SpamNRice
(Northern, Italy) | | Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 23:52 | |
Earnest to the point of pretentiousness... hard for me to feel the pain U2 is trying to elicit. I applaud the intent, but unless they're living the pain or providing all their earnings to relieve it, they're just making money off of the suffering of others. Callous... perhaps... or not. Get back to the hard edge voice and the riffs that made U2 who they are (were).
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scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA) | | Posted: May 12, 2010 - 09:13 | |
Did he just rhyme cigarette with minaret? Morrison just rolled over in his grave.
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bluefrog
| | Posted: Feb 13, 2010 - 22:13 | |
Byronape wrote:Haven't really liked anything newer then the Joshua Tree era of U2.
I think "zooropa" and "achtung, baby" were good efforts. everything after that has been 100% pure derivative drivel and monumentally disappointing. "All that you can't leave behind" was particularly awful. |
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Byronape
(Flat place that used to be a swamp and needs to be again.) | | Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 11:53 | |
Haven't really liked anything newer then the Joshua Tree era of U2.
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Sloggydog
(UK) | | Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 02:31 | |
I can't work out if i find this more or less pretentious than their usual stuff but i guess it kind of suits them. I quite like it.
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LuvWilloughby
(Westmore,VT) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2009 - 17:18 | |
Bono doing spoken word. interesting. sort of...
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orpheus
(pacific northwest, finally!!!) | | Posted: Nov 14, 2009 - 01:31 | |
rtb wrote:
Sure it's art alright. Bad art from usually-good artists. And I'll treat it as such. Thanks.
ditto x 5 (funny how so many of their previous fans are now just that)  |
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nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia) | | Posted: Nov 14, 2009 - 01:13 | |
cixelsyd wrote:Bono has declared Rock is dieing in response to poor U2 sales.
Maybe this album is responsible for killing it.
Yeh, they need to move more towards jazz................................ |
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cixelsyd
(Winterpeg) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 11:32 | |
Bono has declared Rock is dieing in response to poor U2 sales.
Maybe this album is responsible for killing it.
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stevematic
(sandy eggo) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 08:04 | |
usually i like U2, but i kept thinking, "this guy is really into himself"
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black321
(Bong Island - FL - CA - CO - WA - Bong Island) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 08:02 | |
I gotta listen to this "album" and give it a shot...
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shutter
(You can't get here from there) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 08:02 | |
Awww, crap, I always get suckered into thinking this is Harold Budd. Then Bono comes in. Not bad for a U2 song, though. Oh well, time to hit the iPod for the Budd..
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rtb
(NE corner of Work and Boredom) | | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 13:49 | |
Thistle wrote:Great song with great lyrics.
You phillistines gotta let this band grow as they will... not the way you want them to. This is art. Treat it as such. Sure it's art alright. Bad art from usually-good artists. And I'll treat it as such. Thanks. |
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Thistle
(Peg City) | | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 13:44 | |
Great song with great lyrics.
You phillistines gotta let this band grow as they will... not the way you want them to. This is art. Treat it as such.
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alanthecowboy
(Lakefield) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 18:49 | |
oscar_driver wrote:Omg Bono no screaming?still what an aweful tune ;p
OMG, Bono's not screaming. What a great tune! 8 |
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Xeric
(Montana) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 18:39 | |
mandolin wrote:...this is decent; i appreciate the change in direction...
Agreed. I'm not completely wild about it, but it's an interesting new direction for a band that . . . well . . . could use one, maybe. I kinda like it. |
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oscar_driver
(Planet Earth) | | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 11:01 | |
Omg Bono noT screaming? still what an aweful tune ;p |
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pugifat
| | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 10:59 | |
There's something very fresh to this song when you've heard a lot of U2...
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betsyroks
(uk leicester) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 06:39 | |
i think this is the only u2 song i like
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squidish
(Underwater in the SF Bay) | | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 12:45 | |
Can't wait to see them in OCT!
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crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!) | | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 12:42 | |
I Like most U2 songs. This isn't a song. Ugh.
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MiMa
(Düsseldorf, Germany) | | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 12:41 | |
4>6 it´s getting better  |
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shutter
(You can't get here from there) | | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 12:39 | |
panlad wrote:
That would be "Against the Sky" from The Pearl. I recognized it immediately as my high school literature teacher used to play that album in class... and I've owned it ever since.
That answered my question! |
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Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | | Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 11:48 | |
Well. This album sure came and went fast, huh?
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panlad
(Serenity) | | Posted: Jun 09, 2009 - 10:40 | |
doctec wrote:
Those first few free-form bars of the tune bear a very strong resemblance to a cut from one of the Eno/Budd collaborations - from either Ambient #2 or The Pearl.
That would be "Against the Sky" from The Pearl. I recognized it immediately as my high school literature teacher used to play that album in class... and I've owned it ever since. |
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver, Canada) | | Posted: May 03, 2009 - 02:25 | |
Moody, atmospheric . . . I like it.
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jjfflyboy
| | Posted: Apr 28, 2009 - 12:36 | |
The intro is all eno.
RP: why not just play eno?
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doctec
(Northeastern U.S.) | | Posted: Apr 28, 2009 - 12:35 | |
Droidac wrote:Wonder if they had this in mind, speaking of Cedars of Lebanon....
http://www.cedarsisland.com/
Those first few free-form bars of the tune bear a very strong resemblance to a cut from one of the Eno/Budd collaborations - from either Ambient #2 or The Pearl. |
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osbyec
| | Posted: Apr 28, 2009 - 12:33 | |
U2 usually doesn't do it for me, but this is all right so far. 6.
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Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise) | | Posted: Apr 28, 2009 - 12:33 | |
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