U2Soar
War Child
Ozeeko: “This is a pretty brilliant idea, except that, and it's funny, even in this totally logical linear presentation...i still feel like CT and SUC sound out of place, haha.
I'm not even a huge fan of breathe, but i could see it working in that context, maybe right after Magnificent. The whole "i found grace inside a sound part" sounds cathartic in that context, like the character finally finds what he's looking for. Still tho, CT and SUC, to pin it down what irks me about the songs, i think is the feeling like it's not coming from a character. It's more of just Bono up on stage behind the podium making a would-be inspirational speech. I mean, CT was inspired by Obama's campaign for crying out loud. And SUC dabbles a lot in self-deprication (poorly executed) with Bono poking fun at himself. These to me seem like songs about Bono and what Bono thinks. Not what the character thinks, but about what Bono, the celebrity, the philanthropist, the singer of U2, thinks. That to me is the biggest reason why these songs sound out of place.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think MERCY would sound a lot better than those songs in this tracklisting. And I've never been a huge fan of that number!
If I was putting cutting this tracklist to disc, I'd probably even take off GOYB. Again, too many soundbytes. Too many lines that sound torn from the speechbook of Bono. And Window In The Skies, I'm not sure it works as a closing song. It wraps things up a little too neatly and easily, like a contrived Hollywood ending. I'm not sure there is a suitable ending.”
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ozeeko, I can see what you mean about CT, Boots, and SUC as giving the impression that they are too autobiographical, too much interjection of Bono into the story. And if the “middle three songs” do not work for you. No problem. There may be some songs that you feel could work better like, for example, as you suggest, the song Mercy. What other songs could go well in this homecoming, reconciliation and recovery, celebration section of the story? The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Levitate, Always, ……?
Another route could be making the story even darker?
The song Smile could further add to the breakdown of the relationship. The songs Stateless and One Step Closer could supply more background to this character leaving home. How he is wandering the streets lost and stumbling around intoxicated. How he is sinking deeper into despair.
Then we are off to the War Trilogy, leading to the Epiphany Trilogy, and ending with the Homecoming Trilogy.
1. No Line
2. Fast Cars (Jacknife Lee Version)
3. Disappearing Act
4. Smile
5. Stateless
6. One Step Closer
7. Winter
8. White As Snow
9. Cedars Of Lebanon
10. Moment Of Surrender
11. Unknown Caller
12. Fez / Being Born
13. Mercy
14. Magnificent
15. Breathe
I'm not even a huge fan of breathe, but i could see it working in that context, maybe right after Magnificent. The whole "i found grace inside a sound part" sounds cathartic in that context, like the character finally finds what he's looking for. Still tho, CT and SUC, to pin it down what irks me about the songs, i think is the feeling like it's not coming from a character. It's more of just Bono up on stage behind the podium making a would-be inspirational speech. I mean, CT was inspired by Obama's campaign for crying out loud. And SUC dabbles a lot in self-deprication (poorly executed) with Bono poking fun at himself. These to me seem like songs about Bono and what Bono thinks. Not what the character thinks, but about what Bono, the celebrity, the philanthropist, the singer of U2, thinks. That to me is the biggest reason why these songs sound out of place.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think MERCY would sound a lot better than those songs in this tracklisting. And I've never been a huge fan of that number!
If I was putting cutting this tracklist to disc, I'd probably even take off GOYB. Again, too many soundbytes. Too many lines that sound torn from the speechbook of Bono. And Window In The Skies, I'm not sure it works as a closing song. It wraps things up a little too neatly and easily, like a contrived Hollywood ending. I'm not sure there is a suitable ending.”
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ozeeko, I can see what you mean about CT, Boots, and SUC as giving the impression that they are too autobiographical, too much interjection of Bono into the story. And if the “middle three songs” do not work for you. No problem. There may be some songs that you feel could work better like, for example, as you suggest, the song Mercy. What other songs could go well in this homecoming, reconciliation and recovery, celebration section of the story? The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Levitate, Always, ……?
Another route could be making the story even darker?
The song Smile could further add to the breakdown of the relationship. The songs Stateless and One Step Closer could supply more background to this character leaving home. How he is wandering the streets lost and stumbling around intoxicated. How he is sinking deeper into despair.
Then we are off to the War Trilogy, leading to the Epiphany Trilogy, and ending with the Homecoming Trilogy.
1. No Line
2. Fast Cars (Jacknife Lee Version)
3. Disappearing Act
4. Smile
5. Stateless
6. One Step Closer
7. Winter
8. White As Snow
9. Cedars Of Lebanon
10. Moment Of Surrender
11. Unknown Caller
12. Fez / Being Born
13. Mercy
14. Magnificent
15. Breathe