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U2 — New Year's Day
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bb_matt
(Hampshire, England)
Posted: May 01, 2013 - 09:10
 
Back when U2 were brilliant!

{#Sunny} 

Alexandra
(PNW)
Posted: Apr 27, 2013 - 07:57
 
You NEVER hear this album version on the radio, that includes the last verse about the golden age. Even their compilation had the radio version.
 
 
Yay Bill.

hoppin_bob
(vancouver BC)
Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 21:17
 
so darn sick of this stuff.  Is it possible to grow past this? PLEASE!

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 20:09
 
 westslope wrote:

Agreed Romeo.  It is Romeo, isn't it?
 

Yes, it is...  hope you are having a marvelous evening right this minute...

everybody in my church loves this song...
 

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 10:18
 
On_The_Beach wrote:

Bono might disagree.  {#Wink}
 

{#High-five}

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 10:15
 
Probably overplayed for most people but its not in my regular rotation anymore so its still welcome whenever it comes on...

 

perrygibbs
Posted: Feb 15, 2013 - 01:16
 

I only gave this song a 1 because I coudn't give it a 0.



On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 17:36
 
 Proclivities wrote:
I think it's a great tune, but I do not consider it on the level of Michaelangelo's work.
 
Bono might disagree.  {#Wink}

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 17:34
 
Thank you!!  I usually ALWAYS listen to this song every New Year's Day and haven't gotten around to it yet this year...... 

lexica
(Oaktown, 510)
Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 17:27
 
Back when U2 were awesome. {#Clap}

</child of the '80s>

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 09:08
 
Lot of hate here for U2 in general and Bono in particular. Beyond the social/political commentary that surrounds their personal and professional lives, they did make an incredible amount of phenomenal music, this song which is a fine representation of their Godlike qualities. They were so good through the Joshua Tree and then slowly became the commercial monster that befits their greatness.

If you were handed more money than you could ever spend, you wouldn't do the same thing, follow the same path?

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 08:48
 
Good set of social-consciousness songs, Bill. But the FM robojock corporate playlist shills SO overplayed this U2 tune that it's almost dead for me. Should we the listeners start a wishlist of the gazillion UN- or UNDERplayed songs of the last 40 years of the same genre? It's a long list, U2 could be safely kept off it and there would still be a vast array of high-energy tracks. 

Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 08:44
 
 MiracleDrug wrote:
yeah like the Sistine Chapel ceiling...
 
I think it's a great tune, but I do not consider it on the level of Michaelangelo's work.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 09:30
 
 cBalthazar wrote:

Me too. But not only that U2 suck later, Bono sold his soul to the corporate devil and is now promoting salvation of hungry Africa by bringing in GMOs and corporate food monsters like Monsanto and others {#Ass}
 

I've no love for Monsanto, but if someone can engineer a crop that can grow where nonGMOs cannot, and there are no viable crop alternatives for people who live in these regions, well, I just think we need to keep an objective, open mind about GMOs and not paint them all with the same fear-soaked brush.

If you're reading this and you think GMOs are all good or all bad, but you aren't sure why, please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food_controversies 

stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 - 08:24
 
 GawgaBoy wrote:
Why are U2's songs so long?  I hate having to come back and hit the PSD button a second time.

But, thank you Bill for the possibility !
 
I think because they are all just repeating what they are playing until someone shouts stop and then they all try to make a big ending before Bonio says something psudo profound.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Oct 28, 2012 - 00:45
 
 (former member) wrote:


brilliant song from a seminal album...
 
 
Agreed Romeo.  It is Romeo, isn't it?

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 10:13
 
This song, blasting out of my very large speakers pointed at the courtyard of a huge apartment complex at midnight (New Years Eve) caused a visit from the police and a near eviction. Glendale, Colorado, 1984.

GawgaBoy
(State of Confusion)
Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 13:18
 
Why are U2's songs so long?  I hate having to come back and hit the PSD button a second time.

