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On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: May 12, 2013 - 20:18
 
 Middleton wrote:
Best U2 song.  Ever.
 
This and "One", IMO.
I do think it gets played too often here on RP, however.

satkinson
(London, UK)
Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 15:08
 
I'm so glad that RP is not too up-itself to play U2 - this is a fantastic song!

DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland)
Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 05:34
 
 Lazarus wrote:


Thank you!  Hope you are having a great time right this minute...

love this song...
 
Yes I am - a different minute but the same time

To RP - man what a set of music. Congrats 

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 19:46
 
 agd3 wrote:
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
Welcome back!
 

Thank you!  Hope you are having a great time right this minute...

love this song...


agd3
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 19:41
 
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
Welcome back!

agd3
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 19:39
 
How can this not be a 10?

tdturner
(Vancouver)
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 19:36
 
All time fave!

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 20:24
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...


lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 11:32
 
 DanO-1 wrote:

Yup, and 52 people rated this a 1.       {#Stupid}
 
Whilst nearly 1200 rate it an 8,9, or 10.

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 11:32
 
I think all the negative votes are more about what U2 has BECOME then what they WERE when this perfection was released.... 

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 11:31
 
This has always been my favorite U2 song.  Pure heart, soul and emotion.

And to the haters out there, when you are emotional, in rock and roll, you often wail. 

Love it. I'M WIDE AWAKE.  I'm not sleeping.

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 12:01
 
Wailing, wailing and more wailing Bono. Long live the wailing Bono...oh geeeez.

DearDM
(Boston)
Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 13:11
 
Fitting title...

Middleton
(along for the ride)
Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 13:10
 
Best U2 song.  Ever.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 16, 2012 - 20:00
 

brilliant and beautiful song from a great great great album...
 

DanO-1
(Over a mile high, New Mexico)
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 07:59
 
 pjcowboy wrote:
one of the best ever.
 
Yup, and 52 people rated this a 1.       {#Stupid}

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 07:54
 
Although the live version of this song is one of the best recordings ever made, the studio version is still a 10. 

pjcowboy
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 08:56
 
one of the best ever.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 21:14
 
 bachbeet wrote:
Love the song and the album.
 
Yes, I agree...  magnificent...  this album will last forever...

 

bachbeet
Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 17:48
 
Love the song and the album.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 17:46
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Fred, I adore you. We may disagree occasionally on music choices, but I always love reading your comments. The Nottingham Jury gets my vote, no matter what it votes.

 
We miss you so much, Ann...

rest in peace... 

chilibob
(Peachtree City)
Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 17:44
 
 lemmoth wrote:


Bill is the most eclectic dude inthe known universe.
 
Indeed!

ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime)
Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 17:43
 
Anxious for the ending, which I feel is the best part of the song.

Tippster
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 18:03
 
 scrubbrush wrote:

Holy God Almighty, this is a fantastic song.

I've heard and read that U2 do not have the strongest rhythm section.... the bass and drums on this are so perfect i cannot imagine how they could get better

 
Huh - Adam Clayton (bass) and Larry Mullen Jr. (drums) are arguably the best technical musicians on their respective instruments in the group.  Sure the Edge gets all the love for his loops and stuff, but that's more innovative than flat out skilled - not quite the same is it? Adam and Larry would be able to play jazz, the Edge I'm not so sure of.

sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 22:52
 
 romeotuma wrote:


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 
 

Mine too!!!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 22:34
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

StoneyG
(Just east of The Rockies; north of the 49th)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 22:33
 
Another slick transitions peoples!  (This time from Sheep.)

SaintPeter
(Denver)
Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 06:31
 
It is bad.  Very bad.

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 05:23
 
 lemmoth wrote:
Live version is my favorite U2 song of all time.

A big screw you to all the haters out there - this band is among the best and most important in rock and roll history.
 

epic themes, brilliant lyrics and orchestration...
four ghetto Irish kids trying to be the The Ramones...
what were the odds...

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 13:07
 
 fredriley wrote:

Which is just a wordier and more intellectual variation on the age-old "If you don't like X you must be thick/philistine/have no musical appreciation". It doesn't work that way - musical appreciation is not a rational thing, it's emotional. If you don't like U2 or the Beatles or The Who or Amon bloody Duul it doesn't make you a dimwit. You just don't like it, that's all. No mystery.

Anyone who comes here is a "RP type". It's not some secret society of intellectual illuminati, it's a public radio station for all to listen to, and the more that listen the better (not least for Bill & Becky's bank balance). You are telling people what to think and you're pigeonholing them based on your personal preferences. Knock it off.
 
Bravo Fred

Although I have run across the occasional Beatle hater and can't quite fathom them — guess its my own limitation.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 13:05
 
 subdude wrote:
U2 and the Who have obviously made a big impression on you Bill. Come on, there is so much great music out there. A bit more research maybe?
 

