I'm just listening to some U2/Edge instrumentals from the UF --> JT period, most notably U2's Bass Trap and Edge's Rowena's Theme from the Captive soundtrack (I'm sure all of you are shocked! ), and I'm yet again struck by the beauty of these songs. I love the soothing and beautiful atmospheres, the delicate touches, the feelings of calm and peacefulness, and how it's simply quite ethereal and gorgeous.
I do wish U2 had explored this area of music more. I know it leaves Bono out in the cold a bit, but he's more of a guitarist than people give him credit for (well, maybe he wasn't back in 1985!), and honestly, I'm not all too fussed if it leaves him sitting around twiddling his thumbs. He'd figure out something to do eventually.
U2 probably could have come out with an instrumental album between UF and JT. There was enough material: Bass Trap, Boomerang I, Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come, an untitled instrumental that has leaked online, and 4th Of July could have been saved too, not to mention all of the material of Edge's on the Captive soundtrack. I wonder if there's more in the vault that just wasn't released - that's not unusual for U2.
If I could have just one thing from U2, it would be more music in the vein of The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, the Captive soundtrack, and b-sides from that era. U2 were on a stunning creative high in those years and I wish more of it had been released. My mouth waters just thinking about what may be lying around, considering what has leaked in various ways - Beautiful Ghost, My Time Hasn't Come, She's A Mystery To Me, Wild Irish Rose. Some of it, if released, would be commercial suicide, but it would be artistic and atmospheric bliss. We need more of that.
I do wish U2 had explored this area of music more. I know it leaves Bono out in the cold a bit, but he's more of a guitarist than people give him credit for (well, maybe he wasn't back in 1985!), and honestly, I'm not all too fussed if it leaves him sitting around twiddling his thumbs. He'd figure out something to do eventually.
U2 probably could have come out with an instrumental album between UF and JT. There was enough material: Bass Trap, Boomerang I, Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come, an untitled instrumental that has leaked online, and 4th Of July could have been saved too, not to mention all of the material of Edge's on the Captive soundtrack. I wonder if there's more in the vault that just wasn't released - that's not unusual for U2.
If I could have just one thing from U2, it would be more music in the vein of The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, the Captive soundtrack, and b-sides from that era. U2 were on a stunning creative high in those years and I wish more of it had been released. My mouth waters just thinking about what may be lying around, considering what has leaked in various ways - Beautiful Ghost, My Time Hasn't Come, She's A Mystery To Me, Wild Irish Rose. Some of it, if released, would be commercial suicide, but it would be artistic and atmospheric bliss. We need more of that.