But, thank you Bill for the possibility !

ozzie1313
Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 21:50
 
Are you trying to stir up my true sense of loyalty and patriotism - to my ancestors? Cranberries and U2 evoking and eclipsing the Troubles.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 21:49
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this autumn night...

 

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 09:58
 
 SweTex wrote:

Agreed...White and Page swept the floor with Edge. 
 
Really? For me, the Edge went up a few notches in my book after seeing that film. 

Three geniuses in one room, from three different times and different styles. How can you compare? Its all subjective. 

I bow to their skill and creativity and enjoy them all. 

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Aug 18, 2012 - 23:29
 
 Troutnskibum wrote:
Hate saying it, but Edge he was so different and so L-A-M-E compared to the others. Jack White blew everyone completely away with the roughly-made guitar and solos on those crappy, plastic guitars. The guy it way beyond Edge... Sorry, but just sayin'.
 
I thought all 3 were impressive, but for me Page was (and will always be) the master.

SweTex
(Swede living in Texas)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 15:05
 
 Troutnskibum wrote:

Hate saying it, but Edge he was so different and so L-A-M-E compared to the others. Jack White blew everyone completely away with the roughly-made guitar and solos on those crappy, plastic guitars. The guy it way beyond Edge... Sorry, but just sayin'.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFXeChXfcI
 
Agreed...White and Page swept the floor with Edge. 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 12:43
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this summer day...

 

Balthazar
(Ljubljana, SI)
Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 10:45
 
 Canlistener wrote:
U2 pre-sucking... love it
 
Me too. But not only that U2 suck later, Bono sold his soul to the corporate devil and is now promoting salvation of hungry Africa by bringing in GMOs and corporate food monsters like Monsanto and others {#Ass}

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 10:38
 
The Edge cranks it ups{#Bananajam}

jnesser
Posted: May 23, 2012 - 08:34
 
 Canlistener wrote:
U2 pre-sucking... love it
 
Agreed. After this album, it all went downhill.

Canlistener
(Ontario Canada)
Posted: May 20, 2012 - 17:28
 
U2 pre-sucking... love it

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: May 07, 2012 - 16:18
 
 Troutnskibum wrote:

Hate saying it, but Edge he was so different and so L-A-M-E compared to the others. Jack White blew everyone completely away with the roughly-made guitar and solos on those crappy, plastic guitars. The guy it way beyond Edge... Sorry, but just sayin'.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFXeChXfcI
 
Jack's a punk. Learning how The Edge gets his effects was the most interesting part of the show.

Oh, and it never did get LOUD, so there was false promotion going on here. 

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: May 07, 2012 - 16:15
 
 jagdriver wrote:
Still terrific.

I've not yet had my fill, but then I stopped listening to terrestrial radio in the last millenium.
 
A real time warper here, in that I well remember rocking my daughter to sleep and loving this anytime it came on MTV.

My daughter is now 32!

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: May 07, 2012 - 16:15
 
 jberko wrote:
Over rated.
 

yeah like the Sistine Chapel ceiling...


jberko
(Franklin, TN)
Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 15:02
 
Over rated.

Easyrider
Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 23:56
 
The best radio station on the planet! Thanks Bill😃

MaryAndrea
(Vada (Li) Italy)
Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 11:12
 
Listening to this, while we are having our dinner! Toast with ham and cheese, red wine for me and beer for my wife! Great epic song!!!

kcar
Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 22:22
 
 subdude wrote:
PLease stop playing u2 I used to like them, I even went to see them in concert. You have played them way too much. now I hate them.
 
There are actually other radio stations on the Internet...that you could listen to...

