Yap, Federated States of Micronesia Superthread

[Axver]

ACROBAT.

:cranks volume right up:

 

[coolian2]

How many Baby's in this song?

Approximately a million.

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

51 babys.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Don't believe what you hear, don't believe what you see...

 

[adrball]

You can swallow, or you can spit.

 

[Axver]

And I'd join the movement if there was one I could believe in
Yeah, I'd break bread and wine if there was a church I could receive in

 

[adrball]

51 babys.

Would have guessed 42.

 

[The Sad Punk]

It's less that and more that I can totally hear Justin Timberlake & Co. harmonising the chorus.

See, this isn't a problem to me - I love Justin Timberlake. Damn good album, that last one of his, not that my collection is filled with shite like that.

Ah, Acrobat, you were made to be improved upon in a live setting, you lost soul.

 

[Axver]

What to do when it's all been said
No new ideas in the house
And every book's been read
*solo*

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

And I'd join the movement
If there was one I could believe in
Yeah I'd break bread and wine
If there was a church I could receive in
'Cause I need it now

To take the cup
To fill it up
To drink it slow
I can't let you go

^ Fucking love that part. With my religious difficulties, I can really relate

 

[bono_212]

You can swallow, or you can spit.

UGHGGHGH when I saw that in the Dirty U2 lyrics thread, it kind of killed the first verse for me

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

I wouldn't want them to perform it live now. They'd more than likely fuck it up, and my heart would be broken.

 

[The Sad Punk]

And I'd join the movement
If there was one I could believe in
Yeah I'd break bread and wine
If there was a church I could receive in
'Cause I need it now

To take the cup
To fill it up
To drink it slow
I can't let you go

^ Fucking love that part. With my religious difficulties, I can really relate

Yeah, me too. And Ax, evidently.

 

[coolian2]

LIB

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

And I must be an acrobat
To talk like this
And act like that
And you can dream
So dream out loud
And you can find
Your own way out
You can build
And I can will
And you can call
I can't wait until
And you can stash
And you can seize
In dreams begin
Responsibilities
And I can love
And I can love
And I know that the tide is turning 'round
So don't let the bastards grind you down

 

[Axver]

Oh, Achtung, you're such a dodgy, dodgy album, but then you end with Acrobat/Love Is Blindness and I can't possibly rank you as lowly as the shitfest of ATYCLB.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Love is Blindness is a fucking gorgeous and truly haunting song. That's all I have to say.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I think with the remaster, Acrobat will really explode and kick shit over the rest of the album. It sounds weaker than it should.

 

[adrball]

LIB=Probably the best closing tracks of any U2 album.

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

btw, "you can swallow or you can spit" is a biblical reference. And no, it's not about oral sex.

 

[Axver]

I wouldn't want them to perform it live now. They'd more than likely fuck it up, and my heart would be broken.

Given how the Vertigo versions of TEC, The Fly, and Discotheque are definitive, I actually think they could pull it off.

 

[The Sad Punk]

btw, "you can swallow or you can spit" is a biblical reference. And no, it's not about oral sex.

And the saltwater kisses... ?

 

[bono_212]

I'm gonna go to sleep for a couple hours, talk to you folks later

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

Fuck, I haven't listened to LIB in a long time. It might destroy me

 

[Axver]

Love is clockworks and cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel
Squeeze the handle
Blow out the candle
Love is blindness

Definitely about the Troubles, people.

And if you need further proof ... Bono doesn't snippet the poem September 1913 in this song live just because it sounds cool.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I'm gonna go to sleep for a couple hours, talk to you folks later

Keep on rocking, Ashley!

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

Love is clockworks
And cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel
Squeeze the handle
Blow out the candle
Love is blindness

^ Beautiful

 

[coolian2]

Given how the Vertigo versions of TEC, The Fly, and Discotheque are definitive, I actually think they could pull it off.

Agreed.

 

[bono_212]

I wouldn't want them to perform it live now. They'd more than likely fuck it up, and my heart would be broken.

I don't see how, they're still a class act live

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

*guitar part that makes me weep*