Author Topic: U2 thread (Read 50106 times)

Cookstar · « **Reply #35 on:** July 20, 2011, 04:41:51 PM »

I saw them in Raleigh, NC back in 2009. It was the best concert ever!

Kev, in which song did the screen expand? When I went, it was during The Unforgettable Fire which was cool because that's probably one of my top 5 favorite U2 songs. That was easily the most spectacular thing I've ever seen at a concert. I really wish I could have heard Zooropa live.

KevShmev · « **Reply #36 on:** July 20, 2011, 10:31:28 PM »

Expand? Do you mean lower? I know it lowered near the end of Miss Sarajevo and stayed that way for all of Zooropa the other day. I can't recall offhand when it else it did.

Edit: I think it stayed down for at least City of Blinding Lights and Vertigo as well, although for Zooropa, it was down so low, you couldn't see the band.

KevShmev · « **Reply #37 on:** July 20, 2011, 11:02:44 PM »

Also, I'd love to see U2 release another live DVD from this tour, but from the most recent leg, which will reflect the major set list changes. Plus, I think the Rose Bowl DVD, while good, didn't do that great of a job of showing off the enormity of the stage and the Claw. Another one could focus more on that. I'd love to see that Space Oddity intro on a DVD and the followings songs were played on the most recent legs (that weren't on the Rose Bowl DVD):

Even Better Than the Real Thing
The Fly
I Will Follow
Out of Control
All I Want Is You
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
Scarlet
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

Cookstar · « **Reply #38 on:** July 21, 2011, 06:36:04 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on July 20, 2011, 10:31:28 PM

Expand? Do you mean lower? I know it lowered near the end of Miss Sarajevo and stayed that way for all of Zooropa the other day. I can't recall offhand when it else it did.

Edit: I think it stayed down for at least City of Blinding Lights and Vertigo as well, although for Zooropa, it was down so low, you couldn't see the band.

Extended downward I guess would be the best way to describe it. I believe it came back together down low and then the whole apparatus moved back up top eventually. If that makes sense..

So cool

KevShmev · « **Reply #39 on:** July 22, 2011, 10:23:18 AM »

Okay, gotcha.

Five days later, I am still having post-concert depression.

I am thrilled to have seen such an awesome show, but sad that it is over.

MasterShakezula · « **Reply #40 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:12:48 PM »

So, like, I've always enjoyed their singles that are played on the radio from the 80s, but don't own any actual albums of thiers.

Should I go ahead and get Joshua Tree or Unforgettable Fire, or is their 1980-90 compilation the way to go?

ytserush · « **Reply #41 on:** May 10, 2012, 11:57:05 PM »

War is easily my favorite U2 album of all time.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #42 on:** May 11, 2012, 04:49:05 AM »

We might even get that " Quick Follow Up To No Line On The Horizon " in 2013 !

Only 3 years overdue !

wolfandwolfandwolf · « **Reply #43 on:** May 11, 2012, 06:38:52 AM »

Hopefully it's better than No Line. Because that album was not good.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #44 on:** May 11, 2012, 07:51:33 AM »

It had Magnificent. And The Opener was alright. There were a couple good ones in the middle.

But yeah it got old quickly.

They need another " All That You Can't Leave Behind "

KevShmev · « **Reply #45 on:** May 11, 2012, 09:44:11 AM »

Quote from: MasterShakezula on May 10, 2012, 10:12:48 PM

So, like, I've always enjoyed their singles that are played on the radio from the 80s, but don't own any actual albums of thiers.

Should I go ahead and get Joshua Tree or Unforgettable Fire, or is their 1980-90 compilation the way to go?

Get the studio albums, not the best of. You'll be glad you did.

Nel · « **Reply #46 on:** May 11, 2012, 12:35:49 PM »

Unknown Caller is the only song I liked off of No Line... oh well.

Also seconding that War recommendation. That's always been my favorite by them.

chknptpie · « **Reply #47 on:** May 11, 2012, 12:50:16 PM »

Quote from: MasterShakezula on May 10, 2012, 10:12:48 PM

So, like, I've always enjoyed their singles that are played on the radio from the 80s, but don't own any actual albums of thiers.

Should I go ahead and get Joshua Tree or Unforgettable Fire, or is their 1980-90 compilation the way to go?