Bono and the lads will be here, waiting for you, when you come back. 

tlew
(Anywhere but here)
Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 07:44
 
Even though I'm fighting the flu—this makes me want to dance{#Dance}

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 06:08
 
 subdude wrote:
PLease stop playing u2 I used to like them, I even went to see them in concert. You have played them way too much. now I hate them.
 

imagine Bono's profound disapointment....

subdude
(New Zealand)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 12:57
 
PLease stop playing u2 I used to like them, I even went to see them in concert. You have played them way too much. now I hate them.

Smitix
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 15:03
 
 Troutnskibum wrote:

Hate saying it, but Edge he was so different and so L-A-M-E compared to the others. Jack White blew everyone completely away with the roughly-made guitar and solos on those crappy, plastic guitars. The guy it way beyond Edge... Sorry, but just sayin'.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFXeChXfcI
 
Hey don't apologize. All three of them had very different approaches to their art and they different approaches will appeal more or less to different people.
I never really knew who Jack White was before that movie. He came off pretty cocky in the car at the beginning, but I came away with an appreciation of how he really digs deep, to a primal level, for inspiration and then tries to express that through his music.

Troutnskibum
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 14:01
 
 Smitix wrote:
I saw a documentary on Netflix a while ago called "It Might Get Loud" or something like that. It was about The Edge, Jimmy Page, and Jack White (I think). It was better than a I thought it would be. I liked getting the insight into how the Edge works. So different from the other two guys.
Anyone who likes music should check it out.
 
Hate saying it, but Edge he was so different and so L-A-M-E compared to the others. Jack White blew everyone completely away with the roughly-made guitar and solos on those crappy, plastic guitars. The guy it way beyond Edge... Sorry, but just sayin'.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFXeChXfcI

Smitix
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 13:52
 
I saw a documentary on Netflix a while ago called "It Might Get Loud" or something like that. It was about The Edge, Jimmy Page, and Jack White (I think). It was better than a I thought it would be. I liked getting the insight into how the Edge works. So different from the other two guys.
Anyone who likes music should check it out.

Snoopy2
(Earth)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 13:49
 
 kaybee wrote:
Ahhhhh!!! That's more like it...
 
{#Good-vibes}{#Dance}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananajumprope}{#Bananasplit}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 13:48
 


brilliant song from a seminal album...
 

Troutnskibum
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 13:47
 
Quite possibly one of the best beginnings of a song ever. Still gets me excited sooo many years later....

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 10:15
 
A New Years Day tradition for over 25 years....

:)

 

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 18:19
 
Ahhhhh!!! That's more like it...

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 18:18
 


Four women in my hotel room just remarked that they love this song...

 

GrooVy
(Planet Earth, Mainly...)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 06:28
 
It's nice to see that there was a point where U2 didn't totally suck, or provide the soundtrack for lame commercials!

 Stingray wrote:
I am not the biggest U2 fan on the planet,
but this is REALLY a great-great song!
  Bono was much better at this point. It's nice to remember them back when Bono wasn't just looking at the world through red glasses.
After 20 years of not really much good music, it surprises me that everyone thinks this sell out group is "Great!" Maybe that is the business side of things where they bought the noteworthy share of some news press. I'm not a fan of musicians buying shares of news mags so that U2 could not get any bad reviews! Still, i'd be fine to only hear this as the only U2 song on the 1st day of every year. That would be enough U2 for me. More then that is U2 overplay. They were good till the mid '80s. Yeah, they have an occasional song now & then but we hear them so much more then just that. I'm tired of listening to all their lame new stuff too.

 It seems like they should switch names with that candy "now & later" so we could vote: Later!

We've all heard enough replays since their glorious '80's, non?

{#Curtain}  {#Beat} {#Bananajumprope}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano} {#Drummer} {#Guitarist} {#Whipit} 
Now, i just wonder who is cracking their whip... {#Nyah}



MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 06:08
 
watching them play this live a gazillion times...
one of my favorite parts is when Edge scrambles to hit the opening guitar salvo after playing the electric piano riff...{#Lol}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 19:04
 


Great timing for this song...  love it...