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U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017)
 Tracks: 14

  1. Absolutely not! It's listed among the bad things

    «It's cheesy (bad thing), it's poppy (bad thing), it's Coldplayish (bad thing), it's full of U2 cliches (semi bad thing)... But (now come good things)...»
  2. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

    Absolutely not! It's listed among the bad things

    «It's cheesy (bad thing), it's poppy (bad thing), it's Coldplayish (bad thing), it's full of U2 cliches (semi bad thing)... But (now come good things)...»
    okay okay, now I get that btw. being cheesy and poppy is included in being Coldplayish
  4. I’m guessing lady gaga is on ordinary love?

  6. and Kygo's album is on the web, maybe it's better?
  7. This my be an unpopular opinion but I really like where the new album is going. The production on the last two albums did not overall sounded up-to-date to me but I also believe it was intentional. Anyway, I'm glad they got Ryan Tedder now cuz all these new song plus the ones he did on SOI sound great! Maybe I'm just a too big of a fan of pop music but what I'm hearing is so goooooooood!
  8. Originally posted by raynman009:So Far..

    3. You’re The Best Thing About Me - Like it a lot. Groovy tune. Love Edges's vocals.
    8-10

    4. Get Out Of Your Own Way - Winter re-worked. Great until the 2nd half of song. Then songs sucks ass. Bad lyrics in 2nd half. Why change a song about your daughters to a political song? Lazy writing. 5-10 Could have been 9-10.

    5. American Soul - I don't mind Kendrick actually. Volcano #2. Lyrics suck. Too political. Blah 3-10

    9. The Little Things That Give You Away - Predicting at least a 7-10

    11. The Blackout - It starts like it might kick ass But never gets there. Silly lyrics. Great bass but that's about it. Blah. 3-10

    Since POP I usually only like 4 or 5 songs from a U2 album so i guess I'm on track for this one.


    I actually wondered about the theme shift in GOOYOW but then also thought that the state of the world can also cause a lot of heartbreak.
  9. Originally posted by kris_smith87: [..]


    I actually wondered about the theme shift in GOOYOW but then also thought that the state of the world can also cause a lot of heartbreak.
    I think the theme shift is quite brilliant, making the political personal and the other way around.
  10. Loving all tracks so far...happy to hear the musical direction.
  11. Originally posted by LikeASong:Blackout would be better with some sense in its lyrics, there's none to be found.

    The Best Thing is too cheesy and badly produced/mixed, if the SciFi version would be the real one we'd be talking differently.

    American Soul would be better if it didn't rip-off Volcano and Lucifer's Hands so blatantly - not even the 'brother albums' explanation can justify that lack of creativity because they're thematically unrelated songs.

    That leaves Get Out Of Your Own Way as the only track that's really worth it imho. It's cheesy, it's poppy, it's Coldplayish, it's full of U2 cliches... But at least its lyrics make some sense and dude, it's catchy. And Bono's phrasing and armonies of the verses, and how it links them to the song's refrain, is nothing less than brilliant.


    It's catchy because the drums are reminding you of a way better and catchier song (shhh....'whispers' it's beautiful day).
  12. I said that too! I think this album will be personal meets political.
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