Rastat said:Mmmm... translation of the croatian review, please?
Thank you...
Skeek, I agree with your point of people simply looking for validation, as there seems to be a bit of a double standard - ie, if the critic praises the album, then it's a great review because they must somehow "get" U2, where as if it's a bad review, then somehow the critic is out to lunch because they just don't "get" U2....that type of thing....which sorry to say is just ridiculous, I agree.SkeeK said:Basically, a lot of people here are acting in very ridiculous ways. It's this whole need for validation, and if they don't get it they'll just say 'well critics are all wrong no matter what, anways' when it comes down to it nothing really matters at this point. you'll love listening to a new u2 album for the first time. you might be disappointed, i project the majority of us won't. and we won't really be able to say anything conclusive till a year from now. I still find it difficult to judge atyclb on musical merits alone because of all the hype and speculation and argumentation i've been involved in.
edit: but don't get me wrong i understand how exciting it is to have the press acting all excited over the awesomeness of the upcoming album. but you gotta stop taking all the external things so personally, and just take yourself personally instead .
Michael Griffiths said:I'm guessing we'll all enjoy at least parts of the album, and many of us will enjoy all of it to varying degrees. I personally expect to like the album more than ATYCLB, but not as much as UF, TJT or AB. So it'll be a near classic album if things go according to my expectations. (As a barometer: I believe ATYCLB is about two or three songs from being a "near classic" - 'Stateless' and 'Ground...' would have helped, minus 'Peace on Earth'). So if HTDAAB is a near classic, it is hardly a bad thing.
Roland of Gilead said:
I almost see it the same way. Replace Wild Honey with Summer Rain and Peace on Earth with Stateless and All That... would of been top 3 easy.
Flying FuManchu said:Summer Rain soncially sucked compared to Wild Honey. People might hate the lyrics of Wild Honey (I think its alright) but sonically it was good stuff IMO.
MrBrau1 said:
True. The acoustic guitar and the drums sound great on Wild Honey.
RademR said:
I see your point, it would have been interesting to see "Peace on Earth" replaced for me rather that "Wild Honey." I sometimes listen to WH, POE is a skip over everytime for me, unfortunetly.
ZigZag said:Am I the only one who very much enjoys Peace on Earth?
There was nothing wrong with ATYCLB, and in fact, always reminds me of christmas time around the year it came out. Nice memories and a nice flavor to it in fact.
But past the good singles, most of the songs are just good little ditties...not amazing classic U2 songs to tell your grandchildren about. But is that so bad?
But seriously...what was so bad with Peace on Earth?
Nothing's wrong with 'Peace on Earth'. It's a good song....for me to poop on!ZigZag said:Am I the only one who very much enjoys Peace on Earth?
There was nothing wrong with ATYCLB, and in fact, always reminds me of christmas time around the year it came out. Nice memories and a nice flavor to it in fact.
But past the good singles, most of the songs are just good little ditties...not amazing classic U2 songs to tell your grandchildren about. But is that so bad?
But seriously...what was so bad with Peace on Earth?
RademR said:Makes sense, Radiohead and Colplay are both from the UK