Yep,last description I would give it being honest.I don't find Atomic City to be sterile or dull.
Apparently the immersive 3d version does have different visuals from the 2d one. For anyone who hasn't already returned their Vision Pro headset...Wife signed up for a free Apple TV trial so we could watch the show for Father's Day yesterday. We both thoroughly enjoyed it.
what does that even mean? honestly?Atomic City is pure dad rock
what does that even mean? honestly?
what is your definition of dad rock?
Yoot-2obviously u2 should be making music for the teens
Re: Winter and Viva la Vida: if it hasn’t already been mentioned, technically they both copied each other. Brian Eno was producing for both at the same time and he gave each band the same opening chord sequence and challenged them both to come up with a song based on it.Probably coalescing, but I think that still means early Spring 26 at the soonest
I'll give you thematically, but to my ears, it's only one of two that have an unmistakable DM sound. The other being "This is where..." which sounds like it could be on a Broken Bells album. I guess I'll eat my own words a little here though because I do feel like SOI was the most cohesive record in theme and sound they've done this millennium. Either way, I love The Crystal Ballroom and really wish the rest of SOI sounded more like it!
Totally. Winter was mentioned earlier and it is totally a riff on the Viva La Vida framework (and I'd argue the ONLY time the two bands have sounded like each other, but I digress).
I was writing kind of a folksy song about five years ago and changed an entire segment because someone said "Is that the Stones' Let's Spend the Night Together?" and I freaked out a little. Different ears pick up different things (as evidenced by the comments about Crystal Ballroom above). It's sort of amazing.
See, I can disagree with most of this but at least respect that there's some thought behind your mindset, as opposed to just labeling things with silly catchphrases like "dad rock.""Dad Rock" is not the term. After all, they're dads and granddads. They're the music that many dads listen to. But that's not the problem, nor is "dad rock" a good descriptor for what I think everyone's trying to say. After all, U2, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The National, Bruce Springsteen, The Foo Fighters, and Metallica are all considered 'dad rock' and they all have different sounds and come from different eras.
Atomic City is just kind of toothless. It exists in the sort of 3 minute jangly pop song territory that some fans - myself included - dislike. It's even hard to describe why I don't like it - similar to The Miracle (of Joey Ramone). It's just...lifeless. It's got a melody and lyrics and a structure, but none of them are particularly pleasing to my ear. It's more annoying than anything.
For me, Atomic City is a nothing song. It's not their worst, but it's far from their best. It's a throwaway, which wouldn't be such a big deal if they'd been putting out high quality work and this was just an aberration. But it's not - if anything, Atomic City is sort of "third-era U2 by numbers." It's bland. It also doesn't help that, coming off of Songs of Experience, it's also another recent U2 song that's lifted a melody from another song. We now have a Haim riff, a OneRepublic hit, and a Blondie classic that have inspired U2 songs. At least the Blondie song is a good one, which is more than I can say for the other two.
I just can't keep hearing mediocre songs and making excuses for them like "well, it's not even supposed to be a great song, it was just to promote the Vegas residency." If it's not gonna be a good one, why record it at all?
Even 40 Foot Man sounds pedestrian to my ears. I don't know, I just feel like I'm living on another planet listening to these songs wondering why I don't hear the good things everyone else does.
I really love the guitar and bass work on Atomic City. That's another reason to be optimistic. I know the mix could have been a bit rougher, but I (still) think it's their best "single" in YEARS.
"Dad Rock" is not the term. After all, they're dads and granddads. They're the music that many dads listen to. But that's not the problem, nor is "dad rock" a good descriptor for what I think everyone's trying to say. After all, U2, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The National, Bruce Springsteen, The Foo Fighters, and Metallica are all considered 'dad rock' and they all have different sounds and come from different eras.
Atomic City is just kind of toothless. It exists in the sort of 3 minute jangly pop song territory that some fans - myself included - dislike. It's even hard to describe why I don't like it - similar to The Miracle (of Joey Ramone). It's just...lifeless. It's got a melody and lyrics and a structure, but none of them are particularly pleasing to my ear. It's more annoying than anything.
For me, Atomic City is a nothing song. It's not their worst, but it's far from their best. It's a throwaway, which wouldn't be such a big deal if they'd been putting out high quality work and this was just an aberration. But it's not - if anything, Atomic City is sort of "third-era U2 by numbers." It's bland. It also doesn't help that, coming off of Songs of Experience, it's also another recent U2 song that's lifted a melody from another song. We now have a Haim riff, a OneRepublic hit, and a Blondie classic that have inspired U2 songs. At least the Blondie song is a good one, which is more than I can say for the other two.
