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  1. So what? 90% of the post here are bollocks. And everything half informative gets posted 20 times anyway.


  2. lol, The Three Sunrises was my first instant fave when I discovered U2 beyond the Greatest Hits.

    Back to topic tho ....

    If the single really will be on iTunes Usa/Canada on Monday....I hope there's a chance for us non-Americans/Canadians to get a good quality MP3. ..I mean I hope someone will take care of that...
  3. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    Alright, five songs and some more:

    With A Shout
    Slug
    Elvis Presley and America
    The Playboy Mansion
    Babyface
    Miami
    Let's Go Native
    Grace

    I don't know the general thoughts on those - well, several I do, but the rest would be interesting to find out.

    With regards to three songs being a combined total of almost 20 minutes?. There is one song ''Thick As A Brick''. 45 minutes long. Pink Floyd's Echoes is 23 minutes long and Shine On You Crazy Diamond is 17 minutes long. So, NLOTH should make for great listening.

    Somebody a while back (it was Lyndon, I think) said nobody would carry Original Soundtracks on their portable music player..I know someone who does.


    [..]

    Not necessarily. Just light years away from the typical uninformed U2 fan.


    Are you calling us ininformed now?
    I've listened to those songs and I like Grace, Babyface, Playboy Mansion and even Miami isn't too bad live (not the album version though). But is Let's Go Native and Slug instrumental (or mainly instrumental) tracks from OST1?

    Again I dislike songs that sound weird simply for the sake of sounding weird, there has to be some underlying artistic merit. Which is why Elvis Presley and America doesn't make for a good 'song' it's just random singing for Bono and a reversed backing track from another song.

    Oh, I dislike the Three Sunrises though, hasn't grown on me, Love Comes Tumbling is another story, it should have been on TUF, I hope the band doesn't make any stupid decisions like that this time around. For example leaving off Every Breaking Wave and replacing it with something that isn't as good.
  4. Elvis Presley and America is my top10 U2 song.

    Ontopic: Fanning said nothing. His talking was something about like this: He puts his hand in water can and water is at about 20° and then he goes on talking: "Yeah...the water is warm, even hot maybe, but if you go into sauna first and then jump into 20° water, it will probably be cold for you."


  5. Top 10 song???? When maybe 5 mins of thought when into its conception?
    I mean maybe you think its good, but better than the other 200 or so songs they've recorded?
    Are you guys EPAA fans just so you can annoy people, and start controversy?

    Originally posted by Yogi:
    Ontopic: Fanning said nothing. His talking was something about like this: He puts his hand in water can and water is at about 20° and then he goes on talking: "Yeah...the water is warm, even hot maybe, but if you go into sauna first and then jump into 20° water, it will probably be cold for you."


    I don't get what you mean.
  6. Oh, Crumbs is a great rocksong imo.... and please, we can't make lists of song that are weak... that's personal.

    Fanning makes me worrying a bit when he tells he's not sure if it's the sequel of HTDAAB or a new style.... But 3 songs with a total lengt of about 20 minutes is great, that's for sure. There are gonna be some great Edge riffs.
  7. ^ Yogi's explanation is perfect.

    Are you calling us ininformed now?
    I've listened to those songs and I like Grace, Babyface, Playboy Mansion and even Miami isn't too bad live (not the album version though). But is Let's Go Native and Slug instrumental (or mainly instrumental) tracks from OST1?

    Again I dislike songs that sound weird simply for the sake of sounding weird, there has to be some underlying artistic merit. Which is why Elvis Presley and America doesn't make for a good 'song' it's just random singing for Bono and a reversed backing track from another song.

    Oh, I dislike the Three Sunrises though, hasn't grown on me, Love Comes Tumbling is another story, it should have been on TUF, I hope the band doesn't make any stupid decisions like that this time around. For example leaving off Every Breaking Wave and replacing it with something that isn't as good.



    What would be a way to put it? Seeing something in the song that I don't see. To me, One was the one song that stopped Achtung from being a flawless album.

    Slug and Let's Go Native aren't instrumentals. They're classed at that, but they have lyrics. It's not that I like the song for the sake of being weird, it's that I like the song because it sounds like nothing they'd done up to that point, and has a great backing track. Plus six minutes of bliss - and that song kicks arse better than half the songs produced by these so-called 'artists'.

    But what is the justification of leaving Every Breaking Wave off the album? For all we know, it might not be up to standard, which it obviously wasn't, or it doesn't live up to the other songs. Though B-sides are always possibilities, and a rumour that iTunes may have exclusive extra songs. Maybe it'll be on there.

