MrBrau1
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korczykp said:
I'm annoyed they don't play their best songs, along with the hits. Electric Co and Gloria in last nites set would make me very happy. Or Kite and Gone and Crumbs. Hey U2, throw me a freking bone here!
Why do so many people hate Elevation and Stuck in a Moment?
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I'm annoyed they don't play their best songs, along with the hits. Electric Co and Gloria in last nites set would make me very happy. Or Kite and Gone and Crumbs. Hey U2, throw me a freking bone here!
mkdominatr
Refugee
I like elevation, has tons of energy and gets you jumping, on the other hand, im not a fan of stuck. It's very tacky and doesnt sound like a u2 song at all. it seems like the very music U2 have been against in the "extermination" of pop.
Miggy D
War Child
A mole! Diggin' in a hole!
*We need a vomiting smiley. I would insert that here.*
Elevation sucks. It's U2 trying far too hard to craft a mainstream hit. ATYCLB is inconsistent for this very reason. U2 said they wanted to make an album full of singles when they made ATYCLB, and you can tell they were oftentimes trying too hard. Some of the songs sound natural, some sound forced. For instance:
Natural sounding:
Beautiful Day
Stuck in a Moment
Kite
Forced:
Elevation
Walk On
The forced songs sound too much like U2 TRYING to craft number one singles. Beautiful Day is an inspirational, epic song, but it doesn't sound calculated. That's the difference.
And come on - 'a mole diggin' in a hole'? Ugh.
-Miggy
*We need a vomiting smiley. I would insert that here.*
Elevation sucks. It's U2 trying far too hard to craft a mainstream hit. ATYCLB is inconsistent for this very reason. U2 said they wanted to make an album full of singles when they made ATYCLB, and you can tell they were oftentimes trying too hard. Some of the songs sound natural, some sound forced. For instance:
Natural sounding:
Beautiful Day
Stuck in a Moment
Kite
Forced:
Elevation
Walk On
The forced songs sound too much like U2 TRYING to craft number one singles. Beautiful Day is an inspirational, epic song, but it doesn't sound calculated. That's the difference.
And come on - 'a mole diggin' in a hole'? Ugh.
-Miggy
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i'm just listening to elevatio in san diego 3 30, man it's a fucking amazing thing, it's much better than on the elevation tour, this song must be played every night!!
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youtwohearts
New Yorker
MrBrau1 said:
That is exactly it. The first song I loved on ATYCLB was stuck but it was so overplayed I couldn't hear it anymore. It is the same reason I can't stand Pride. It was a great song but it is just too overplayed.
Elevation is okay but nothing great. It could be replaced by a much better song they don't have to play all three on the tour.
Lemonchick
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
I love Stuck in a Moment...it's one of my favorites, once I start listening to it I can't stop.
I don't like Elevation due to the lyrics...like someone else said.
I don't like Elevation due to the lyrics...like someone else said.
pop marter
The Fly
Musially, Elevation is very good. What lets it down is the lyrics, as most people seem to agree.
Stuck is surely a U2 classic and as Miggy D says it is 'natural' sounding.
Stuck is surely a U2 classic and as Miggy D says it is 'natural' sounding.
ShellBeThere
War Child
Airplay on the radio doesn't affect my impressions, because I barely ever listen to it, or watch mtv and that stuff.
I *don't* think the lyrics to Elevation are crap, they totally serve their goal. Think about the *music* Bono needed to get a line for with 'a mole...digging in a hole..." and any of the others really.
Somebody said it was a fun 'stomp', and that it is. Elevation stomps around saying hey look, we're playing woohoo music, we're diggin' in the dirt, making silly rhymes, lit up like a cigar, strung out confused about all these controls...these were the lyrics he needed for the stomp to work. But, brilliantly, the goal in all that silly stomping is soul, maybe he can't sing it but he's trying for it...
then the semi-serious gospel voice says love, tell me something true, I believe in you.
I'm getting reminded of the speech edge made at the RRHOF ceremony, that yeah, spinal tap, rock and roll isn't all that serious, but if you believe in it, in it's transformative power, it can transform!
It's brilliant exactly in it's "apparent" silliness, but it's *not* ironic. It seems to say yeah, a good stomp lifts me higher, and after all aren't we just all stompers we confused creatures of the dirt who simultaneously are souled?
That's my take on Elevation anyway...
cheers all!
I *don't* think the lyrics to Elevation are crap, they totally serve their goal. Think about the *music* Bono needed to get a line for with 'a mole...digging in a hole..." and any of the others really.
Somebody said it was a fun 'stomp', and that it is. Elevation stomps around saying hey look, we're playing woohoo music, we're diggin' in the dirt, making silly rhymes, lit up like a cigar, strung out confused about all these controls...these were the lyrics he needed for the stomp to work. But, brilliantly, the goal in all that silly stomping is soul, maybe he can't sing it but he's trying for it...
then the semi-serious gospel voice says love, tell me something true, I believe in you.
I'm getting reminded of the speech edge made at the RRHOF ceremony, that yeah, spinal tap, rock and roll isn't all that serious, but if you believe in it, in it's transformative power, it can transform!
It's brilliant exactly in it's "apparent" silliness, but it's *not* ironic. It seems to say yeah, a good stomp lifts me higher, and after all aren't we just all stompers we confused creatures of the dirt who simultaneously are souled?
That's my take on Elevation anyway...
cheers all!
elisa519_U2adik
The Fly
I love Stuck. For me it's catchy and this is the first song I liked in ATYCLB, followed by walk on, beautiful day, then the res of the songs.
I think the " wooh ooh ooh" part in the song sucks. Well this is just my opinion. I hate that part, but the rest is ok. I'd prefer if Bono didn't sing those high notes. But still, it's catchy, I agree it's catchy.
These kinds of songs are the ones that young U2 fans love. These songs got new fans hooked to U2. You see there's a generation gap between the U2 fans. so really, some of us will not agree with other fans. Most young fans want the new U2 songs and those older fans want the 80's and 90's U2 songs, right? We all have different preferences when it comes to U2 songs.
I think the " wooh ooh ooh" part in the song sucks. Well this is just my opinion. I hate that part, but the rest is ok. I'd prefer if Bono didn't sing those high notes. But still, it's catchy, I agree it's catchy.
These kinds of songs are the ones that young U2 fans love. These songs got new fans hooked to U2. You see there's a generation gap between the U2 fans. so really, some of us will not agree with other fans. Most young fans want the new U2 songs and those older fans want the 80's and 90's U2 songs, right? We all have different preferences when it comes to U2 songs.
elisa519_U2adik
The Fly
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U2@NYC
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I played 'Stuck' as my entry song at our wedding.
I think that my love for the song is summed up right there.
I think that my love for the song is summed up right there.
thousandfold
The Fly
"Stuck" is so personal, being about Michael Hutchence and all... it really surprises me that people think it's fake or forced or phony because I really don't think it is. It's not my favorite song, but I do like it. And the video has football!! What more could you want?
"Elevation" has totally lame lyrics but I love it anyway because it is so damn fun.
"Elevation" has totally lame lyrics but I love it anyway because it is so damn fun.
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