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U2 — I Will Follow
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Ghiaap
(Haarlo, The Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 04:36
 
 (former member) wrote:


Jeremiah 31:31-34

31 "The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them," declares the LORD. 33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."



 
Amen, brother!

oneyet
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 04:34
 
Being 20, first car, tuning up "I will follow" on the cassette player.
Oh, what memories......

blackjackshellac
(Montreal)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 04:33
 
silly silly band

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 13:17
 
 tulfan wrote:
One of the few U2 songs I crank up every time...
 

What are the others?


There have been so many that have been played out, it's good to hear and crank the "somewhat rarer ones".

Just picking one from each of the early albums, mine are:


Electric Co.

I Fall Down

40    

Bad



     
horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Mar 24, 2013 - 17:09
 
 jnesser wrote:
This is from when U2 was original and not mainstream.  Love their stuff on War and back.  They had some angst and emotion back then, that's what made their music so good.
  The beginnings of U2 revolved around their love of God and their songs reflected this with such intensity and power. Pure and simple.

After the Joshua Tree (well, really the Unforgettable Fire), they became so large and powerful that they actually became larger than themselves and perhaps Gods themselves. From that point to the present, they have lost that pure honesty and humbleness.

Too bad.



oldman
(Lost in Northern Virginia)
Posted: Mar 24, 2013 - 16:55
 
 tulfan wrote:
One of the few U2 songs I crank up every time...
 
Ditto

tulfan
Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 06:32
 
One of the few U2 songs I crank up every time...
stalfnzo
(Somewhere... out there)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 19:29
 
Oh, Bill. And you were doing so well; no U2 all day. Now, well you've lost me for a few hours as I try to let my nausea subside. Lousy lyrics, lousy and arrogant band. I just don't understand.

hallogallo
(Raleigh, NC)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 19:29
 

Boy was a real good album.

  

oilydwarf
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 02:14
 
is that a xylophone I hear?

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 21:10
 

This song is soooo good and energetic it makes us tear our clothes off and dance...
 

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 08:55
 
Great Drum rolls .. reminds me of Meg White

slate_dk
(Denmark)
Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 07:51
 
From back when U2 was straigth forward, simple but full of energy.... I love the old stuff.

Easyrider
(Portugal)
Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 07:50
 
Exceptionally good track!

tulfan
(Still in SE MI)
Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 07:48
 
 jnesser wrote:
This is from when U2 was original and not mainstream.  Love their stuff on War and back.  They had some angst and emotion back then, that's what made their music so good.
 


I agree. To me, after War, their passion and angst were replaced with (over) production.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 20:12
 


Jeremiah 31:31-34

31 "The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them," declares the LORD. 33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."



max_p
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 09:46
 
The U2 guitar riffs did not evolve much more than this example.

If it aint broke, don't fix
 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 09:46
 
 Cynaera wrote:

And it's still good. We be dancin'.... {#Sunny}
 
Miss you so much, Ann...

rest in peace... 

Easyrider
Posted: May 14, 2012 - 00:07
 
Pure raw energy and great production😜

ziakut
(The Windy City)
Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 07:48
 
done with U2.

jkscoggin
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 07:18
 
Agreed! Too bad the song got a sorry, it deserves some airtime here. 

ajlept wrote:
Dang! I missed it. Of course, it's in my music library, but to hear it here would have been cool. I got the Boy LP when it first came out and it still is an inspiration today. I uploaded "Out of Control" to the LRC and it got an immediate "Sorry." Oh well. This is U2 at it's rawest and IMHO, finest.

 



Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 14:22
 
 sirdroseph wrote:


U2 is many things, including talented, but complexity in their music and motive is not one of them. They set out to be the worlds number one band, it is the reason for their existence and they achieved their goal. Now does that mean they are musically interesting or creative? Of course not, being the number one band and being musically creative and interesting is not possible in today's music corporate market.

 

Is this a videly held opinion in the UK?

I love this song btw.

jnesser
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 14:21
 
This is from when U2 was original and not mainstream.  Love their stuff on War and back.  They had some angst and emotion back then, that's what made their music so good.

ajlept
(Athens, GA)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 21:53
 
Dang! I missed it. Of course, it's in my music library, but to hear it here would have been cool. I got the Boy LP when it first came out and it still is an inspiration today. I uploaded "Out of Control" to the LRC and it got an immediate "Sorry." Oh well. This is U2 at it's rawest and IMHO, finest.


tlew
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 17:28
 
Ya ya your eyesssssssssssssssssssss!  Still a great song!


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 17:26
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...



jr2571
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 16:18
 
Saw this song live back in the 80's and it was real good, like real, real good.  The slow part in the middle and the back to the jam is made for live performances- crowd goes crazy.  Still sounds great on the air, but please mark the original album songs are from and not the Best Of...??

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 11:16
 


Everybody in my hotel room be dancing...  love it...
 

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jun 01, 2011 - 05:59
 
Iconic...the first real SALVO from these guys...

