i just have an incredible amount of respect for u2 for multiple reasons. one, they are a group of friends that started a band without really knowing how to play their instruments. that shows some great faith and dedication. and second, they use all that "star power" for greater causes...instead of 20 inch rims and some "ice."
speaking of irish bands...whatever happened to the cranberries?
I was thinking a similiar thing last week before the U2 show I saw. Just looking at the arena all set up with the elipse, etc. and I thought how cool it was to start a band in the late 70s and have it become such a huge thing that I would pay $50 to sit behind the stage!!!! (where the view was not bad at all).
I did hear that when they formed they did not know how to play instruments (I think I saw it on VH1 legends a few years ago) and that has always stuck with me.
U2 is a great band. If Eddie Vedder likes them, that's cool. I was just thinking of how Bono and Eddie Vedder are two lead singers I find hard to criticize, two highly intelligent, bold, passionate, creative people. But maybe my next post will be about a mistake I think Eddie Vedder made.
well, make this your next post please and let us all know what the mistake Ed made ? Thanks
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If you twist and turn away.
It you tear yourself in two again.
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would let it go.
Surrender, dislocate.
If I could throw this lifeless life-line to the wind.
Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away
Into the night, and through the rain
Into the half light and through the flame.
If I could, through myself, set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away, see you break, break away
Into the light and to the day.
To let it go and so to fade away.
To let it go and so find away.
I'm wide awake.
I'm wide awake, wide awake.
I'm not sleeping.
If you should ask, then maybe
They'd tell you what I would say
True colours fly in blue and black
Blue silken sky and burning flag.
Colours crash, collide in blood-shot eyes.
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would let it go.
This desperation, dislocation
Separation, condemnation
Revelation, in temptation
Isolation, desolation
Let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away
I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh no, no, no.
Its Bad.
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If you twist and turn away.
It you tear yourself in two again.
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would let it go.
Surrender, dislocate.
If I could throw this lifeless life-line to the wind.
Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away
Into the night, and through the rain
Into the half light and through the flame.
If I could, through myself, set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away, see you break, break away
Into the light and to the day.
To let it go and so to find away.
To let it go and so find away.
I'm wide awake.
I'm wide awake, wide awake.
I'm not sleeping.
If you should ask, then maybe
They'd tell you what I would say
True colours fly in blue and black
Blue silken sky and burning flag.
Colours crash, collide in blood-shot eyes.
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would let it go.
This desperation, dislocation
Separation, condemnation
Revelation, in temptation
Isolation, desolation
Let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away
I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh no, no, no.
Its Bad.
That there, is my #1 favourite U2 song of all time. Its on their album The Unforgettable Fire, for those not familiar with the band. It is hauntingly beautiful.
And as justam pointed out, Ed sang a little bit of that as a tag...I think to daughter, but I'm not 100% sure here in Toronto.
The other song they sang half of was "A Sort of Homecoming" from the same album. U2 themselves have never done that one on this side of the Atlantic, but its a beautiful song in it's own right.
A Sort of Homecoming
And you know it's time to go
Through the sleet and driving snow
Across the fields of mourning
Light in the distance
And you hunger for the time
Time to heal, desire, time
And your earth moves beneath
Your own dream landscape
Oh, oh, oh...
On borderland we run...
I'll be there
I'll be there...
Tonight
A high road
A high road out from here
The city walls are all come down
The dust, a smoke screen all around
See faces ploughed like fields that once
Gave no resistance
And we live by the side of the road
On the side of a hill
As the valley explode
Dislocated, suffocated
The land grows weary of its own
Oh, oh, oh...on borderland we run...
And still we run
We run and don't look back
I'll be there
I'll be there
Tonight
Tonight
I'll be there tonight...I believe
I'll be there...somehow
I'll be there...tonight
Tonight
The wind will crack in winter time
This bomb-blast lightning waltz
No spoken words, just a scream...
