New U2 record, FREE on iTunes until mid-October!

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,075
    Every Braking Wave is stunning the words are simply beautiful , commercials are just that adds to promote get past that the music & lyrics are great to me at least .....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,296
    josevolution said:

    Every Braking Wave is stunning the words are simply beautiful , commercials are just that adds to promote get past that the music & lyrics are great to me at least .....

    That was my favorite song from the first listen. Wearing it out.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,774
    Popmartijn said:

    brianlux said:

    Also not impressed with the guitar smashing bit- that's not something The Edge does (or any of the members of the bands to which they are paying tribute).

    Well... I beg to differ...
    image

    :)
    How could I forget that one?!! :-D

    Seriously though, can you picture The Edge, that neat and tidy Mr. Evans, smashing a guitar? ;-)

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,774
    Will give "Every Braking Wave" a listen. Despite what I've said here I'm a long time U2 fan wanting very much to like this band again. I'll give some of the other songs a try and cross my fingers.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    The soaring vocals on this new record are really awesome. I am going to pick up the physical CD though cos' I'm not sure about the whole 'mastered for iTunes' thing.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    brianlux said:

    I'm glad you guys like it and I'm not putting Bono or U2 down- I try not to do that with any music- it just doesn't work for me, especially because if Bono is going to sing about punk rock I wish he would give it more punch. Also not impressed with the guitar smashing bit- that's not something The Edge does (or any of the members of the bands to which they are paying tribute). The whole thing just seems overly commercial to me but, hey, it's only rock and roll.

    overly commercial....haha. you are surprised by this? it's u2, man.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    brianlux said:

    Popmartijn said:

    brianlux said:

    Also not impressed with the guitar smashing bit- that's not something The Edge does (or any of the members of the bands to which they are paying tribute).

    Well... I beg to differ...
    image

    :)
    How could I forget that one?!! :-D

    Seriously though, can you picture The Edge, that neat and tidy Mr. Evans, smashing a guitar? ;-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4QgaFfwgfk
    www.myspace.com
  • halv
    halv Posts: 717
    I'm loving Iris as well. The best albums usually take a bit of time to grow on you. I'm finding that with this one.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,774
    The Juggler said:

    brianlux said:

    Popmartijn said:

    brianlux said:

    Also not impressed with the guitar smashing bit- that's not something The Edge does (or any of the members of the bands to which they are paying tribute).

    Well... I beg to differ...
    image

    :)
    How could I forget that one?!! :-D

    Seriously though, can you picture The Edge, that neat and tidy Mr. Evans, smashing a guitar? ;-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4QgaFfwgfk
    Well son of a bee! Do you suppose it was like "I'm so cool I'm going to trash my guitar" or "We sucked so bad tonight..." (...WHAM! Throws down guitar)? :))

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Popmartijn
    Popmartijn Posts: 383
    brianlux said:

    The Juggler said:

    brianlux said:

    Popmartijn said:

    brianlux said:

    Also not impressed with the guitar smashing bit- that's not something The Edge does (or any of the members of the bands to which they are paying tribute).

    Well... I beg to differ...
    image

    :)
    How could I forget that one?!! :-D

    Seriously though, can you picture The Edge, that neat and tidy Mr. Evans, smashing a guitar? ;-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4QgaFfwgfk
    Well son of a bee! Do you suppose it was like "I'm so cool I'm going to trash my guitar" or "We sucked so bad tonight..." (...WHAM! Throws down guitar)? :))

    It was that second thought. He was very unhappy with his guitar/playing that night during that song. And yes, it is very uncharacteristic of him to destroy a perfectly good guitar.
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    Its a big bad world full of possibilities where a dud guitar could be built and his could have been one ;))
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,774
    Popmartijn said:

    brianlux said:

    The Juggler said:

    brianlux said:

    Popmartijn said:

    brianlux said:

    Also not impressed with the guitar smashing bit- that's not something The Edge does (or any of the members of the bands to which they are paying tribute).

    Well... I beg to differ...
    image

    :)
    How could I forget that one?!! :-D

    Seriously though, can you picture The Edge, that neat and tidy Mr. Evans, smashing a guitar? ;-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4QgaFfwgfk
    Well son of a bee! Do you suppose it was like "I'm so cool I'm going to trash my guitar" or "We sucked so bad tonight..." (...WHAM! Throws down guitar)? :))

    It was that second thought. He was very unhappy with his guitar/playing that night during that song. And yes, it is very uncharacteristic of him to destroy a perfectly good guitar.
    That's kind of what I thought. The Edge is the ultimate Gear Dude if there ever was one. Seeing his set up in the film "It Might Get Loud" made me think of only one other player with that much rigging (though there are others, no doubt): Adrian Belew.

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,075
    halv said:

    I'm loving Iris as well. The best albums usually take a bit of time to grow on you. I'm finding that with this one.

    Yeah that's the song about Bono's mom it really is such a great tribute to her , again listen to the lyrics people this record shines >>>
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    SHOUT IT! SHOUT IT OUT LOUD!!
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,023
    brianlux said:

    Popmartijn said:

    brianlux said:

    Also not impressed with the guitar smashing bit- that's not something The Edge does (or any of the members of the bands to which they are paying tribute).

    Well... I beg to differ...
    image

    :)
    How could I forget that one?!! :-D

    Seriously though, can you picture The Edge, that neat and tidy Mr. Evans, smashing a guitar? ;-)

    Saw it with my own eyes from about 5 feet away in 2001...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMfzZ3vVq7M
    This weekend we rock Portland

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