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bluejay08003
Posted: May 11, 2013 - 12:36
 
Awesome segue from Zeppelin's Rock and Roll to this song!
Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 21:40
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Me too - leave romeotuma alone. He's got a good soul, and just because he loves music, it shouldn't be a reason to slag him on this board. He posts comments here that make some people doubt whether he has two brain-cells to rub together, but I assure you, he's far more intelligent, articulate and sensitive than he allows at these boards (wise decision, I'm learning.) If a song is "good for the ears," I'm all for giving it a chance or two.

Don't mess with him, or you mess with me. And I'm not nearly as benign as he is.

Let's move on now, okay? It's about the music, not the commenter...
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

we be dancing to this marvelous revolutionary song...
 

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 21:38
 
Saw them early summer of that year at Red Rocks, then again the next night at CU Events Center, thanks to a largely-rained out (but long enough to record the Under a Blood Red Sky thing!) show where Edge almost got electrocuted...they told us save our ticket stubs then the next night rocked us out of our minds; had us on our feet for more than three hours solid, and most of us were surprised, because we had no idea they'd already been around for 4 years or more and already had A LOT of great tunes and messages to deliver!

SteadyRollingMan
(Miami, Florida)
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 11:12
 
That bass line is funky!  And the pause, silence, then the line comes back....dooon dooon dooon...even cooler.  Say good bye.....oohh oohh oohh.

Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree)
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 11:10
 
This is that new band my kids liked. I haven't heard anything from them for a while; I guess they faded away.

sans
(Philly)
Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 05:35
 
It's the apocalyptic set on 122112. Say goodbye.

Slipstream
(South Florida (North Cuba))
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 18:09
 
Uggggh. Plodding. Pedantic.

Sorry if I incur the wrath of the U2 Faithful, but I just don't get it.

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 10:57
 
Bought this gem at a little record shop on Broadway when I lived in Chicago.... Sill listening.....9

james_of_tucson
(Tucson AZ)
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 16:40
 
 eltom wrote:
Why do I hate U2 since 1999??
 
Why do people ask questions to the wind that only they themselves can answer?

james_of_tucson
(Tucson AZ)
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 16:39
 
 olesonb wrote:
 

Heavy sigh. Love the stuff back when they were unique and had soul.



 
I still think of this as "the new U2 album."

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: May 14, 2012 - 16:19
 
 olesonb wrote:
 

Heavy sigh. Love the stuff back when they were unique and had soul.



 

like NOW for instance...

jnesser
Posted: May 14, 2012 - 16:17
 
 olesonb wrote:
 

Heavy sigh. Love the stuff back when they were unique and had soul.



 
DITTO!

Canlistener
(Ontario Canada)
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 05:45
 
 olesonb wrote:
 

Heavy sigh. Love the stuff back when they were unique and had soul.



 
My thoughts exactly as I listened to this....well put.

Hr-Rosendahl
(Skælskør Denmark)
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 05:33
 
Nice song & nice album!

blackjackshellac
(Montreal)
Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 07:41
 
I'll come back when bono stops screeching in my ears.  No hate either.  Sorry, just don't get it, never have (since the early 80s), doubt I ever will.

sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 07:40
 
 lemmoth wrote:

May I ask why?  The band is still putting out some fantastic music.  There are a half dozen songs on each of their last three albums that stand with the best of their material from 1981 to 1991.  The live shows are absolutely incredible. Bono has leveraged his celebrity to do some real good in the world.

I just don't get the hate

 
I agree with the comment of this period of their music being raw and powerful, but I also agree with you that they have continued to put out good work.  Nothing captures my attention like their pre-Joshua Tree stuff, but it is still quality music.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 13:35
 
 iTuner wrote:
Awesome song from a time when their music had some power and rawness.

Now Bono just irritates.
 
May I ask why?  The band is still putting out some fantastic music.  There are a half dozen songs on each of their last three albums that stand with the best of their material from 1981 to 1991.  The live shows are absolutely incredible. Bono has leveraged his celebrity to do some real good in the world.