Tonight we'll build a bridge
Across the sea and land
See the sky, the burning rain
She will die and live again
Tonight
And your heart beats so slow
Through the rain and fallen snow
Across the fields of mourning
Light's in the distance
Oh don't sorrow, no don't weep
For tonight, at last
I am coming home
I am coming home
"Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
Didn't Ed join the band to play 'One' once - did I hear that or just imagine it??
2 days prior to Bono coming out at the Toronto show for RITFW, Ed came out at U2's show (also in Toronto) and sang Old Man River, which is what U2 tags on the end of One. It was an amazing, surreal site, and I'm blessed to have been there both nights.
"Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
If you twist and turn away.
It you tear yourself in two again.
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would let it go.
Surrender, dislocate.
If I could throw this lifeless life-line to the wind.
Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away
Into the night, and through the rain
Into the half light and through the flame.
If I could, through myself, set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away, see you break, break away
Into the light and to the day.
To let it go and so to find away.
To let it go and so find away.
I'm wide awake.
I'm wide awake, wide awake.
I'm not sleeping.
If you should ask, then maybe
They'd tell you what I would say
True colours fly in blue and black
Blue silken sky and burning flag.
Colours crash, collide in blood-shot eyes.
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would let it go.
This desperation, dislocation
Separation, condemnation
Revelation, in temptation
Isolation, desolation
Let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away
I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh no, no, no.
Its Bad.
ohh btw...hate to be picky, but not sure what site you got the lyrics from but its not "find away"...its FADE away.
BTW another song thats gets me emotional is from their new album. Its the song Bono wrote for his father.
Sometimes You Can't Make It On your Own
Tough
You think you've got the stuff
You're telling me and anyone
You're hard enough
You don't have to put up a fight
You don't have to always be right
Let me take some of the punches
For you tonight
Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
We fight all the time
You and I, that's alright
We're the same soul
I don't need
I don't need to hear you say
That if we weren't so alike
You'd like me a whole lot more
Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
I know that we don't talk
I'm sick of it all
Can you hear me when I sing...
You're the reason I sing
You're the reason why the opera is in me
Where are we now?
I've still got to let you know
A house still doesn't make a home
Don't leave me here alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
Sometimes you can't make it
Best you can do is to fake it
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
"Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
ohh btw...hate to be picky, but not sure what site you got the lyrics from but its not "find away"...its FADE away.
great eye ! I didnt catch that- I actually pulled the lyrics off of their official site- http://www.U2.com . Anyhow- going to the Garden tonight- I hope they play " Bad "- but i see they did lst night and probably wont do back to back closings like that ! Oh well.
nice " find " ACC ! ; o )
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speaking of irish bands...whatever happened to the cranberries?
as i read your post i was listening to dreams by the cranberries, amazing song
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Hey
at toronto during the RIFW encore, Bono adds a few lines that i can't quite make out..has anyone transcribed his verse at all? does anyone know what i'm talking about?
thanks
haha Yes! I was there for U2 on Saturday night, and man, I knew Pearl Jam were coming on Monday, and I wondered if Bono would bring out Vedder to sing, but then tossed the idea away.
And so when Bono brought out Vedder, I was so shocked. I'd never seen Pearl Jam before, and I was seeing them on Monday the 19th. So to see Vedder singing with Bono, both of my favorite vocalists, it was really one hell of an experience. And also it was cool when Bono took my friend's camera and started taking pictures with it and handed it back to her.
A Sort Of Homecoming has been my favorite U2 song for a couple of years, so when Pearl Jam started playing it on Monday, once again, it was an experience and a half.
Those were the first two concerts I was ever able to afford going to.
Sorry, I couldn't get what Bono was saying, everyone was soooooo loud when Bono came out, and I was in the 300s.
things were different then
all is different now
I tried to explain
somehow...
hahah i was there too n what ever he made up n said was way to fast for me to catch n the place was just going nuts, it was sweet seeing the people when they turned the house lightso n
"Pussies no more"
"Johnny we miss, Pete your still the greatest"
yeah there dancy period was a bit lame, but then they came back with all that you can't leave behind, what a fucking shit hot album.