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 16, 2011 - 11:14
 
 toterola wrote:
In the words of the Maestro (Bob Dylan), "Don't criticize what you can't understand".

BTW, your message board "handle" sounds great. Keep up the good work! {#Wave}
 

U2 is many things, including talented, but complexity in their music and motive is not one of them. They set out to be the worlds number one band, it is the reason for their existence and they achieved their goal. Now does that mean they are musically interesting or creative? Of course not, being the number one band and being musically creative and interesting is not possible in today's music corporate market.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 21:26
 
 Cynaera wrote:

And it's still good. We be dancin'.... {#Sunny}
 


This song was on the album Boy, in 1980...  yes, we still be dancing...  love it...

 


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 10:24
 
 ick wrote:

I know huh?  Too bad it takes so much money to stay out of prison for this form of civil disobedience!

 
(shrug) No taxes, no services. You get what you pay for. In the case of St Bonio's lot, they offshore their taxes so that the country which nurtured and educated them doesn't get a cent. If you think that this is a good thing, fine, but with the Irish economy in the sh1t on account of gambling bankers and corrupt politicians, and now in hock to the IMF, it could do with the millions of Euros a year which U2 should be paying. If they don't cough up, they're freeloading leeches. Which wouldn't matter for a standard megaband, but St Bonio puts himself forward as a modern feckin' saint and is forever telling world leaders (who gain legitimacy from his company) to cough up to developing countries, so you don't have to be a moral philosopher to see the hypocrisy.


ick
(The 619)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 07:21
 
 fredriley wrote:

...and tax avoidance.

 
I know huh?  Too bad it takes so much money to stay out of prison for this form of civil disobedience!


GuiltyFeat
(Ra'anana)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 07:20
 
Lacks the imagination and verve of their strongest tunes.

ask
(New Haven)
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 19:01
 
 SaintPeter wrote:
Sucko-Barfo
 
Really???? At least a 7 I say!!


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 05:59
 
 oenyaw wrote:
More from the masters of law suits.
 
...and tax avoidance.


oenyaw
Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 10:11
 
More from the masters of law suits.

SaintPeter
(Denver)
Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 22:07
 
Sucko-Barfo

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 20:35
 
 romeotuma wrote:


I remember so well when this first came out...  it was so fresh and raw and new and awesome...  great stuff...  time sure flies when you're having fun...  sigh...


 
And it's still good. We be dancin'.... {#Sunny}

nicolewe
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 20:31
 
Sick of it. Sorry folks.{#Yell}{#Yell}{#Yell} WIsh this song would "walk away".

bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 01:15
 
after seeing this video in 1980 I bought the album immediately,

it was raw, positive, and so good to hear in that 'no future' era...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcbga9ofo4&feature=related

garycha
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 05:43
 
Ah takes me back to watching this bunch of young christian rockers sporting mullets (even Edge had hair then) playng this on the sunday evening God Hour TV slot.  That's the only place they could get air time in those days.

'Rejoice' from the much under-rated October LP is my U2 fave, but 'I Will Follow' comes close second.  Then America embraced the (imho very weak) Under a Blood Red Sky LP, stadium rock became cool again, and the rest is history.  I saw them at Exeter University promoting the War LP jus before they fully got stuck up themselves.  

But I still like some of their later stuff and admire their staying power.

rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 04:51
 
you can chuck all other U2 tunes. this one is the only keeper and its great.
by the way i still contend they ripped the guitar sound from PIL with keith levene.

Stingray
(Cologne)
Posted: May 17, 2010 - 06:03
 
NO HUM!

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Apr 15, 2010 - 11:45
 
Break out the strat and delay pedals! Wha-hooooo!

Awesome track.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 20:16
 


I remember so well when this first came out...  it was so fresh and raw and new and awesome...  great stuff...  time sure flies when you're having fun...  sigh...



chirpie
(olathe, kansas)
Posted: Dec 10, 2009 - 12:07
 
 Delboy77 wrote:

i tend to agree with you, achtung baby and pop are imho 2 of their best albums by far...brilliant songwriting, new sounds.

 
At last, I feel like I'm not alone in this world. ^_^


Delboy77
(Vienna, Austria)
Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 02:31
 
 mhodak wrote:
I am probably an exception as far as U2 goes, but I really like their albums from 90s: Achtung baby, Zooropa and Pop. They were not afraid to experiment and explore new sound. I do not much care for their earlier and newer albums.

I find their earlier works (with few exceptions) too alike. Like all written following the same recipe with much imagition added.   

 
i tend to agree with you, achtung baby and pop are imho 2 of their best albums by far...brilliant songwriting, new sounds.


flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 12:57
 
Definitely one of my favourite U2 songs.
The Edge's guitar work in this so cool!


mhodak
Posted: Sep 22, 2009 - 23:25
 
I am probably an exception as far as U2 goes, but I really like their albums from 90s: Achtung baby, Zooropa and Pop. They were not afraid to experiment and explore new sound. I do not much care for their earlier and newer albums.

I find their earlier works (with few exceptions) too alike. Like all written following the same recipe without much imagination added.