Originally posted by bartajax:There are some good songs on those albums, ATYCLB has Beautiful Day and uuhmmm.....
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
That is my guess too.
But Tim's guess is my fear.
Originally posted by ahn1991:Songs I love from ATYCLB
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Beautiful Day
Stuck In A Moment
Kite
In A Little While
Wild Honey
Peace On Earth
New York
Elevation
Walk On
Grace
When I Look At The World
Songs I love from HTDAAB
Vertigo
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
City Of Blinding Lights
Crumbs On Your Table
Original Of The Species
And these are almost all album versions that I like. The only substitutions I would make are Elevation (album swapped with Single Version) and Walk On (again, album swapped for Single Version). In fact, I'll go as far as to say that ATYCLB is the only U2 album I can listen to in full (as in preserving the original tracklist and so on).
I'm going to be honest and say that I can't actually relate with many songs from the pre-ATYCLB era. The only ones are their obvious anthems, Streets, WOWY, Running To Stand Still, etc.
Regarding the sound, I will say that HTDAAB is probably the closest they've gotten to a "rock sound," as in that album is the closest to what I believe a rock album would sound like.
I also think people who believe ATYCLB and HTDAAB sound like pop-rock are misunderstood as to what pop-rock sounds like. Pop-rock is basically 85% pop, 25% rock. I can't think of any good examples of Pop-rock because there really aren't any. Like if you go to somebody who listens to pop-rock and say that ATYCLB and HTDAAB are full of pop-rock songs, they will look at you like you're crazy.
EDIT:
To rectify the injustice of all this ATYCLB bashing, I will change my avatar to the album cover. In solidarity with ATYCLB, I walk on.
Originally posted by LikeASong:Admin tools > Topic title > Change the title > "General ATYCLB bashing topic"