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POP was a great album...if you throw out "Discotheque."
but does it stand up against the joshua tree and achtung baby
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POP was a great album...if you throw out "Discotheque."
Dude "Discotheque" was one of the best songs on POP, which I think is actually a great album. Zooropa was ok, but one of their weaker efforts(probably along with Unforgettable Fire and maybe October in my book). Now, comparing their experimental albums to their peak isnt quite fair, most albums that exist cant stand up to Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby(in my top 5 albums easily)
I've faced it, a life wasted, and I'm never going back again.
They ran out of inspiration after Achtung Baby in my opinion. They tried a few things but mainly failed and have reverted to making easily digestable music whilst shoving their brand/reputation down people's throats. I don't like it. He always wanted to be 'Bono - The Living Legend' and I guess now he has his wish.
But the days of I Will Follow, Bad, Where The Streets Have no Name and Pride are long gone.
Now, comparing their experimental albums to their peak isnt quite fair, most albums that exist cant stand up to Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby(in my top 5 albums easily)
some might say they are peaking again with all that you can't leave behind and how to dismantle an atomic bomb.
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I want to trip inside your head
Spend the day there...
To hear the things you haven't said
And see what you might see
I want to hear you when you call
Do you feel anything at all?
I want to see your thoughts take shape
And walk right out
Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a new born baby's head
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough I'm not giving up
On a miracle drug
Of science and the human heart
There is no limit
There is no failure here sweetheart
Just when you quit...
I am you and you are mine
Love makes nonsense of space
And time... we'll disappear
Love and logic keep us clear
Reason is on our side, love...
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough of romantic love
I'd give it up, yeah, I'd give it up
For a miracle, a miracle drug, a miracle drug
God I need your help tonight
Beneath the noise
Below the din
I hear a voice
It's whispering
In science and in medicine
"I was a stranger
You took me in"
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough of romantic love
I'd give it up, yeah, I'd give it up
For a miracle, miracle drug
They ran out of inspiration after Achtung Baby in my opinion. They tried a few things but mainly failed and have reverted to making easily digestable music whilst shoving their brand/reputation down people's throats. I don't like it. He always wanted to be 'Bono - The Living Legend' and I guess now he has his wish.
But the days of I Will Follow, Bad, Where The Streets Have no Name and Pride are long gone.
Thank you! I also liked them up until then, but it just seems to me that its the other way around as far as who admires who. Bono wishes he could be like Ed. ANd youre right about digestable music(pop/radiofriendly, whatever u wanna call it) Its all just recycled and redundant. I dont wanna upset anyone cause my sis and bro in law love U2 and last nite we had a 3 hr debate on the diff. between the 2 bands.
I just think Pj is in aleague of their own considering they dont need any marketing, sponsors or publicity to convey their message.
Aah, fuck it, I’m just gonna go home, turn on the fuckin’ TV...
Watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
Like I could even change the world, yeah right...
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Thank you! I also liked them up until then, but it just seems to me that its the other way around as far as who admires who. Bono wishes he could be like Ed. ANd youre right about digestable music(pop/radiofriendly, whatever u wanna call it) Its all just recycled and redundant. I dont wanna upset anyone cause my sis and bro in law love U2 and last nite we had a 3 hr debate on the diff. between the 2 bands.
I just think Pj is in aleague of their own considering they dont need any marketing, sponsors or publicity to convey their message.
I like U2 and had a great time at their concert in November. I do see what you are talking about though. In the "Ten Past Ten" article in Spin, Bono talks about how he "is a fan of the Pearl Jam organization" and that he didn't know how much longer U2 could keep up with the kind of tour, promotion, etc.
