Never have understood the facination with these guys - yawn...

spraehbuer wrote:

I tend to get into a particular song for a few weeks, where if it repeatedly comes up in shuffle every few days I'll let it keep playing. Even in middle school, when I had only a few CDs, I rarely listened to one again before listening to them all in a rotation.

spraehbuer wrote:

A couple of months ago, Bill played "The Seeker" by the Who. I use Realplayer and I rewound that song probably 10 times in a row.

Plus I'm sure a lot of musicians listen to songs over and over again to get the song or the lyrics right.

Just another man's opinion.

grace6697 wrote:
Is it only women who listen to a song over and over again?
never listened to a song more than twice in a row.

always reminds me of driving across the mojave desert

grace6697 wrote:

You are funny!

1. this song reminds me of how amazing they *were*.

2. my first car did not have a cd player and rewinding cassette tapes was a huge pain in the ass so i copied this song to tape on REPEAT. i listened to it over and over and over.

This was the best music out at that time of my life

I don't know of a single other band that has maintained such a consistently high level of artistic output over 25 years.

Sure, sometimes they're a bit, um --- bombastic? --- but a tune like this reminds you of their greatness.

Phonedave wrote:

Agreed, and as a side-note, I have seen hundreds of acts, and consider myself bloody well-blessed to have seen Bono & Co. TWICE, in '83 and in 2001, and by God, YES! IT IS TRUE! the ENTIRE CROWD was pulled in and CRYING TEARS OF JOY AND RAPTURE, each time. I also saw The Who, and Santana, and Neil, and Bob, and many others, twice, as well, and though great, there was not THAT energy. Seeing IS believing, for those who do not yet know the Faith!
Rock on, U2 and RP!

horstman wrote:

I wholeheartedly agree. I still remember the Joshua Tree tour (in Giant's Stadium). It amazed me how a band in an arena venue could pull an audience in and make them (or at least me) feel like I was seeing them in an 100 seat club. I didn't even have that great a seat (upper tier, but first row :D) but you could feel the energy and ... for lack of a better word, honesty, that they had back then.

Still a good band, but much better back then.

-dave

Whingeing about Bono is like the debate about Was Jesus a Jew? (some things TRANSCEND, dig!) and the worst thing is Christ you are missing the fricking point of this ART! and, that said, there are few songs in the Universe which can DRIVE anything with THAT BEAT like this one does, and hear it while on some good 'cid while entering Sequoia N.P. like my bro and I did back in what '87 or so and shit it shines in all its God-like glory... and why not leave Bono out of it (and he won't mind) and JAM!

horstman wrote:

Interesting.

I must admit that I am not overly impressed with what comes from Bono's head. Great intentions, but much of it sounds like the same old, same old generous, let's throw money and food and other gifts at cute starving people.

Folks are reaching regional Malthusian limits in many developing regions of the world--in part thanks to generous western aid groups. The population pressures on the land are spurring civil wars and sometimes genoicide.

Time for some fresh thinking Dr. Bono, unless your objective really is multiplying the misery and violent strife so rich westerners will have more opportunities to feel righteous and 'good'.

redeyespy wrote:

Eno!

redeyespy wrote:

Very nicely put.

It's just fine: free of overproduction and bombast, crimes of which U2 were sometimes guilty. Quietly powerful.

Wow, playing some old stuff today, I like it! Hey Bill you sure your not burning one and reminiscing.

Joshua Tree's B-side was the best. Maybe because all the singles were played so much.. but even to this day I find myself taking a bathroom or beer break when Where the Streets Have No Name or I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For is played live at a U2 concert. The B-side songs... now that's a different story when they are actually played live!

Who's gonna buy the remix album? ...and are you going to tell your friends???

Simple but compelling bass line. Nice work Adam - less is more.

thewiseking wrote:

Bono and U2 were so good when they were original and not international Gods. Back then, Bono sang about God and his relationship with Jesus. Then he became larger than life and the music didn't seem to be so much from the heart as much as from the head. I think the earlier stuff is so much more positive, so much more energetic.

The later stuff, Pop and beyond is still very good, but when you have acheived everything, money and fame, the inner energy seems a little suppressed, if not lost altogether. Not really a problem, happens to the best of them. At least they're all alive and healthy.

bindi wrote:

The "suck era" hasn't happened yet that I can see. I have no idea to what you are referring.
Perhaps you don't appreciate growth and change?
Perhaps you think they should write the same songs over & over?
Perhaps you just don't get it?

bindi wrote:

The best songs on this album are the ones that get the least airplay... This one included. One Tree Hill, Exit, etc.

This sounds exactly like U2.

dmax wrote:

Well said and totally true. This whole album is outstandingly good, and IMO they've never come as close to perfection again.

Love this band anyway, and this album. Sure takes me back in time...

Just a beautiful song by a band that is at its best when it wears its heart on its sleeve like this.

So atmospheric. Perfect "road trip" soundtrack. "Desert sky, dream beneath the desert sky..."

I wish U2 would nowadays still write songs like these. The Joshua Tree is such a fantastic album.