Get On Your Boots : Reviews Only

Originally posted by carlibengarli:We can either look forward to a way below U2-average album, or the band really needs to learn what song to pick as its main single, trying to promote the album. This is not going to be well received by the masses, and is definitely not what should be chosen as a first single.

Myself, I find it experimental, different, and mediocre (3/5). Seeing as this is in fact the lead single of the album, I'm very disappointed. All I hope is that the rest of the album will be a lot better, while all I fear is that we're facing a new October (quality-wise – not musically).

Originally posted by carlibengarli:We can either look forward to a way below U2-average album, or the band really needs to learn what song to pick as its main single, trying to promote the album. This is not going to be well received by the masses, and is definitely not what should be chosen as a first single.

Myself, I find it experimental, different, and mediocre (3/5). Seeing as this is in fact the lead single of the album, I'm very disappointed. All I hope is that the rest of the album will be a lot better, while all I fear is that we're facing a new October (quality-wise – not musically).

Originally posted by yeah:Who cares if it hits #1 or #1873?

Originally posted by Remy:[..]

It's the new "kneel"

Originally posted by markp91:[..]

The U2 Management

I don't, but one of the main reasons to release a good single is that it ranks as high as possible, which leads to loads of airplay, which leads to more sold albums...
And if GOYB ranks high, gets a lot of airplay, then it's a good single, right?

Whether it's a good song, that's an other discussion...

Originally posted by markp91:[..]

The U2 Management

I don't, but one of the main reasons to release a good single is that it ranks as high as possible, which leads to loads of airplay, which leads to more sold albums...
And if GOYB ranks high, gets a lot of airplay, then it's a good single, right?

Whether it's a good song, that's an other discussion...

Originally posted by carlibengarli:[..]

The occurrence of knee(s) and kneel(s) in U2's lyrics:

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Also: It might interest you to know that there are no songs prior to Achtung Baby containing the lyrics knee(s)/kneel(s).



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Originally posted by yeah:[..]

Of course the band and the management will care. I was just reflecting from my position as a fan.

Besides, U2 has never been a "Single-band", so even a "weak" single won't lead to poor album sales.

Originally posted by carlibengarli:Still, choosing Get on your Boots as a lead single is suicide.

GL HF!

Originally posted by carlibengarli:[..]

The occurrence of knee(s) and kneel(s) in U2's lyrics:

Please:

"Please...please...please...
Get up off your knees, now"

Falling at your Feet:

"Every one who needs a friend
Every life that has no end
Every knee not ready to bend
Is falling, falling at your feet"

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me:

"They want you to be Jesus
They'll go down on one knee
But they'll want their money back
If you're alive at thirty-three"

Zoo Station:

"In the cool of the night, in the warmth of the breeze
I'll be crawling around, on my hands and knees"

Mysterious Ways:

"To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal
If you want to kiss the sky
Better learn how to kneel (...on your knees boy!)"

Love and Peace or Else:

"I don't know if I can make/take it, I'm not easy on my knees
Here's my heart, you can break it
I need some release, release, release
We need love and peace."

Big Girls Are Best:

"As long as the night is coloured blue and black
Oh yeah yeah yeah
As long as you're on your knees and she's not on her back
Oh yeah yeah yeah"

Window in the Skies:

"Love makes strange enemies
Makes love where love may please
Soul in its striptease
Hate brought to its knees"

Elvis Ate America:

"Elvis... with God on his knees
Elvis... owned three TVs
Here come the killer bees
Head full of honey potato chips and cheese"

Vertigo:

"Lights go down, and all I know
Is that you give me something
I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how
How to kneel, kneel"

City of Blinding Lights:

"The more you know
The less you feel
Some pray for, others steal
Blessings not just for the ones who kneel, luckily"

Smile:

"You are my abbot
I need the ground to kneel upon
And love can't be your song
I don't want to see you smile"

When I Look at the World:

"When you look at the world
What is it that you see
People find all kinds of things
That bring them to their knees"

Wave of Sorrow:

"Souls bent over without a breeze
Blankets on burning trees
I'm sick without disease
Nobility on it's knees"

In a Little While:

"In a little while
I won't be blown by every breeze
Friday night running
To Sunday on my knees"

Desert of our Love:

"Go in the door, door feel me
Go inside, kneel down
I feel love in the song
Chorus"

Original of the Species:

"And you feel like no one before
You steal right under my door
I kneel 'cause I want you some more
I want the lot of what you got
And I want nothing that you're not"

Also: It might interest you to know that there are no songs prior to Achtung Baby containing the lyrics knee(s)/kneel(s).



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