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  1. Originally posted by Buttons:[..]

    I agree completely Rattle n hum, i personally dont think you can overdo an album, polishing isn't harmful to the musical ear.

    a polished turd is still a turd, e.g. the Crazy Tonight travesty.
  3. I posted this in the Coldplay thread, but it seems to be more relevant (no pun intended) in here.

    Originally posted by fabian:Thanks for that Ali.

    'Produced by Danger Mouse, the song has an electronic pulse that attempts to realign U2 with the new pop sensibility.'

    This may be the main problem: while other bands are paving the roads to new genres (like Coldplay did with Midnight or Muse with Madness, Follow Me and Unsustainable), U2 is just trying to follow these roads and stay relevant, which eventually makes them irrelevant.
  4. Could be, but I wonder. The more I listen to Invisible, the more it sounds like casual U2.

    What U2 should do, at the point when they are irrelevant, is touring the world with a philharmonic orchestra, like Metallica did. Would be lovely.
  5. U2 used to be ahead of the game, sounding very different to what they had done before and what the mainstream was playing. They need to do a bit of that nowadays, even if people don't like it (a la Coldplay's Magic etc) and just do what they want.

    I'd be down for an orchestra touring with them and appearing for 3-4 songs in the middle of the show lol
  6. Originally posted by Genaro92U2:U2 used to be ahead of the game, sounding very different to what they had done before and what the mainstream was playing. They need to do a bit of that nowadays, even if people don't like it (a la Coldplay's Magic etc) and just do what they want.

    I'd be down for an orchestra touring with them and appearing for 3-4 songs in the middle of the show lol

    How do you know doing songs like Invisible isn't what they want? We all (and I've been guilty of this to) seem to equate U2 writing music for THEM and doing what they WANT with experimentation ala Achtung Baby/Passengers. Who's to say what they want isn't more songs like Vertigo and Invisible? Lest we forget Edge said his favourite U2 album was Bomb, which is arguably the most "casual" U2 album there is.


  7. Yeah, a friend of mine, who isn't a U2-fan, texted me some days ago with "U2's new song is really oldschool U2"
    I still don't see why it would be though.
  8. Originally posted by BelgianBono:Yeah, a friend of mine, who isn't a U2-fan, texted me some days ago with "U2's new song is really oldschool U2"
    I still don't see why it would be though.

    The guitar solo immediately after 'You don’t see me but you will, I am not invisible, I am here' sounds very oldschool U2 to me. That part is my favourite part of the song.
  9. Originally posted by BelgianBono:[..]


    Yeah, a friend of mine, who isn't a U2-fan, texted me some days ago with "U2's new song is really oldschool U2"
    I still don't see why it would be though.

    The first 20 seconds and the synth (or guitar?) are the only things that make it feel new (as in a new direction) for me. When the songs really kicks in, it even reminds me of Beautiful Day somehow.

    I like the song though.
  10. Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

    The first 20 seconds and the synth (or guitar?) are the only things that make it feel new (as in a new direction) for me. When the songs really kicks in, it even reminds me of Beautiful Day somehow.

    I like the song though.

    +1 exactly the same to me
  11. Originally posted by fabian:[..]

    The guitar solo immediately after 'You don’t see me but you will, I am not invisible, I am here' sounds very oldschool U2 to me. That part is my favourite part of the song.

    Hmm you're quite right there.
  12. If you wanna call that a solo, sure
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