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.
I disagree with you about the new album being a waste. Orignal of the Species is a great song and very different from what on find on the radio, and Yahweh is nearly a masterpiece. But that's just my opinion.
You are right about it being context, and also perception. I took my son to a couple U2 shows this spring and fall and the old stuff does nothing for him. He maybe gets into Streets and Still Haven't Found but basically Achtung and Joshua do nothing for him.
Not sure why U2 gets slagged for the iPod thing by PJ fans when Ledbetter appeared on a tv show. Would like to know if PJ got paid and/or accepts royalties for this.
“One good thing about music,
when it hits you, you feel to pain.
So brutalize me with music.”
~ Bob Marley
Yeah I would also disagree that they are peaking again but I would agree that they are still putting out quality albums. I enjoy the new album and Leave Behind. Best albums are still Joshua Tree and Achtung. But I can't fault them for not living up to them.
I agree that they would not be where they are without all the big promotion but I don't fault them for it. It is nice to see a quality band in the spotlight. I just look at U2 and Pearl Jam being two different kinds of bands who do different things. I enjoy Pearl Jam more but still like U2.
Yeah - U2 has rocked for me ever since my older sister let me watch t.v. with her and the Sunday Bloody Sunday video was on when we were younger!!!! Must have been late 80's....I was hooked!!
Say goodnight
She waits for me to
Put out the light
Lay there still
She waits to break my will
Yes, if I know the truth about you...
And in the daylight
A blackbird makes a violent sight
And when she is done
She sleeps beside the one
Yes, If I know the truth about you...
...................................
In some white track
You come right back
Cartoon cutout
Cut throat let out
I'm on your side
Be on the both side
I'm on right track
You get off my back
I'm no dope
I give you hope
Here's the rope
Here's the rope
Haven't seen you in quite a while
I was down the hold, just passing time.
Last time we met it was a low-lit room
We were as close together as a bride and groom.
We ate the food, we drank the wine
Everybody having a good time except you.
You were talking about the end of the world.
I took the money, I spiked your drink
You miss too much these days if you stop to think.
You led me on with those innocent eyes
And you know I love the element of surprise.
In the garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart.
You, you were acting like it was the end of the world.
In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they'd learned to swim
Surrounding me, going down on me
Spilling over the brim
Waves of regret and waves of joy.
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy.
You, you said you'd wait till the end of the world.
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...
************************************
What a great song...I have this in my head right now for some reason...
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Green light, Seven Eleven
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
You don't smoke, don't even want to
Hey now, check your change
Dressed up like a car crash
Your wheels are turning but you're upside down
You say when he hits you, you don't mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive
Hey babe, is that what it is
Red lights, gray morning
You stumble out of a hole in the ground
A vampire or a victim
It depend's on who's around
You used to stay in to watch the adverts
You could lip synch to the talk shows
And if you look, you look through me
And when you talk, you talk at me
And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing
If I could stay...
Then the night would give you up
Stay...and the day would keep its trust
Stay...and the night would be enough
Faraway, so close
Up with the static and the radio
With satelite television
You can go anywhere
Miami, New Orleans
London, Belfast and Berlin
And if you listen I can't call
And if you jump, you just might fall
And if you shout, I'll only hear you
If I could stay...
Then the night would give you up
Stay...then the day would keep its trust
Stay...with the demons you drowned
Stay...with the spirit I found
Stay...and the night would be enough
Three o'clock in the morning
It's quiet and there's no one around
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel runs to ground
Just the bang
And the clatter
As an angel
Hits the ground
Grace
She takes the blame
She covers the shame
Removes the stain
It could be her name
Grace
It's a name for a girl
It's also a thought that changed the world
And when she walks on the street
You can hear the strings
Grace finds goodness in everything
Grace, she's got the walk
Not on a ramp or on chalk
She's got the time to talk
She travels outside of karma
She travels outside of karma
When she goes to work
You can hear her strings
Grace finds beauty in everything
Grace, she carries a world on her hips
No champagne flute for her lips
No twirls or skips between her fingertips
She carries a pearl in perfect condition
What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stings
Because grace makes beauty
Out of ugly things
I think U2 is a great rock band, they´ve always done what they wanted in music (see "discoteque")...so, that deserves my respect...Great albums, specially in the 80s and early 90s...