I just don't get the hate


shakitten
(Trying to get back into a good dream)
Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 13:34
 
Amen, brother. This was great stuff.

olesonb
(Westminster, CO)
Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 13:29
 
 

Heavy sigh. Love the stuff back when they were unique and had soul.




bobringer
(Wayne, NJ)
Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 13:26
 
Is this a Travis cover?

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Jan 08, 2012 - 19:53
 
I always wondered if that military training count-off in the bridge of R.E.M.'s "Orange Crush" was somehow a tribute to the one buried in this cut.  Does anybody know anything about this similarity in these two tracks?

iTuner
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 22:19
 
Awesome song from a time when their music had some power and rawness.

Now Bono just irritates.

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 19:33
 
I'm always bitchin' about hearing the usual tired U2 "hits" here on RP, so thanks for playing this!  : )

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 21:17
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Me too - leave romeotuma alone. He's got a good soul, and just because he loves music, it shouldn't be a reason to slag him on this board. He posts comments here that make some people doubt whether he has two brain-cells to rub together, but I assure you, he's far more intelligent, articulate and sensitive than he allows at these boards (wise decision, I'm learning.) If a song is "good for the ears," I'm all for giving it a chance or two.

Don't mess with him, or you mess with me. And I'm not nearly as benign as he is.

Let's move on now, okay? It's about the music, not the commenter...
 


Thank you!  You are marvelous!

I love this song...  it is soooo good for the heart...

 



chyk5
(Florida)
Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 09:21
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
 Cynaera wrote:

So, based on your musical choices, you must have a better station than RP. Gimme. Nope, not betraying RP, but curious.
 
WUSC 90.5 "left of the dial, right in your ear."  Also WRAS 88.5 out of Atlanta though they do not have a webstream yet.

 

Haven't heard WRAS 88.5 in ages. I listened to them for 15 years while in Atlanta. Glad to hear they are still broadcasting. I found some great music through that station.

davedog
(Twin Cities, MN)
Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 09:12
 
Seeing these guys for the first time Saturday in Minneapolis.  Excited to see one of the great bands of the past 30 years.  

eltom
(Frankfurt, Germany)
Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 12:13
 
Why do I hate U2 since 1999??

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 02:16
 
 Cynaera wrote:

So, based on your musical choices, you must have a better station than RP. Gimme. Nope, not betraying RP, but curious.
 
WUSC 90.5 "left of the dial, right in your ear."  Also WRAS 88.5 out of Atlanta though they do not have a webstream yet.


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 02:13
 
 pilgrimsoul wrote:
One of the short list of their songs that I still have a fondness for... those were the days. Good stuff and great teenage memories.  However, most of their stuff I find hard to listen to now.  
 
I feel exactly the same way and yes this one is near the top.{#Yes}

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 12:39
 
 Cynaera wrote:

So, based on your musical choices, you must have a better station than RP. Gimme. Nope, not betraying RP, but curious.

 

Not very often, but sometimes I go to Youtube and find stuff I'd rather hear than what's on RP's playlist.  For instance, whenever I get a hankering for some Primus, which you can't get here.


pilgrimsoul
(Maryland)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 12:37
 
One of the short list of their songs that I still have a fondness for... those were the days. Good stuff and great teenage memories.  However, most of their stuff I find hard to listen to now.  

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 16:55
 
 Cynaera wrote:

So, based on your musical choices, you must have a better station than RP. Gimme. Nope, not betraying RP, but curious.

 
Excellent call.  I'd love to know myself.  (Poseurs beware!)  RP rocks on......{#Dancingbanana_2}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 16:50
 
 SaintPeter wrote:
Good bye!!
 
So, based on your musical choices, you must have a better station than RP. Gimme. Nope, not betraying RP, but curious.


zanref
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 20:27
 
The Doors? {#Think}

SaintPeter
(Denver)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 20:37
 
Good bye!!

