Invisible - Reactions Thread (Do not post song requests - Discussion only!)

[LemonMelon]

I want to co-sign Axver's praise of Boy. What a fucking great album. I love post-punk, but U2's version of it is especially vibrant and ambitious. Great lyrics too.

 

[dan_smee]

PS Wellington fucking rules. Melbourne in miniature, with more hills. KAPITI COAST REPRESENT.

Yep - I've always wanted to go - I've been to Auckland, was a quick stop for a conference in 2010 - just didn't get time. Would also like to explore Hawkes Bay, get to Te Mata and worship the Coleraine Cabernet at the alter.

 

[mama cass]

Of course I'd be suddenly very keen if they announced a Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein residency.

count me in for that one Axver!

 

[Nick66]

Whenever I wonder what I saw in this band back in the day, I then just put on ASOH, One Tree Hill, and Heartland, and it all makes sense.

Listening to Boy also really evokes that. What an album. Basically as good as UF if you ask me. I played it earlier while I was in the office and I was thiiiis close to making a scene dancing around singing my favourite songs.

Yeah. ASOH and OTH to me are just on another plane of existence when it comes to U2's music. If there ever was a time when God really did walk into the room for them, it was then.

 

[Vlaco]

We're all entitled to our opinions, I don't agree with you in this case. Especially the comment about AB

Don't get me wrong, AB is an excellent album, but the songs I'm talking about (ASOH, TUF, Bad, Streets, WOWY, OTH, Exit, AIWIY and a few others) are stil not surpassed....

 

[Nick66]

PS Wellington fucking rules. Melbourne in miniature, with more hills. KAPITI COAST REPRESENT.

I love Welly, lived there for a year. Great cafes, great artistic vibe...amazing place to be, as is New Zealand in general. I saw a lot of the country just biking around it, both the North and South Island (bloody brutal country to bike though...all those damn hills). Had a great experience biking the Otago Rail Trail on the South Island, one of the best times in my life. The beauty and isolation on that trail is haunting, truly a dream landscape.

Aotearoa is one of the greatest places on earth...I'm just annoyed that Peter Jackson fucking let the secret out.

 

[cypress]

I did not like the ad much, but I really love this song! It sounds very modern, much like Beautiful Day did when it first came out. The first 30 seconds of the edited song are particularly exciting to hear.. I hope there's a longer version available later on.

 

[BVS]

Fascists usually have the tendency to paint on the others what they really are, to avoid the masses to think that.
Your narrow minded reading didn't see that I wrote different things in most comments over the last 24h. Censorship commitees usually have that problem - to read only what they want.
I do not admit, whether from you or any other user, to say the "shut the f*** up, because we're tired of your dissident comments" thing, ok? Kisses.

Wow, your self righteousness has taken on new heights.

Good on ya

 

[Nick66]

I agree, and I get the abstractness, and you're on point. I just find a few phrases (bomb-blast lightning waltz) baffling. When I was a teenager in would have assumed that they had deeper, bigger, hidden meaning. Now, not so sure ...

This dissuasion you're having with Axver reminds me a lot of a very similar discussion you and I recently had regarding Bono's lyrics (this time prompted by Ordinary Love). I'm sensing a pattern here.

 

[dan_smee]

I love Welly, lived there for a year. Great cafes, great artistic vibe...amazing place to be, as is New Zealand in general. I saw a lot of the country just biking around it, both the North and South Island (bloody brutal country to bike though...all those damn hills). Had a great experience biking the Otago Rail Trail on the South Island, one of the best times in my life. The beauty and isolation on that trail is haunting, truly a dream landscape.

Aotearoa is one of the greatest places on earth...I'm just annoyed that Peter Jackson fucking let the secret out.

Being an Australian, it is very easy to tease New Zealand, but nothing in the world compares to their scenery and landscapes. Incredible place. I only spent 4 days there, but I loved every second. The people are amazing, and the country is beautiful.

 

[dan_smee]

I just read on iTunes that Bank of America have upped their commitment from $1 per download up to $2 million to $8 million. The song must be going quite well...

 

[dan_smee]

 

[mikal]

I just read on iTunes that Bank of America have upped their commitment from $1 per download up to $2 million to $8 million. The song must be going quite well...

That's pretty cool on several levels.

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[dan_smee]

I suppose they set it at 2 million to save U2 some embarrassment if it flopped, but were always prepared to shell out the extra?

 

[mama cass]

I just read on iTunes that Bank of America have upped their commitment from $1 per download up to $2 million to $8 million. The song must be going quite well...

 

[dan_smee]

Red reported 1 million downloads in 1 hour - I wonder what it is up to now?

 

[Aleh_Hewson]

How is Invisible doing in iTunes chart? In Brazil, it's not even closer to the top 10

 

[mikal]

How is Invisible doing in iTunes chart? In Brazil, it's not even closer to the top 10

In not sure if it will chart because it's a free download. I could be wrong though.

