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Please appreciate this record with me. It is perhaps their rawest effort ever, and there are a plethora of classics here.
Everyone knows Gloria and it is a classic. Adam's bass-solo makes the song, I think.
I Fall Down is criminally not-talked-about. Raw and damn catchy.
I Threw A Brick is pure raw rock, centered around the chant-like 'no one/no one is blinder/than he...'.
Rejoice - 'I can't change the world/but I can change the world in me/I rejoice' - one of U2's best early lyrics, and towards the end is one of Larry's best drum solos - not there are so many to choose from - which kicks ass.
I love Fire to death. It is possibly the catchiest song on the record, and I piss my pants at the guitar solo in the middle - it's short, but oh so sweet. Dark, brilliant.
Tomorrow is possibly U2's most Irish-sounding song ever. We all know it's about Bono's mother. A great example of the epic U2 buildup, even early on in their career. Some day the changing of the song's pace 2/3 of the way through was a mistake. I disagree.
October is just haunting. Just a keybord and eight lines of lyrics but WOW. I am pleased that this was on the Best Of 1980-1990, even if it was as a hidden track.
With A Shout is another great raw rocker in the vein of Brick and Rejoice. One of the most religious songs, imo, of U2's career.
Stranger In A Strange Land - I like this song a lot. I'd complain about it's placement on the record, but there's nowhere else I can see that would've been better so I leave it here.
Scarlet would have been an epic closer. It should have been the closer. It is one of the most serene, beautiful, minimalistic songs of U2's career. Damn near an instrumental.
Is That All is short but good. But it's not a closer. I think this would have worked well enough between Tomorrow and October. But Scarlet would have been a better closer.
This is a great record people.
Everyone knows Gloria and it is a classic. Adam's bass-solo makes the song, I think.
I Fall Down is criminally not-talked-about. Raw and damn catchy.
I Threw A Brick is pure raw rock, centered around the chant-like 'no one/no one is blinder/than he...'.
Rejoice - 'I can't change the world/but I can change the world in me/I rejoice' - one of U2's best early lyrics, and towards the end is one of Larry's best drum solos - not there are so many to choose from - which kicks ass.
I love Fire to death. It is possibly the catchiest song on the record, and I piss my pants at the guitar solo in the middle - it's short, but oh so sweet. Dark, brilliant.
Tomorrow is possibly U2's most Irish-sounding song ever. We all know it's about Bono's mother. A great example of the epic U2 buildup, even early on in their career. Some day the changing of the song's pace 2/3 of the way through was a mistake. I disagree.
October is just haunting. Just a keybord and eight lines of lyrics but WOW. I am pleased that this was on the Best Of 1980-1990, even if it was as a hidden track.
With A Shout is another great raw rocker in the vein of Brick and Rejoice. One of the most religious songs, imo, of U2's career.
Stranger In A Strange Land - I like this song a lot. I'd complain about it's placement on the record, but there's nowhere else I can see that would've been better so I leave it here.
Scarlet would have been an epic closer. It should have been the closer. It is one of the most serene, beautiful, minimalistic songs of U2's career. Damn near an instrumental.
Is That All is short but good. But it's not a closer. I think this would have worked well enough between Tomorrow and October. But Scarlet would have been a better closer.
This is a great record people.