U2start.com | NLOTH: General discussion thread #2

I imported the album to itunes after the first few listens and had a look at how many times I listened to each song. thought it would be interesting to see where the preferences go (so, add yours if you want to) :

no line on the horizon - 13 listens (4 stars)
magnificent - 17 listens (5 stars)
moment of surrender - 8 listens (5 stars)
unknown caller - 8 listens (3/4 stars, still can't decide)
I'll go crazy... - 8 listens (4 stars)
get on your boots - 9 listens (4 stars) --- I got 42 listens on the single, first time it came out

lol
stand up comedy - 14 listens (5stars)
fez - being born - 10 listens (5 stars)
white as snow - 3 listens (3 stars)
breathe - 12 listens (5 stars)
cedars of lebanon - 11 listens (5 stars)

we'll see how this will change over the years...

djrlewis

16 years

no line on the horizon - 6 listens (5 stars)
magnificent - 8 listens (5 stars)
moment of surrender - 8 listens (5 stars)
unknown caller - 5 listens (3 stars)
I'll go crazy... - 6 listens (4 stars)
get on your boots - 2 listens (4 stars) --- I got 12 listens on the single
stand up comedy - 6 listens (4 stars)
fez - being born - 10 listens (5 stars)
white as snow - 6 listens (4 stars)
breathe - 6 listens (4 stars; just gone up from 3 after last night)
cedars of lebanon - 7 listens (4 stars)

agree with you about the changing.....

Andrew_C

16 years

from atu2.com

Darryl, one of our readers in Australia, emailed to let us know that his local JB HiFi store is already selling the NLOTH CD, two days before it's supposed to be sold. (Heck, if Universal Australia can sell it early, the whole country may as well follow.)

i know what im buying tomorrow

drewhiggins

16 years

It is all the versions (standard CD w/bonus track to the box-set).

And I'll post my thoughts on the Linear film as well as Winter in the next few days.

best

16 years

Originally posted by djrlewis:no line on the horizon - 6 listens (5 stars)
magnificent - 8 listens (5 stars)
moment of surrender - 8 listens (5 stars)
unknown caller - 5 listens (3 stars)
I'll go crazy... - 6 listens (4 stars)
get on your boots - 2 listens (4 stars) --- I got 12 listens on the single
stand up comedy - 6 listens (4 stars)
fez - being born - 10 listens (5 stars)
white as snow - 6 listens (4 stars)
breathe - 6 listens (4 stars; just gone up from 3 after last night)
cedars of lebanon - 7 listens (4 stars)

agree with you about the changing.....

no line on the horizon-4 stars
magnificent-5 stars
moment of surrender-5 stars ( it´s growing, at first listen is not at level of one and wowy but now i say it´s the masterpiece of the album and can easily be rank as equal of hose two)
uncknow caller- 5 stars
crazy-5 stars
get on yor boots-4 stars (if this wasn´t the single we would have other opinon of this one, it´s better than vertigo, and rocks)
stand up comedy-4 stars ( this one is poppy but i kind like it)
fez-being born- 5 stars
white as snow- 5 stars
breathe-5 stars
cedars of lebanon- 4 stars

This album can reach the top 3 among JT and AB.
But u2 have album songs and the leve songs are dreesed up another way.
i ear the songs on the album and live and sometimes they are really diferent.
Example: those monster abluns JT and AB
JT-album and live(ISHFWILF, BTBS, RTSS, EXIT)
AB-album and live ( i think the live versions don´t grow much in the tour, i say they are great songs but they don´t sound much different than soun in the album).

