Canadiens1131
ONE love, blood, life
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Nice Telecaster by the way
U2girl said:
Yes, I prefer imagery and story-telling over aphorisms and one liners.
djerdap said:
Oh hell no. You DID NOT just insult a masterpiece song like The Fly, musically and lyrically. It is a very deep song with meaningful lyrics, so please...
Canadiens1160 said:Nice Telecaster by the way
Sicy said:Everyone is entitled to their opinions.. lets keep it civil please!
Lancemc said:
I'm surprised it already hasn't gotten out of control in here. It stared off kinda rocky, but things aren't too bad.
Originally posted by liamcool
War.
The_One1932 said:I've posted this before, but here it is again:
Achtung is by far their best album, that being said... it doesn't leave you with the feeling that joshua tree does. Joshue tree is hopeful and full of ideas, when you listen to the songs there is an open, all-freeing, soundscape going on that sets you free and at ease (yes i know there are some dark songs, but the album is NOT dark). This is why some people like JT so much, its lighter, easier to take. Achtung is a farrrr different story. All the lyrics are shrouded in dada-ism. Where JT made you think, AB makes you dwell. AB is hopelessness at its finest. Paranoia and fear and the pitfalls of seduction are slapped in the listener's face whether they like it or not. The album can be painted as a divorce album (edge's breakup), a betrayal album (jesus vs judas) an album about political revolution (fall of the USSR). Achtung baby to me still sounds like music that was not meant to be made in 1991. As strange and technical as radiohead have become, their music does not sound like it is from the future or ahead of its time. The music on AB sounds today still farrrr ahead of its time. U2 went above and beyond with the starkly ORIGINAL rythms they had on this album. zoo station, even better than the real thing, until the end of the world, mysterious ways, ultraviolet and acrobat all are rythmic masterpieces creating a sonic (i hate the term, but it works), driving sound unmatched in music history. One is arguably the greatest songwriting seen of all time and the fly is pure summation of what a band should be able to do with vocals, guitar, bass and drums bouncing off of one another creating a simultaneously supplementary and complimentary sound. The lyrical provocations of wild horses, so cruel, trying to throw yaatw are not seen on any other album. And AB has the only song that really fits as closing out an album of theirs with Love Is Blindness. This surprisingly minimalist song caps the album with yet more questions painted across a new type of U2 soundscape. The album's main idea or promise is completely encapsulated in the lyrics from acrobat "what are we to do when its all been said, no new ideas in this house and every book has been read," and in the backround of zoo station, "You can turn it up," stating that when all originality is lost, control is to be given and not to be commanded. The cohesiveness evident here is unmatched by any album in their catalogue. Bono was obviously going for this lyrical cohesiveness on Bomb, came close too. Achtung baby showed us the dark side of the world and of love, when U2 had only shown us hope before. This was not "I want to run, I want to hide," this was," A little death without mourning, no call and no warning... baby a dangerous idea that almost makes sense." Almost...
depe said:Beautiful Ghost vs Zoo Station 0:1
Streets vs EBTTRealThing 1:1
Silver And Gold vs One 1:2
ISHFWILooking For vs UTEOTW 1.5:2.5
Spanish Eyes vs WGRYWH 2:3
With Or Without You vs So Cruel 2.5:3.5
Luminous Times vs The Fly 2.5:4.5
Walk To The Water vs MWays 2.5:5.5
Bullet The Blue Sky vs TTTYAATWorld 3:6
Running To Stand Still vs Ultraviolet 4:6
Red Hill Mining Town vs Acrobat 4:7
Race Against Time vs LIBlindness 4:8
In God's Country vs AlexDIHFBOM/Korova1 5:8
Trip Through Your Wires vs Paint It Black 6:8
Sweetest Thing '87 vs Fortunate Son 7:8
One Tree Hill vs Where Did All Go Wrong 8:8
Deep In The Heart vs Salome 9:8
Exit vs Lady With SHead 10:8
Mothers Of Disappeared vs Satellite Of Love 11:8
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TJTree 11 : 8 ABaby
Pero said:
Thank you!!!
Finally someone who understands it.
I wanted to say the exact same thing, but i just couldn't find words to match this.
Even if i somehow were a Joshua lover, i would be converted to Achtung just because of this text.
Love the part about the fly, just makes it even better.
"Achtung is as close to perfection as 4 guys can get"