I just can't keep hearing mediocre songs and making excuses for them like "well, it's not even supposed to be a great song, it was just to promote the Vegas residency." If it's not gonna be a good one, why record it at all?
Even 40 Foot Man sounds pedestrian to my ears. I don't know, I just feel like I'm living on another planet listening to these songs wondering why I don't hear the good things everyone else does.
This is the perfect description of Atomic City. It came on a mix the other day, and I really tried to give it a chance but it's just...a Meg U2 song."Dad Rock" is not the term. After all, they're dads and granddads. They're the music that many dads listen to. But that's not the problem, nor is "dad rock" a good descriptor for what I think everyone's trying to say. After all, U2, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The National, Bruce Springsteen, The Foo Fighters, and Metallica are all considered 'dad rock' and they all have different sounds and come from different eras.
Atomic City is just kind of toothless. It exists in the sort of 3 minute jangly pop song territory that some fans - myself included - dislike. It's even hard to describe why I don't like it - similar to The Miracle (of Joey Ramone). It's just...lifeless. It's got a melody and lyrics and a structure, but none of them are particularly pleasing to my ear. It's more annoying than anything.
For me, Atomic City is a nothing song. It's not their worst, but it's far from their best. It's a throwaway, which wouldn't be such a big deal if they'd been putting out high quality work and this was just an aberration. But it's not - if anything, Atomic City is sort of "third-era U2 by numbers." It's bland. It also doesn't help that, coming off of Songs of Experience, it's also another recent U2 song that's lifted a melody from another song. We now have a Haim riff, a OneRepublic hit, and a Blondie classic that have inspired U2 songs. At least the Blondie song is a good one, which is more than I can say for the other two.
I just can't keep hearing mediocre songs and making excuses for them like "well, it's not even supposed to be a great song, it was just to promote the Vegas residency." If it's not gonna be a good one, why record it at all?
Even 40 Foot Man sounds pedestrian to my ears. I don't know, I just feel like I'm living on another planet listening to these songs wondering why I don't hear the good things everyone else does.
No but I expected them to open with something half decent.I mean I didn't expect them to record a piano waltz to open up the Sphere.
How certain are we that Eno is working with them on this album? While Bono and Edge did some recording done with Eno, I haven't heard any confirmation that he has been working with U2 as a band.So what does a "rock" album from a band like U2 sound like given their back catalogue... their age... where we are in music etc.
If you look at AB, as we all know, the moods on that album and Edge's playing in particular were influenced by a lot of personal stuff going on in their lives and the band dynamics. There's some fantastic guitar lines, solos etc and they're front and central in the songs. The majority all have some incredible "rocking" solos.
Since then? There's been moments on other albums, but is there anything as raw and rocking as The Fly, let along Acrobat, Until the End of the World, Love is Blindness.
What have they said are what they'd consider rock songs? All Because of You? Does Vertigo count? Stand Up Comedy? Little Things reminds me of some of those AB songs where there's a great solo and guitar work in what is just a great song.
They've always been rock with pop leanings though haven't they? That ear for a melody, a very catchy hook and we know about their obsession with something that's radio friendly.
My hope is that with Eno back onboard, we get a cohesive album of songs which are atmospheric and mixed with a bit of an edge to them (no pun intended) to remove that over-produced sheen of the last few records.
HTDAAB actually gained a good number of fans. Vertigo was a banger and the promotion in New York really hit.I had Apple Music on shuffle this morning and came across American Soul.
Really a shame that those lyrics exist, because it's a lot more interesting musically than I gave ever gave it credit for.
Atomic City is a pretty good song and I can't say lifting the 2 notes from Blondie in the chorus ever bothered me that much. What does bother me slightly is that I would never have become a U2 fan based on this song and to be perfectly honest I don't think they have released anything since ATYCLB that would have made me become a fan. (Even though I think of No Line as a top 5 U2 album). At some point "not bad" isn't good enough.
I was thinking about this in the middle of the night, while trying to fall back asleep last night and the horror hit me. Bono can talk all he wants to about feeling a room and avoiding keeping things too tight on the next album, but you don't spend 7.5+ years to create something "loose".It's a great interview, Lowe always brings the best out of Bono, you can tell he's very comfortable and not self-conscious in his answers.
I've forgotten which part he discusses it, but discussing recording, he talks about 'feeling the room' again and complaining that rock n roll 'has got tight', with Zane rebutting him say 'U2 got tight, Songs of Innocence and Experience were tight'.
They've always been rock with pop leanings though haven't they? That ear for a melody, a very catchy hook and we know about their obsession with something that's radio friendly.