In the other hand, I feel like they are more like a big industry or something this days...Their tours always are the most succesfull in all the f*cking world...We always see Bono and his glasses doing charity...and although that´s a cool thing to do, sometimes it irritates me...Come on man! we know you´re a good guy!
I don´t know...there´s something about this guys that doesn´t feets me...Musically they´re ok, but...
Sorry to those who love the band...this is just a point of view...
It was a cold and wet December day
When we touched the ground at JFK
Snow was melting on the ground
On BLS I heard the sound of an angel
New York, like a Christmas tree
Tonight this city belongs to me, angel
Soul love, this love won't let me go
So long Angel of Harlem
Birdland on fifty-three
The street sounds like a symphony
We got John Coltrane and a love supreme
Miles, and she's got to be an angel
Lady Day got diamond eyes
She sees the truth behind the lies, angel
Soul love, this love won't let me go
So long Angel of Harlem
Angel of Harlem
She says it's heart, heart and soul
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Blue light on the avenue
God knows they got to you
An empty glass, the lady sings
Eyes swollen like a bee sting
Blinded, you lost your way
Through the side streets and the alleyway
Like a star exploding in the night
Falling to the city in broad daylight
An angel in Devil's shoes
Salvation in the blues
You never looked like an angel
Yeah yeah, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Oh yeah, it's alright
It's alright
I first heard U2 when I was in the 4th grade! Ouch yes the 4th grade. Living in Boston we are as lucky with U2 as we are with PJ. Once Live at Red Rocks came out, I knew I wanted to see a show there. And of course the 1st concert I saw there was Pearl Jam on the Vitalogy tour. Amazing! Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are my favorites. One tree Hill being one of my favorite songs. But my husband would say that Unforgettable Fire is their best. Who cares, I am just so glad that U2 has put out so much music and that they still perform well. Beautiful Day as much air play as it got will always be a fan favorite too since I remember it as the theme song to the New England Patriots winning the Super Bowl too. And honestly Bono has aged well too! You fans in Toronto, you lucky bastards! I think I would had died and gone to heaven if both those incredible men were on stage together for me! As far as Bono being a rock star...who cares...If I had that much money I would devote my time to what ever cause I could. You can't bring it with you when you die, help the rest of the world, do your part. Bono just happens to be on a bigger stage than the rest of us so you can hear him a little louder. Happy New Year everyone. 2006 looks like it will be a fantasic year to be a Pearl Jam Fan. Where the hell is the xmas single?????
justam, why am I not surprised that the first 2 songs you posted lyrics for are 2 of my faves from U2 (especially Hawkmoon 269!)
A thread in the Other Music section had me thinking U2 today and in particular this little gem:
The Unforgettable Fire (my all time U2 fave )
Ice.
Your only rivers run cold,
These city lights,
They shine as silver and gold,
Dug from the night.
Your eyes as black as coal.
Walk on by, Walk on through,
Walk till you run.
And don't look back.
For here, I am.
Carnival, the wheels fly and the colors spin
through alcohol.
Red wine that punctures the skin.
Face to face in a dry and waterless place.
Walk on by, Walk on through
So sad to beseige your love so,
Head on, stay this time.
Stay tonight, in a lie.
I'm only asking but I think that you know.
Come on take me away.
Come on take me away.
Come on take me home.
Home again.
And if the mountain should crumble,
or disappear into the sea.
Not a tear, no not I stay in this time.
Stay tonight in a light.
Ever after, this love in time.
And if you save it all, save you love.
Don't push me too far tonight.
And while we're at it, let us have a Shai Hulud songbreak inside the U2 songbreak thread for Cropduster49!!!!
