No Line on the Horizon doesn't sound like U2

norm

soulsinging wrote:

They already did Joshua Tree though... so I guess I just need to be patient waiting for the other 2

maybe they'll do it this year seeing at it's the 25th anniversary of it's release

jervin007

I am really disappointed by the new album. There are some OK tracks, but for the most part its really bland. There was so much hype that they had really made something special, but that just doesn't seem to be the case. If it was any other band than U2 "Get on Your Boots" wouldn't even make it on the radio. That song is just plain terrible. However, I will still go see them live because they are a great live band.

JordyWordy

hehe, i knew that Joshua Tree comment would get a response! i dont know, obviously its good - and Trip is great - maybe i can only listen to so much of the album's style through in one go....so im gonna wipe the first 5 tracks of it off my ipod, have like a vinyl side A & B, lol. im gona force myself to listen to it.
(Mothers of Disappeared is amazing, love that song).


fuck, UF is 25?? wow. I think Bad was remastered on the greatest hits compilation (could be wrong on that)... would be nice to hear the rest freshedened up alright wouldnt it?

theres been 2 guys queueing (spelling, lol??) since monday morning for the friday night release of new album here! im always taken aback by how hardcare the hardcore U2 fans are. life & death stuff for some of em

JordyWordy

2006 Uke version of Mothers: another great south american crowd!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY-Pu-Gd ... re=related

rrivers

jervin007 wrote:

I am really disappointed by the new album. There are some OK tracks, but for the most part its really bland. There was so much hype that they had really made something special, but that just doesn't seem to be the case. If it was any other band than U2 "Get on Your Boots" wouldn't even make it on the radio. That song is just plain terrible. However, I will still go see them live because they are a great live band.

You are right about "Get on Your Boots". Any of the other songs I heard off the album are a lot better than that song.

I heard Magnificent again last night and was still underwhelmed.

rrivers

JordyWordy wrote:

hehe, i knew that Joshua Tree comment would get a response! i dont know, obviously its good - and Trip is great - maybe i can only listen to so much of the album's style through in one go....so im gonna wipe the first 5 tracks of it off my ipod, have like a vinyl side A & B, lol. im gona force myself to listen to it.
(Mothers of Disappeared is amazing, love that song).


fuck, UF is 25?? wow. I think Bad was remastered on the greatest hits compilation (could be wrong on that)... would be nice to hear the rest freshedened up alright wouldnt it?

theres been 2 guys queueing (spelling, lol??) since monday morning for the friday night release of new album here! im always taken aback by how hardcare the hardcore U2 fans are. life & death stuff for some of em

U2 is actually over 25 because there first album had to be released 25 years ago for them to get in the RR Hall of Fame which I think they got in in 06 or 07.

Poncier

soulsinging wrote:

JordyWordy wrote:

The Unforgettable Fire...a perfect album imo. that said, walking around dublin, with BOY blasting through the headphones is pretty cool too. no matter how hard i try, i just dont get the 2nd half of the Joshua Tree. after Running To Stand Still i always stop listening. weird

Seriously? I like the back half better than the front... Trip Through Your Wires is one of their best songs, period.

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Not to mention In God's Country, One Tree Hill and Exit (one of the greatest live U2 songs ever, sadly only played on JT tour)

JordyWordy

rrivers wrote:

JordyWordy wrote:

hehe, i knew that Joshua Tree comment would get a response! i dont know, obviously its good - and Trip is great - maybe i can only listen to so much of the album's style through in one go....so im gonna wipe the first 5 tracks of it off my ipod, have like a vinyl side A & B, lol. im gona force myself to listen to it.
(Mothers of Disappeared is amazing, love that song).


fuck, UF is 25?? wow. I think Bad was remastered on the greatest hits compilation (could be wrong on that)... would be nice to hear the rest freshedened up alright wouldnt it?

theres been 2 guys queueing (spelling, lol??) since monday morning for the friday night release of new album here! im always taken aback by how hardcare the hardcore U2 fans are. life & death stuff for some of em

U2 is actually over 25 because there first album had to be released 25 years ago for them to get in the RR Hall of Fame which I think they got in in 06 or 07.

oh yeah, i meant the Unforgettable Fire (UF) album is 25! U2 have been around since '78 or so....thats a good run

analogueaddict72

I'm sorry but this album put the previous 2 safe offering in the shade, I've heard claims it lacks soul, bollocks!!

