I don't know what you are all hearing with Volcano. Is Adam up for a best bassist of the year Grammy or something? Yea, the bass sounds pretty good. That's about it.
This album is great- hope it brings the boys what they are looking for. Not sure it will be a hit but the negative reviews are way off. No weak tracks on the album at all. Many great U2 albums have rather weak second halves (Unforgettable Fire, POP, ATYCLB). But this one is strong to the end. The Troubles is probably their best album closer since "40"
The only song I don't like on the album is Song For Someone.
PS. The acoustic versions I look forward to hearing the most are Song for Someone and EBW
I didn't care for Song for Someone until I started listening to all the covers of that song on Youtube. There are George Winston-ish piano takes, guitar takes, even one that sounds like dentist music.
When you strip this song down to its bare melody, you realize just how gorgeous it is. I think the biggest mistake they made with this one was including the band. It should be Bono and a piano or a guitar and nothing else. I think the loneliness of the song would come through better that way.
When you strip this song down to its bare melody, you realize just how gorgeous it is. I think the biggest mistake they made with this one was including the band. It should be Bono and a piano or a guitar and nothing else. I think the loneliness of the song would come through better that way.
All I Want is You is an amazing song, classic U2. For me, it can't be touched by Troubles.
Best closers(87 to present):
1-AIWIY
2-Mothers
3-LIB
4-Troubles
5-Yawah
6-Grace
7-Wanderer
8-Ceaders
9-WUDM
Its too early yet to really gauge the Troubles but it could make top 3 or even 2 on my list
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I have issues with three tracks, though none are skip-worthy:
EBW: Love the verses, especially the second one where that "suspenseful" guitar part comes in, but the chorus is somewhat grating. Those cheesy keyboards are what really sinks it, not the vocal melody or the singing itself.
SFS: This one is somewhat the opposite: love the soaring chorus, the verses are bland but pretty. It's the aforementioned generic guitar solo and Bono unnecessarily yelling "yeah yeah yeah" over Edge's playing that rankles.
Iris: The verses, especially the TUF-style music, are great. The ending with the evocative, painful imagery is great. And I don't mind the "Hold me close" bridge. My main problem is the "woo woo woo Iris", which just seems out of place for this song. Is this the part that Chris Martin is rumored to be in? Then I hate it even more.
I'm really not sure how to even rank these songs against each other, aside from putting all three below everything else. Musically EBW and Iris are the more interesting tracks overall, but SFS is perhaps the most successful in what it sets out to do, and admirably ends abruptly without going over the top.
His yearning vocal delivery reminds me of Enrique Iglesias. I much rather prefer his lower register and songs with a deeper vocal delivery with occasional falsetto... stuff like Sleep Like A Baby Tonight, Cedars Of Lebanon, Wake Up Dead Man, Babyface (love his singing there!), Peace On Earth, Dirty Day etc.
His lower register vocals remind me of Vaclav Havel.His yearning vocal delivery reminds me of Enrique Iglesias.
His lower register vocals remind me of Vaclav Havel.
Just wanted to share a nice story with you guys.... (at least nice for me)
I have a daughter born right at the same time as NLOTH came out (Feb 09), she is 5,5 now and was very excited to hear the new U2 songs. Well, after 2 weeks she sings out loud in the car during Iris, Volcano, The Miracle, Cafifornia and Wolves..... so funny. She loves it!
Who said U2 is not able to get new young fans?
Ok, daddy started the U2 brainwash back in 2009 already....
Nice to hear that story, man. My daughter was born in July 2013. She's 14 months old now. Let's see how she picks up on U2. I already play classic albums by Beatles, U2, Eagles and other kinds of pop/soft rock. She is showing all signs of loving music so far.
hehe.... keep going, it will work (at least until she reaches 10....) then the Pop shit will take over, hopefully not.
Mine has been raised with U2, The Cure, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Black Sabbath, System of a down, Pearl Jam, REM, Queen of the stone age, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Muse, Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles.....and Adele / Amy Whinehouse (need to calm her down sometimes )
She loves them all!
Wow that's quite a list! I haven't gone overboard yet with so many artists but I do intend to expose her to REM... the greatest American band ever in my mind. Then slowly maybe I'll bring in the mellower tracks of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Pumpkins etc. Don't want to drown a 14 month old in hard rock just yet! haha
enjoy it while it lasts - i thought i gave my kids a really thorough music education, introducing them to all kinds of great music, thought i had all bases covered
and then my son discovered Slipknot
Pretty much all of Adore would be a great 'softer' introduction.