    If you saw the music I had in my collection, you would make a judgement - instantly - that I'm not exactly in favour of modern music. I did get several CDs from 2008, but they were by artists, who I think are more than established in the industry. I won't say who, but they've been around a lot longer than most artists.


    Top 10 song???? When maybe 5 mins of thought when into its conception?
    I mean maybe you think its good, but better than the other 200 or so songs they've recorded?
    Are you guys EPAA fans just so you can annoy people, and start controversy?


    When Love Comes To Town was written in the bathtub in 10 minutes. You need to go back and listen to it. Don't make judgements, take it for what it is.


    Ontopic: Fanning said nothing. His talking was something about like this: He puts his hand in water can and water is at about 20° and then he goes on talking: "Yeah...the water is warm, even hot maybe, but if you go into sauna first and then jump into 20° water, it will probably be cold for you."


    I think he means that he's just not sure at this point.
  8. Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    Top 10 song???? When maybe 5 mins of thought when into its conception?
    I mean maybe you think its good, but better than the other 200 or so songs they've recorded?
    Are you guys EPAA fans just so you can annoy people, and start controversy?



    How about leaving likes and dislikes to oneself ?
    The "hours of thoughts" about conception, lyrics and production of a song don't make it automatically more valuable.
    And sometimes you just listen to a song coz you simply L-I-K-E how it sounds.

    ...PS: I, for instance, never thought of "One" being that a great song. So what .

    And what does EPAA mean ?
  9. Originally posted by loftarasa:[..]

    How about leaving likes and dislikes to oneself ?
    The "hours of thoughts" about conception, lyrics and production of a song don't make it automatically more valuable.
    And sometimes you just listen to a song coz you simply L-I-K-E how it sounds.

    ...PS: I, for instance, never thought of "One" being that a great song. So what .

    And what does EPAA mean ?


    Elvis Presley and America. I hope there's more songs like it on No Line.
  10. Originally posted by drewhiggins:^ Yogi's explanation is perfect.

    [..]


    What would be a way to put it? Seeing something in the song that I don't see. To me, One was the one song that stopped Achtung from being a flawless album.

    Slug and Let's Go Native aren't instrumentals. They're classed at that, but they have lyrics. It's not that I like the song for the sake of being weird, it's that I like the song because it sounds like nothing they'd done up to that point, and has a great backing track. Plus six minutes of bliss - and that song kicks arse better than half the songs produced by these so-called 'artists'.

    But what is the justification of leaving Every Breaking Wave off the album? For all we know, it might not be up to standard. Though B-sides are always possibilities, and a rumour that iTunes may have exclusive extra songs. Maybe it'll be on there.

    If you saw the music I had in my collection, you would make a judgement - instantly - that I'm not exactly in favour of modern music. I did get several CDs from 2008, but they were by artists, who I think are more than established in the industry. I won't say who, but they've been around a lot longer than most artists.


    I'm listening to Elvis Presley and America atm, just to see if we are talking about the same song.
    Cause I just hear Bono rambling on & repeating nonsense lyrics, and it's six minutes of that as well. The best thing is the backing track.

    I mean it probably takes on deep meaning if you dream them up. But you could do the same thing, for a blank wall and argue its art.

    And I gave Every Breaking Wave as an example of what they might have left out, in favour of another song that wasn't as good. Like with Love Comes Tumbling and TUF, I wouldn't know how good it is, but the Q and RS descriptions were favourable.

    I hate modern music as well, for the most part, occasionally you get a decent song though.
  11. Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    I'm listening to Elvis Presley and America atm, just to see if we are talking about the same song.
    Cause I just hear Bono rambling on with nonsense lyrics, and it's six minutes of that as well. The best thing is the backing track..

    And I gave Every Breaking Wave as an example of what they might have left out, in favour of another song that wasn't as good. Like with Love Comes Tumbling and TUF, I wouldn't know how good it is, but the Q and RS descriptions were favourable.

    I hate modern music as well, for the most part, occasionally you get a decent song though.



    I've made a topic for us to discuss further as well as anyone else to stop this topic from flooding with non-NLOTH stuff.


  12. Oh, i thought it's an abbrevation for Ear-penetrated...-something lol.

    I cannot imagine something like EPAA to be on NLOTH. The songs seem all totally produced and concepted to every detail possible


    Dunno if this has been a question already, but is nobody afraid that it might be overproduced ?
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