Just "discovered" U2...

and i'm starting to really like them. i've been listening to them for years, but i just never actually.. listened. i know some people on here say bad things about them being a corporate band and whatever, but i still started listening to them now more than ever, really paying attention to their songs... i'm starting to really get into them
i can't help it, i just have this newfound connection to them and it makes me feel good! i've actually listened to this one song and seen the music video about 25 times today... (it'd be more but i'm forcing myself not to listen to it before i play it out and stop liking it
:shock: ) i only have 8 songs from them and was wondering if anyone knows of which songs were really good that i could listen to? please tell me there are still people who like U2! i've seen so much negativity on the porch i'm a little scared to ask here! :P


PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
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eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
A) I'm really not a fan of their sound in general. I tried to get into them in High School but I really just kidded myself around for a couple months. The only cd I can really listen to by them is Rattle & Hum.
C) I had an ex whose mom was their #1 Fan.
i'm gonna go listen to rattle and hum now just cuz it's the one you tolerate
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
Which 8 songs do you have and what is your favorite song of their? I think I see a screen shot from the video from 'hol me thrill me kiss me kill me' in your avatar... that the one you're addicted to? If so, you need to go buy Achtung Baby right now. It's a classic album and more in line with that song. Then you can get the Joshua Tree and War. Those 3 albums are kind of their classics and in some sense give a good guide to all the different phases of the bands.
yes i'm completely obsessed with hold me thrill me kiss me kill me! it basically has everything i've ever wanted in a song. i've actually liked it for years but for some reason today was just like, oh goodness i'm in love! (it beat out my favorite song of 10 years, kiss from a rose, which happens to be on the same album) i've been listening to some achtung baby and i really like it, especially mysterious ways. i'm going into the city on friday so i'll hit up a record store while i'm at it. thanks for the input!
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
Np, and thanks for the compliment. I've loved Hold Me, Thrill me, etc for years... one of my fav U2 songs and I never could figure out why it kinda went under the radar. Such a great tune! Achtung will be right up your alley... the first half of the album is stunning. Let me know what you think when you get it!
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
I used to love U2. I think their first albums War, Boy, October, The Unforgettable Fire, and The Joshua Tree are masterpieces. I have just fallen out of love and not really liked anything since. But I think you can't go wrong with anything from those five albums.
Interesting. Boy, War, and Joshua Tree I agree with, but I never much liked October and for some reason the Unforgettable Fire never sounded like a complete album to me (though the singles are among their best).
I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
joshua tree
unforgettable fire
I actually agree on Unforgettable Fire. And October for me revolves around that short song. For some reason, it means immensely to me, and really carries me over and evens me out. It didn't hurt that they unexplicably played it the only time I saw them live... 22 years ago :shock:
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
post of the day made me laugh
Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl
I love you forever and forever
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"Get your head out of the mud Baby..."
I really got hooked on them though after this performance at The US Festival 1983 truly amazing. Back then Bono did whatever it took to gain the audience's attention and he surely did so in front of 500,000 people.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
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"Ultraviolet" and "Tryin to throw his arms around the world" are in a class of their own
achtung baby
war
the joshua tree
the unforgettable fire
how to dismantle an atomic bomb
no line on the horizon
i listened to achtung baby and the joshua tree the whole way through and i'm absolutely in love
god bono's voice is so awesome...
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
I put Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World on my son's night night music playlist. I'm not sure if it relaxes him but it's a favorite track of mine as well. I love the rhythm and flow. So underrated.
Man, you really didn't mess around!
Achtung is the best record they ever made, start to finish
I had exams the mornings that the 3 Croke Park gigs went on sale, and im very disappointed. Wouldve preferred an indoor arena show anyway, but in Ireland that doesnt exist. Maybe ill score tickets closer to the time.
Id love to hear Hold Me Kiss Me live someday.
I do think there are songs I don't care for... I feel like a lot of their albums tend to fizzle out rather than finish strong. And I can't stand 'the Sweetest Thing' anymore
I have tickets to their second show at Soldier Field in Chicago, but it's on a Sunday and my first day on my new job is the Monday after... hopefully I can work something out because they're the only fav band I have that I've never seen... for some reason I missed both the last two tours :( I think the cost was prohibitive at the time.
You'd think of all places in the world, Ireland would have indoor arenas?
and i read on wikipedia that they only played hold me thrill me... during that 95 tour or whatever, and then never played it again :( if they ever suddenly decided to play it at a concert i was at, i swear i'd cry.
i agree. totally. i've fallen in love! the fly, mysterious ways, one, so cruel, they're all incredible songs. i never thought i'd find another band i could listen to all the time like i do with pearl jam (though, of course, not to the same degree.. i think pj will always be my one and only true love
i'm an obsessive person and, being from NY, an impatient person so i couldn't wait a whole extra day to get my hands on some music
i'm off to bed.. (well after this album is over) peace!
oh and i love sweetest thing more now that i know it was written for his wife as a sorry for forgetting her birthday. i think it's really cute and (for lack of a better phrase) a really sweet thing for him to do
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
Oooh, make sure you get to Soldier Field...i dont mind to much missing them as ive seen them twice, but get yourself there, and get home for a good/great/amazing nights sleep before work?
Logically, we should have plenty of indoor arenas. But that would require forward planning, focused investment, and common sense. Like i said, there are no indoor arenas!.....ah no, theres the O2, but its more like an indoor amphitheatre than an "arena" as i see them (you know, like all the cool venues in america - basketball/hockey stadiums). Picky son of a bitch aint I ?
Theres some footage of it on youtube, (the 95 Hold Me Kiss Me performances) and i dont know how i like it...but like u said - if i was there when they played it, I would cry, shit myself, and do a sexy little dance all at the same time!
They busted out a few songs they hadnt played much in decades on the last tour (Party Girl, Tick Tock, The Electric Co, An Chat Dubh, etc), so you never know. When i saw them first they played Wake Up Dead Man, i was genuinely stunned because it was so unlikely. (And because the live performance of it pisses all over the recorded version). Point being that at a U2 show there will always be a song that takes your breath away, even if its not the one you expected.
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