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  1. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Yeah that's crazy, although I guess it's like how so many of Adam's awesome bass lines were later confirmed to be written by Edge

    I listened to Achtung Baby yesterday in full, I hadn't in a long time. I obviously don't need to tell you guys this, but it's fucking insane just how good that album is. Every song could be a single, every song has some of Bono's best lyrics, Edge's best guitar parts, Larry's most interesting drumming, Adam's catchiest basslines, and so on. Making Zooropa right after made complete sense because you can just hear on that album how much creative juice they had built up and ready to use. And the album just keeps on giving, man. You get to TTTYAATW and you're like "alright it's starting to peter out now" but nah, the last three songs on the album are just total chaos and pure musical bliss. It's sad how much Achtung Baby gets overshadowed by the Joshua Tree to pretty much anyone outside the U2 fandom, because it really is a masterpiece.

    And that's not even taking into consideration how the whole project was a masterclass in reinvention. It's a 10/10 album on its own, but when you understand the context, the band before that album, all of it - it becomes a 100/10 album. I wish I was old enough at that time to have been around for it, to get completely mind-fucked by it. I love hearing stories of those U2 fans who were.
    Imagine hearing a radio announcement for the new, highly anticipated U2 single, and then hearing The Fly for the first time, be completely blown away by the weirdness of it all...and then plug-in the vinyl or CD and hear Zoo Station. I really think AB must be the best reinvention of a band, ever.
  2. Danny lanois needs to get back in the studio with U2
    HE JUST DOES!
    they are not the same without him and Eno
    sorry but their experiment using these other young producers are not what U2 needs as evidenced by the sound of the last 2 albums.
    can the fans petition for them to rehire Lanois and Eno?
  3. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Yeah that's crazy, although I guess it's like how so many of Adam's awesome bass lines were later confirmed to be written by Edge

    I listened to Achtung Baby yesterday in full, I hadn't in a long time. I obviously don't need to tell you guys this, but it's fucking insane just how good that album is. Every song could be a single, every song has some of Bono's best lyrics, Edge's best guitar parts, Larry's most interesting drumming, Adam's catchiest basslines, and so on. Making Zooropa right after made complete sense because you can just hear on that album how much creative juice they had built up and ready to use. And the album just keeps on giving, man. You get to TTTYAATW and you're like "alright it's starting to peter out now" but nah, the last three songs on the album are just total chaos and pure musical bliss. It's sad how much Achtung Baby gets overshadowed by the Joshua Tree to pretty much anyone outside the U2 fandom, because it really is a masterpiece.

    And that's not even taking into consideration how the whole project was a masterclass in reinvention. It's a 10/10 album on its own, but when you understand the context, the band before that album, all of it - it becomes a 100/10 album. I wish I was old enough at that time to have been around for it, to get completely mind-fucked by it. I love hearing stories of those U2 fans who were.
    Bass lines written by Edge - Not New Years Day
  6. I was a casual U2 fan until AB. First heard them on MTV. Loved New Years Day. Bought Under a Blood Red Sky when it came out, but that was the only original U2 vinyl I owned in the 80s. Had War and Unforgettable Fire on cassette. Never bought Joshua Tree until much later. Weird, I know, considering how much I loved With or Without You.

    AB blew me away and made me a serious U2 fan. I started working my way back and digging deeper, but wasn't able to see them til the Vertigo tour.
  7. I know this isn’t a latest sighting, but the first i think i ever heard of them was when that trabant was dropped beside Burt Kwouk in the advert for AB, then listening to radio 1 sunday chart and The Fly blasts out the speakers, changing everything for me. Just turned 13. Borrowed the album cassette off a friends brother. It blew away everything i had heard to that point. I had no idea who they were until then, so this was year zero for me.
  9. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988: I wish I was old enough at that time to have been around for it, to get completely mind-fucked by it. I love hearing stories of those U2 fans who were.


    And that is the best way to put it. I was a freshman in high school went AB came out. I liked U2 a lot in middle school, but really was a first three tracks JT kind of fan. I pretty much wore out those tracks on my JT cassette. Then, my friend came over with his AB cassette and said you have to listen to the first song on side 2. We listened, he stopped the track, and all I could say was "again." And we did, we listened to it again, and again, and again. Louder each time. As cliche as it sounds, it changed everything for me. Everything I knew was wrong. We tried to figure out how to play the Fly's riff on the guitar. Badly, but who cares, it got us closer to the song. Then, I dig through my dad's records and found Boy, Under a Blood Red Sky, and October. My dad then took me to ZooTV. And for the next three decades, well, you know...

  11. pass it on before it goes bye bye
  12. Bono is awesome in this song !!
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