Yes, just buy Joshua Tree and Unforgettable Fire... they are tops of awesomeness.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #48 on:** May 11, 2012, 03:28:54 PM »

Then get Achtung Baby and possibly All That You Can't Leave Behind.

Avoid Pop like the plague.

KevShmev · « **Reply #49 on:** May 11, 2012, 11:36:58 PM »

Nah, Pop is good, although I would get almost everything else before it. It has a few throwaway songs, but it also has a handful of really good U2 songs (Please, Gone, Mofo, Staring at the Sun, etc.), and the album as a whole has a certain charm to it that I enjoy, even if its flaws are glaring.

Achtung Baby is still their best album from start to finish.

MasterShakezula · « **Reply #50 on:** May 12, 2012, 06:16:57 PM »

Went to the record store today; got Unforgettable Fire, what with it being acclaimed and being sold at a low price.

After one listen, I am very impressed. I enjoy the singles, being familiar with them already (the title track's my favorite), but the non-single tracks are very strong as well. Wire and Indian Summer Sky were kind of surprising; I wouldn't have expected U2 to have gotten funky at times.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #51 on:** May 12, 2012, 09:56:34 PM »

I love Wire. Saw them on that tour and Bono was like a preacher. If he told us to murder that night we would have.

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #52 on:** May 12, 2012, 11:01:52 PM »

The closing tracks on the War to Rattle and Hum stretch are all great (and in most cases quite undermentioned) songs. Even though two are quite short ("40" and MLK) and two musically fairly minimal (MLK and Mothers of the Disappeared), they're all still strong closers.

Love Is Blindness is probably good enough to go amongst those as well.

KevShmev · « **Reply #53 on:** May 12, 2012, 11:42:05 PM »

Wire is awesome; easily a top 20 U2 song, as is The Unforgettable Fire's title track.

showdonttell · « **Reply #54 on:** July 30, 2012, 01:44:13 PM »

Quote from: ytserush on May 10, 2012, 11:57:05 PM

War is easily my favorite U2 album of all time.

This.

Pelata · « **Reply #55 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:29:49 PM »

Quote from: Cookstar on July 20, 2011, 04:41:51 PM

I saw them in Raleigh, NC back in 2009. It was the best concert ever!

I was at that show! It was spectacular!!

ytserush · « **Reply #56 on:** July 30, 2012, 02:51:49 PM »

Quote from: YtseBitsySpider on July 18, 2011, 10:32:32 AM

Quote from: TempusVox on July 17, 2011, 11:16:03 AM
I'm old, I thought it was a thread about Rod Stewart.

Have fun!!

yup I'm still humming that damn song....

"it's gonna be all right....."

Stop it! It's got me now...

KevShmev · « **Reply #57 on:** July 31, 2012, 12:21:01 PM »

Quote from: showdonttell on July 30, 2012, 01:44:13 PM

Quote from: ytserush on May 10, 2012, 11:57:05 PM
War is easily my favorite U2 album of all time.

This.

War is really good, but can't touch either Achtung Baby or The Joshua Tree, IMO. Red Light is one of those "what were they thinking?" songs.

Pelata · « **Reply #58 on:** July 31, 2012, 12:22:00 PM »

I'm thinking that The Unforgettable Fire is my favorite...but then I don't think they have a bad album.

KevShmev · « **Reply #59 on:** July 31, 2012, 12:24:08 PM »

U2 has some great stuff on every album, even on Pop and October, but they definitely have some albums that are a bit inconsistent. But no major stinkers in the bunch!

Pelata · « **Reply #60 on:** July 31, 2012, 12:33:07 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on July 31, 2012, 12:24:08 PM

U2 has some great stuff on every album, even on Pop and October, but they definitely have some albums that are a bit inconsistent. But no major stinkers in the bunch!

Some albums are better than others...for sure...

Unlegit · « **Reply #61 on:** July 31, 2012, 11:23:30 PM »

For me, there is always at least one "throwaway" on a U2 album. I like posting album rankings though, so I guess I'll do that now haha...

12. Pop
11. Zooropa
10. No Line on the Horizon
9. October
8. Boy
7. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
6. Rattle and Hum
5. All That You Can't Leave Behind
4. War
3. The Unforgettable Fire
2. Achtung Baby
1. The Joshua Tree

1-4 are 5 star albums. 5-7 are 4 stars. 8-10 are 3. The last two are 2.