I think the answer is somewhere in the middle of the 2 bands. I think a lot of people might like Pearl Jam but aren't exposed to a lot of their new music due to the fact that they don't super-promote and radio does not give their new stuff a lot of airplay. This is where I can see where U2 promotes their asses off because music will not get to people now by just being on the radio because so many less people are listening to commercial radio now with ipods, etc. Still it doesn't feel right to see Bono singing "Original of the Species" on an ipod 30 times an hour on TV even if they didn't take any money for it.
I like U2 and had a great time at their concert in November. I do see what you are talking about though. In the "Ten Past Ten" article in Spin, Bono talks about how he "is a fan of the Pearl Jam organization" and that he didn't know how much longer U2 could keep up with the kind of tour, promotion, etc.
and the funny thing is, Bono is not the 1st one to mention PJ as an inspiration or being a fan, and still....PJ remains where they are, nowhere to be seen or heard of, except thru the fans. Honestly? without the help of mass marketing and promotion U2 isnt where they are today, hands down, and thats why I respect PJ...cause they contribute the same if not more and have more of an impact as evidenced on this board and the sickest fan/band relationship I never knew existed until recently...and on their own steam nonetheless.
I think the answer is somewhere in the middle of the 2 bands. I think a lot of people might like Pearl Jam but aren't exposed to a lot of their new music due to the fact that they don't super-promote and radio does not give their new stuff a lot of airplay. This is where I can see where U2 promotes their asses off because music will not get to people now by just being on the radio because so many less people are listening to commercial radio now with ipods, etc. Still it doesn't feel right to see Bono singing "Original of the Species" on an ipod 30 times an hour on TV even if they didn't take any money for it.
i brought up that ipod thing last nite like a million times....lmao damn that thing gets me.
But I WILL give them credit for being a voice, having created music I can relate to until the 90's(songs actually like end of the world, which mean more to me than say....Its a beautiful day, which I coulda watched Mr. Rogers neighborhood if I wanted to hear that :rolleyes:)and still contributing to charities and stuff, but again...no need to strike a pose Bono...lol
Aah, fuck it, I’m just gonna go home, turn on the fuckin’ TV...
Watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
Like I could even change the world, yeah right...
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some might say they are peaking again with all that you can't leave behind and how to dismantle an atomic bomb.
those would be wrong. Their best album will always be Actung for about a million reasons many of them being context. and Pop gets my vote for one of most underated albums of the decade. as much as I really did like All that you can't leave behind I felt it was a step sideways, more of a cros between joshua tree and Actung. the new one is a complete waste, I saw them in in April and only got excited for the stuff off of Actung and Boy, I thought I would get into the new one more after seeing stuff live but not so much.
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I was thinking a similiar thing last week before the U2 show I saw. Just looking at the arena all set up with the elipse, etc. and I thought how cool it was to start a band in the late 70s and have it become such a huge thing that I would pay $50 to sit behind the stage!!!! (where the view was not bad at all).
I did hear that when they formed they did not know how to play instruments (I think I saw it on VH1 legends a few years ago) and that has always stuck with me.
Some would say he still can't play!
But a human form of hibernation?
well, make this your next post please and let us all know what the mistake Ed made ? Thanks
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It you tear yourself in two again.
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would let it go.
Surrender, dislocate.
If I could throw this lifeless life-line to the wind.
Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away
Into the night, and through the rain
Into the half light and through the flame.
If I could, through myself, set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away, see you break, break away
Into the light and to the day.
To let it go and so to fade away.
To let it go and so find away.
I'm wide awake.
I'm wide awake, wide awake.
I'm not sleeping.
If you should ask, then maybe
They'd tell you what I would say
True colours fly in blue and black
Blue silken sky and burning flag.
Colours crash, collide in blood-shot eyes.
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would let it go.
This desperation, dislocation
Separation, condemnation
Revelation, in temptation
Isolation, desolation
Let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away
I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh no, no, no.
Its Bad.
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But a human form of hibernation?
That there, is my #1 favourite U2 song of all time. Its on their album The Unforgettable Fire, for those not familiar with the band. It is hauntingly beautiful.
