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deadnote
deadnote Posts: 1,678
edited January 2008 in Other Music
i love u2 a lot
every member is great

but

what happened during a couple songs on pop?
set your laughter free

dreamer in my dream

we got the guns

i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I think "Pop" is an amazing record. I wish they still had growth like this in them.
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  • faithful227
    faithful227 Posts: 352
    I love U2. I think thats what's so great about them is that they have a good mix of musical style over their catalogue. I like all of their albums, but I know everyone does not.

    Kind of like another band I love....
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  • deadnote
    deadnote Posts: 1,678
    my bad

    im a little out of bounds here
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    deadnote wrote:
    i love u2 a lot
    every member is great

    but

    what happened during a couple songs on pop?
    What happened was that they scheduled the Pop tour before the Pop album was even finished. So when time came to hit the road and the stage, they had to run with what they had; and what they had was an album of unfinished songs. Unfinished to their usual standards, that is, and I think that it shows.

    Pop is, without an iota of a doubt, my least favorite U2 album, gets practically no play time from me and if not for Clayton's hella-good basslines I'd probably throw it away. A few good songs, which there are, just don't save it. The concept was great, out of the box and a complete 180 for them that bordered on brilliant, and it would've been amazing if they hadn't run out of time.

    Some days I hate that album because of what could've been.
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  • deadnote
    deadnote Posts: 1,678
    i agree i love the basslines and i also love the songs that are unfinished but i cant deal with the playboy mansion even though im hiding a sin
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
  • deadnote
    deadnote Posts: 1,678
    i think what i meant to say was i never heard a u2 album with maybe two sing i dont dig , ive heard a pj album before and never mentioned it , i think i put higher standards or maybe compared the twos history

    they are both in the hall so who fuckin cares
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
    ledvedderman wrote:
    I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I think "Pop" is an amazing record. I wish they still had growth like this in them.


    i agree! 'pop' is awesome. every song. 'if you wear that velvet dress' is beautiful.
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  • deadnote
    deadnote Posts: 1,678
    it certainly is beautiful

    unfucking bealievable
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    U2 is good but I do not understand how they are the biggest band in the world. I just dont think their music (particularly their newest work) is any better than just good.
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  • deadnote
    deadnote Posts: 1,678
    you gotta admith when u2 hit it they are as good as pj
    that live in boston dvd is probably loaded
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
  • Can You Say Octopus?
    Can You Say Octopus? Posts: 105
    I thought i read that Bono had throat surgery (throat cancer, tumor?? I cant remember). I am pretty sure in his interview he talked about having a tough time with the vocals because of the procedure and the recording process taking a long time...

    Ill see if i can find the article.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    U2 is good but I do not understand how they are the biggest band in the world. I just dont think their music (particularly their newest work) is any better than just good.

    Well when you can carry an audience of 500,000 with something none of them will forget you can be given that title.

    Take a look here......U2...US FESTIVAL 1983...."Electric Co".

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  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    I think I might see U23D tomorrow, anything 3D is pretty cool:)
  • halv
    halv Posts: 715
    edited March 2023
    Loving this new U2 album Songs of Surrender. Picked up the 40 song box set on vinyl on Friday and have been listening all weekend. These songs are a part of my dna at this point so hearing these stripped down different new versions is really exciting. There's a couple of songs that don't work as well but the vast majority are gorgeous. In a way Pearl Jam did this already with Benaroya which of course was amazing as well. 
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
    For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 
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  • halv
    halv Posts: 715
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 
    Just put Pop on 10 minutes ago. That is a hugely underrated album. 
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
    halv said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 
    Just put Pop on 10 minutes ago. That is a hugely underrated album. 
    Totally is. My first time seeing them was on the PopMart tour in 97’ 
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  • halv
    halv Posts: 715
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    halv said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 
    Just put Pop on 10 minutes ago. That is a hugely underrated album. 
    Totally is. My first time seeing them was on the PopMart tour in 97’ 
    I saw them three times on that tour. Had front row for one of them. Also got super lucky as they'd stayed at a hotel I worked at and got to meet Bono, Edge and Larry. Even played Bono's guitar. Was quite the weekend. 
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
    halv said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    halv said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    For the first time in my U2 listening history I struggled to like this new collection. It just made me want to get out their entire catalog and listen. Would have preferred a Pop reissue honestly, but maybe it will grow on me. 
    Just put Pop on 10 minutes ago. That is a hugely underrated album. 
    Totally is. My first time seeing them was on the PopMart tour in 97’ 
    I saw them three times on that tour. Had front row for one of them. Also got super lucky as they'd stayed at a hotel I worked at and got to meet Bono, Edge and Larry. Even played Bono's guitar. Was quite the weekend. 
    Insane!! I scored tickets near the catwalk and they came out and played a song acoustically. I think it was Desire? Some core memories there! 
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  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,222
    https://youtu.be/oxo-loXdcH0

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