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  1. "Escape yourself and gravity" Thats a cool lyric , I dont know if im too excited about White as snow and Cedars of Lebanon though
  2. http://www.u2.com/highlights/?hid=523

    don't know whether it's been posted already (if so, I'm sorry for the repetition),
    but if you look really closely, it says that moment of surrender is at least 7:12 mins long. nice.
  3. Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    I have Creatve in ear ones, not sure which model, do you need to have $100 earphones to tell the difference? And my MP3 player makes a low hissing sound, even when nothing is playing.

    EDIT: I found out, I have Creative EP-630 noise isolating in-earphones, are they any good?


    Buddy, just rip a track to mp3 and compare it to the lossless version. I don't have your ears or headphones - so I can't tell you if you'll hear a difference. Try it.
  4. Another review from Germany (laut.de) I translated:

    This album fits Bono perfectly. His voice climbs mountains, swims through the sea and makes Bono the last Braveheart of Pop. He does what he's best at: singing woo-hoo. 9 of 11 tracks have it either in the verse or the chorus.
    The announced big innovations are limited to the first seconds of some tracks. Interesting electronics and sounds that get quickly replaced by the typical Edge sound.
    One can hear the ghost of the Joshua Tree on this record. Especially on Magnificent - the Uber-song of the album is a mirror of I still haven't found. Adam and Larry give the track a haunting rhythm, framed by panoramic guitars. In lines like "I was born to be with you" Bono sings about love. It's been a while since U2 sounded that good.

    Get on your boots is clearly inferior to Magnificent as one can feel the songwriting style of ATYCLB and the bomb in it. It carries the same message as Vertigo - U2 is back. Just Vertigo was the better song.

    "No Line On The Horizon" and "Fez – Being Born" are very good uptempo songs with great vocals and exciting Piano-arrangements.

    "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" is boring Mainstream-Rock, though.
    "Stand Up Comedy" gets drowned in a desperate try to mix Crossover with Funk, "Breathe" tries to translate Coldplay style into U2's.
    Bono's character as lonesome cowboy in the relaxed "White As Snow" and the narrating closing track "Cedars Of Lebanon" are working pretty good as atmospheric songs.

    "No Line On The Horizon" is full of varying "Yes, we can!"-Rock, that is missing outstanding melodies. A new album without innovations maybe???
  5. And another one from an interview with a reviewer on german radio eins:

    - The album rocks, fans won't be disappointed. the band tries out a few new sounds like strings, pipe organs, horns.
    - The tracks with these sounds are weaker then the typical U2 stuff, though.
    - Get on your boots is the best track on the album.
    - 6/11 tracks are typical U2 songs, partly poppy - partly rocking.
    - Some of the more experimental tracks take a long while to get started with Bono starting after 2 minutes - sometimes it's just fragments put together
    - I'm sure the next single is gonna be 'Magnificent'.
    - 'Magnificent', 'No Line',' Breathe' and 'Cedars' are the standouts, the latter having Bono sounding a little like Lou Reed's style.
    - The innovations are very limited, they'll probably not attract new fans with the album - but the fan has a great new album after 5 years of waiting and will be quite happy with it.
  6. Originally posted by yeah:Another review from Germany (laut.de) I translated:

    This album fits Bono perfectly. His voice climbs mountains, swims through the sea and makes Bono the last Braveheart of Pop. He does what he's best at: singing woo-hoo. 9 of 11 tracks have it either in the verse or the chorus.
    The announced big innovations are limited to the first seconds of some tracks. Interesting electronics and sounds that get quickly replaced by the typical Edge sound.
    One can hear the ghost of the Joshua Tree on this record. Especially on Magnificent - the Uber-song of the album is a mirror of I still haven't found. Adam and Larry give the track a haunting rhythm, framed by panoramic guitars. In lines like "I was born to be with you" Bono sings about love. It's been a while since U2 sounded that good.

    Get on your boots is clearly inferior to Magnificent as one can feel the songwriting style of ATYCLB and the bomb in it. It carries the same message as Vertigo - U2 is back. Just Vertigo was the better song.

    "No Line On The Horizon" and "Fez – Being Born" are very good uptempo songs with great vocals and exciting Piano-arrangements.

    "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" is boring Mainstream-Rock, though.
    "Stand Up Comedy" gets drowned in a desperate try to mix Crossover with Funk, "Breathe" tries to translate Coldplay style into U2's.
    Bono's character as lonesome cowboy in the relaxed "White As Snow" and the narrating closing track "Cedars Of Lebanon" are working pretty good as atmospheric songs.

    "No Line On The Horizon" is full of varying "Yes, we can!"-Rock, that is missing outstanding melodies. A new album without innovations maybe???


    this makes me go hmmmm....
  7. Sorry but Boots being the best track on the album? lol
    I wish I could smoke whatever it is that person are smoking
    Thanks for posting
    I be happy if Magnificient will be the next single
  8. Originally posted by Xayide29:Sorry but Boots being the best track on the album? lol
    I wish I could smoke whatever it is that person are smoking
    Thanks for posting
    I be happy if Magnificient will be the next single



    Ah, so you listened to the album already...


  9. I wish lol, but I heard the beach clips
    And boots wasn´t really redone that much from those clips
    So its just to go figure
    But I can tell you this much, without even heard all of the songs on the album
    Boots is NOT the greatest track of the album
    Maybe half of it is a feeling I have as well
  10. Originally posted by Xayide29:[..]

    I wish lol, but I heard the beach clips
    And boots wasn´t really redone that much from those clips
    So its just to go figure
    But I can tell you this much, without even heard all of the songs on the album
    Boots is NOT the greatest track of the album
    Maybe half of it is a feeling I have as well



    And I can tell you that boots is the best of the 5 clips. What now?


  11. Well that is your own personal opinion just like mine
    Of course theirs gonna be ppl that think Boots are the greatest song , after hearing all of the songs on the album
    For me tough its not, and for some its goin to be
    Btw theirs 5 clips? One more then I heard then
  12. Originally posted by Xayide29:[..]

    Well that is your own personal opinion just like mine
    Of course theirs gonna be ppl that think Boots are the greatest song , after hearing all of the songs on the album


    Bingo.
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