And as justam pointed out, Ed sang a little bit of that as a tag...I think to daughter, but I'm not 100% sure here in Toronto.
The other song they sang half of was "A Sort of Homecoming" from the same album. U2 themselves have never done that one on this side of the Atlantic, but its a beautiful song in it's own right.
A Sort of Homecoming
And you know it's time to go
Through the sleet and driving snow
Across the fields of mourning
Light in the distance
And you hunger for the time
Time to heal, desire, time
And your earth moves beneath
Your own dream landscape
Oh, oh, oh...
On borderland we run...
I'll be there
I'll be there...
Tonight
A high road
A high road out from here
The city walls are all come down
The dust, a smoke screen all around
See faces ploughed like fields that once
Gave no resistance
And we live by the side of the road
On the side of a hill
As the valley explode
Dislocated, suffocated
The land grows weary of its own
Oh, oh, oh...on borderland we run...
And still we run
We run and don't look back
I'll be there
I'll be there
Tonight
Tonight
I'll be there tonight...I believe
I'll be there...somehow
I'll be there...tonight
Tonight
The wind will crack in winter time
This bomb-blast lightning waltz
No spoken words, just a scream...
Tonight we'll build a bridge
Across the sea and land
See the sky, the burning rain
She will die and live again
Tonight
And your heart beats so slow
Through the rain and fallen snow
Across the fields of mourning
Light's in the distance
Oh don't sorrow, no don't weep
For tonight, at last
I am coming home
I am coming home
2 days prior to Bono coming out at the Toronto show for RITFW, Ed came out at U2's show (also in Toronto) and sang Old Man River, which is what U2 tags on the end of One. It was an amazing, surreal site, and I'm blessed to have been there both nights.
ohh btw...hate to be picky, but not sure what site you got the lyrics from but its not "find away"...its FADE away.
BTW another song thats gets me emotional is from their new album. Its the song Bono wrote for his father.
Sometimes You Can't Make It On your Own
Tough
You think you've got the stuff
You're telling me and anyone
You're hard enough
You don't have to put up a fight
You don't have to always be right
Let me take some of the punches
For you tonight
Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
We fight all the time
You and I, that's alright
We're the same soul
I don't need
I don't need to hear you say
That if we weren't so alike
You'd like me a whole lot more
Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
I know that we don't talk
I'm sick of it all
Can you hear me when I sing...
You're the reason I sing
You're the reason why the opera is in me
Where are we now?
I've still got to let you know
A house still doesn't make a home
Don't leave me here alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
Sometimes you can't make it
Best you can do is to fake it
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
great eye ! I didnt catch that- I actually pulled the lyrics off of their official site- http://www.U2.com . Anyhow- going to the Garden tonight- I hope they play " Bad "- but i see they did lst night and probably wont do back to back closings like that ! Oh well.
nice " find " ACC ! ; o )
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as i read your post i was listening to dreams by the cranberries, amazing song
To break down borders and realise that we are one species and then the true patriotism comes from pride and love of the human race, not from the tribes of which we currently are divided, open your eyes your mind will see! - ME
U2 is like that bands that never dies. The best of Europa today.
at toronto during the RIFW encore, Bono adds a few lines that i can't quite make out..has anyone transcribed his verse at all? does anyone know what i'm talking about?
thanks
~g
And so when Bono brought out Vedder, I was so shocked. I'd never seen Pearl Jam before, and I was seeing them on Monday the 19th. So to see Vedder singing with Bono, both of my favorite vocalists, it was really one hell of an experience. And also it was cool when Bono took my friend's camera and started taking pictures with it and handed it back to her.
A Sort Of Homecoming has been my favorite U2 song for a couple of years, so when Pearl Jam started playing it on Monday, once again, it was an experience and a half.
Those were the first two concerts I was ever able to afford going to.
Sorry, I couldn't get what Bono was saying, everyone was soooooo loud when Bono came out, and I was in the 300s.
all is different now
I tried to explain
somehow...
