Just "discovered" U2...
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letsongsprotest wrote:Achtung Baby is classic.
"Ultraviolet" and "Tryin to throw his arms around the world" are in a class of their own
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.0 -
washedinblack91 wrote:i just got back from jb hifi and got
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
there are some really beautiful songs here! i think achtung baby may be my second favorite album (behind riot act just cuz of my relationship with pearl jam and because i know those songs by heart) i really do hope i love the other albums just as much as i do achtung baby or the joshua tree 
god bono's voice is so awesome...
Man, you really didn't mess around!
Those are all great albums, so have fun getting to know the band over the next few weeks... I kinda wish I could be listening to them for the first time, but I got into them as a kid 0 -
IMHOwashedinblack91 wrote:i just got back from jb hifi and got
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 there are some really beautiful songs here! i think achtung baby may be my second favorite album (behind riot act just cuz of my relationship with pearl jam and because i know those songs by heart) i really do hope i love the other albums just as much as i do achtung baby or the joshua tree
god bono's voice is so awesome...
Achtung is the best record they ever made, start to finish0 -
Love them. I made whole-hearted contribution to a similar thread a few months back, and after it, i realised that i just love U2. i used to try convince myself that they had songs i didnt like. It turns out thats not true!
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.0 -
JordyWordy wrote:Love them. I made whole-hearted contribution to a similar thread a few months back, and after it, i realised that i just love U2. i used to try convince myself that they had songs i didnt like. It turns out thats not true!
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 But when they're on, nobody can touch them for what they do!
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?0 -
i would really love to hear them live! if i had known about the 360 tour i would have tried for tickets at giants stadium but i wasn't this obsessed with them 3 months ago so i wouldn't have really bothered or cared. it sucks! "if i had known then what i know now.." but whatever, i'll be better prepared for the next tour.JordyWordy wrote:Love them. I made whole-hearted contribution to a similar thread a few months back, and after it, i realised that i just love U2. i used to try convince myself that they had songs i didnt like. It turns out thats not true!
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.
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 loveGet_Right wrote:IMHO
Achtung is the best record they ever made, start to finish )
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 musicsoulsinging wrote:Man, you really didn't mess around! Those are all great albums, so have fun getting to know the band over the next few weeks... I kinda wish I could be listening to them for the first time, but I got into them as a kid 
:ugeek: i've always liked u2 ever since i was little, my mom tried to get me hooked on good rock music ever since i was in utero. she made me listen to aerosmith and police when i was just a fetus (my first favorite song was janie's got a gun, i remember rocking out to it when i was 3) so i've always liked songs like, sunday bloody sunday and with or without you, but i never actually took the time to sit and listen to and digest each song and now i've fallen in love. i can't believe there are people out there that don't get the same satisfaction and joy and just pure bliss just from listening to a good piece of music, i feel bad for them. listening to these albums is just pure joy for me. think im gonna get rattle and hum and zooropa tomorrow... i was gonna take it easy but fuck it!
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 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!!!0 -
Going against the grain here, Unforgettable Fire, Rattle & Hum and Boy (the Deluxe edition, please) are my faves....despite really being tired of hearing "Pride (In the Name of Love)....which is on both Unforgettable Fire and Rattle & Hum....and if you know anybody with the Live Aid dvd...it's worth checking out their set there.All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.0
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soulsinging wrote: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 But when they're on, nobody can touch them for what they do!
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?
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 ?Post edited by JordyWordy on0 -
washedinblack91 wrote:i would really love to hear them live! if i had known about the 360 tour i would have tried for tickets at giants stadium but i wasn't this obsessed with them 3 months ago so i wouldn't have really bothered or cared. it sucks! "if i had known then what i know now.." but whatever, i'll be better prepared for the next tour.
and i read on wikipedia that they only played hold me thrill me... during that 95 tour or whatever, andthen never played it again if they ever suddenly decided to play it at a concert i was at, i swear i'd cry.
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.0 -
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Achtung Baby is an incredible album, the only truly avoidable album for me would be Pop, that is well below par... :?Astoria Crew
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my thoughts exactly.. the comment was unnecessary. oh well, i just ignored himBathgate66 wrote:
off to the record store i go!
oh and apparently i need to buy boy. my mom is making me :P so that makes it
boy
rattle and hum
zooropa
live aid stuff
ta!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!!!0 -
washedinblack91 wrote:
my thoughts exactly.. the comment was unnecessary. oh well, i just ignored himBathgate66 wrote:
off to the record store i go!
oh and apparently i need to buy boy. my mom is making me :P so that makes it
boy
rattle and hum
zooropa
live aid stuff
ta!
haven't read the whole thread (the suck comment is why) but that's a good selection you're off to get...but i would listen to joshua tree before getting rattle and hum...same with zooropa....listen to actung baby first...and if you have then ignore my post and enjoy.....they've made some pretty amazing music over the last 30 years 0 -
yeah i actually got war, achtung baby, the joshua tree, how to dismantle an atomic bomb, and no line on the horizon and i think joshua tree is my favorite with achtung baby a close second.norm wrote:
haven't read the whole thread (the suck comment is why) but that's a good selection you're off to get...but i would listen to joshua tree before getting rattle and hum...same with zooropa....listen to actung baby first...and if you have then ignore my post and enjoy.....they've made some pretty amazing music over the last 30 years
i went to a record store but alas.. they did not have rattle and hum or zooropa, only in vinyl form and since im in australia temporarily it makes no sense for me to buy another record player just to listen to those two albums. i did however get boy (cuz my mom insisted) and october mostly because it was there, plus the dvd zoo tv live from sydney.
i can't wait! i've never been so excited about another band before, it's always been pearl jam pearl jam pearl jam but now i can get excited for u2 and it's great because i like being a fan of a band that has a lot of merch out and is fine with super stardom and can be on the cover of a magazine without making a big deal or wiping their butts with the cover. don't get me wrong i love that pearl jam is like that, it's just fun to be on the other side for a change (and if i'm wrong about any of this or something, gimme a break i'm new at this ) 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!!!0 -
I saw them do Hold Me Thrill Me on the POP tour in 97 at wembley Stadium London as one of their oncores.
it was pretty awesome and still has to be one of my favourite U2 track, wasted on a god awful Batman movie.
Can't go wrong with Achtung and remains my 2nd fav album of all time, easily their best Zooropa is a step forward if you enjoy that, not such a big fan of the earlier stuff, I don't hate POP like so many and will take it over the last 2 over produced efforts.
No lIne is a real return to form but Boots & Stand Up Comedy are real let downs.0 -
DeLukin wrote:i currently cannot stop listening to Zooropa. What a freaking great album.
"Get your head out of the mud Baby..."
Ive tried so hard, so many different times to get into U2, but I just cant. Zooropa is my favorite album by them, probably because its least like them. I just cant do U2.0 -
I just have to state for the record that U2 are infact......... SHIT0
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my god, you are, in fact, THE most clever, witty, BRILLIANT and most original person on this thread.philthehip wrote:I just have to state for the record that U2 are infact......... SHIT
really.
:roll: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!!!0 -
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ofthegirl99 wrote:DeLukin wrote:i currently cannot stop listening to Zooropa. What a freaking great album.
"Get your head out of the mud Baby..."
Ive tried so hard, so many different times to get into U2, but I just cant. Zooropa is my favorite album by them, probably because its least like them. I just cant do U2.
That's one of the main reasons I love that album it just didn't sound like them. The tour was just as much fun too.
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