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MrMagpie · 24-02-2009, 06:27 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by BostonSportsTD;2845690
just finished listening to the new album for the first time. i REALLYY like it. on first listen my favorites were 'i'll go crazy...' and 'white as snow'. i'm excited to listen to it more...

I caved. And I love it.

Malcolm-Edge · 24-02-2009, 07:29 AM

Im going to come out and say this now. I liked Viva La Vida better, still do.

footyfan10 · 24-02-2009, 03:50 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcolm-Edge;2845931
Im going to come out and say this now. I liked Viva La Vida better, still do.

I guess I always had thought U2 had the upperhand in my mind as my favorite current band.

I can say quite honestly that I'm with you here. I'm pretty disappointed by this album.

There are sparks of genius, but when I think about the album as a WHOLE...I just get depressed. There are SO many songs that I can barely stand. U2's old albums could grow on me - Achtung was originally hell to me, but now its one of my favorites.

This album doesn't seem that way though. I know what I like and what I don't rather clearly. Nothing can be worse than that on an album. Viva la Vida it took months for me to come to a pretty solid determinate of what were my favorites.

There has to be that battle. There is NO battle on this album. And even though I'm into mainstream music, I'm not that kind of only-like-the-singles/only-like-catchy-songs fan. I like so many of U2's songs that no one gives a shit about. It's so depressing that this album didn't get it done for me. I like some of the ideas in Bono's lyrics, but a lot of the music is boring.

footyfan10 · 24-02-2009, 04:26 PM

As a follow-up:

I suppose the reasons I had high expectations were because all the reviews by people who had previously thought highly of U2 were speaking highly of it. As a fan, I'd expect to agree more with fans than with people who usually dislike U2's albums.

I don't know...there is something tired about this album. It's almost manufactured energy. U2 is all about the energy and passion. When it doesn't seem real I suppose it doesn't work as well for me.

It's also that when the music is really working for me the singing doesn't get it done and vice versa.

Moment of Surrender is one of the only songs where one triumphs over the other so that you almost forget. Magnificent almost does it in the opposite spectrum, but Bono's lyrics aren't so poor that they really hurt the great tune. Unknown Caller...damn those robot voices.

Does no one think that we aren't so much seeing Get On Your Boots grow on us, as we are adjusting how good we think this album is and hence...liking a song we may have thought poorly of before because the rest of the album really isn't that great.

MrMagpie · 24-02-2009, 04:36 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcolm-Edge;2845931
Im going to come out and say this now. I liked Viva La Vida better, still do.

After a first listen I like NLOTH much better.

Tnspieler1012 · 24-02-2009, 04:39 PM

I strongly disagree with that. Everyone keeps saying that in the context of the album, GOYB's isn't as bad as originally thought, when I feel that it only confirms how inferior it is to all the other tracks. At the moment I much prefer NLOTH to VLV. VLV didn't feel like a real album and it was far too impatient. In this album I feel U2 succeeded in doing all the things Coldplay had failed to do in VLV.

MrMagpie · 24-02-2009, 04:39 PM

And also I love how they have a Christmas song on this album (White As Snow)....I mean look at the name, and listen to it. It is definitely an alternative take on O Come O Come Emmanuel.

Black Dog · 24-02-2009, 05:31 PM

VLV is just so much more full of...life. Or something. NLOTH is a solid rock album with strong guitar. But Coldplay makes me happier!

MrMagpie · 24-02-2009, 06:52 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by DreamOutLoud;2845486
WATCH THIS ... AND BREATHEEEEEEEEEEE....

YouTube - U2 Breathe (extrait du nouvel album)

THIS IS SO FULL OF AWESOMENESS .. FIRST TIME PLAYED LIVE!

I love when buddy gets up on the stage and Bono sort of guides him off the stage haha.

Tnspieler1012 · 24-02-2009, 06:58 PM

lol, it looked like Bono was hoping to dance with him, before realizing the guy wasn't a beautiful woman.