Let Us At Last Praise The Colonizers Of Dreams (Shai Hulud)
without pretension.
with a sweet chill down my spine...
for a time the clouds lift, and what i have resigned to thinking barren
does bear fruit.
if i am to die - if i must die,
i must inspire while i live,
alongside the dreamers.
let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams
i surrender all. all i have to give:
those who have survived lifes thorns
and provided escape.
to those, whose creations live forever.
to those that wrote the words,
though my knees become weak,
i will cause my foot another step.
to carry the task.
and to those that understood
there is a need for faith
and a need for hope
let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams
as with the brightest and the wisest,
i know the need of faith, hope, and dreams.
i burn for vision and inspiration, for this is life.
if perchance i am dreaming,
please, let me sleep.
to spend my time in great atlantis,
in search of camelot.
i drink from the grail, and war with the immortals,
rather than sulk in the ruins of a fallen sky castle.
amidst the remnants of once
mighty colossus,
comes this call:
where are the builders?
i clearly see the slayers, and the hope they destroy.
i clearly see the thieves, and the wonders they deprive the inspired.
where are the builders?
if i am to die - if i must die,
i must inspire while i live,
alongside the dreamers.
Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
As far as Bono being a rock star...who cares...If I had that much money I would devote my time to what ever cause I could. You can't bring it with you when you die, help the rest of the world, do your part. Bono just happens to be on a bigger stage than the rest of us so you can hear him a little louder. quote]
Exactly! When people put him down for doing all that he does it really confuses me. He's in the position to get done what a lot of us couldn't because we don't have that sort of 'star power'. I say God bless him for doing it. It's easy to sit back and criticise others for going out and doing something about the problems of the world, it's much more difficult to actually get off of your butt and do something about it. I think he has questioned himself more than any of us here have anyway. Check out the lyrics to to 'Gone', from the "Pop" cd.
You get to feel so guilty
Got so much for so little
The you find that feeling just won't go away.
You're holding on to every little thing so tightly
Till there's nothing left for you anyway.
Goodbye, you can keep this suit of lights
I'll be up with the sun
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down.
You wanted to get somewhere so badly
You had to lose yourself along the way.
You changed your name
Well that's okay, it's necessary
And what you leave behind you don't miss anyway.
Goodbye, you can keep this suit of lights
I'll be up with the sun
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down.
'Cause I'm already gone
Felt that way all along.
Closer to you every day
I didn't want it that much anyway.
You're taking steps that make you feel dizzy
Then you learn to like the way it feels.
You hurt yourself, you hurt your lover
Then you discover
What you thought was freedom is just greed.
Goodbye, and it's an emotional
Goodnight, I'll be up with the sun.
Are you still holding on?
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down.
My mom is always bugging me when will I get married and have children and all I can say to her is as long as I haven't been to a Pearl Jam / U2 / Red Hot Chili Peppers concert there is no way of me doing so. I'm too young anyway...
I'm not really bothered if U2's got more exposure than PJ or RHCP. I like all these bands because of all the great music they have written. Also not really excited about the fact that Bono is quite often in the media. If this is what makes someone buy a U2 album, well... I feel really sorry for that person because obviously never listened to any U2 songs through their entire life. On the other hand I really appreciate all the charity work he does. If he or other musicians, actors, etc. didn't support a good cause whether the hurricane/tsunami relief or stepping up against poverty I think nobody would actually do it.
To go back to U2's music I think "With or without you" is the most beautiful love song ever. I agree with those who claim Joshua tree and Achtung Baby their best albums. I remember once watching the Rattle and Hum concert on dvd... I think this was the moment when my admiration started. For the record I was 16... but I was about 12-13 when I first saw "Alive" on MTV and I just loved it... it hit me right from the beginning and it still lasts...