One of Bono's most honest and soulful vocals on Moment of Surrender to date and Unknown Caller is utterly uplifting.

Infact this is uplifting without being stodgy and at times plain ordinary like the last album ,I don't like U2 just being U2, some people might expect to hear those type of songs but I don't, infact the 2 tracks Magnificent & I'll Go Crazy if... which are been touted as the obvious next singles despite thinking they are great songs are near the bottom of my rankings and tracks like Cedars & White as Snow as well as the Zooropian Fez-Being Born are far more rewarding and more fulfilling listens.

Moment of Surrender is my outright winner followed by Unknown Caller and Breathe. my ranking below.

1. Moment of Surrender
2. Unknown Caller
3. Breathe
4. No Line on the Horizon
5. White as Snow
6. Cedars of the Lebanon
7. Fez Being Born
8. Stand Up Comedy
9. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't go Crazy Tonight
10.Magnificent
11.Get On Your Boots.

dharma69

norm wrote:

soulsinging wrote:

They already did Joshua Tree though... so I guess I just need to be patient waiting for the other 2

maybe they'll do it this year seeing at it's the 25th anniversary of it's release

According to that drummer guy U2 may release aother album sometime next year. Something about intimate tracks left over from their recording sessions.

This give me hope. I mean, they can't possibly be as bad as the tracks on NLOTH. Can they :? ?

rrivers

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U2 is actually over 25 because there first album had to be released 25 years ago for them to get in the RR Hall of Fame which I think they got in in 06 or 07.[/quote]

oh yeah, i meant the Unforgettable Fire (UF) album is 25! U2 have been around since '78 or so....thats a good run[/quote]

ok, my mistake!

norm

"No Line on the Horizon doesn't sound like U2"


actually this album sounds more like u2 than any album since zooropa...mixed with unforgettable fire....i'm loving this album....breathe is outstanding

kenny olav

I'm a U2 fan. I have every one of their albums, and dig if not downright love most of the music they've put out. But I'm halfway thru listening to the new album right now on myspace and the only emotions I am experiencing are annoyance and boredom.

analogueaddict72

I love it!

Nothing like shaving a few off the fanbase because they don't get whats going on, I can just imagine how many went along with Vs but wondered what the hell was going on with Vitalogy and if that didn't do it No Code must have sent loads packing.

I want my bands to progress and I don't want them stagnating in the same old same old. The last 2 albums were seriously 2 if the most lazy of their career and NLOTH is them back to challenging themselves again.

This album just showing up how ordinary those albums are and if people don't want to get on board then good riddance, it's like Radiohead getting rid of the part time fans when they released the one two punch of the awesome Kid A & Amnesiac.

dharma69

Kenny Olav wrote:

annoyance and boredom.

Yes. And how.

This album bores me as much as Chris Cornell's "Scream" annoyed me and the boredom is annoying on that level.

Wow. Never thought I'd ever equate Scream with anything in the realm of U2.

There's nothing challenging about this album; it's Bono & company allowing themselves to be run over by Lanois' and Eno's penchant for processed music. Nothing binds this album as a cohesive project except the universal lack of soul and passion. Yes, folks LACK OF SOUL AND PASSION. A few okay tunes and the rest is drudgery. Insipid lyrics of Unknown Caller, Moment of Silence should have been silenced or at least halved, "oooh oooh oooh oooh" in almost every fucking song. Ran out of lyrics, huh? It shows.

analogueaddict72

dharma69 wrote:

Kenny Olav wrote:

annoyance and boredom.

Yes. And how.

This album bores me as much as Chris Cornell's "Scream" annoyed me and the boredom is annoying on that level.

Wow. Never thought I'd ever equate Scream with anything in the realm of U2.

There's nothing challenging about this album; it's Bono & company allowing themselves to be run over by Lanois' and Eno's penchant for processed music. Nothing binds this album as a cohesive project except the universal lack of soul and passion. Yes, folks LACK OF SOUL AND PASSION. A few okay tunes and the rest is drudgery. Insipid lyrics of Unknown Caller, Moment of Silence should have been silenced or at least halved, "oooh oooh oooh oooh" in almost every fucking song. Ran out of lyrics, huh? It shows.

That's amazing because I think completley the opposite and dare say and not be stoned to death it's a better album than that sacred tome that is the Joshua Tree in my view.