Get off our comments board!!!!! Bill is the most eclectic dude inthe known universe.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 13:03
 
Live version is my favorite U2 song of all time.

A big screw you to all the haters out there - this band is among the best and most important in rock and roll history.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 13:01
 
Bad is good

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 05:26
 
 bstjames wrote:
So, I seem to have developed an adult onset alergy to U2.  I guess it's the pretentiousness.  Everything is presented like it's the most important thing ever written.  And the screaming!  I appreciate the themes, but it's the execution that kills me now.  I have rated some of their songs highly in the past, mostly based on the theme or lyrics.  But I just can't stand the combination of Bono's screaming and Edge's guitar any more.  So when U2 come on I tend to pull out the mp3 player that I plug into the line in jack here at work and listen to something more amenable to my (current) tastes.
This is in no way a knock on Bill.  He keeps such a marvelous variety of genres, artists, and time periods flowing through RP!  I'm just over U2.  Now if we keep hearing Pink Floyd 2 or 3 times a day, they may make my list as well.
Maybe it is what I hear as pretentiousness.  I can't abide Madrugada for that reason.  That's what I dislike about later Pink Floyd.  Or Bruce Springsteen.

 

nice minority opinion...

bstjames
(Enfield, NH)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 13:20
 
So, I seem to have developed an adult onset alergy to U2.  I guess it's the pretentiousness.  Everything is presented like it's the most important thing ever written.  And the screaming!  I appreciate the themes, but it's the execution that kills me now.  I have rated some of their songs highly in the past, mostly based on the theme or lyrics.  But I just can't stand the combination of Bono's screaming and Edge's guitar any more.  So when U2 come on I tend to pull out the mp3 player that I plug into the line in jack here at work and listen to something more amenable to my (current) tastes.
This is in no way a knock on Bill.  He keeps such a marvelous variety of genres, artists, and time periods flowing through RP!  I'm just over U2.  Now if we keep hearing Pink Floyd 2 or 3 times a day, they may make my list as well.
Maybe it is what I hear as pretentiousness.  I can't abide Madrugada for that reason.  That's what I dislike about later Pink Floyd.  Or Bruce Springsteen.


Stingray
(FREE INTERNET)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 13:06
 
HOW UNBELIEVABLY BAD!!!

"KILLING BONO"

scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 13:04
 

Holy God Almighty, this is a fantastic song.

I've heard and read that U2 do not have the strongest rhythm section.... the bass and drums on this are so perfect i cannot imagine how they could get better



TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 13:03
 
I prefer the live version, but this is an incredible song regardless.

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 21:17
 
Bad good.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 19:36
 
 kcar wrote:

Certainly Not! (Hastily hiding secret handshake and ritual paraphernalia)

Perish the thought! (untying sacrificial goat)

No dark oaths here, no sacred pot!


Masonic Intimidation Ritual
"...and I solemnly swear to not tell fredriley, on pain of death..." 


secret Masonic-RP handshake
"Fred's not listening this weekend—we can openly mock the unwashed heathens among us!"

 
The art of the riposte is not dead.



Bobert_ParkCity
(Park City Utah)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 19:33
 
In direct contrast to the previous song - Tailored and uptown. Not gonna hear this in a six buck a night fleabag!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 20:02
 


marvelous...  love it...

 

jt1
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 03:33
 
 subdude wrote:
U2 and the Who have obviously made a big impression on you Bill. Come on, there is so much great music out there. A bit more research maybe?
 
Have you ever listened to RP?
I've yet to come across a more interesting, diverse and eclectic range of good music elsewhere.


kcar
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 00:23
 
 fredriley wrote:

Anyone who comes here is a "RP type". It's not some secret society of intellectual illuminati...
 
Certainly Not! (Hastily hiding secret handshake and ritual paraphernalia)

Perish the thought! (untying sacrificial goat)

No dark oaths here, no sacred pot!


Masonic Intimidation Ritual
"...and I solemnly swear to not tell fredriley, on pain of death..." 


secret Masonic-RP handshake
"Fred's not listening this weekend—we can openly mock the unwashed heathens among us!"



GrooVy
(Planet Earth, Mainly...)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 23:47
 
U2 - Bad. The name sums up u2. There was a point where they were decent-ish, or maybe my musical taste was just undeveloped. That was long ago. Now, i'm just waiting for we3...



marmelock
(Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 23:44
 
Mute!

madebytim
(Denmark)
Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 06:00
 
of all u2 songs why this one...

subdude
(New Zealand)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 15:59
 
U2 and the Who have obviously made a big impression on you Bill. Come on, there is so much great music out there. A bit more research maybe?

scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm)
Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 15:28
 
Really doesn't get much better than this

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 15:26
 

Nice segue from "Sheep" to "Baaaaaad". That sophomoric sentiment stated, I love this song.{#Good-vibes}