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the_dala at 05:10pm on 28/09/2009
the_dala at 05:10pm on 28/09/2009Who's got forty minutes of work left and tickets to see U2 at Fed Ex Field tomorrow? THIS GUY!
I don't have much to say about it, except I put on No Line On the Horizon this afternoon and it's slowly wearing away at the weird ennui I fell under this past weekend. I haven't listened to it in months, mostly because I got sick of hearing "Magnificent" on the radio and the opening chords of "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" on that one commercial - but now I totally remember why I love it. First time I listened to the opening three songs I called it what would happen if the U2 of today went back to 1980 and wrote Boy.
That's not to say that everything on the album totally work for me. For example, I love the melody and the soulful guitar solo in "Moment of Surrender" but haaaate how Bono shrieks the beginning of each verse (tone it down, girlfriend, you're not twenty anymore). And I find the almost-chanting of the chorus in "Unknown Caller" bizarre. But I appreciate that the efforts behind this album are so much more far-reaching and creative than the previous two. Of course I love All That You Can't Leave Behind and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, but musically speaking No Line is bolder than either of them - hell, bolder than a great many bands well into their third decade together. It is...not particularly radio-friendly, and I mean that as a compliment in this case.
Hell, they somehow managed to make "Get On Your Boots" not only make sense but rock hardcore in the context of the album, even though when I heard the single I was very much WTF.
Final random thought: "Breathe" is a Bob Dylan song. Check out the lyrics, for reals. U2 wrote a motherfucking Bob Dylan song, how can I not love this album? (Yes, I know "Love Rescue Me" exists, but that was a U2 song written with Bob Dylan; there is a distinct difference. Also that was 1988.)
This will in fact be the second time in a year I've seen them, the Martin Luther King Jr. concert being the first. This particular year might have been light on concerts, but at least I made them count and I only had to shell out cash for one of them.
Uh...new folks, consider yourselves informed that U2 is my favorite band ever in life. Carry on.
I don't have much to say about it, except I put on No Line On the Horizon this afternoon and it's slowly wearing away at the weird ennui I fell under this past weekend. I haven't listened to it in months, mostly because I got sick of hearing "Magnificent" on the radio and the opening chords of "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" on that one commercial - but now I totally remember why I love it. First time I listened to the opening three songs I called it what would happen if the U2 of today went back to 1980 and wrote Boy.
That's not to say that everything on the album totally work for me. For example, I love the melody and the soulful guitar solo in "Moment of Surrender" but haaaate how Bono shrieks the beginning of each verse (tone it down, girlfriend, you're not twenty anymore). And I find the almost-chanting of the chorus in "Unknown Caller" bizarre. But I appreciate that the efforts behind this album are so much more far-reaching and creative than the previous two. Of course I love All That You Can't Leave Behind and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, but musically speaking No Line is bolder than either of them - hell, bolder than a great many bands well into their third decade together. It is...not particularly radio-friendly, and I mean that as a compliment in this case.
Hell, they somehow managed to make "Get On Your Boots" not only make sense but rock hardcore in the context of the album, even though when I heard the single I was very much WTF.
Final random thought: "Breathe" is a Bob Dylan song. Check out the lyrics, for reals. U2 wrote a motherfucking Bob Dylan song, how can I not love this album? (Yes, I know "Love Rescue Me" exists, but that was a U2 song written with Bob Dylan; there is a distinct difference. Also that was 1988.)
This will in fact be the second time in a year I've seen them, the Martin Luther King Jr. concert being the first. This particular year might have been light on concerts, but at least I made them count and I only had to shell out cash for one of them.
Uh...new folks, consider yourselves informed that U2 is my favorite band ever in life. Carry on.
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Have fun at the show!
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The set construction was fantastic. It looked like some sort of insane, sealife inspired carnival. I usually ignore fancy sets and 'spectacular' effects at a concert, but last night's set was lovely.