Where The Streets Have No Name / The U2 Thread

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Mon December 09, 2013 6:56 pm

I'm going to say the opposite; I am loving this stuff. I made a 4CD set of studio takes that I am plowing through; once I've digested that I'm going to make a disc of the remixes and another disc of the live tracks. I tend to like the stuff that mirrors the era of albums I like (the 1991-1997 stuff) best, but after two listens this set is a great "alternate history" of sorts. I don't have Lament's expertise but if I were to pick five of these on first listen I would pick (trying to factor in all eras):

Be There
Wave of Sorrow (Birdland)
Salome
North And South of the River
Fast Cars

Post by **stip** » Mon December 09, 2013 8:37 pm

I don't know that i know those. I don't remember them, at any rate.

Oh, I do like Fast Cars. I wonder why that didn't make it onto Atomic Bomb.

Lament · Post by **Lament** » Mon December 09, 2013 9:18 pm

Stip, all of KD's picks there are excellent, especially if you're trying to cover several eras.

I'd toss in I'm Not Your Baby just as a personal favorite, as well as Slow Dancing and Touch.

surfndestroy · Post by **surfndestroy** » Mon December 09, 2013 9:20 pm

Lament wrote:Stip, all of KD's picks there are excellent, especially if you're trying to cover several eras.

I'd toss in I'm Not Your Baby just as a personal favorite, as well as Slow Dancing and Touch.

I have just about everything by U2 but am not familiar with I'm Not Your Baby. Where is it from and what era?

Lament · Post by **Lament** » Mon December 09, 2013 9:23 pm

Pop-era, it's on the soundtrack from The End of Violence. It's got Sinead O'Connor on it as well. An instrumental remix of it also showed up on CD1 of the Please single in the UK (called The Skysplitter Dub).

Lament · Post by **Lament** » Sun February 02, 2014 10:43 pm

I'm sure I'm alone in this, but I was pleasantly surprised by the new single, Invisible. Granted, my expectations were pretty low, but I'm enjoying it so far. Nothing earth shattering, but I like it.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Sun February 02, 2014 11:08 pm

Lament wrote:I'm sure I'm alone in this, but I was pleasantly surprised by the new single, Invisible. Granted, my expectations were pretty low, but I'm enjoying it so far. Nothing earth shattering, but I like it.

Can you give it to me? I heard the chorus...

Lament · Post by **Lament** » Sun February 02, 2014 11:38 pm

Yeah, let me upload it. It's free on itunes if you have access to that.

EDIT: It should be in your inbox.

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Sun February 02, 2014 11:56 pm

Entirely forgettable. And unforgivable. They should really be hitting heavy if this is the opening salvo of a comeback. This is beyond weak.

Post by **stip** » Mon February 03, 2014 12:14 am

I just saw the commercial, which was underwhelming, but it's not like I'm not gonna get the album. And it was only 20 seconds

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Mon February 03, 2014 12:16 am

Hunted around on YouTube to find a snippit of this song. Don't think it's enought to get me listening to them again

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Mon February 03, 2014 12:17 am

You can download it free from iTunes today stip. Bank of America will donate $1 for every download to the RED charity

Lament · Post by **Lament** » Mon February 03, 2014 12:18 am

I played it a few times when I downloaded it and then listened to it once on my run. I'm enjoying it.

Post by **stip** » Mon February 03, 2014 12:33 am

dimejinky99 wrote:You can download it free from iTunes today stip. Bank of America will donate $1 for every download to the RED charity

Already done. Waiting for halftime

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Mon February 03, 2014 1:02 am

They found a way to make american football even more boring...RHCP.

Post by **stip** » Mon February 03, 2014 1:06 am

I liked the extended bridge okay, but I think this was easily the weakest lead single U2 has ever put out. Get On Your Boots had some exciting hooks to carry you through a weaker song. But this was pretty disappointing. It's only one song, so we'll see...

Post by **Jorge** » Mon February 03, 2014 1:09 am

stip wrote:I liked the extended bridge okay, but I think this was easily the weakest lead single U2 has ever put out. Get On Your Boots had some exciting hooks to carry you through a weaker song. But this was pretty disappointing. It's only one song, so we'll see...

It's not a lead single, it's just a "sneak peek" from the new album. It's also soooo booooooooring

Post by **stip** » Mon February 03, 2014 1:22 am

The weakest sneak peak, then

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Mon February 03, 2014 1:33 am

Aren't they kind of famous for leading with their best punch?
They certainly didn't on the last one. Hopefully not this time either.
It does say Super Bowl version or red version

Perhaps it's just a different mix?

Lament · Post by **Lament** » Mon February 03, 2014 1:43 am

This isn't supposed to be their best punch though. And I don't think they're famous for leading with their "best" punch as much as they are with a "bold" punch (especially with Desire, The Fly, Numb, and Discotheque, which were pretty daring considering those albums could have been launched with much safer choices like All I Want Is You, One, Stay, and Staring at the Sun). A Day Without Me and Fire were hardly great punches (so much so that 99% of people don't even realize those were lead singles). Beautiful Day and Vertigo were pretty safe punches, while Get on Your Boots was a bit less safe. New Year's Day, Pride, With or Without You were all pretty obvious choices though. It's still very plausible the first single off of this album may be something bold.

As a sneak peek (which, all we know is that it's from the album sessions, it's not even officially on the album), it's taken my anticipation for the new album from passive to active. I'm feeling eager now about the fact that there's a new U2 album coming out this year, so the song is doing the trick for me.

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