dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 18:21 | |
crnkan wrote:
That is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
I couldn't agree more!  |
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bindi
(North Carolina) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 15:21 | |
I really feel bad for all the small indie bands that are putting out such great music, and have something meaningful to say, but will never find an audience because our culture seems to need to make a few bands megastars - and to pay attention to only them, and to keep them megastars forevermore.
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ziakut
(The Windy City) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 15:12 | |
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coloradojohn
(Tokyo till Jan. 29, then it's back to Rocky Mtn Way!) | | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 04:23 | |
I count myself blessed to have seen these guys twice, and will do it again, 'cause they're freaking MAGNIFICENT! Only LOVE...dig it!
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 10:32 | |
 I had this looped for WEEKS after NLOTH came out... |
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crnkan
(Pleasant Hill, Mo) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 09:17 | |
Merritt wrote: Saw U2 in Nashville a few weeks ago. Amazing show. They sounded great and put on an outstanding show. The sound system was so impressive - for an outdoor concert it was incredible loud and no distortion. The stage was also very impressive. I think the 360 degrees tour is over now, but if not, and you have the chance to see them, do it, you won't regret it.
Note, at the end of the show, Bono brought up a blind fan from the audience who was holding a sing reading "blind guitar player", Bono gave him his guitar and he played All I Want Is You while Bono sang. The rest of the band came back on stage and backed him up. Then when the song was finished, Bono told him to keep the guitar. What a great way to end the concert.
That is awesome. Thanks for sharing. |
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salzburg4321
(Salzburg, Austria) | | Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 03:24 | |
Fun, upbeat, motivating tune. What is not to like? Great to jog or workout to.
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Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 15:49 | |
lemmoth wrote:
Interesting post, but look up the word "nadir"
Thank you. Explains why I didn't get that Webster's editorial position.
Apex is what is was goiung for. |
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 13:50 | |
Sasha2001 wrote:Here's the thing, go back and look at the reviews of U2's earlier albums say, before "Joshua Tree." The band was NOT a critical darling. In fact, "Unforgettable Fire" received a luke warm reception by Rollingstone:
"with The Unforgettable Fire, U2 flickers and nearly fades, its fire banked by a misconceived production strategy and occasional interludes of soggy, songless self-indulgence. This is not a 'bad' album, but neither is it the irrefutable beauty the band's fans anticipated."
So let's not rewrite history. The band hit a real creative and popular nadir with Joshua/Achtung but they didn't have any radio hits before that. They were and always have been a band that wrote music meant to be performed live first a formost. I think that's why so many people have a hard time accepting songs heard on the radio for the first time, these songs are meant to be heard in an arena surrounded by screaming fans, and sitting in 200$ seats.
Interesting post, but look up the word "nadir" |
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Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 09:27 | |
Here's the thing, go back and look at the reviews of U2's earlier albums say, before "Joshua Tree." The band was NOT a critical darling. In fact, "Unforgettable Fire" received a luke warm reception by Rollingstone:
"with The Unforgettable Fire, U2 flickers and nearly fades, its fire banked by a misconceived production strategy and occasional interludes of soggy, songless self-indulgence. This is not a 'bad' album, but neither is it the irrefutable beauty the band's fans anticipated."
So let's not rewrite history. The band hit a real creative and popular nadir with Joshua/Achtung but they didn't have any radio hits before that. They were and always have been a band that wrote music meant to be performed live first a formost. I think that's why so many people have a hard time accepting songs heard on the radio for the first time, these songs are meant to be heard in an arena surrounded by screaming fans, and sitting in 200$ seats.
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Merritt
(Tennessee) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 09:18 | |
Saw U2 in Nashville a few weeks ago. Amazing show. They sounded great and put on an outstanding show. The sound system was so impressive - for an outdoor concert it was incredible loud and no distortion. The stage was also very impressive. I think the 360 degrees tour is over now, but if not, and you have the chance to see them, do it, you won't regret it.
Note, at the end of the show, Bono brought up a blind fan from the audience who was holding a sing reading "blind guitar player", Bono gave him his guitar and he played All I Want Is You while Bono sang. The rest of the band came back on stage and backed him up. Then when the song was finished, Bono told him to keep the guitar. What a great way to end the concert.
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 09:12 | |
Wonderful tune.... Killer live and incredibly moving. Oh Oh - Bill's playing my IPOD again, PS, TH, DB U2 |
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 09:11 | |
gallardo wrote:U2 is a very creative band. No Line in the Horizon is a well produced album. Good lyrics and good music. I like listening to this album.
I have following this band for many years, in my opinion they still got it. There is a reason why shows sold-out.
