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U2 — Two Hearts Beat As One
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grant
Posted: May 06, 2013 - 12:08
 
a weak U2 song from my least favorite U2 album.

drivingunit103
(around the 4 western provinces)
Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 23:18
 

...in the day - but not to day - let's move on  - more Clash.



kcar
Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 23:17
 
 maxgruv wrote:
Man, back when U2 *really* rocked. Miss those days.
 
It's been quite a while since they put out a new album. Maybe I'm way off but they seem to be fading into obscurity or retirement.

yahig
Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 08:40
 
 Klondike_Gabe wrote:


Yes... agree 100%.  Why is the world not sick of hearing these guys yet?
 

Not undone by  personal excess . They are some of the last men standing in rock. To some extent fashion is repetition and familiarity. U2  fashionable trendsetters by default. Although they may be rank amateurs; they are Rock n Roll outliers ...... Copyright 2012

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 03:49
 
 islander wrote:
These guys were so great during this era. Red Rocks and MTV!
 

Seconded!!!   Was it really 30 years ago that this came out?  Where did it all go!

Klondike_Gabe
(Yukon)
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 19:34
 
 jberko wrote:
This band is hugely overrated.  
 

Yes... agree 100%.  Why is the world not sick of hearing these guys yet?

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 10:38
 
 drsteevo wrote:

You could say the same thing about most guitarists.  Just about every modern guitarist who plays an electric guitar relies on a large array of effects to create their sound.  Jimi Hendrix was fantastic, but his "sound" relies on the whammy bar and several effects pedals plugged into the electric amplifier.  No modern rock guitarist would sound the same on an acoustic guitar, but the great ones are still great.

The Edge has a very unique style and is very reliant on the digital delay pedal to get his signature sound, but it doesn't take away from his ability.  Just ask anyone who has ever tried to sound like The Edge and they will tell you how difficult it is to play like that.  Especially live!  The Edge sounds fantastic live. 

He is no Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn, but then again, who is?
 

WORD. Well put.

islander
(Seattle)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 10:35
 
These guys were so great during this era. Red Rocks and MTV!

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 10:33
 
{#Bananajam}

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 20:31
 
 Jim_Highfield wrote:
Vile crap. Showcases everything that is wrong with this naff band.
 
Jeez, get off the fence already; do you like it or not?!

Jim_Highfield
Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 01:21
 
Vile crap. Showcases everything that is wrong with this naff band.

sloroll64
Posted: Oct 30, 2012 - 12:12
 
This song rocks!

Great album cover for the times...

Cold war was such a strange period.

 

Stingray
Posted: Sep 29, 2012 - 00:35
 
NO WAY - SIMPLETONS!

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 11:50
 
Just got back from touring Dublin.On my last day a taxi driver asked me if I'm into U2 and I said..."of course".
He took me down a small street where this and other records of theirs was recorded and told me all his stories about knowing a friend of Bono's(he gave Bono his name).....and all the crap they did in the 80's and 90's.Great ride! 

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 11:47
 
 secretsauce wrote:
Don't change your opinion of a guitarist because of something you "read" about him.  Your last sentence is what matters ... you like his sound.

It's true that if he played a Tuba he wouldn't sound at all like this.  Who cares.  

Listen to the guitar *playing* on this song.  Edge is playing the s..t out of the instrument ... that's not just "his machinery."
 
And I've seen them do this live, so machinery or not...he plays it.

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 15:29
 
This is when I thought U2 was really good. I hear this now though and think...ahhh not so much.

secretsauce
(City of Angels)
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 14:06
 
 Stingray wrote:
I always considered "THE EDGE" to be a great guitarist,
till I read it's not him, but his machinery,
that does 90% of his sound!
Still - I like his edgy sounds!

  Don't change your opinion of a guitarist because of something you "read" about him.  Your last sentence is what matters ... you like his sound.

It's true that if he played a Tuba he wouldn't sound at all like this.  Who cares.  