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[Nick66]

I suppose they set it at 2 million to save U2 some embarrassment if it flopped, but were always prepared to shell out the extra?

Of course they were. Every cent they're investing in this campaign has already been budgeted.

 

[Super Yo]

How is Invisible doing in iTunes chart? In Brazil, it's not even closer to the top 10

It's a free song, I don't think we're gonna see it in any chart.

 

[Aleh_Hewson]

In not sure if it will chart because it's a free download. I could be wrong though.

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It's a free song, I don't think we're gonna see it in any chart.

Oh, I never had a clue about that. Thanks for the info!

 

[CrashedCarDriver]

How is Invisible doing in iTunes chart? In Brazil, it's not even closer to the top 10

Need a u2 song to feature on a Breaking Bad Premiere or Finale

 

[lemonfly]

Heard it a few times. I appreciate that it's quite understated. It doesn't try to hit you over the head with the "killer" hook or riff, which is refreshing. Bono's voice has lost that god-awful poppy shrillness that blighted Ordinary Love. Other than that, it's remarkably unremarkable. Someone upthread mentioned it sounded like a Bono & Edge project, and I concur. A big reason I was excited about Danger Mouse was because I believed he would allow Larry and Adam to really express themselves, not be drowned out under layers and layers of effects. Both are MIA here. Disappointing.

 

[Galeongirl]

Wow this thread exploded overnight! Over 40 new pages.

Listened to it again this morning, on my ipod on repeat. Am still getting a great feeling from the song, so much more then OL did. It's catchy, damn catchy. I enjoy the electronic touches, the drum machine reminds me of Beatiful Day's intro, the guitar solo reminds me of my favourite Killers song(When You Were Young), Bono's vocals are not as painfully strained as with OL and plenty of other songs, finally his normal voice is back. I'm enjoying this one.
Usually my feelings for a song aren't much influenced by the newness, as I found Boots okay when I first heard it, yet loved NLOTH2 ever since. I liked OL, the production was great, but Invisible definitely wins. I am genuinely getting excited for the new record.

 

[Nick66]

One thing I find kind of funny, for a long time we heard a lot on these pages how U2 should stop trying to make hits, just make music man, stop worrying about getting on the radio and being "relevant", and forget about all the hype and just put the record out there.

Now the band has put out a song that's full of hype and is clearly designed to pander to a mainstream audience and give them a conventional radio "hit", the record is nowhere to be seen and everyone is drooling so much they're going to need a mop to clean this place up when it's all done.

Don't get me wrong...I like the song fine, and it being designed to be popular doesn't make it a bad song. But it is a reminder that no matter what people say they want here, over and over again, U2 is going to do what they want (and that's to be relevant), and if the music delivers nothing else matters.

I mean, those people who were EVER expecting U2 to act like Radiohead, or any differently than they always have can pretty much put that idea to bed forever at this point...or at least for the foreseeable future.

 

[RademR]

still a huge fan of u2 (used to post here years ago daily), but to be honest wasn't expecting much on this song or new album. I think it's just b/c we've waited so damn long for it.

I love "Invisible". Although it seems like they tried to do too much in it (if that makes sense at all), I think it's catchy and a lot better than boots or vertigo, which I didn't hate. The theme of the song and the lyrics ("I am not invisible") should make it a decent hit, or at least get people's attention.

I love the music and the production. Bono's lyrics are good in some parts, bad in others.

Can't wait to hear it live. In conclusion, I'm glad the boys are back and it's good material.

 

[U2freakboy]

The RED commercial is still airing this morning! Was just on during NBC's Today Show.

 

[U2freakboy]

Here's the one thing that all U2 fans can agree on... that there's no way we'll ever all agree.

If this band went back to their 90's experimentation some fans would hate it, if they re-planted the Joshua Tree some fans would hate that. If 70-80 percent of fans are liking or even loving this song, I would say that means it's pretty damn good.

What I'm safely willing to say at this point is that I like it far better than anything on NLOTH or HTDAAB. I don't believe I've been this emotionally connected to a U2 song since Beautiful Day.

 

[trevgreg]

But it is a reminder that no matter what people say they want here, over and over again, U2 is going to do what they want (and that's to be relevant), and if the music delivers nothing else matters.

But, but... that's not what they want! They just want to write ambient/experimental music all the time.

The RED commercial is still airing this morning! Was just on during NBC's Today Show.

That it was.

 

[purpleoscar]

Well just listened to it this morning for probably the 30th time, and after a break from it, I still love it. It would be a good opening track or at least fit with an overall album theme. Most of the over-reaction to the negative is treating this as a new single.

I really love the bass line and will want to enjoy it further with CD quality. I'm hoping (there's an outside chance) that a version of the album will show up on a Hi-Rez downloads to buy.

I think U2 needs to lose some more sleep and finish this record.