What ... because of the video? I thought Bono was good in it."
Typos - don't you just love them?
Speaking of the wgrywh video it's 4 minutes of artistic heaven...black and white Bono bliss
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
What, really? Now that's a little harsh. I don't think they are really "embarassed", otherwise they wouldn't have brought the song back for the last tour and played it several times. Btw, I liked all the accoustic performances of the song, though I'm not a really big fan of the album version.
The purpose of the quotation in question is irrelevant to its potential status as a cliche. Feminist or otherwise can be a cliche. If we take a cliche to be "a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse", then the quote we're discussing could be considered as such.
I think my point was more that it was an amusing expression to insert into such a heavy song.
In any case, perhaps a fish can need a bicycle:
BrownEyedBoy
Rock n' Roll Doggie
One of my favorite songs. Couldn't disagree more.
intedomine
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
I really enjoy the song, though I have to say that I feel the Temple Bar Mix might have worked better in an album context, but that's something I will need to try......there is something odd about it though...hard to pinpoint what it is exactly...
Mac Phisto
The Fly
Why waste your time posting a thread like this? So in your opinion, there's a single song out the 12 songs on Acthung Baby is soooooo terrible, so offensive in tone and content, that it actual "ruins" (your word) the album?
Are you freaking serious?
There is some real trash content on here from time to time.
Are you freaking serious?
There is some real trash content on here from time to time.
BVS
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david
ONE love, blood, life
It's the stripped down acoustic edits that make the song sound more like old, typical U2.
U2FloridaFan
New Yorker
I remember Larry in an interview in late '01 or maybe '02 saying that he was in a "drinking establishment" (his words) and he heard Horses and thought "what a brilliant song, but how it could have been (potentially) so much better...how they were not smart enough or efficient enough at their job to bring about that conclusion." He said it made him cringe, not because he didn't like it but he cringed for what it wasn't (in his opinion). I don't think they're embarassed by it otherwise they wouldn't play it...I personally love it.
Bono said MLK made him cringe in that interview. Says he thought he sounded like a girl singing it...lol.
Bono said MLK made him cringe in that interview. Says he thought he sounded like a girl singing it...lol.
MsPurrl
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intedomine
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Ahhh I can understand why one would say Wild Horses is a toxin within Achtung.
Listening to the song today, it's a track which you really need to commit greater concentration to to appreciate, as opposed to just letting the album play as background music. Listen to the song on it's own, and it's quite magical. Listen to the album with high commitment and the inclusion of Wild Horses is quite stunning.
Mind you, I've always imagined Achtung as a thoroughly complete and crisp album, with Wild Horses being a rough and unfinisshed exception.....cracking song though.
Listening to the song today, it's a track which you really need to commit greater concentration to to appreciate, as opposed to just letting the album play as background music. Listen to the song on it's own, and it's quite magical. Listen to the album with high commitment and the inclusion of Wild Horses is quite stunning.
Mind you, I've always imagined Achtung as a thoroughly complete and crisp album, with Wild Horses being a rough and unfinisshed exception.....cracking song though.
Aygo
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Couldn't disagree more. This is a great song. My favourite version is the album one. Unlike many people, I prefer the production job in that version.
financeguy
ONE love, blood, life
I think it's one of the weaker songs on the album, but everything is relative. I don't think it ruins the album. Still a fairly decent song, it's just there are way better on this album.
If it was on Bomb or that one they released in 2000 or so, I can't even remember it's name, it would be the best on those albums. Everything is relative.
lazarus
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A very good point, Finance Guy. This song is accused of being a bit shallow and rote, but it's a hell of a lot more complex, sonically and thematically, than what we're seen recently. For a "pop" song, it's a bit of a tour-de-force.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
How so? It fits in sonically, lyrically, and thematically.
u2 cutiepie
The Fly
In my opinion it is a great song, great feeling in it. I like the sound when Bono sing "turn around", very harmonic and then the High C
totally agree
one of my fav songs by them
LMP
Blue Crack Supplier
Oh fuck, Bono hits the High C again! My new favorite song now.
Zoots
Blue Crack Supplier
LMP
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HIGH
C
win.
I'd enjoy the Temple Bar mix more if it wasn't so loud... the acoustic guitar part is up to 11 or something.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
The feedback gives the album version such great atmosphere. This is absent from the Temple Bar mix. 
This is absent from the Temple Bar mix.
Zoots
Blue Crack Supplier
The feedback gives the album version such great atmosphere.
QFOF! (quoted for objective fact)
cobl04
45:33
Can't be flipped reading thru the thread, so I'll just say that I strongly disargee.
Horsies was the first song I loved, and still do. Great song and I think it fits great.
Horsies was the first song I loved, and still do. Great song and I think it fits great.
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
Peterrrrr, what's your favorite flavor of Hi-C?
I've always loved Ecto Cooler and Tropical Punch.
Call of the year.
shaun vox
New Yorker
LOL if they(u2) can make another "wild horses"(which i dont think they can anymore) then i will buy their new CD.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
If Guns N' Roses can record a song as good as WGRYWH, I may download their new CD when it comes out in 2038.
popbellydancer
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