You're on quite the Prince gif roll lately.
It's a shame nothing ever came of the rumors of a more ambient-influenced Songs of Ascent.
Indeed. Those two tracks, along with NLOTH, MOS and Fez capture the sound they were originally going for. Five more songs like that and it would be in my top 5.I would love to have seen U2 take the mood and atmosphere from Cedars of Lebanon and Soon and play with that for an album. It's a shame nothing ever came of the rumors of a more ambient-influenced Songs of Ascent.
Indeed. Those two tracks, along with NLOTH, MOS and Fez capture the sound they were originally going for. Five more songs like that and it would be in my top 5.
Cedars has always been underrated IMO. I think Bono paints a haunting picture and the arrangement fits perfectly. Some nice understated guitar work by Edge and also some cool samples. It's a song in the spirit of Pop.
Cedars I would almost rate as the best song on the album. I'd happily consider it their best song since the turn of the century. It is literally exactly the type of music I wish they were making.
And that's what frustrates me so much. I think if they weren't so anxious that we would probably have two or three albums full of really good songs. They just wouldn't chart. And we'd have a hugely interesting and very well-respected band.
I'll throw out an unpopular opinion: Crazy Tonight would be a perfectly OK song if it weren't for that falsetto Bono attempts in the verses.
What in the fuck was he thinking with that?
Agreed on all counts. Though I'd love to see U2 head into the studio to record an album without any regard to charts or touring the material, they're just not (and never have been) that kind of band. Unfortunately. The one time they might have gone there and opened up U2's horizons they got cold feet and put it out under a different band name.
Maybe they should do that again... Passengers Vol. 2?
Maybe they should do that again... Passengers Vol. 2?
And on its lyrics not becoming memes... they absolutely would have if it was released in 2010. The Miracle is up there with Bono's very worst.
But...
Would it qualify as a U2 album?
How would 2010 have made a difference?
Miracle is actually far above their other attempts at the straight forward pop rock singles like Elevation, Boots, or Vertigo.
I didn't realize you were talking about in interference specifically.Because the forum was more active and many of our long-time posters were yet to leave.
You say that as if it's factual. "I woke up at the moment when the miracle occurred" is, in my opinion, the worst lyric he's ever written. It's like a emergency services PR spokesperson was asked to write it. It barely makes sense, it's so clunky.
I won't argue about Boots, but Elevation and Vertigo are both a million times better. They're just straight-forward, dumb, accessible, three-and-a-half-minute rock songs without any pretension.
Because the forum was more active and many of our long-time posters were yet to leave.
You say that as if it's factual. "I woke up at the moment when the miracle occurred" is, in my opinion, the worst lyric he's ever written.
I can't think of a Pop lyric I like less than that line from The Miracle.
I'll throw out an unpopular opinion: Crazy Tonight would be a perfectly OK song if it weren't for that falsetto Bono attempts in the verses.
What in the fuck was he thinking with that?
Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion.
Force quit and move to trash
Come on ye people, stand up and sit down for your love
Where is the love, love and peace?
The air is heavy, heavy as a truck
I didn't realize you were talking about in interference specifically.
That line has never bothered me. Makes perfect sense to me, not exactly well phrased but it's no "mole diggin up a hole", "intellectual tortoise", or as bad as some of the clunkers on Pop.
Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion.
Force quit and move to trash
Come on ye people, stand up and sit down for your love
Where is the love, love and peace?
The air is heavy, heavy as a truck
I can't think of a Pop lyric I like less than that line from The Miracle.
Would love to hear what you think are the clunkers on Pop. Bonus points if you can do so without immediately jumping to lines from Miami or The Playboy Mansion, both of which contain silly, ironic lyrics.
For a rock song, The Miracle is dreadfully overwritten; cramming far too many syllables into each line has been a problem plaguing Bono's writing for a while now and that song is one of the prime examples of it.
See I get this in a sense, moreso than it being one of the worst lines. But do you think it's overwritten or it's just not the delivery you're used to for Bono? I mean there are many artist; I.e. Stipe or Morrissey that made a career out of "too many syllables" in their song writing.
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WUDM was written from a humble, childlike vantage point. I interpret it as simplistic, not lazy.