Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:We should institute a rule in which posting the word "relevant" or any form of it results in an instant perma-ban
Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
What about irrelevant. it's not linear...
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I still find it funny that people seemingly think U2 is putting out music that they hate for the sake of trying to be "relevant". U2 isn't being told what kind of music to make by anyone.
Has it ever occurred to you that those two things:
-music they want to make for the sake of music
-music that attempts to be commercially successful
are both the same thing to U2? Fuck I'm sick of hearing this. They aren't some garage indie band who shirks success and wants nothing to do with it, they've never been that band. They've done music for art's sake, it's called Passengers, and some of the band themselves have gone on record saying it was a mistake.
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:After listening to the song a number of times, I have two critiques:
1. The intro is a little too much like The Miracle, but I feel like it won't be on the album version. Just the sound of it in the video sounds live, Edge and Adam play the note off-time on one of the "plucks", and I'm sure they realize it sounds a bit like The Miracle too (unless maybe it's supposed to).
2. I love the groovy bridge section, and then the heavy lead-in into the next section, but the next section is almost like a second bridge with the chorus lyric again. It would've been a perfect place for a solo, or even just to go back into the chorus there, it's weird to go BRIDGE - LEAD IN - QUIET CHORUS/BRIDGE - CHORUS. Switch that quiet chorus part out for a solo or just leave it out entirely, it fits oddly to me.
These are minor though, I'm still digging the song quite a bit
Originally posted by germcevoy:Haven't listened to it once today. Hmm. Still hoping they drop a 'clean' version of it.
Originally posted by bpt3:[..]
Interesting. I'd agree with the first, but as to your second point, the "second bridge" as you call it might be my favorite part of the song. I picture the whole crowd in a frenzy by that point live, with Bono dragging out the "when the liiiiights go ooouut..." part, the drums dropping out for a second, and then BAM the final chorus comes back in with the whole place rocking.
Originally posted by germcevoy:Haven't listened to it once today. Hmm. Still hoping they drop a 'clean' version of it.
Originally posted by iTim:[..]
Came up on shuffle earlier. Skipped and subsequently deleted.
Originally posted by iTim:[..]
Came up on shuffle earlier. Skipped and subsequently deleted.
