71. Peace on Earth vs. Love is Blindness

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[stip]

Only U2 could write a song like Peace on Earth and make it even kind of work.

Vote for Love is Blindness

[Stardog Champion]

Peace on Earth is fine, but Love is Blindness is great.

[PHATJ]

Love is Blindness is a personal favorite.

[evenslow]

Bono (and to a lesser extent Thedge, Larry Mullin Sr's Son and Adam Clay 2000 lbs) has a tendency to get super fucking lazy with a MEANINGFUL sentiment like peace on earth. It almost always turns out bad. He's better with affairs of the heart, but only heartache and cheating and being a bad guy. The Love is so Important stuff is bad too. When he threads the needle he's a fucking genius. When he doesn't, he's a caricature.

[PHATJ]

That’s pretty damn accurate, but the same could be said for most.

[PHATJ]

It’s really hard to write consistently deep/great songs for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40.... (see PJ as example numero uno, dos, tres, catorce)

[evenslow]