What he said.....I agree with wholeheartedly.....down with the haters. |
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 09:11 | |
sorry..to the "older is better" crowd but I've been on this cruise since these guys FIRST came ashore here...and IMHO this is an excellent crossover song and certainly one of the BEST in the last three albums... btw. in re. the cover art...OMG!!! two horizontal images of differing hue or light opacity!!! someone call the Plagarism Police STAT!!!   it's a HORIZON ffs...(face palms) |
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ScottFromWyoming
(Powell) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 21:16 | |
Wizzuvvoz wrote:
and Mark Rothko (I think?) based on the cover art
F1 wrote:Sorta, yeah.  alux wrote:Either Rothko or U2 is upside down then. Proves nothing.
For the record:
pearmax wrote:The cover is a Sugimoto´s photo. Great photographer. |
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jkhandy
(Near the ocean (in my mind)) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 21:15 | |
Magnificent.......Not!  |
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whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 16:25 | |
I love U2... but this I don't love
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michmargo
((Brussels, Belgium)) | | Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 03:23 | |
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gallardo
| | Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 14:53 | |
U2 is a very creative band. No Line in the Horizon is a well produced album. Good lyrics and good music. I like listening to this album.
I have following this band for many years, in my opinion they still got it. There is a reason why shows sold-out.
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sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 12:10 | |
orpheus wrote:as a former u2 fan I have to agree! very well said  I don't know, I have just about every U2 album and have been listening to them since the beginning. Loved the Boy, October, War albums and although No line is no where near the quality of these albums, it is much closer in sound than anything they had put out for a long time. Never going to get that creativity they had when they that age again anyway, so I will take what I can get...its not a bad song or album. |
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h8rhater
| | Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 12:01 | |
jakewhite77 wrote:"Not one of their artistic peaks." Huh? Oh, right, only Joshua Tree is any good. That's such a tired view point. Albums exist in a vacuum. Artists evolve. They can't, and shouldn't, make the same album over and over again. For the same reason, we shouldn't expect the same sound on every album. Albums should be listened to as independent works. And, as an independent work, "No Line on the Horizon" is a great album.
Amen!! |
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perrygibbs
| | Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 12:00 | |
Just shouty nonsense. Please no more U2. |
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chyk5
(Florida) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 12:00 | |
jakewhite77 wrote:"Not one of their artistic peaks." Huh? Oh, right, only Joshua Tree is any good. That's such a tired view point. Albums exist in a vacuum. Artists evolve. They can't, and shouldn't, make the same album over and over again. For the same reason, we shouldn't expect the same sound on every album. Albums should be listened to as independent works. And, as an independent work, "No Line on the Horizon" is a great album.
Well said. |
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orpheus
(pacific northwest, finally!!!) | | Posted: May 09, 2010 - 14:35 | |
That_SOB wrote:The early music from "the boys" had an IRA influence running through and through
Today there is a definite IRS tone to their Musak. If you listen really closely you will
hear the bell ringing out the floor number. as a former u2 fan I have to agree! very well said |
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Incarnadine
| | Posted: May 09, 2010 - 09:23 | |
U2 is one of the most overrated bands in the world, period. And this isn't even one of their better songs.
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jakewhite77
(Los Angeles) | | Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 16:20 | |
"Not one of their artistic peaks." Huh? Oh, right, only Joshua Tree is any good. That's such a tired view point. Albums exist in a vacuum. Artists evolve. They can't, and shouldn't, make the same album over and over again. For the same reason, we shouldn't expect the same sound on every album. Albums should be listened to as independent works. And, as an independent work, "No Line on the Horizon" is a great album.
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jakewhite77
(Los Angeles) | | Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 16:13 | |
6.5, really? This song is fantastic.
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nalle
(Malmo, Sweden) | | Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 13:20 | |
Noooooooooo, it´s not magnificent, it´s tragic.
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h8rhater
| | Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 13:19 | |
plaice3 wrote:I hear the band's original sound and lyric inspirations in much of this album. I love it, especially the biblical allusions. The whole thing is an inspiration to me. I'm so sorry to read all the negative comments including the one from Bill at this moment! It's not Joshua Tree (when I felt they were Irish boys trying to sing the blues — not authentic), but No Line on the Horizon is real U2 in my opinion. And having been a fan of the band from the beginning and first seeing them at the Orpheum in Boston in 1983 and several times since, I'm glad they're back.
AGREED!! |
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That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune) | | Posted: Nov 01, 2009 - 08:55 | |
The early music from "the boys" had an IRA influence running through and through
Today there is a definite IRS tone to their Musak. If you listen really closely you will
hear the bell ringing out the floor number. |
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