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Post subject: Re: Where The Streets Have No Name / The U2 Thread
Posted: Thu February 20, 2014 12:39 am
Commissioner
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I probably didn't word my Stuck criticism well enough. The best U2 songs contain what actually amount to pretty subtle musical shifts. They're far more about texture and rhythm and implied chord changes than an actual concrete structure. Stuck is a departure in that the production seems to dumb things down to the point of trying to hammer home every time there's a chord change. This would work with a subdued vocal performance, but Bono tries to take this song to the woodshed, which only works when he's not fighting against everyone else trying to take the music to the woodshed as well. It makes a song about consoling a friend who wants to take his own life sound like a war of enthusiasm.
Post subject: Re: Where The Streets Have No Name / The U2 Thread
Posted: Thu February 20, 2014 5:23 pm
tl;dr
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Can't resist a top 10.
Angel of Harlem Running to Stand Still Lemon Stay Until the End of the World A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel Miss Sarajevo A Sort of Homecoming The Playboy Mansion City of Blinding Lights
Post subject: Re: Where The Streets Have No Name / The U2 Thread
Posted: Thu February 20, 2014 6:16 pm
Future Drummer
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Gloria Sunday Bloody Sunday - Pop tour version, acoustic with Edge on vocals espcially, or R&H or Live at Slane Gone Bad Streets Stay Kite One - I think this is a top ten song of all time. Acrobat The First time
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Post subject: Re: Where The Streets Have No Name / The U2 Thread
Posted: Thu February 20, 2014 6:46 pm
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
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These are the eleven drawing me in recently.
The Unforgettable Fire Where the Streets Have No Names Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Red Hill Mining Town One the Fly Acrobat Love is Blindness Lemon Stay Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own
Post subject: Re: Where The Streets Have No Name / The U2 Thread
Posted: Thu February 20, 2014 8:29 pm
Fake NYC Setlist Relayer
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I'd really have a hard time just plucking 10 songs from JT, Achtung, and Zooropa alone. Achtung itself is nearly flawless in my opinion.
I'd also echo Bob Loblaw about some of those opening chords in concert, and add the intro to Even Better Than The Real Thing. I love how they draw that out in concert. Pretty amazing.
Post subject: Re: Where The Streets Have No Name / The U2 Thread
Posted: Thu February 20, 2014 9:19 pm
Mind Your Tanners
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In no particular order....
One Tree Hill With or Without You Love is Blindness Zooropa Zoo Station Bullet the Blue Sky Love is Blindness Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car Discothèque Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
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