Listen to the guitar *playing* on this song.  Edge is playing the s..t out of the instrument ... that's not just "his machinery."



SaintPeter
(Denver)
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 14:02
 
Dear RP,

2 U2 tunes in 1 day is 2 too many.

maxgruv
(Vancouver, Canada)
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 20:34
 
Man, back when U2 *really* rocked. Miss those days.

Desimia
(Buenvenidos a Me-ah-mi)
Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 08:06
 
From France to Ireland - thanks for journey RP.
 


rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 14:59
 
{#Puke}

bev
(Reno, NV)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 11:50
 
 mperry wrote:
Yeah, I was also surprised this wasn't on the 'best of'.
From the WAR cd, this is U2 young, vibrant and breaking out
figuratively and literally. passionate, hungry, U2 really did go on to
fulfill all the potential hinted at, and more often bursting from, this recording.
 

{#Yes} Totally agreed. Well said. {#Clap}

drsteevo
(Location Location)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 11:14
 
 Stingray wrote:
I always considered "THE EDGE" to be a great guitarist,
till I read it's not him, but his machinery,
that does 90% of his sound!
Still - I like his edgy sounds!
 
You could say the same thing about most guitarists.  Just about every modern guitarist who plays an electric guitar relies on a large array of effects to create their sound.  Jimi Hendrix was fantastic, but his "sound" relies on the whammy bar and several effects pedals plugged into the electric amplifier.  No modern rock guitarist would sound the same on an acoustic guitar, but the great ones are still great.

The Edge has a very unique style and is very reliant on the digital delay pedal to get his signature sound, but it doesn't take away from his ability.  Just ask anyone who has ever tried to sound like The Edge and they will tell you how difficult it is to play like that.  Especially live!  The Edge sounds fantastic live. 

He is no Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn, but then again, who is?



h8rhater
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 11:01
 
 ZiegZeon wrote:
Twice the ego of the Beatles with half the talent...
 
Twice the tired stereotypes of previous commentary with half the content...


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 20:34
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

jt1
Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 23:47
 
Bill, this isn't fair...I have stuff to do that requires me to take off my headphones, but you keep playing great music!

jkscoggin
Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 09:57
 
I agree completely. This is by far their best album.

 clickfaster wrote:
Sorry to be a geezer about this, but this is the best U2 album bar none.  Young, gritty and not yet completely enamored with themselves.
 



MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 09:57
 
 cschneiderwa wrote:

i couldn't agree more.
 

that owes to musical ignorance of BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS...

ZiegZeon
(Tulsa, OK)
Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 09:57
 
Twice the ego of the Beatles with half the talent...

cschneiderwa
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 09:43
 
 jberko wrote:
This band is hugely overrated.  
 
i couldn't agree more.

jberko
(Franklin, TN)
Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 09:14
 
This band is hugely overrated.  

colt4x5
(scrambling.)
Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 09:14
 
Two hearts mute as one.

MinMan
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 17:25
 
 TJOpootertoot wrote:
Edge is a great, innovative guitarist - you can tell because you can always recognize when you're hearing him. He's just a totally different kind of player than Jimmy Page or Eric Clapton. It's not that hard a concept to wrap your head around.
U2's guitar playing doesn't belong in the same category as Page & Clapton - no where near a similar level of nuance or innovation. Nor is this edge character working from a Blues background - he doesn't seem to know of what he references - he just apes something her heard before somewhere.

clickfaster
Posted: Sep 15, 2011 - 07:06
 
Sorry to be a geezer about this, but this is the best U2 album bar none.  Young, gritty and not yet completely enamored with themselves.

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 13:32
 
is he singing 2 Farts Bleat as One ?

fgirl
Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 13:24
 
1982 Fort Collins............... Boy tour..........fantastic!

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 17:30
 
 TJOpootertoot wrote:
...Is a DJ less talented because he didn't "invent" the beats he's manipulating?...
 Think I just blew an O-ring!


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 17:27
 


I love this song...  I just wish it were 42 hearts beat as one...

