Tim Wallach
The Fly
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2008
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- 267
womanfish, you knocked it out of the park!
I think for me it just took re-setting my expectations. Nothing will ever match AB for me and their nuanced material from that era, so I am happy they're still around making lots of strong material.
I know most albums now will be 50/50 for me. But the hyperbolic nonsense about how awful some of this stuff is really needs to go. If you don't like a song, get over it. Over 13 tracks, U2 will never fail to provide some great moments.
For me on the five I've heard off SOE, I love Get Out and refuse to get caught up in the Coldplay, pop detractors. It's a great melody with some surprising construction. I don't love the Best Thing single mix, but again it's a great, friendly melody. The Blackout has too many stops and starts to really take off for me and the chorus lacks punch, but there are enough interesting sounds going on (hello Adam) to keep it entertaining. I heard American Soul once and was underwhelmed for sure, but big deal. It won't make me slam the band. And Little Things will sound great with studio production I'm guessing
I still have 8 tracks left to hear and I'm guessing at least 3 or 4 will be very solid.
Would I like Bono to be a bit more subtle in the mix and Edge to be more prominent? Sure. I can nitpick all day. But it really sounds to me like they're giving us some strong material 40 years into their career and if you don't think so, that's fine. But no need to ruin the days of those who enjoy it.
I think for me it just took re-setting my expectations. Nothing will ever match AB for me and their nuanced material from that era, so I am happy they're still around making lots of strong material.
I know most albums now will be 50/50 for me. But the hyperbolic nonsense about how awful some of this stuff is really needs to go. If you don't like a song, get over it. Over 13 tracks, U2 will never fail to provide some great moments.
For me on the five I've heard off SOE, I love Get Out and refuse to get caught up in the Coldplay, pop detractors. It's a great melody with some surprising construction. I don't love the Best Thing single mix, but again it's a great, friendly melody. The Blackout has too many stops and starts to really take off for me and the chorus lacks punch, but there are enough interesting sounds going on (hello Adam) to keep it entertaining. I heard American Soul once and was underwhelmed for sure, but big deal. It won't make me slam the band. And Little Things will sound great with studio production I'm guessing
I still have 8 tracks left to hear and I'm guessing at least 3 or 4 will be very solid.
Would I like Bono to be a bit more subtle in the mix and Edge to be more prominent? Sure. I can nitpick all day. But it really sounds to me like they're giving us some strong material 40 years into their career and if you don't think so, that's fine. But no need to ruin the days of those who enjoy it.