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 13:50
 

Hey, hey
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ah, ha
Freddies dead
That's what I said



johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 11:29
 
Ahh,,, the 80's , a time when things were simple. All they had to worry about was mass distruction at the hands of nuclear weapons.
Better than today , all we have to worry about is who's getting kicked off "DWTS" and what's Lindsey and Brittney up to?

Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 13:06
 
Ooooooh, look at all the sock puppets....pretty.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 12:24
 
 trekhead wrote:
Anyone ever guess that's Larry Mullen on the album cover, as a kid? Curious.
 
It's the son of a friend of Bono's. Peter Rowen is now a photographer himself. He was on the cover of Boy, and the hits album too. Photo by Anton Corbijn.
 
edit: ha ha ha I'm too slow.


gortacleva
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 12:19
 
 trekhead wrote:
Anyone ever guess that's Larry Mullen on the album cover, as a kid? Curious.
 

The boy on the cover is Peter Rowen (brother of Bono's friend, Guggi). He also appears on the covers of Boy, Three, The Best of 1980-1990, and Early Demos. Bono described the reasoning behind the cover: "Instead of putting tanks and guns on the cover, we've put a child's face. War can also be a mental thing, an emotional thing between loves. It doesn't have to be a physical thing."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(album)



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 16:16
 
Me too - leave romeotuma alone. He's got a good soul, and just because he loves music, it shouldn't be a reason to slag him on this board. He posts comments here that make some people doubt whether he has two brain-cells to rub together, but I assure you, he's far more intelligent, articulate and sensitive than he allows at these boards (wise decision, I'm learning.) If a song is "good for the ears," I'm all for giving it a chance or two.

Don't mess with him, or you mess with me. And I'm not nearly as benign as he is.

Let's move on now, okay? It's about the music, not the commenter...

Cruzan
(AUSTIN, TX)
Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 11:17
 

Hmmmm, that's a U2 song I somehow missed.
I like it. Good choice ont that one Bill!



Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 12:13
 
By the way - does anyone this this song has similar riffage to 'Johnny Was' ? Specifically the Stiff Little Fingers version.

Love it either way.

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 12:11
 
romeotuma is way cool.

I will fight anyone who thinks otherwise! {#Bananasplit}

Seriously - chill out people - it's a comments page, to each his own.

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:56
 
 pinklife wrote:
Reminiscent of the Talking Heads...interesting.
 
Wow, I'd never noticed that before.. you're right. Back in the early 80s, I never thought of this sort of semi-monotone, percussion-driven sound as "genre," but I guess it is.


dBdwg
Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 11:27
 
 ziggytrix wrote:

Get over it guys.  It's not like he's obnoxiously slagging on everything.  Let him have his catchphrase.  Seriously, why does it bother you so much?
 
boredom kills


ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:24
 
 Stave wrote:

Glad to see I'm not the only one sick of Romeotuma's well thought out posts.  {#Fire}
 
Get over it guys.  It's not like he's obnoxiously slagging on everything.  Let him have his catchphrase.  Seriously, why does it bother you so much?

TJOpootertoot
(Toronto)
Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:22
 
 trekhead wrote:
Anyone ever guess that's Larry Mullen on the album cover, as a kid? Curious.
 

This is a bit embarrassing to admit as a U2 fan who doesn't know all their earliest stuff....but when Edge was singing at the beginning I thought it might be The Killers. (If it was Bono singing I'd be far more ashamed I didn't recognize it as U2.)

I don't know if that says more about how much The Killers can get into that 80s vibe or how much U2 has sonically evolved but....good song, anyway.


trekhead
(Set On FUN!!!)
Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 02:27
 
Anyone ever guess that's Larry Mullen on the album cover, as a kid? Curious.

SweTex
(Swede living in Texas)
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 14:12
 
 Crawlmeister wrote:

I know! I know! Can I?! Can I?! {#Wave}
 

Yes, you in the yellow t-shirt..go ahead.