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U2 - American Soul
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Songs Of Experience (2017)
  2. The live version really needs a Larry drum solo before the last bit...always feel his talents are never showcased properly on songs
  3. Does anyone know of any examples of other bands, songs, musicians, etc. using a small part of one of their compositions and turning it into the major focus of a later work? Like how they took Volcano's bridge and made it the chorus here?
  4. Originally posted by Faceman2000:Does anyone know of any examples of other bands, songs, musicians, etc. using a small part of one of their compositions and turning it into the major focus of a later work? Like how they took Volcano's bridge and made it the chorus here?
    The source is Glastonbury, not Volcano...
    Btw have you heard about Lady With The Spinning Head?
  5. Originally posted by Faceman2000:Does anyone know of any examples of other bands, songs, musicians, etc. using a small part of one of their compositions and turning it into the major focus of a later work? Like how they took Volcano's bridge and made it the chorus here?
    Radiohead literally released Morning Bell twice in different albums. I heard Green Day and Guns N Roses did that too. Metallica has Unforgiven and (sigh) Unforgiven II, recycling lyrics.
  6. Glastonbury is my favourite of the three (Glastonbury, volcano and American soul). Having said that I think American Soul is going to be better received live and will be better received in general compared to what Glastonbury would have been and how volcano was.
  7. Originally posted by Faceman2000:Does anyone know of any examples of other bands, songs, musicians, etc. using a small part of one of their compositions and turning it into the major focus of a later work? Like how they took Volcano's bridge and made it the chorus here?
    the beatles
  8. american soul sounds to me like an zooropa/achtung baby song, a different song in a not experimental album, thats why several fans found it strange.
  10. ...

    Glastonbury is not a finished song, was never released, and has nothing to do with my post.

    Ironically enough, The Fly and Ultraviolet didn't come from Lady With the Spinning Head, all three came from the demo Take You Down (Wake Up), seeing as you're so focused on the "source" rather than published songs. Besides a similar chord progression and overall feel, Lady with the Spinning Head as a finished product has practically nothing to do with them.

    As for the rest, who contributed actual helpful answers, thanks!
  11. Sorry, that was really snarky. Maybe you were actually trying to be helpful. I'm just tired of hearing the Glastonbury and Lady with the Spinning Head arguments and I feel like crap today. My apologies.
  12. Not the same, but...

    In the same album, Pink Floyd/Roger Waters do that a lot, with Brick in the Wall or What God Wants, parts I, II, III...

    Also, not the same, more like the opposite (using a big part of an old song as a small part in a new one), but the first thing that came to my mind was The Police, the line "It's a big enough umbrella, but it's always me that ends up getting wet" was used in a couple of songs of different albums.
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