Euro 2007: Madrid 09/06 Wembley 18/06, Düsseldorf 21/06, Copenhagen 26/06, Nijmegen 28/06, Werchter 29/06
Astoria 20/04/06
Reading - 27/08/06
Vienna - 25/09/06 - the BEST day of my life
justam, why am I not surprised that the first 2 songs you posted lyrics for are 2 of my faves from U2 (especially Hawkmoon 269!)
A thread in the Other Music section had me thinking U2 today and in particular this little gem:
The Unforgettable Fire (my all time U2 fave )
Ice.
Your only rivers run cold,
These city lights,
They shine as silver and gold,
Dug from the night.
Your eyes as black as coal.
Walk on by, Walk on through,
Walk till you run.
And don't look back.
For here, I am.
Carnival, the wheels fly and the colors spin
through alcohol.
Red wine that punctures the skin.
Face to face in a dry and waterless place.
Walk on by, Walk on through
So sad to beseige your love so,
Head on, stay this time.
Stay tonight, in a lie.
I'm only asking but I think that you know.
Come on take me away.
Come on take me away.
Come on take me home.
Home again.
And if the mountain should crumble,
or disappear into the sea.
Not a tear, no not I stay in this time.
Stay tonight in a light.
Ever after, this love in time.
And if you save it all, save you love.
Don't push me too far tonight.
And while we're at it, let us have a Shai Hulud songbreak inside the U2 songbreak thread for Cropduster49!!!!
Let Us At Last Praise The Colonizers Of Dreams (Shai Hulud)
without pretension.
with a sweet chill down my spine...
for a time the clouds lift, and what i have resigned to thinking barren
does bear fruit.
if i am to die - if i must die,
i must inspire while i live,
alongside the dreamers.
let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams
i surrender all. all i have to give:
those who have survived lifes thorns
and provided escape.
to those, whose creations live forever.
to those that wrote the words,
though my knees become weak,
i will cause my foot another step.
to carry the task.
and to those that understood
there is a need for faith
and a need for hope
let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams
as with the brightest and the wisest,
i know the need of faith, hope, and dreams.
i burn for vision and inspiration, for this is life.
if perchance i am dreaming,
please, let me sleep.
to spend my time in great atlantis,
in search of camelot.
i drink from the grail, and war with the immortals,
rather than sulk in the ruins of a fallen sky castle.
amidst the remnants of once
mighty colossus,
comes this call:
where are the builders?
i clearly see the slayers, and the hope they destroy.
i clearly see the thieves, and the wonders they deprive the inspired.
where are the builders?
if i am to die - if i must die,
i must inspire while i live,
alongside the dreamers.
In the recent Rolling Stone article, Bono mentions the "Pasengers" album. Does anyone know anything about this?
Passengers was a side project of U2. In short, it's a musical collaboration by the members of U2 and Brian Eno. It gave U2 a chance to experiment with different "textures" in the music. They were joined for this project by Brian Eno, Howie B, and Pavarotti, and other "passengers", so they didn't call it a "U2 record".
Original Soundtracks 1 started out as being a sequel of sorts to a series of albums called Music for Films that Brian Eno made in the 70's. The idea was for U2 to really open up creatively, to explore more abstract music without being inhibited by expectations of the band. It is also important to note that for perhaps the first time Brian Eno was allowed to lead the band and have an immediate and direct influence on the direction of the music, rather than taking the backseat as a producer. Adam has said that the album was "an opportunity to get all [the] stuff out that there really isn't room for on our own records".
Larry has gone on record as saying he really didn't like the results and found the album over-indulgent. It is interesting to see where they were musically and also note the likely influence it had on the band's later development of Pop (which didn't even have Eno as producer). [MK, JP]
The booklet of Original Soundtracks 1 contains tons of hidden messages.
1. Movie Descriptions: all these are written by Ben O'Rian and C.S.J. Bofop. "Ben O'Rian" is simply an anagram for Brian Eno, while "C.S.J. Bofop" also becomes Brian Eno when you replace every letter with the one that precedes it in the alphabet: B(C) R(S) I(J) A(B) N(O) E(F) N(O) O(P).
