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  1. I don't like many songs but even those ones have something nice... what I really can't deal with are certain verses. For instance in Tryin' to throw your arms I hate 'A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle', and it's speccially annoying, because I love the rest of the song. And there is this other line in Electrical Storm, 'the air is heavy, heavy as a truck'... Can you believe those were written by the same man who did With or without you or Mothers of the dissappeared? But I guess that's a different matter of discussion.
  2. about fish and bicycle, actually is a quote from a book.
  3. for real, most of the songs are quotes or ideas from a lotta books, specially the holy one!
  4. Originally posted by friendofthebossabout fish and bicycle, actually is a quote from a book.


    Yeah, but it sounds raw in my opinion, a little dumb. He could use the idea implicit in the quote, or put it in a more imaginative way. Good quotes don't make good songs when turned into verses.
  5. I can't stand Wild Honey..
  6. I like Wild Honey a lot... it's not among the best ones, but it's better than Grace and Peace on Earth I would say.

    "A woman needs a men" etc., I think it was a feminist slogan, I've read this somewhere.

    It's difficult to say which is 'the worst'. Almost every album has some weak points. "Another time, another place" (Boy), the two mentioned above (ATYCLB). Exceptions are, perhaps, HTAAB, JT and AB (though Crumbs from your table is not as great as the other songs in HTDAAB). And UF is always great --- magnificient atmosphere from the beginning to the end (though, again, EP and America is a bit strange). Anyway, if i had to chose, I'd probably say Red Light

  7. Red Light For the 80's, it has virtually no saving graces....its a major drag on the war album, its should have been switched with Pete the Chop

    Miami for the 90's, on the record it was complete crap, and made a list of 'Ten Terrible Songs by great artists' but it was saved by a far far far superior live version

    A man and a woman...
  8. First I have to admit that I started liking U2 in 1984 - I still don't like the first trilogy much except for a few songs, so I'll concentrate on this part of U2 history.

    I don't like "Babyface". I also could never talk myself into liking "Even better than the real Thing", "Mysterious Ways" and "Salome" - these are the only songs from the "Achtung Baby" era that I don't like. There's some production work on "Zooropa" and "Pop" that I don't like ("Mofo", Do you feel loved", "Daddy's gonna pay", etc.), but that doesn't make me dislike the songwriting. I just don't get into "Miami" - probably won't ever. I hate most of the U2 "dance" remixes.

    So the Oscar goes to "Salome - Zooromancer Mix"

    Alex
  9. Hm... I just discovered a new historical low point in U2's musical history - it's the b-side from "Miss Sarajevo", called "Viva Davidoff". Even the song title is annoying... and where's the song? Is this supposed to be ambient sonic background for a cigarette commercial cinema spot? Can it get any worse?



    Alex
  10. I didn't like "New York", for one. Or the whole religious bit in "Yahweh", which is otherwise one of my all-time favorite songs.
  11. Originally posted by julienmurzi"A woman needs a men" etc., I think it was a feminist slogan, I've read this somewhere.


    I don't need to read anything, it's clear that we have a feminist slogan here, and I don't think that's sooo bad...
    We're talking 'bout Tryin' To Throw... The song is written for the women whom stay at home while the husband gets drunk in a pub, and they often beat their wifes when get back home.
    I think a feminist slogan is not annoying, and in this song is neccesary, and also it's funny to hear; listen, I'm a man, but really the women are far superior to us, so "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bycicle" makes me laugh...

    C U!!!
  12. Originally posted by stattic6I didn't like "New York", for one. Or the whole religious bit in "Yahweh", which is otherwise one of my all-time favorite songs.

    I don't think there is a "religious bit" in Yahweh. I think the whole song is about God, and you may call that religion if you want. In fact that's one of the main reasons for it becoming my favourite U2 song.

    Alex
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