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101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 11:52 pm
by stip



Re: 101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 11:53 pm
by stip
tough match. Streets is an archetypal U2 song for a good reason, and it is excellent. But Acrobat is a real masterpiece, and the way the music sounds like you spend the whole song falling, the desperate defiance that builds at the end of the song - so good!

Re: 101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 12:21 am
by evenslow
acrobat is very good but it's down the list of achtung songs for me.

where the streets have no name is where the streets have no name.

Re: 101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 12:31 am
by PHATJ
God damn. Vote for Acrobat. I’ve been semi obsessed with that song recently. I absolutely love Streets too.

Re: 101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 3:51 am
by mray10
Oh man. Acrobat is top shelf U2 for me. But Streets is just iconic and for good reason.

Re: 101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 4:20 am
by evenslow
btw i can never disassociate where the streets have no name with the movie fearless since i saw it in theaters in 1993. it aids and abets so that i connect it with passion, nihilism (but not really), letting go, connection, empathy and ultimate human experience... adds to the allure of an already incredible song.


Re: 101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 5:19 am
by LetMeSleep
2 x top shelf tracks. Streets but only just.

Re: 101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 1:41 pm
by EJ
Streets is still the high point of any U2 concert. I’m not sure what song I’d vote over it.

Re: 101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 4:17 pm
by MattA75
There are songs in this tournament I'd vote for over Streets...Acrobat, while excellent, is not one of them

Re: 101. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Acrobat

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 11:13 pm
by PHATJ
I wish Acrobat could’ve pulled this one off, but it’s understandable losing to Streets. If nothing else, this tournament reminded me how great a song it is. And it put up a good fight here.