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U2 - You're The Best Thing About Me
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Songs Of Experience (2017)
  1. The guitar effect in the middle 8 was on their 'This is'/Asan cover.
  2. Originally posted by kobrien:The song speaks of Ally's free spirit, positive vibe, wisdom, and beauty. It contrasts it to Bono's negative views, big mouth, and self-destructive tendencies. Edge tries to speak sense to him at the end of the song. She doesn't want you to brag about how much you love her, she wants the little things/actions that quietly show her. Bono interrupts him with the chorus "You're the best thing about me. The best things are easy to destroy." Notice how it ends with that line and not the others. It's a warning to not be so self-absorbed that you ruin the best thing in your life - thus you're walking away.

    The lyrics are so simple but so on point. The backing music is tight. I love the bass line and the drumming. Edge's guitar work before his part in the song is just awesome. Would love to hear even more of that played when it's done live on the E&I tour.
  3. The cover doesn't make much sense.
    They're openly stating the song is about Bono's wife, Ali.
    Yet they're using the image of Edge's daughter, Sian, to promote it.
  4. Originally posted by BelgianBono:The cover doesn't make much sense.
    They're openly stating the song is about Bono's wife, Ali.
    Yet they're using the image of Edge's daughter, Sian, to promote it.
    Well, single covers (almost?) never make sense with the single itself, and they're just thematic with the album cover.
    Remember TJT singles, AB, Pop, and so on...
  5. Originally posted by BelgianBono:The cover doesn't make much sense.
    They're openly stating the song is about Bono's wife, Ali.
    Yet they're using the image of Edge's daughter, Sian, to promote it.
    And they did a photo shoot for the Blackout letter with Bono's son and Edge's daughter... SOI had Larry's son... don't try to read into it so much.
  6. Originally posted by Bloodraven:[..]
    Well, single covers (almost?) never make sense with the single itself, and they're just thematic with the album cover.
    Remember TJT singles, AB, Pop, and so on...
    Agreed about the thematic, but the majority of the time it's just a picture of (one of) the bandmember(s) or something arty farty.

    This time, for me, it's sending a wrong message. The song would be different when it's about your kids than when it's about your partner. Sure, it's about love, but a different kind of it.
  7. Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
    And they did a photo shoot for the Blackout letter with Bono's son and Edge's daughter... SOI had Larry's son... don't try to read into it so much.
    Sure sure, it's not like I don't understand the link with SOI. My point is it's got no link with the song.
  8. I said the same thing a few pages back :p seems odd, I agree. I reasoned that they already went with a picture of Ali for Song for Someone and maybe they didn't want to be repetitive.
  9. Listening to the Fallon version, I like it a lot. Bono is obviously not himself, he was probably nervous, but the song sounds good and I think it promises to become a great live song. Unlike many others here I think that the celaner guitar sound suits the song much better than the heavier one on the studio version. There is one thing I am curious about though - in the part that The Edge sings I can clearly hear 2 voices and Bono obviously doesn't sing there. Is there a pre-recorded vocal in the background? Or si there another singer "under the stage"? It doesn't sound as an effect added to The Edge's voice, it really sounds like 2 voices to me.
  10. Originally posted by Happy24:Listening to the Fallon version, I like it a lot. Bono is obviously not himself, he was probably nervous, but the song sounds good and I think it promises to become a great live song. Unlike many others here I think that the celaner guitar sound suits the song much better than the heavier one on the studio version. There is one thing I am curious about though - in the part that The Edge sings I can clearly hear 2 voices and Bono obviously doesn't sing there. Is there a pre-recorded vocal in the background? Or si there another singer "under the stage"? It doesn't sound as an effect added to The Edge's voice, it really sounds like 2 voices to me.
    Heavy guitars are never wrong
  11. Generally I aggree of course, I took me by surprise that when I first heard the studio version, the first thought during the first seconds was "What's wrong with the guitar?" Yes, I absolutely aggree that there is nothing sweeter than the sound of the overdriven AC30, but in this very case I really prefer the cleaner sound. For now, that is
  12. I'm a bit confused, we have the lyric video, but..this is it or..?what about the filming in Amsterdam for the video?
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