If the new songs appear in tour so beautiful as in the album NLOTH, to me will be their third masterpiece no doubt.

drewhiggins

16 years

In Foobar, the new stuff shows like this:

Get On Your Boots (Single)

- Get On Your Boots (46 listens)
- No Line On The Horizon 2 (22 listens)

No Line On The Horizon

- No Line On The Horizon (10)
- Magnificent (18)
- Moment of Surrender (12)
- Unknown Caller (7)
- Crazy Tonight (8)
- Get On Your Boots (9)
- Stand Up Comedy (11)
- Fez / Being Born (9)
- White As Snow (9)
- Breathe (5)
- Cedars of Lebanon (8)

I've listened to the album twice and forgotten most of it. I don't wanna keep listening otherwise the album is just gonna sit and gather dust.

vic

16 years

i've listened to the album twenty times and these are my considerations:

NLOTH: Wow, for twenty seconds gives us the illusion of a courageous album, something between ultra violet and My bloody valentine, then it changes; however a good song (8)

Magnificent: joyful, brilliant, amusing; just a little too much commercial (8)

MOS: great start, great voice, black and gospel feeling, horrible chorus, too too tooooooo longgg..zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...goodnight! (6/7)

UK: after 2:30 minutes anonymous it becomes interesting with a surprising chorus (Eno?), but, after all, not a great song (6/7)

I'll go crazy: what a confusion! it goes nowhere; ridiulous when at minute 2:50 it becomes "Windows in the sky"! Listen, it's true, i swear!!! (4)

GOYB: next please..... (5)

SUC: mysterious ways pt.2? not! pt.222 (6)

Fez: i love it!!! (9)

WAS: like other songs starts well than it looses itself (6/7)

Breathe: in the last 10 years we've heard this one 1000 times by U2 (however it's not so bad) (7)

COL : boring! something like "Luminous times" and "Walk to the water" (b sides !?!) but these two were better (5)

i think this album is at the same level as the last two: ten feet under every other album;
for twenty years they have had an artistic integrity and continuity, changing directions 2 or 3 times: now they are a different band with not so much to say anymore
this is only my opinion, of course: i don't mean to offend anybody!!

bye

Stu

16 years

Originally posted by Andrew_C:from atu2.com

Darryl, one of our readers in Australia, emailed to let us know that his local JB HiFi store is already selling the NLOTH CD, two days before it's supposed to be sold. (Heck, if Universal Australia can sell it early, the whole country may as well follow.)

i know what im buying tomorrow

I called my local JB today, said it would be here Thursday 26th, and can start selling as soon as its delivered basically, they said they should have all formats as well.

ad87

16 years

hi folks!

i walked in the supermarket and saw a dutch TV-guide with on front: Anton Corbijn, i immediatly bought it and it was about himself and the movie Linear for NLOTH!

it is a nice interview, and some highlights i didnt know;
- its a movie with no dialoges
- its about a nord-african motorcyclist from paris burns his motor and goes to the south(marroco) that explains the burning motor on the cd!
- its a movie more to accompanie the songs for the mood and the story

- and one of his(Anton) favorite songs from the album....until december when u2 dicided to drop it of, is in the movie..WINTER

and overal nice intervew, and looking forward to hear Winter!

dont know if this was already known or mentioned

so enjoy

markp91

16 years

Originally posted by ad87:hi folks!

i walked in the supermarket and saw a dutch TV-guide with on front: Anton Corbijn, i immediatly bought it and it was about himself and the movie Linear for NLOTH!

it is a nice interview, and some highlights i didnt know;
- its a movie with no dialoges
- its about a nord-african motorcyclist from paris burns his motor and goes to the south(marroco) that explains the burning motor on the cd!
- its a movie more to accompanie the songs for the mood and the story
- and one of his(Anton) favorite songs from the album....until december when u2 dicided to drop it of, is in the movie..WINTER

and overal nice intervew, and looking forward to hear Winter!

dont know if this was already known or mentioned
so enjoy

Thanks Ad

I do like the bit about it having no dialogues. Must be a real work of art then

ad87

16 years

Originally posted by markp91:[..]

Thanks Ad
I do like the bit about it having no dialogues. Must be a real work of art then

thanx,
yeah Corbijn is gonna naill it like he only can!

its gonna fit the cover perfectly..

if you want to read it yourself its de VaraGids for only 1 euro

markp91

16 years

Originally posted by ad87:[..]

thanx,
yeah Corbijn is gonna naill it like he only can! its gonna fit the cover perfectly..

if you want to read it yourself its de VaraGids for only 1 euro

Okay, thanks again, will buy it

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