 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: May 12, 2011 - 06:40
 
 Stingray wrote:
This is how I see "U2":

10-20% of their songs are true CLASS.
80-90% are fillers, many of them just...,"nothing".

I always considered "THE EDGE" to be a great guitarist,
till I read it's not him, but his machinery,
that does 90% of his sound!
Still - I like his edgy sounds!

U2...? OVERRATED!

 
A guitar is, more-or-less, a "machine", which is responsible for 100% of every guitarist's sound.  The manipulation of one's equipment is what makes the "sound" of that musician.  It's not as if he is pretending to play his guitar over tape loops of some other guitar player's work.
The Edge's guitar sound was unique and innovative in its day.

shawshank
(Maryland)
Posted: May 12, 2011 - 06:36
 
I love this song!!! It has been sometime since I heard this. Reminds me of U2 at Red Rocks!! The memories are flowing back!! {#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}

TJOpootertoot
(Toronto)
Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 12:50
 
 Stingray wrote:
I always considered "THE EDGE" to be a great guitarist,
till I read it's not him, but his machinery,
that does 90% of his sound!
Still - I like his edgy sounds!

U2...? OVERRATED!

 
But he's the one programming the machinery and manipulating the sounds. Is a DJ less talented because he didn't "invent" the beats he's manipulating?

Edge is a great, innovative guitarist - you can tell because you can always recognize when you're hearing him. He's just a totally different kind of player than Jimmy Page or Eric Clapton. It's not that hard a concept to wrap your head around.


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 07:47
 
LOTS OF RATTLE...
ho-no hum!


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 07:45
 
This is how I see "U2":

10-20% of their songs are true CLASS.
80-90% are fillers, many of them just...,"nothing".

I always considered "THE EDGE" to be a great guitarist,
till I read it's not him, but his machinery,
that does 90% of his sound!
Still - I like his edgy sounds!

U2...? OVERRATED!


soundlife
(ROME ITALY)
Posted: Sep 01, 2010 - 14:16
 
I was so young ....  good portraits of my life!!

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 07:45
 
 fredriley wrote:

Now, I'm no fan of U2, Saint Bonio, or even this song, though it is tolerable, but I'm having real trouble unpacking that statement. How can anything be "incredibly average"? If it's average, it must almost by definition be believable - it's extremes that deserve superlatives. And the second part really does have me scratching my bonce {#Stupid}
 
It's ironic word-play of a sort, but I suppose it could be "incredible" or "unbelieveable" how "average" a work could be — without the work itself being deserving of a superlative. Mostly, however, I think the statement was more intended as irony or sarcasm.  I like this tune, personally, and find it neither "average" or "incredible".



Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 07:22
 
Never realized how much the Arctic Monkeys owe to this sound until now.

kevinc
(Richardson, TX)
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 19:21
 
 fredriley wrote:

Now, I'm no fan of U2, Saint Bonio, or even this song, though it is tolerable, but I'm having real trouble unpacking that statement. How can anything be "incredibly average"? If it's average, it must almost by definition be believable - it's extremes that deserve superlatives. And the second part really does have me scratching my bonce {#Stupid}
 
Incredible is a synonym of unbelievable.  If fredriley heard 50 u2 songs and every one of them was a 10, he might find it incredible that they created this average song.  I'm pretty sure that makes it an incredibly average song.

Personally, I think it's one of the best tracks on War.


Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 17:03
 
 andrewimft wrote:

Appreciating Bono persuading dumbass right wing senators to spend money to help poor people who really need it to survive, when no one else could open up their stone cold hearts is evidence of a tiny mind, but a snotty comment about a snotty satire on South Park is evidence of greater intelligence. Oh, ok.
 
so, I see you don't get it either.


nerakdon
(Colorado)
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 17:03
 
Gah, my player freaked in the middle of this.  I like this song, dammit!  Hopefully as often as Bill plays U2, this will come up again soon.

ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 16:58
 
This is when this band was good. Downhill from here!