"Johnny we miss, Pete your still the greatest"
To break down borders and realise that we are one species and then the true patriotism comes from pride and love of the human race, not from the tribes of which we currently are divided, open your eyes your mind will see! - ME
POP was a great album...if you throw out "Discotheque."
but does it stand up against the joshua tree and achtung baby
To break down borders and realise that we are one species and then the true patriotism comes from pride and love of the human race, not from the tribes of which we currently are divided, open your eyes your mind will see! - ME
Dude "Discotheque" was one of the best songs on POP, which I think is actually a great album. Zooropa was ok, but one of their weaker efforts(probably along with Unforgettable Fire and maybe October in my book). Now, comparing their experimental albums to their peak isnt quite fair, most albums that exist cant stand up to Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby(in my top 5 albums easily)
Some die just to live.
they are so beautiful
i know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
i HOPE you'll be a star,
in somebody elses sky, but why, why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine?!
But the days of I Will Follow, Bad, Where The Streets Have no Name and Pride are long gone.
some might say they are peaking again with all that you can't leave behind and how to dismantle an atomic bomb.
To break down borders and realise that we are one species and then the true patriotism comes from pride and love of the human race, not from the tribes of which we currently are divided, open your eyes your mind will see! - ME
here is the album on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001E8S/qid=1134322358/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/202-0839406-0887805
George Bernard Shaw
I want to trip inside your head
Spend the day there...
To hear the things you haven't said
And see what you might see
I want to hear you when you call
Do you feel anything at all?
I want to see your thoughts take shape
And walk right out
Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a new born baby's head
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough I'm not giving up
On a miracle drug
Of science and the human heart
There is no limit
There is no failure here sweetheart
Just when you quit...
I am you and you are mine
Love makes nonsense of space
And time... we'll disappear
Love and logic keep us clear
Reason is on our side, love...
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough of romantic love
I'd give it up, yeah, I'd give it up
For a miracle, a miracle drug, a miracle drug
God I need your help tonight
Beneath the noise
Below the din
I hear a voice
It's whispering
In science and in medicine
"I was a stranger
You took me in"
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough of romantic love
I'd give it up, yeah, I'd give it up
For a miracle, miracle drug
Miracle, miracle drug
I just think Pj is in aleague of their own considering they dont need any marketing, sponsors or publicity to convey their message.
Watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
Like I could even change the world, yeah right...
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I like U2 and had a great time at their concert in November. I do see what you are talking about though. In the "Ten Past Ten" article in Spin, Bono talks about how he "is a fan of the Pearl Jam organization" and that he didn't know how much longer U2 could keep up with the kind of tour, promotion, etc.
I think the answer is somewhere in the middle of the 2 bands. I think a lot of people might like Pearl Jam but aren't exposed to a lot of their new music due to the fact that they don't super-promote and radio does not give their new stuff a lot of airplay. This is where I can see where U2 promotes their asses off because music will not get to people now by just being on the radio because so many less people are listening to commercial radio now with ipods, etc. Still it doesn't feel right to see Bono singing "Original of the Species" on an ipod 30 times an hour on TV even if they didn't take any money for it.
i brought up that ipod thing last nite like a million times....lmao damn that thing gets me.
But I WILL give them credit for being a voice, having created music I can relate to until the 90's(songs actually like end of the world, which mean more to me than say....Its a beautiful day, which I coulda watched Mr. Rogers neighborhood if I wanted to hear that :rolleyes:)and still contributing to charities and stuff, but again...no need to strike a pose Bono...lol
Watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
Like I could even change the world, yeah right...
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those would be wrong. Their best album will always be Actung for about a million reasons many of them being context. and Pop gets my vote for one of most underated albums of the decade. as much as I really did like All that you can't leave behind I felt it was a step sideways, more of a cros between joshua tree and Actung. the new one is a complete waste, I saw them in in April and only got excited for the stuff off of Actung and Boy, I thought I would get into the new one more after seeing stuff live but not so much.
Chris Cornell
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