2. "Slug": Peter von Heineken is a joke on U2's manager, Paul McGuinness. "Jutta Minit" becomes "just a minute" when pronounced quickly.
3. "Always Forever Now": "Venda Davis" is an anagram for David Evans (Edge's real name), "Tanya McLoad" becomes Adam Clayton, while "Kiley Sue LaLonne" unscrambles as Anne-Louise Kelly, the album's production manager. Finally, "Pi Hoo Sun" is phonetic for P. Hewson - Paul Hewson being Bono's real name.
4." Ito Okashi": "the face of a child drawn on a melon" is a direct reference to the babyface which appears on the Achtung Baby CD, the Zooropa cover and several other releases.
5. "Hypnotize (Love Me 'til Dawn)": "Evans" is Edge's last name in real life. "Tony Corbin" refers to Anton Corbijn, U2's longtime photographer.
6. "Theme from Let's Go Native": "Barry Boedders" is one R away from being an anagram for Des Broadbery, a regular studio crew member for U2. [TVT]
*Proud member of the forged kings nebulae; those of us who love Binaural and Riot Act, and also think that Matt Cameron is the f*ckin greatest!
Comments
You are right about it being context, and also perception. I took my son to a couple U2 shows this spring and fall and the old stuff does nothing for him. He maybe gets into Streets and Still Haven't Found but basically Achtung and Joshua do nothing for him.
Not sure why U2 gets slagged for the iPod thing by PJ fans when Ledbetter appeared on a tv show. Would like to know if PJ got paid and/or accepts royalties for this.
when it hits you, you feel to pain.
So brutalize me with music.”
~ Bob Marley
I agree that they would not be where they are without all the big promotion but I don't fault them for it. It is nice to see a quality band in the spotlight. I just look at U2 and Pearl Jam being two different kinds of bands who do different things. I enjoy Pearl Jam more but still like U2.
She waits for me to
Put out the light
Lay there still
She waits to break my will
Yes, if I know the truth about you...
And in the daylight
A blackbird makes a violent sight
And when she is done
She sleeps beside the one
Yes, If I know the truth about you...
...................................
In some white track
You come right back
Cartoon cutout
Cut throat let out
I'm on your side
Be on the both side
I'm on right track
You get off my back
I'm no dope
I give you hope
Here's the rope
Here's the rope
Bring it on cause i'm no victim
I was down the hold, just passing time.
Last time we met it was a low-lit room
We were as close together as a bride and groom.
We ate the food, we drank the wine
Everybody having a good time except you.
You were talking about the end of the world.
I took the money, I spiked your drink
You miss too much these days if you stop to think.
You led me on with those innocent eyes
And you know I love the element of surprise.
In the garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart.
You, you were acting like it was the end of the world.
In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they'd learned to swim
Surrounding me, going down on me
Spilling over the brim
Waves of regret and waves of joy.
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy.
You, you said you'd wait till the end of the world.
Watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
Like I could even change the world, yeah right...
************************************
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Green light, Seven Eleven
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
You don't smoke, don't even want to
Hey now, check your change
Dressed up like a car crash
Your wheels are turning but you're upside down
You say when he hits you, you don't mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive
Hey babe, is that what it is
Red lights, gray morning
You stumble out of a hole in the ground
A vampire or a victim
It depend's on who's around
You used to stay in to watch the adverts
You could lip synch to the talk shows
And if you look, you look through me
And when you talk, you talk at me
And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing
If I could stay...
Then the night would give you up
Stay...and the day would keep its trust
Stay...and the night would be enough
Faraway, so close
Up with the static and the radio
With satelite television
You can go anywhere
Miami, New Orleans
London, Belfast and Berlin
And if you listen I can't call
And if you jump, you just might fall
And if you shout, I'll only hear you
If I could stay...
