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Oh, the city's alight with lovers and lies
And bright blue eyes.
Oh, the city is bright, it's brighter than day tonight.
(Surrender, surrender)
(Surrender, surrender)
Sadie said she couldn't work out what it was all about
And so she let go.
Now Sadie's on the street and the people she meets you know.
She tried to be a good girl and a good wife
Raise a good family
Lead a good life
It's not good enough
She got herself up on the 48th floor
Gotta find out
Find out what she's living for.
Oh, the city's afire
A passionate flame that will make me the same.
Oh, the city's desire to take me for more and more.
It's in the street gettin' under my feet
It's in the air, it's everywhere I look for you.
It's in the things that I do and say
And it I wanna live I gotta die to myself someday.
| orpheus (pacific northwest, finally!!!) | Posted: Dec 20, 2008 - 17:28 crazy wrote: uh no, that was their last 2 cds for the most part (and of course the inimitable "Pop" (ie "Gag")  |
| crazy (yew nork, upstate) | Posted: Dec 20, 2008 - 17:02 redeyespy wrote:  zactly |
| crazy (yew nork, upstate) | Posted: Dec 20, 2008 - 17:01 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhh make it stop!!! |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 23:16 ALWAYS a toe-tapping, head-wagging gem of a rocking song! and always welcome on board my deck as I type type type into my Mac! |
| colleen (Toronto, Canada) | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 18:17 This is why I love Radio Paradise. Bill picks these obscure, long forgotten tracks and brings them back and weaves them into his flow....  |
| kmh (NYC) | Posted: May 13, 2008 - 19:11 One of my favorites |
| Ellehcim (Ottawa, ON,Canada) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 19:26 bluematrix wrote: everyone's entitled to their opinion, but this autopilot? hahahahahahahahahahaha. like it or dislike it, but their heart is in it. I agree bluematrix. U2 always pours its soul into the music. Tho I'll say surrender isn't among U2's strongest songs, its definitely still quite good. And this is Pre-Joshua Tree and Unforgettable Fire too. |
| bluematrix (confluence of mississippi and missouri rivers) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 19:20 rcurrier wrote: U2 on autopilot.
Yawn... everyone's entitled to their opinion, but this autopilot? hahahahahahahahahahaha. like it or dislike it, but their heart is in it. |
| redeyespy (Clandestined in the bamboo thicket.) | Posted: Feb 09, 2008 - 08:12 prickelpit96 wrote: 
Boring & uninspired.
Try again. |
| Flashdog (SE in the NE) | Posted: Feb 09, 2008 - 08:09 gloriajanell wrote: vintage U2 is their best work. Keep the oldies coming, Bill!
 Sigh-Is this really an oldie now? |
| gloriajanell | Posted: Feb 09, 2008 - 08:08 vintage U2 is their best work. Keep the oldies coming, Bill! |
| coentje (Rotterdam or anywhere...) | Posted: Nov 07, 2007 - 02:07  Dig the early stuff just as much as I love "All that you can't leave behind"! |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Nov 07, 2007 - 02:05
Boring & uninspired. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Oct 06, 2007 - 15:51 MinMan wrote: This is as good as it gets? All sound & fury. Nothing cohesive. It doesn't hold a candle to the Radiohead or Bowie tunes that preceded it in the current lineup. Condolences.
Hey, MinMan. Any relation to Microsoft? HaHa. Early U2 is the best. And it more than holds a candle to Bowie or Radiohead. And I know. I have all of Bowie's albums, most of Radiohead's, and all of U2's. And the early U2 was so pure, and unadulterated. Easily compare this to Ziggy Stardust, or The Bends.  |
| rcurrier (San Juan Capistrano, CA) | Posted: Aug 04, 2007 - 19:28 U2 on autopilot. Yawn... |
| AliGator (Lex, KY) | Posted: Mar 31, 2007 - 22:39 Have I commented on this song? Not sure. I've rated it, I see. God, I love this album and all it evokes for me. |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Feb 28, 2007 - 17:26 ChardRemains wrote: Ooooh.... The Edge! My favorite one-trick pony.
