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U2 - You're The Best Thing About Me
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Songs Of Experience (2017)
  1. Oh yes, and I have a long drive after work

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  2. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
    Oh c'mon, you have to admit there's some passive aggressive posting going on in here! I'm allowed to be a huge fan of "traditional" U2 and still like this new mix better than the one they put out.
    Of course you are.
  3. For people wondering why U2 didn't release this as the first single, it might have something to do with the fact that there's very little U2 going on in this mix. It's Kygo, Bono and a bit of Edge. It's not the band and as my nick probably gives away I prefer bandversions over EDM mixes. I think this collaboration is more about "being relevant" and reaching a broader audience. Nothing wrong with that.
  4. Could've done with this 3 months ago as summer was starting to warm up.
  5. Originally posted by LarryMullenFan:For people wondering why U2 didn't release this as the first single, it might have something to do with the fact that there's very little U2 going on in this mix. It's Kygo, Bono and a bit of Edge. It's not the band and as my nick probably gives away I prefer bandversions over EDM mixes. I think this collaboration is more about "being relevant" and reaching a broader audience. Nothing wrong with that.
    You're not wrong, but to me this just comes out to be a superior song. It comes down to U2's version being mixed extremely poorly, not loving the arrangement they went with (the cheesy strings, the weird "solo" section, the guitar part Edge went with for the chorus, etc.).

    Maybe there's more meaning to that than what's on the surface.....i.e - U2 aren't as good at writing a pop song as a young EDM DJ. Then again, it was U2 that wrote the lyrics, the chord changes, the basic song. He just added some stuff in based on their song, took some stuff out, etc.
  6. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
    You're not wrong, but to me this just comes out to be a superior song. It comes down to U2's version being mixed extremely poorly, not loving the arrangement they went with (the cheesy strings, the weird "solo" section, the guitar part Edge went with for the chorus, etc.).

    Maybe there's more meaning to that than what's on the surface.....i.e - U2 aren't as good at writing a pop song as a young EDM DJ. Then again, it was U2 that wrote the lyrics, the chord changes, the basic song. He just added some stuff in based on their song, took some stuff out, etc.
    It's all opinion, I guess. Just like I wouldn't call a young EDM DJ a songwriter.
  7. Originally posted by LarryMullenFan:For people wondering why U2 didn't release this as the first single, it might have something to do with the fact that there's very little U2 going on in this mix. It's Kygo, Bono and a bit of Edge. It's not the band and as my nick probably gives away I prefer bandversions over EDM mixes. I think this collaboration is more about "being relevant" and reaching a broader audience. Nothing wrong with that.
    Right! And nothing wrong with that all...

    (and for those keeping note, LarryMullenFan is in my demographic also!)
  8. Definitely!!!!

    I surprisingly don't see TOO MUCH of a difference really. I do love the distorted vocals though.
  9. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
    You're not wrong, but to me this just comes out to be a superior song. It comes down to U2's version being mixed extremely poorly, not loving the arrangement they went with (the cheesy strings, the weird "solo" section, the guitar part Edge went with for the chorus, etc.).

    Maybe there's more meaning to that than what's on the surface.....i.e - U2 aren't as good at writing a pop song as a young EDM DJ. Then again, it was U2 that wrote the lyrics, the chord changes, the basic song. He just added some stuff in based on their song, took some stuff out, etc.
    Now that's a proper substantiation

    Agree with you that the band mix is poor (although I really, really like it). It could have been a more solid and coherent mix. But the quality of the mixes has dropped overall since they dropped Eno/Lanois.

    To me, this Kygo thing feels like a Coldplay move. They don't make music like they used to. Instead, they rely on edm.

    I don't know.. I like the idea of an edm mix supporting the single. I don't like an edm mix to be the single, backed up by a band mix. Don't get me wrong here: I do like the Kygo mix
  11. Just heard the full track...it has been quite heavily altered from the original mix Kygo aired last year which is disappointing.
  12. Is there any way to hear the original?
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