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U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017)
 Tracks: 14


  2. Hilarious ! Love Kermode's film reviews and he hates U2...although got on well with Bono when they met a few years ago.

  3. Not exactly where I live... But it's fun to see that vinyls made at a factory 70 km from my house will travel half the continent to reach me!
  4. I give my judgment after listening to the complete SOE on 1 December.
    Normally the cohesion of the U2 songs on a U2 record is for me their strongest point. Only Little things I have listened more often on the live recordings. I think this is a great song.
  5. Let's go ahead and start judging Songs of Ascent while we're at it.
  6. While I'm still not going to fully judge until I can listen to full album through, what is out is growing on me...

    But as far as coheseivness, I've learned that GOOYOW segues into American Soul so proper listening says you should listen to them in that order. I think the album will be more understood and flow once we have all listened straight through...
  7. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:There's nothing more frustrating than talking about U2 with an ignorant rock fan. You can tell when someone knows their music but also hates U2 when they can still respect their output enough to say "yeah, of course U2 is one of the great bands". Because it's true. There's no denying their influence, their output, their importance, their success, their ability to reinvent, to generate #1 hits, etc. Even if you hate their music, these things are all just facts on paper. Anyone who denies it is being a dumb prick.

    And anyone who thinks the Smiths are better than U2 is a fucking joke. The Smiths might be the most overrated 80's band ever. All of their songs sound the same (except for How Soon is Now maybe) and Morrissey is a terrible singer who doesn't know how to musically phrase his lyrics with a melody. He has no rhythm.


    O.K. not all true but I can say Morrissey is a some strange person but they had some good songs. But yes "Meat is Murder" and "The Queen Is Dead" are some strange titles for an album. But I can say: "There is a light that never goes out" for U2
  8. I haven't seen too many comments about the Kendrick feature. How do you guys feel about it? Like it? Love it? Hate it?

    Personally I'm not a huge fan, only because I've never been big on other artists showing up on each other's work, unless it's some kind of one-off song or whatever. It takes me out of it.
  9. I kinda dig it. Nice bridge for one song to the next...
  10. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I haven't seen too many comments about the Kendrick feature. How do you guys feel about it? Like it? Love it? Hate it?

    Personally I'm not a huge fan, only because I've never been big on other artists showing up on each other's work, unless it's some kind of one-off song or whatever. It takes me out of it.
    Kendrick shouldn’t be during the songs. He should be between them.
  11. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I haven't seen too many comments about the Kendrick feature. How do you guys feel about it? Like it? Love it? Hate it?

    Personally I'm not a huge fan, only because I've never been big on other artists showing up on each other's work, unless it's some kind of one-off song or whatever. It takes me out of it.
    i like it, feels fresh and U2 doing something different.
  12. Is it "U2 doing something different" though? Or just getting someone to come in and provide something different for their song?
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