Pegged it - thank you!  |
| pushkinjim (Norrköping, Sweden) | Posted: Feb 13, 2007 - 02:28 Good stuff! Hardly ever tire of U2 |
| ChardRemains (Pepperland) | Posted: Jan 29, 2007 - 11:00 Ooooh.... The Edge! My favorite one-trick pony. |
| orpheus (east coast) | Posted: Jan 14, 2007 - 20:20 MinMan wrote: This is as good as it gets? All sound & fury. Nothing cohesive. It doesn't hold a candle to the Radiohead or Bowie tunes that preceded it in the current lineup. Condolences.    Give me this U2 over their current stuff any day of the freakin' WEEK!!!!   |
| MinMan (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Jan 14, 2007 - 20:17 This is as good as it gets? All sound & fury. Nothing cohesive. It doesn't hold a candle to the Radiohead or Bowie tunes that preceded it in the current lineup. Condolences. |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 07:26 Darkmatter wrote: I have to admit the bassline is kinda cool, but what's up with the seagull guitar? Was that really considered hip back in the 80's? I cannot remember myself.
The guitar is still cool in the 00's. |
| Darkmatter (Sweden) | Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 06:41 I have to admit the bassline is kinda cool, but what's up with the seagull guitar? Was that really considered hip back in the 80's? I cannot remember myself. |
| lillymedesto | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 - 13:31 wow those coconut girls are badasses |
| pedro (Durham, NC) | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 - 13:30 now you're on a roll. keep the music flowing! |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 - 13:29 what, no cowbell jokes? |
| lillymedesto | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 - 13:29 i remember listening to this song over and over from my bedroom in fargo ND. i was transported... was prolly 13 or 14 i just want those girls in the background to be in my band... there's some thing " very slippy slidey surrendering" in their voices that I love. |
| rtkmusic (SoCal) | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 - 13:28 druid47 wrote: Ahhh......when U2 rocked and the world was on the edge of nuclear obliteration.....good times, good times.
those were the days!! eerrrr, wait - we are STILL on the edge of nuclear obliteration - just from a different enemy. |
| winter (at home) | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 - 13:27 druid47 wrote: Ahhh......when U2 rocked and the world was on the edge of nuclear obliteration.....good times, good times.
Yeah, fond memories. If only I had a time machine to relive them. |
| mattt (Undisclosed Location) | Posted: Oct 19, 2006 - 07:45 mrrmt wrote: maybe u2 no longer rocks, but aren't we still on the edge of nuclear obliteration? isn't that comforting? We still need to worry about nukes, but I don't think they'll obliterate us. It'll be a virus of some sort, probably. |
| junebaby65 (Cleveland, OH) | Posted: Oct 19, 2006 - 07:35 I'm not a huge U2 fan, but I love War...Awesome! |
| mrrmt (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Oct 19, 2006 - 07:35 druid47 wrote: Ahhh......when U2 rocked and the world was on the edge of nuclear obliteration.....good times, good times.
maybe u2 no longer rocks, but aren't we still on the edge of nuclear obliteration? isn't that comforting? |
| kilroyjoe3 (Charlottesville VA is for lovers) | Posted: Oct 19, 2006 - 07:33 druid47 wrote: Ahhh......when U2 rocked and the world was on the edge of nuclear obliteration.....good times, good times.
