Liam and gump are on the ball here. Before HTDAAB's release, EYKIW was divided by ATYCLB vs Pop arguments. When it came out, for the first week or so, we thought the two camps were reunited, with only a few lone voices of dissent. But people progressively dropped off ... I of course was one of them. At one point, I placed HTDAAB as U2's second best album, below UF and above JT. Now I only rank ATYCLB as being worse than it.
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Liam and gump are on the ball here. Before HTDAAB's release, EYKIW was divided by ATYCLB vs Pop arguments. When it came out, for the first week or so, we thought the two camps were reunited, with only a few lone voices of dissent. But people progressively dropped off ... I of course was one of them. At one point, I placed HTDAAB as U2's second best album, below UF and above JT. Now I only rank ATYCLB as being worse than it.
DreamOutLoud13
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I'm compatible with everybody, dammit!How is that worrying, how in the hell were we compatible, and how sexy is the hair?
And it's pretty sexy, though a little bit darker than I wanted.
Out of focus, sorry.
Without flash.
That' s a good question. I guess we won't know the answer until there's something groundbreaking that appears. I think there could be more exploration of what can be done with technology (or maybe I'm just not aware of some amazing stuff out there). But sometimes I tend to ask whether some forms of art such as painting have not reached a dead end.
DreamOutLoud13
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So say the band popped in to see first impressions. They then thought everyone loved it. I guess they figured out the backlash much later, which might be why Bono has consistently pointed out (since at least early 2006) that the next album is going to be a DEPARTURE from ATYCLB+HTDAAB.That's what I love about The Unforgettable Fire - it never ceases to surprise you. I'm glad you managed to get me more optimistic regarding the album. An additional indication is the cover, which returns to some TUF/JT reflective style. I'm cautiously optimistic!
The Sad Punk
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Loves it.
I think if the band visited the website they would probably think they are contributing to people getting mental issues and would stop making music altogether.
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I'm compatible with everybody, dammit!
And it's pretty sexy, though a little bit darker than I wanted.
Out of focus, sorry.
Without flash.
Very nice.
I wish I knew more about visual art. I suppose my legal blindness puts me at a disadvantage there, but I still could be far more educated than I am. I love reading the posts people like Bonnie make about art. I'd say I'm most knowledgeable about music, really, and I certainly often wonder if some music paths have reached a dead-end. But you never know where the next innovation will come from. Thirty years ago, even with the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, nobody would have ever predicted where metal has come and all the subgenres that have developed, especially in the nineties (I consider the early to mid nineties to be an amazing musical time in the underground). Sixty years ago, even bands like The Shadows would have probably been unpredictable. I really do often wonder what might be next for music; what totally unforeseen genre or subgenres will appear. I fear metal is reaching too many dead-ends at once, while post-rock is losing its original objective and becoming entrenched as a style rather than a movement. Since a lot of my collection is drawn from those areas, it's a bit disappointing for me, but then I want to expand more into other genres too.
DreamOutLoud13
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They have visited though. They think that EYKIWers are militant fans and that PLEBA girls are scary
it's 5:40 AM. My dad is getting ready to leave for work. He asked me why I'm not in bed.
"Because U2's new song was released and I had to listen to it ten times!"
The Sad Punk
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They have visited though. They think that EYKIWers are militant fans and that PLEBA girls are scary
Well, at least they're right there.
They might get their own mental issues from reading EYKIW a bit too much.
Could lead to crazy avantgarde things, you know ...
liamcool
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They might get their own mental issues from reading EYKIW a bit too much.
Could lead to crazy avantgarde things, you know ...
U2 doing shoegaze?
DreamOutLoud13
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Well like I've said. The reason we never see Larry when the band's not doing anything, is because he's probably hidden away in a closet crying because everybody on Interference hates him.
The Sad Punk
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My secret dream.
liamcool
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Hey, a Smoke On The Water jam in YEM? Cool stuff.
liamcool
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Or maybe just because Reggo does.
UF always ropes me back in. No matter how sick of U2 I might be, no matter how much I don't expect to get much from the album, it never fails to succeed. Songs like ASOH and the title track have an intangible quality that resonates quite deeply with me every time.
I get the impression that with NLOTH, U2 are trying to make a proper album package. The cover is a good point and will hopefully serve more of a purpose than the ridiculous HTDAAB cover did.
He's probably hired extra bodyguards and gone into hiding because he fears she'll hunt him down and rabidly rip him apart, limb by limb.
DreamOutLoud13
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omfg. I just realized GOYB is totally about Ali. I mean, that was sort of obvious. But it's about them when they were young. I mean, the 'couple at a carnival' imagery is clear, and that's sort of a young thing, but I just remembered a quote from Bono about how he fell in love with Ali in high school and how she used to walk around in an old pair of boots (wellingtons maybe?) that her cousin gave her, and how she had absolutely no idea how beautiful she was.
....
God, I need a life.
....
God, I need a life.
liamcool
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The Sad Punk
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GOYB will be the song that will give Bono a heart attack onstage. Lock it in.
The Sad Punk
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Shit, I remember reading about those gumboots. You could be onto something!
i heard that bono was fucking p. cruz
I feel I am not educated enough about art in general - music, literature, visual arts. Liberal education doesn't seem to work the way it used to some centuries ago, I guess. We're getting too specialized in our own fields and virtually neglecting things that happen in other areas. I regret this...
I don't see how some of the verse lyrics could possibly mesh with that, though. The chorus and verses seem to be coming from totally different places, almost like it's the chorus of one song and verses of another. I'd perhaps put this up as a discussion topic on WTAHAN, but I'd rather not receive dan_smee's high school music class final essay.
That's funny. I've been away for a few days, but I read the U2 police was coming after you out there.
Vertigo --> GOYB and he's done.
Hopefully this sequence will come early in the setlist, preventing us from hearing Pride --> One
liamcool
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He's allergic to bullshit too? I wouldn't have guessed it from all of those interviews.
I've felt this way too. I suppose I know a bit more than your average person about literature, but I wouldn't consider myself particularly knowledgeable at all, and would always defer to somebody else more educated in the field. Specialisation has its perks, and I love being able to devote myself to New Zealand history, but I'd also find some diversification greatly rewarding. I guess it's down to personal initiative and the pleasure you derive from it.
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