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Post by batfink30 on Oct 14, 2017 16:22:47 GMT -5
The Best Thing really is dire. Hopefully there'll be some really decent stuff on the album but it's low on my list of musical "excitement" atm.
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Post by The Escapist on Oct 14, 2017 16:32:05 GMT -5
The Best Thing really is dire. Hopefully there'll be some really decent stuff on the album but it's low on my list of musical "excitement" atm. I'm by no means a big U2 fan, but after hearing a few clips of music and their spot on DAMN, I did have a slight spark of hope for their next album. That spark has been stabbed, raped, murdered, and spat up upon by The Best Thing. |
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Post by carlober on Oct 31, 2017 13:02:30 GMT -5
Tracklist:Side 1: 1) Love Is All We Have Left 2) Lights Of Home 3) You're The Best Thing About Me 4) Get Out Of Your Own Way 5) American Soul Side 2: 1) Summer Of Love 2) Red Flag Day 3) The Showman (Little More Better) 4) The Little Things That Give You Away Side 3: 1) Landlady 2) The Blackout 3) Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way 4) 13 (There Is A Light) Side 4 (bonus tracks): 1) Ordinary Love (Extraordinary Mix) 2) Book Of Your Heart 3) Lights Of Home (St Peter's String Version) source: www.atu2.com/news/heres-the-songs-of-experience-track-list.html
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Post by matt on Oct 31, 2017 16:43:36 GMT -5
Thought Blackout was going to be the opener? I can see this being very similar quality to Songs of Innocence, whether that's a good or bad thing is entirely up to you.
I think that album is decent, but that's all it is. The pop songs are U2 on autopilot and sound more like them trying to be Coldplay - and not classic Coldplay either. Aside from a few examples, they are NOT a pop band and cannot write pop songs, so Bono and co should stop thinking that way. Only when they're serious and earnest does the quality shine through. An extremely bland first half, made up somewhat with a decent second half.
They're certainly not Noel Gallagher that's for sure - Holy Mountain proved once again his credentials for fun and joyous songs. It seems effortless, whereas songs like The Best Thing really do seem desperate to capture the young folk.
P.S. 'Wanna feel old' as the meme goes? Well Larry turned 56 today.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 31, 2017 21:19:40 GMT -5
Tracklist:Side 1: 1) Love Is All We Have Left 2) Lights Of Home 3) You're The Best Thing About Me 4) Get Out Of Your Own Way 5) American Soul Side 2: 1) Summer Of Love 2) Red Flag Day 3) The Showman (Little More Better) 4) The Little Things That Give You Away Side 3: 1) Landlady 2) The Blackout 3) Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way 4) 13 (There Is A Light) Side 4 (bonus tracks): 1) Ordinary Love (Extraordinary Mix) 2) Book Of Your Heart 3) Lights Of Home (St Peter's String Version) source: www.atu2.com/news/heres-the-songs-of-experience-track-list.html How many times are U2 gonna release “Ordinary Love”? For fucks sake. |
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Post by glider on Oct 31, 2017 21:22:34 GMT -5
I got a feeling this album will induce boredom.
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Post by Manualex on Oct 31, 2017 22:20:42 GMT -5
Tracklist:Side 1: 1) Love Is All We Have Left 2) Lights Of Home 3) You're The Best Thing About Me 4) Get Out Of Your Own Way 5) American Soul Side 2: 1) Summer Of Love 2) Red Flag Day 3) The Showman (Little More Better) 4) The Little Things That Give You Away Side 3: 1) Landlady 2) The Blackout 3) Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way 4) 13 (There Is A Light) Side 4 (bonus tracks): 1) Ordinary Love (Extraordinary Mix) 2) Book Of Your Heart 3) Lights Of Home (St Peter's String Version) source: www.atu2.com/news/heres-the-songs-of-experience-track-list.html How many times are U2 gonna release “Ordinary Love”? For fucks sake. They needed One song of love per vinyl side, and Ordinary Love was available.😂 |
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Post by batfink30 on Nov 1, 2017 13:01:35 GMT -5
Mt God, these new tracks are terrible.Blackout is also ruined. Urghhhhh.
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Post by carlober on Nov 1, 2017 14:54:44 GMT -5
'Get Out Of Your Own Way' is available on Spotify right now. It sounds very U2 by numbers but I don't mind it.
The studio version of 'The Blackout' is on there too.
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Post by Headmaster on Nov 1, 2017 15:11:37 GMT -5
Curious to see that this video alone heavily inspired that 90's U2 aggressively modern visual style:
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Post by matt on Nov 1, 2017 16:03:24 GMT -5
Unbelievably extremely dull.
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Post by matt on Nov 1, 2017 16:10:50 GMT -5
Just listened to The Blackout on Spotify. Much much better. Two bad songs, and two good songs heard, but nothing to get excited about unfortunately.
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Post by mystoryisgory on Nov 1, 2017 16:16:45 GMT -5
U2 are still a band? I thought they all died in a freak accident sometime after 2000.
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Post by andybellwillring on Nov 1, 2017 18:28:39 GMT -5
U2 are still a band? I thought they all died in a freak accident sometime after 2000. Bono is Dead |
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Post by matt on Nov 2, 2017 17:26:35 GMT -5
Anyone heard American Soul yet? Heard it on mp3 yesterday.
An intro by Kendrick Lamar (seguing from Get Out Your Own Way) and is a stomping rock song. It's a rockier version of the segment they did with Kendrick Lamar on DAMN, but strangely, features the middle 8 from Volcano as the chorus ('you are rock n roll').
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Post by batfink30 on Nov 2, 2017 18:08:57 GMT -5
Anyone heard American Soul yet? Heard it on mp3 yesterday. An intro by Kendrick Lamar (seguing from Get Out Your Own Way) and is a stomping rock song. It's a rockier version of the segment they did with Kendrick Lamar on DAMN, but strangely, features the middle 8 from Volcano as the chorus ('you are rock n roll'). American Soul is bizzare, it's "Glastonbury" and "Volcano" mixed together. Really strange to use these songs again and pretty bad. |
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Post by Headmaster on Nov 3, 2017 20:30:19 GMT -5
When you have almost 40 years career you don't need to go stale like U2, Simple Minds released a very good album some years ago with Big Music, a bold work with some eletronica influences, it sounds glorious and very conteporary, U2 could learn a bit from them.
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Post by bringmethemonkey on Nov 3, 2017 20:36:56 GMT -5
U2 could borrow a bit more from them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2017 11:38:29 GMT -5
I really like You're the Best Thing About Me.
Can't stand Get Out of You're Own Way and The Blackout...
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Post by tomlivesforever on Nov 6, 2017 6:55:58 GMT -5
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Post by matt on Nov 6, 2017 15:37:37 GMT -5
Bono owns shares in a Lithuanian shopping centre? I really do give up. Everything in the news these days is honestly like a Brasseye parody now. |
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Post by glider on Nov 6, 2017 16:53:21 GMT -5
The elite doesn't take an off day on practicing hypocrisy. Stuff like this should be no suprise. |
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Post by tomlivesforever on Nov 6, 2017 17:57:56 GMT -5
The elite doesn't take an off day on practicing hypocrisy. Stuff like this should be no suprise. Its not suprising, that's probably the saddest part about it. |
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Post by Manualex on Nov 6, 2017 18:04:55 GMT -5
First review of the álbum in here
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Post by batfink30 on Nov 7, 2017 6:16:40 GMT -5
I couldn't be any less excited for a U2 album in a long, long time :-(
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