KevShmev · « **Reply #62 on:** August 01, 2012, 08:54:17 AM »

Despite being flawed and having some major throwaway tracks, I think both Pop and Zooropa are better than that.

I think No Line on the Horizon could have been a borderline top 5 U2 record, but they smothered it in so much compression that it often barely has room to breathe. The studio version of I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight sounds like it is being choked to death by the compression.

I am always dismayed by how many rate Rattle and Hum so low. Okay, the flow is a bit odd, thanks to have it half live and half studio stuff, but if you look at just the new songs, it is pretty stellar, and the the added live songs are like icing on the cake, even if the flow is a bit rocky.

Pelata · « **Reply #63 on:** August 01, 2012, 12:34:30 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on August 01, 2012, 08:54:17 AM

Despite being flawed and having some major throwaway tracks, I think both Pop and Zooropa are better than that.

Me too...

KevShmev · « **Reply #64 on:** August 01, 2012, 03:27:53 PM »

This will sound like a bizarre way to put it, and I may have already said something similar in this or another U2 thread, but the Zooropa title track sounds like something you'd listen to while walking through the streets of Hong Kong, while high as a kite. And I don't even smoke ganja, but that is what that song sounds like to me.

ytserush · « **Reply #65 on:** August 01, 2012, 05:48:52 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on July 31, 2012, 12:21:01 PM

Quote from: showdonttell on July 30, 2012, 01:44:13 PM
Quote from: ytserush on May 10, 2012, 11:57:05 PM
War is easily my favorite U2 album of all time.

This.

War is really good, but can't touch either Achtung Baby or The Joshua Tree, IMO. Red Light is one of those "what were they thinking?" songs.

Um...no. It's never gotten better than War.

And Red Light is awesome! It's the perfect transition beween Two Hearts and Surrender. I think the Who/Townshend influence is cool and so are those sax solos. Sure there's a drop off in urgency, but I love the contrast.

What bothers you about it?

Kotowboy · « **Reply #66 on:** August 01, 2012, 06:42:02 PM »

One of my biggest problems with "Pop" is that it is extremely front-stacked.

You have all the best songs on the album and then the second half of the album is really dreary.

At least in my opinion.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #67 on:** August 01, 2012, 06:44:02 PM »

My favourite U2 albums out of the ones that I am most familiar with.

The Joshua Tree
Achtung Baby
All that you can't leave behind
How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

KevShmev · « **Reply #68 on:** August 01, 2012, 08:45:09 PM »

Quote from: ytserush on August 01, 2012, 05:48:52 PM

Quote from: KevShmev on July 31, 2012, 12:21:01 PM
Quote from: showdonttell on July 30, 2012, 01:44:13 PM
Quote from: ytserush on May 10, 2012, 11:57:05 PM
War is easily my favorite U2 album of all time.

This.

War is really good, but can't touch either Achtung Baby or The Joshua Tree, IMO. Red Light is one of those "what were they thinking?" songs.

Um...no. It's never gotten better than War.

And Red Light is awesome! It's the perfect transition beween Two Hearts and Surrender. I think the Who/Townshend influence is cool and so are those sax solos. Sure there's a drop off in urgency, but I love the contrast.

What bothers you about it?

Okay, I just listened to Red Light again, to make sure I wasn't imagining things, and while it didn't sound as awful as I remember it, there was nothing particularly memorable about it. And I found the sax bits annoying as hell. With a strong chorus, maybe the song would have been better, but as is, it is pretty forgettable, IMO.

Quote from: Kotowboy on August 01, 2012, 06:42:02 PM

One of my biggest problems with "Pop" is that it is extremely front-stacked.

You have all the best songs on the album and then the second half of the album is really dreary.

At least in my opinion.

The Playboy Mansion and If You Wear That Velvet Dress are both pretty forgettable for sure, but Please is really good, and I like Wake Up Dead Man quite a bit as well. For me, the best songs are tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 11, so the best songs, IMO, are pretty scattered throughout instead of being front-stacked, as you put it. But at least we both seem to like it more than many others do.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #69 on:** August 04, 2012, 11:45:02 AM »

I just want the next album to be classic U2 like when they did All That You Can't Leave Behind.

Atomic Bomb was good too but had a bit too much filler.

I think they realise that Horizon didn't really go down as expected and that might make them revert to type again.

News: Track-by-track video for Untethered Angel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Co1_h0GtAw

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