Are you listening to their albums in order of release?

 

And I agree about MLK going into Streets perfectly. I always saw The Joshua Tree as sort of being a sequel to The Unforgettable Fire.

 

Of course I am :) It's really giving me a sense of how they evolved over all those years. I can't believe how young Bono sounds in Boy and October...

I'm actually listening to the deluxe versions, so I'm hearing all the bonus tracks as well :)

Achtung Baby is the best one I think. Zooropa and Pop are very underrated. I don't really like anything after Pop though to be honest but the stuff from before that is great enough to make them one of my favourite bands. What do you think are their best songs?

I will warn you now... How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is a truly dreadful album with no U2 classics on it (each U2 album usually has at least one classic track). Rattle and Hum isn't bad, it's just bloated and boring. All That You Can't Leave Behind is a decent album but is a bit straightforward for my liking. And as for No Line on the Horizon... It's a bit of a mixed bag. Some of their best, some of their worst. I still can't decide how to feel about the album as a whole, three years after first hearing it. It was a strange album to start with, that's for sure.

I actually like Vertigo and Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own :phu:

But those are the only songs I know from HTDAAB at the moment.

I can't really decide on best songs at the moment, there are just too many good ones, and I haven't heard them all yet :laugh3: A couple of my all-time favourites though are New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride and Where the Streets Have No Name :)

I like Vertigo but the original version, Native Son, is much better. Sometimes is okay, but City of Blinding Lights and Original of the Species are better imo. Miracle Drug and Love and Peace or Else are ok but beyond that I dislike the album.

 

Good song choices btw, seems like you've only heard their 80s albums so far though. My favourite 80s songs are Running to Stand Still, The Unforgettable Fire, New Year's Day, With or Without You and An Cat Dubh.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_WDG8iLT1o]U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - YouTube[/ame]

I will warn you now... How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is a truly dreadful album with no U2 classics on it (each U2 album usually has at least one classic track). Rattle and Hum isn't bad, it's just bloated and boring. All That You Can't Leave Behind is a decent album but is a bit straightforward for my liking. And as for No Line on the Horizon... It's a bit of a mixed bag. Some of their best, some of their worst. I still can't decide how to feel about the album as a whole, three years after first hearing it. It was a strange album to start with, that's for sure.

 

HTDAAB is not a dreadful album. For me it certainly contains two of their best ever songs. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own and especially City of Blinding Lights are classics amongst a lot of fans. City of Blinding Lights is just vintage U2 that stems from the very quality of their Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree era. It is a wonderful song.

 

Vertigo as a smash hit was brilliant when it was released in 2004 and even though my opinion of the song has cooled a lot since that year I still can't deny that it will get most people energised. It's far from a great album (A Man and A Woman, One Step Closer are poor efforts particularly) but it's an album that will have enough to hold the attention of newcomers to U2.

The funny thing with Miracle Drug is that for about 6 years after I bought the album I didn't realise it was The Edge singing the 'Beneath the noise' part.

 

I honestly did not know that, either. Bono and Edge's voices can often sound eerily similar.

 

I also didn't know the story behind "Miracle Drug", either. That's pretty freaking inspirational.

 

I don't mind How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. I've already talked about how "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" means a lot to me, and "Vertigo" is just goofy fun (it seems people don't like it when U2 does goofy fun songs. "Vertigo", "Elevation", "Get On Your Boots"...sure they're not poetry or anything lyrically, but let the band have some fun for a few minutes. People criticize them all the time for being so serious and then get mad when they decide not to be). And I happen to like "A Man and a Woman" and "One Step Closer"-like the lyrics of the former and the quiet, haunting nature of the latter. Is it their best album? No. Is it my favorite album? No. But I like it. I can always find something to like about my favorite bands' works, though, so maybe I'm not the best person to come to for a true critque :p.

 

Glad you're enjoying what you're hearing so far, Fitz, and I do agree that "MLK" flows nicely into "Streets". I like people's lists of favorite '80s songs. Some of mine would be...gosh, let's see here: "Tomorrow", "I Will Follow", "New Year's Day", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "40" (LOVE "40"), "A Sort of Homecoming", "With or Without You", "Hawkmoon 269", "Angel of Harlem", "The Unforgettable Fire"...

 

U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - YouTube[/url]

 

That is truly a kickass song. One of my favorites from the band.

My dad went to a nightclub with U2 in 1984

I think better examples of 'fun' U2 songs would be Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, Even Better Than the Real Thing, Last Night on Earth, Mysterious Ways and so on... Get on Your Boots, Stand Up Comedy and Elevation aren't particularly good songs imo. I loathe Get on Your Boots in particular. I do like Vertigo, I just think the original version, Native Son, is better.

Calling HTDAAB "a truly dreadful album" is a bit too extreme considering that it has won 8 Grammys, including Album of the Year.

That doesn't have to mean a thing, it won't make you like it, but surely the academy didn't go mad to give all those awards to a truly dreadful album.

 

It is bad to poison the mind of the young padawan. It needs to stay open and without prejudice. Do not listen to him Fitz, it's a good album. :nod:

I mean, it's at least as good as ATYCLB. And I agree that NLOTH is a mixed bag, but there are some amazing songs on it.

 

Songs like Elevation, Vertigo and Get On Your Boots made me think that U2 are douchebags.

Like, they established a pattern and they're repeating it with every album. Now I think that those songs have silly lyrics but are pretty good sonically.