Then the night would give you up
Stay...then the day would keep its trust
Stay...with the demons you drowned
Stay...with the spirit I found
Stay...and the night would be enough
Three o'clock in the morning
It's quiet and there's no one around
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel runs to ground
Just the bang
And the clatter
As an angel
Hits the ground
She takes the blame
She covers the shame
Removes the stain
It could be her name
Grace
It's a name for a girl
It's also a thought that changed the world
And when she walks on the street
You can hear the strings
Grace finds goodness in everything
Grace, she's got the walk
Not on a ramp or on chalk
She's got the time to talk
She travels outside of karma
She travels outside of karma
When she goes to work
You can hear her strings
Grace finds beauty in everything
Grace, she carries a world on her hips
No champagne flute for her lips
No twirls or skips between her fingertips
She carries a pearl in perfect condition
What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stings
Because grace makes beauty
Out of ugly things
Grace makes beauty out of ugly things
In the other hand, I feel like they are more like a big industry or something this days...Their tours always are the most succesfull in all the f*cking world...We always see Bono and his glasses doing charity...and although that´s a cool thing to do, sometimes it irritates me...Come on man! we know you´re a good guy!
I don´t know...there´s something about this guys that doesn´t feets me...Musically they´re ok, but...
Sorry to those who love the band...this is just a point of view...
Peace and Love
When we touched the ground at JFK
Snow was melting on the ground
On BLS I heard the sound of an angel
New York, like a Christmas tree
Tonight this city belongs to me, angel
Soul love, this love won't let me go
So long Angel of Harlem
Birdland on fifty-three
The street sounds like a symphony
We got John Coltrane and a love supreme
Miles, and she's got to be an angel
Lady Day got diamond eyes
She sees the truth behind the lies, angel
Soul love, this love won't let me go
So long Angel of Harlem
Angel of Harlem
She says it's heart, heart and soul
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Blue light on the avenue
God knows they got to you
An empty glass, the lady sings
Eyes swollen like a bee sting
Blinded, you lost your way
Through the side streets and the alleyway
Like a star exploding in the night
Falling to the city in broad daylight
An angel in Devil's shoes
Salvation in the blues
You never looked like an angel
Yeah yeah, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Angel, Angel of Harlem
Oh yeah, it's alright
It's alright
A thread in the Other Music section had me thinking U2 today and in particular this little gem:
The Unforgettable Fire (my all time U2 fave
Ice.
Your only rivers run cold,
These city lights,
They shine as silver and gold,
Dug from the night.
Your eyes as black as coal.
Walk on by, Walk on through,
Walk till you run.
And don't look back.
For here, I am.
Carnival, the wheels fly and the colors spin
through alcohol.
Red wine that punctures the skin.
Face to face in a dry and waterless place.
Walk on by, Walk on through
So sad to beseige your love so,
Head on, stay this time.
Stay tonight, in a lie.
I'm only asking but I think that you know.
Come on take me away.
Come on take me away.
Come on take me home.
Home again.
And if the mountain should crumble,
or disappear into the sea.
Not a tear, no not I stay in this time.
Stay tonight in a light.
Ever after, this love in time.
And if you save it all, save you love.
Don't push me too far tonight.
And while we're at it, let us have a Shai Hulud songbreak inside the U2 songbreak thread for Cropduster49!!!!
Let Us At Last Praise The Colonizers Of Dreams (Shai Hulud)
without pretension.
with a sweet chill down my spine...
for a time the clouds lift, and what i have resigned to thinking barren
does bear fruit.
if i am to die - if i must die,
i must inspire while i live,
alongside the dreamers.
let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams
i surrender all. all i have to give:
those who have survived lifes thorns
and provided escape.
to those, whose creations live forever.
to those that wrote the words,
though my knees become weak,
i will cause my foot another step.
to carry the task.
and to those that understood
there is a need for faith
and a need for hope
let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams
as with the brightest and the wisest,
i know the need of faith, hope, and dreams.
i burn for vision and inspiration, for this is life.
if perchance i am dreaming,
please, let me sleep.
to spend my time in great atlantis,
in search of camelot.
i drink from the grail, and war with the immortals,
rather than sulk in the ruins of a fallen sky castle.
amidst the remnants of once
mighty colossus,
comes this call:
where are the builders?
i clearly see the slayers, and the hope they destroy.
i clearly see the thieves, and the wonders they deprive the inspired.
where are the builders?
if i am to die - if i must die,
i must inspire while i live,
alongside the dreamers.