Ahhh.... when Bono had something to contribute to rock and roll.... before he became a polititian. |
| druid47 (Central Massachusetts) | Posted: Oct 04, 2006 - 18:07 Ahhh......when U2 rocked and the world was on the edge of nuclear obliteration.....good times, good times. |
| bergjr | Posted: Sep 05, 2006 - 11:49 Even though all of their music is great, U2's first three albums captured the essense of their music and everything released later never moved me as much as the first. Cheap Trick did the same. Just saw them last week and can remember when a $1.50 cover charge got me four sets of Cheap Trick. First time I saw U2, cost me I think 5 or 6 bucks. War was such a call for young people to wake up... didn't work as well as they hoped. |
| marie_pain (Mexico City) | Posted: Sep 05, 2006 - 08:44 I simply love it... |
| MM13 (Garden with laptop) | Posted: Sep 05, 2006 - 08:44 Though I usually dig your segues Bill, I disagree with Bowie's Sound and Vision into U2's Surrender. Maybe that's because I don't like U2 anyway, no matter what they come up with. Besides, musically the two songs are waaay apart (IMHO, of course) |
| mark (Oneonta, NY) | Posted: Aug 21, 2006 - 17:31 love the cowbell on this one. |
| (former member) (Shadow Valley Condos) | Posted: Aug 21, 2006 - 17:29 These guys used to be so great, and now they're so full of themselves as to obscure any message. MAN, the Edge is some kinda great guitarist. |
| 67nj (Ravenna, Italy) | Posted: Aug 07, 2006 - 03:07 iMacomania wrote: I feel with you! *1963 can I join this club? (67) |
| exciter76 (venice - la bella italia) | Posted: Jun 24, 2006 - 03:00 ...THOSE WERE THE TIMES WHEN FIRST BONO SPOKE ABOUT POLITIC....IN A COMPLETELY HONEST AND INGENOUS WAY, WITH HIS HEART AND HIS WHITE FLAG IN THE HANDS...THOSE WHERE THE TIMES WHEN THE EDGE'S GUITAR MAKES YOU JUMP ON THE CHAIR, WHILE YOUR BRAIN WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN: " WOW! HOW CAN HE PLAY GUITAR LIKE THIS???".....AAHH MEMORIES.... WHY YOU'VE GROWN UP GUYS?.... LOVE! |
| orpheus (east coast) | Posted: Jun 10, 2006 - 01:21 daveesh wrote: as in them??:  if they could sing and bring something to the masterpiece that was "War" I say "you go girlfriends!"      |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Jun 09, 2006 - 12:56 squidish wrote: Little known fact? the backup singers are the "Coconuts" from Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
 as in them??: |
| handyrae (Zero Point Field) | Posted: Jun 09, 2006 - 12:53 drover wrote: Ah yes, back when Bono knew how to make a rhetorical statement without sounding like a pompous fist-magnet.
I know what you mean--speaking the truth can really piss people off. |
| daveesh (birthplace of the american revolution) | Posted: Jun 09, 2006 - 12:52 i like the back up singers in this... |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: May 11, 2006 - 08:39 iMacomania wrote: I feel with you! *1963 Right here with you. 1960. |
| MikeCloud | Posted: Apr 26, 2006 - 19:14 Now here is an example of mining a little bit deeper into a bands catalog. I'm sorry but RP plays way too many of the obvious hits from major major talents without ever touching on what really makes them so major and proves their talents -- their off-chart monsters! And RP plays these same obvious hits over and over and over to the obvious exclusion of much heavier music from the same artists -- think David Byrne if you need an example. Or U2. This is a good example of finally breaking that trend. |
| drtjdel (Stonehenge) | Posted: Mar 28, 2006 - 13:35 drover wrote: Ah yes, back when Bono knew how to make a rhetorical statement without sounding like a pompous fist-magnet.
Fist magnet?  |
| iMacomania (Bavaria - Germany) | Posted: Mar 28, 2006 - 13:31 normand64 wrote:  The good old days when i was 18.... I want to cry... NAh my life is OK i guessI feel with you! *1963 |
| squidish (under the sea) | Posted: Mar 28, 2006 - 13:29 Remember this tour - bonnie Bono running by us with his white flag! At the Bronco Bowl in Dallas, this big lady got up and enveloped him in a bear hug. He sorta disappeared, except for the flag on a stick - priceless! |