And I knew (some of) the classics but I didn't feel the urge to get into U2 any further. Foolish Nikola. :shame:

Just finished listening to Rattle And Hum, boy that album sure is long :surprised:

And now Achtung... :charming:

To be honest, that album seemed too cold and "mechanical" to me at first (apart from One and Love Is Blindness).

It was designed to "cut down The Joshua Tree". Complete reinvention.

Calling HTDAAB "a truly dreadful album" is a bit too extreme considering that it has won 8 Grammys, including Album of the Year.

That doesn't have to mean a thing, it won't make you like it, but surely the academy didn't go mad to give all those awards to a truly dreadful album.

 

It is bad to poison the mind of the young padawan. It needs to stay open and without prejudice. Do not listen to him Fitz, it's a good album. :nod:

I mean, it's at least as good as ATYCLB. And I agree that NLOTH is a mixed bag, but there are some amazing songs on it.

 

Songs like Elevation, Vertigo and Get On Your Boots made me think that U2 are douchebags.

Like, they established a pattern and they're repeating it with every album. Now I think that those songs have silly lyrics but are pretty good sonically.

And I knew (some of) the classics but I didn't feel the urge to get into U2 any further. Foolish Nikola. :shame:

 

Awards mean nothing to me, I genuinely think Bomb is a terrible album with very few good songs. All That You Can't Leave Behind is okay, but it's worse than every U2 album that came before (apart from Rattle and Hum, which is my second least favourite U2 album). No Line on the Horizon is the only album I'd remotely recommend post-Pop.

My dad went to a nightclub with U2 in 1984

 

Now that is cool. 1984? That's getting to when they were becoming recognised elsewhere out of the UK and Ireland. I know of someone who saw U2 when they performed in pubs and clubs pre Boy around Dublin. I was stunned. I also know someone who saw The Beatles at the Cavern Club in Liverpool way back then.

How about a U2 tune on Miami Vice?

 

Here's U2's Wire on TV...pretty cool...one thing that I loved mostly about this show was that it played real music!

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BlsDVkD3Hc&context=C4aaff7cADvjVQa1PpcFMdl7qY9GcxjGZrLMZ7ochus73pHixAVnw=]U2 Wire Miami Vice - YouTube[/ame]

Exactly.

 

Bono loves all women. If he could kiss them all, I think he would. But his wife, Ali, is not the jealous type at all. She knows he's flirty with the women folk, but she knows she's the only woman in the world that gets him in bed...and that is pretty satisfying. Shoot, I'd probably feel the same way if I were her too! Besides, Bono loves Ali very much. And over there in Europe, it's custom to kiss the girls...right? But yes, he has kissed famous women and fans on the lips for years...it's nothing. Ali knows who the real woman is in Bono's life...and so does Bono.

 

Well everyone does his character, but me is a slap or a blow if I saw that kissed the fans or go with another. even if it's false for a show or play falsely.

I just bought The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby CDs today :awesome:

I wanted to have one U2 album from the 80s, one from the 90s and one from the 00s, and those are my favourite two albums so far :nice: My dad has ATYCLB, so I guess that's the 00s album sorted (assuming that I will like that album ;))

I just bought The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby CDs today :awesome:

I wanted to have one U2 album from the 80s, one from the 90s and one from the 00s, and those are my favourite two albums so far :nice: My dad has ATYCLB, so I guess that's the 00s album sorted (assuming that I will like that album ;))

 

Those albums just get better and better and better every time you listen to them!

Did not know U2 had music on "Miami Vice". I was too little when that show was on to pay any attention :p. That's pretty cool.

 

I just bought The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby CDs today :awesome:

I wanted to have one U2 album from the 80s, one from the 90s and one from the 00s, and those are my favourite two albums so far :nice: My dad has ATYCLB, so I guess that's the 00s album sorted (assuming that I will like that album ;))

 

Nice! Fine choices :).

 

I like ATYCLB (get used to typing song/album titles like that-U2 has a weird thing about long titles :lol:). I think the first half is generally stronger than the second half, but overall it's good stuff in general.

 

Rattle & Hum is kind of a long album, yeah. Very haphazard and strange. But I like it anyway.

Ooooooooh, Zoo Station... I don't know why but I find that song really cool and catchy :)

Ooooooooh, Zoo Station... I don't know why but I find that song really cool and catchy :)

 

Incredible opener to an incredible album and an incredible tour as well!

 

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMneYa8gJBY]U2 - Intro-Zoo Station (ZooTv) - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vVZ0z6yV8]U2 - Soon (HD) - YouTube[/ame]

 

OMFG!

 

I cannot wait to hear Songs of Ascent! Hopefully soon (pun intended).

Edge gives a 2012 release date a 50/50 chance.

BTW I watched PopMart and I didn't like it as much as ZOO TV. The stage was interesting but Bono was being too much of a dick. :D

I mean, they were all playing these characters, criticizing Wall Mart, McDonalds etc. but it's all too much. ZOO TV and MacPhisto were perfect.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Sb6C-rSRY]U2 - Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Car (Live ZOO TV at Sydney) - YouTube[/ame]

 

I like this song a lot. There are at least 3 different interpretations of the lyrics:

• Daddy is the father of a spoiled brat, or a suga daddy
  
• Daddy is God and the crashed car is you
  
• Daddy is West Germany and the crashed car is East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  

And I like Lemon now! Weird lyrics there too.

 

PS But, for instance, I liked these performances from PopMart:

 

http://youtu.be/Nq2gLQBjlnY

http://youtu.be/jo4P2pDWVo4

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0adFYuNuns]U2 - Electrical Storm - YouTube[/ame]