I'm not really bothered if U2's got more exposure than PJ or RHCP. I like all these bands because of all the great music they have written. Also not really excited about the fact that Bono is quite often in the media. If this is what makes someone buy a U2 album, well... I feel really sorry for that person because obviously never listened to any U2 songs through their entire life. On the other hand I really appreciate all the charity work he does. If he or other musicians, actors, etc. didn't support a good cause whether the hurricane/tsunami relief or stepping up against poverty I think nobody would actually do it.
To go back to U2's music I think "With or without you" is the most beautiful love song ever. I agree with those who claim Joshua tree and Achtung Baby their best albums. I remember once watching the Rattle and Hum concert on dvd... I think this was the moment when my admiration started. For the record I was 16... but I was about 12-13 when I first saw "Alive" on MTV and I just loved it... it hit me right from the beginning and it still lasts...
Astoria 20/04/06
Reading - 27/08/06
Vienna - 25/09/06 - the BEST day of my life
YOU are AWESOME and I want to be your friend.
Passengers was a side project of U2. In short, it's a musical collaboration by the members of U2 and Brian Eno. It gave U2 a chance to experiment with different "textures" in the music. They were joined for this project by Brian Eno, Howie B, and Pavarotti, and other "passengers", so they didn't call it a "U2 record".
Original Soundtracks 1 started out as being a sequel of sorts to a series of albums called Music for Films that Brian Eno made in the 70's. The idea was for U2 to really open up creatively, to explore more abstract music without being inhibited by expectations of the band. It is also important to note that for perhaps the first time Brian Eno was allowed to lead the band and have an immediate and direct influence on the direction of the music, rather than taking the backseat as a producer. Adam has said that the album was "an opportunity to get all [the] stuff out that there really isn't room for on our own records".
Larry has gone on record as saying he really didn't like the results and found the album over-indulgent. It is interesting to see where they were musically and also note the likely influence it had on the band's later development of Pop (which didn't even have Eno as producer). [MK, JP]
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The booklet of Original Soundtracks 1 contains tons of hidden messages.
1. Movie Descriptions: all these are written by Ben O'Rian and C.S.J. Bofop. "Ben O'Rian" is simply an anagram for Brian Eno, while "C.S.J. Bofop" also becomes Brian Eno when you replace every letter with the one that precedes it in the alphabet: B(C) R(S) I(J) A(B) N(O) E(F) N(O) O(P).
2. "Slug": Peter von Heineken is a joke on U2's manager, Paul McGuinness. "Jutta Minit" becomes "just a minute" when pronounced quickly.
3. "Always Forever Now": "Venda Davis" is an anagram for David Evans (Edge's real name), "Tanya McLoad" becomes Adam Clayton, while "Kiley Sue LaLonne" unscrambles as Anne-Louise Kelly, the album's production manager. Finally, "Pi Hoo Sun" is phonetic for P. Hewson - Paul Hewson being Bono's real name.
4." Ito Okashi": "the face of a child drawn on a melon" is a direct reference to the babyface which appears on the Achtung Baby CD, the Zooropa cover and several other releases.
5. "Hypnotize (Love Me 'til Dawn)": "Evans" is Edge's last name in real life. "Tony Corbin" refers to Anton Corbijn, U2's longtime photographer.
6. "Theme from Let's Go Native": "Barry Boedders" is one R away from being an anagram for Des Broadbery, a regular studio crew member for U2. [TVT]
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See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you
With or without you
With or without you
Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away
My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you