nathan1977
Rock n' Roll Doggie
An interesting question here -- everyone reveres the late 80s U2 productivity and particularly the B-sides. They hail this period of U2 as a particularly productive one for the band, in terms of album content as well as B-sides.
However, I just now fired up my ATYCLB outtakes playlist and was surprised to notice that ATYCLB has only two fewer songs in the outtakes than JT -- once you add in the releases from the boxed set.
The songs are:
- Love You Like Mad
- Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
- Flower Child
- Summer Rain
- Levitate
- Always
I think these songs are almost as strong as the JT B-sides, so I'm curious why they don't get the same kind of attention? Was it because they were only released three years ago, so they aren't as well known? Was it because of the fact that 87 was U2's first consistently great year of releases, so everyone holds that up as the gold standard? Or is it because at the end of the day, we're all children of the 80s? Is there anyone out there who thinks the B-sides from Pop are more compelling than those from JT? Or the 00 B-sides?
However, I just now fired up my ATYCLB outtakes playlist and was surprised to notice that ATYCLB has only two fewer songs in the outtakes than JT -- once you add in the releases from the boxed set.
The songs are:
- Love You Like Mad
- Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
- Flower Child
- Summer Rain
- Levitate
- Always
I think these songs are almost as strong as the JT B-sides, so I'm curious why they don't get the same kind of attention? Was it because they were only released three years ago, so they aren't as well known? Was it because of the fact that 87 was U2's first consistently great year of releases, so everyone holds that up as the gold standard? Or is it because at the end of the day, we're all children of the 80s? Is there anyone out there who thinks the B-sides from Pop are more compelling than those from JT? Or the 00 B-sides?
