Moment of Surrender - All discussions

Originally posted by aussiemofo:[..]

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Hmmmm....yes quite possibly. It's very spiritual and contemplative at least.

Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

Death is one of many themes to this song - once you pass on, you don't notice the passers-by and they don't notice you.

And the drug addiction maybe is one.

Originally posted by markp91:[..]

Agree on the death part
Drug addiction...can't really see that in it, but maybe if I look closer at the lyrics

Surrendering to the moment sounds like trying to surpress the stream of thought. Like trying to make it Shut-Up.

Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

It seems to go on forever.

Was this the one that was 'this album's One'? If so, that explains why I just don't connect with it - but I do like the vocal strengths here. Actually, I prefer Unknown Caller or Being Born more so than this song.

Originally posted by drewhiggins:Yeah, the vocals are fantastic.

It's the song - it's just too long and doesn't feel like a U2 song. I don't particularly hate it, though. Maybe it'll take another few months to get to me.

Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

Good point.

Basically I only evaluate music at night in bed through headphones in isolation from any visual / auditory stimuli (though I do play it on my stereo just to be sure). Unlike many young people I don't have U2 (or any other music) as the soundtrack to my life, ie. when I go walking/running, or on the train/bus etc (cause I can't stand all the background noise).
This may affect my opinion of music, as it places a lot of pressure on the song to deliver.

With regards to meaning and feel, my problem with MoS is that it feels a tad contrived, it doesn't convey the same kind of raw, living, bleeding emotion that their great ballads do. Unlike One or With or Without You which really strike a chord within you.

For example, I rarely listen to the same song more than once a day, to prevent it from wearing out.
But the first time I heard One, I probably played it about a dozen times that day, the same with With or Without You. They were such incredibly powerful songs.
With MoS I only listened to it twice the first day and the second time was just to see what all the fuss was about.

I also think the strength of a song like One, is partly due to its creation, it was written at a time when the Edge's marriage was failing and the band were close to breaking up themselves.

Recording in Berlin also meant the band was also surrounded by the tumultuous events after the fall of the Berlin Wall and Communism. The tremendous energy and atmosphere that accompanied the reunification of Germany had an obvious impact on the sessions and the song. AB would not have been the album that it was, had it been recorded at another time or place.

It's the same story with Streets which also had a famously difficult birth.

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To be clear, I do not hate the song, its decent. I am disappointed because it did not live up to the high expectations.

I also think that in the end, some people are just simply harder to please than others. And as my friends and family will tell you, I am notoriously hard to please.

Originally posted by drewhiggins:


That last one is interesting. Is this the 'sequel' to Bad, with drug addition etc.

Originally posted by yeah:[..]
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Originally posted by yeah:[..]
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Originally posted by haytrain:[..]

I'm late to the game here....where is this from, yeah?

Originally posted by haytrain:[..]

I'm late to the game here....where is this from, yeah?