Your not right nor am I guess were just 2 different U2 fans one is most delighted and the other is not maybe they'll record an album you like again and wind me like those last 2 studio albums, I'd like to hear your argument though to how better those lazy radio friendly albums are better than this.
Ju

dharma69

analogueaddict72 wrote:

That's amazing because I think completley the opposite and dare say and not be stoned to death it's a better album than that sacred tome that is the Joshua Tree in my view.

Your not right nor am I guess were just 2 different U2 fans one is most delighted and the other is not maybe they'll record an album you like again and wind me like those last 2 studio albums, I'd like to hear your argument though to how better those lazy radio friendly albums are better than this.
Ju

Why on Earth would I argue such a thing? You'll be waiting til hell freezes over or Cornell's album wins the Grammy's Album of the Year (which almost wouldn't surprise me) for my dissertation in favor of whatever "radio friendly" albums you have in mind.

JordyWordy

Some of the songs have me....but lets take Magnificent for example - whats new here that U2 hasnt done before?? not that it has to be new to be good, but i mean this album kinda reaffirms my view that i made earlier - the band lets its songs get lost in studio trickery...well in a bullshit wall of sound that Eno & Lanois bring to the table. those guys served their purpose in the past, but theyre fucking the bands judgement on how to finalise their songs nowadays.

on live tours, the band play some of the filler tracks from the album completely differently, and they sound great....stripped down of all the crap from the album versions. i can only hope that some of the stuff on this album gets the same treatment live that ,say , Original Of The Species got. Thats the best example i can think of right now.

AllNiteThing

analogueaddict72 wrote:

I'm sorry but this album put the previous 2 safe offering in the shade, I've heard claims it lacks soul, bollocks!!

One of Bono's most honest and soulful vocals on Moment of Surrender to date and Unknown Caller is utterly uplifting.

Infact this is uplifting without being stodgy and at times plain ordinary like the last album ,I don't like U2 just being U2, some people might expect to hear those type of songs but I don't, infact the 2 tracks Magnificent & I'll Go Crazy if... which are been touted as the obvious next singles despite thinking they are great songs are near the bottom of my rankings and tracks like Cedars & White as Snow as well as the Zooropian Fez-Being Born are far more rewarding and more fulfilling listens.

Moment of Surrender is my outright winner followed by Unknown Caller and Breathe. my ranking below.

1. Moment of Surrender
2. Unknown Caller
3. Breathe
4. No Line on the Horizon
5. White as Snow
6. Cedars of the Lebanon
7. Fez Being Born
8. Stand Up Comedy
9. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't go Crazy Tonight
10.Magnificent
11.Get On Your Boots.

I love I'll Go Crazy! Of course, it's very 'poppy' sounding, but it's great anthemic U2. That said, I agree, Unknown Caller is incredible, and Fez is too. Oh, Breathe is probably in my top 3 or 4 on the album, just an all around masterpiece of a song (aside from that 'these daaaays' part, sounds a little awkward). Here's my rankings:

1. Unknown Caller
2. Breathe
3. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't go Crazy Tonight
4. Stand Up Comedy
5. Magnificent
6. Fez Being Born
7. No Line on the Horizon
8. Moment of Surrender
9. White as Snow
10.Cedars of the Lebanon
11.Get On Your Boots.

kenny olav

analogueaddict72 wrote:

I love it!

Nothing like shaving a few off the fanbase because they don't get whats going on, I can just imagine how many went along with Vs but wondered what the hell was going on with Vitalogy and if that didn't do it No Code must have sent loads packing.

I want my bands to progress and I don't want them stagnating in the same old same old. The last 2 albums were seriously 2 if the most lazy of their career and NLOTH is them back to challenging themselves again.

This album just showing up how ordinary those albums are and if people don't want to get on board then good riddance, it's like Radiohead getting rid of the part time fans when they released the one two punch of the awesome Kid A & Amnesiac.

The major difference here is that Vitalogy, No Code, Kid A and Amnesiac are all great albums... but even though some fans don't like those albums... whatever... no need to be such an elitist about it. And U2 is already the most well-established band in the world with a ton of mega hits, so this one album is not going shave off any fans, no matter how well it's received.

How the fuck can you say they're last two albums were lazy? They sounded inspired to me. This one sounds either tired or overly frantic and all of it overproduced. Even the album cover is dreary and synthetic.