Osaka Sun · 24-02-2009, 10:58 PM

Breathe sounds simply amazing live. Even more striking is GOYB live. Listen to it played at the 2009 Brit awards:

YouTube - U2 - Get On Your Boots - Live at The Brit Awards 2009

Love that intro, where Bono yells "the future needs a big kiss;" then an excerpt of the British national anthem is sung and The Edge quickly goes into full force with his tele. And the whole 60s-esque James Bond background (which I first hated when waching GOYB's music video) is executed very well. It makes an underperforming first single just a bit sexier.

Oh yeah, my opinion on the album has changed a little...I like Moment of Surrender more in comparison to what I posted about it in my original review, but I'm still annoyed of the late-placed guitar solo. Anyone else agree?

bjaiken · 25-02-2009, 12:10 AM

I think a lot of songs on NLOTH will be great live. I can't wait to see more clips and, even more, I can't wait for the tour.

MrMagpie · 25-02-2009, 12:33 AM

Yup. I think I have to be a tour virgin this tour.
With the Vertigo Tour I was following all the shows, setlists, vids, pics, etc.
I want to be surprised this tour.

Tnspieler1012 · 25-02-2009, 02:09 AM

I know we're on the dawn of the new album's official release, but today I've been preoccupied with "October" of all albums. The title track is just haunting. I'm also amazed that unforgettable fire was released only a year after War! They sound COMPLETELY different, Bono's voice in particular.

Stargirl · 25-02-2009, 02:11 AM

My fave song would be 'Vertigo'
It never gets old
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24-02-2009, 06:27 AM	#3826
MrMagpie Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 26,887 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by BostonSportsTD;2845690 just finished listening to the new album for the first time. i REALLYY like it. on first listen my favorites were 'i'll go crazy...' and 'white as snow'. i'm excited to listen to it more... I caved. And I love it.

24-02-2009, 07:29 AM	#3827
Malcolm-Edge Green Light, 7/11 Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 842 My Mood: Location: Vancouver B.C. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Im going to come out and say this now. I liked Viva La Vida better, still do. __________________ Concerts May 28/07 - The Police March 30/08 - Foo Fighters July 27/08 - Coldplay, Jay-Z - Pemberton Festival! June 20+21/09 - Coldplay w/ Snow Patrol - Live 2009? September 25/09 - Pearl Jam w/ Ben Harper October 14/09 - Rob Thomas October 28/09 - U2 April 1/10 - John Mayer September 25/11 - Pearl Jam!

24-02-2009, 03:50 PM	#3828
footyfan10 The Scientist Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 800 Location: Washington, DC Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Malcolm-Edge;2845931 Im going to come out and say this now. I liked Viva La Vida better, still do. I guess I always had thought U2 had the upperhand in my mind as my favorite current band. I can say quite honestly that I'm with you here. I'm pretty disappointed by this album. There are sparks of genius, but when I think about the album as a WHOLE...I just get depressed. There are SO many songs that I can barely stand. U2's old albums could grow on me - Achtung was originally hell to me, but now its one of my favorites. This album doesn't seem that way though. I know what I like and what I don't rather clearly. Nothing can be worse than that on an album. Viva la Vida it took months for me to come to a pretty solid determinate of what were my favorites. There has to be that battle. There is NO battle on this album. And even though I'm into mainstream music, I'm not that kind of only-like-the-singles/only-like-catchy-songs fan. I like so many of U2's songs that no one gives a shit about. It's so depressing that this album didn't get it done for me. I like some of the ideas in Bono's lyrics, but a lot of the music is boring. __________________ swoop down from the sky and catch me like a bird of prey

24-02-2009, 04:26 PM	#3829
footyfan10 The Scientist Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 800 Location: Washington, DC Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	As a follow-up: I suppose the reasons I had high expectations were because all the reviews by people who had previously thought highly of U2 were speaking highly of it. As a fan, I'd expect to agree more with fans than with people who usually dislike U2's albums. I don't know...there is something tired about this album. It's almost manufactured energy. U2 is all about the energy and passion. When it doesn't seem real I suppose it doesn't work as well for me. It's also that when the music is really working for me the singing doesn't get it done and vice versa. Moment of Surrender is one of the only songs where one triumphs over the other so that you almost forget. Magnificent almost does it in the opposite spectrum, but Bono's lyrics aren't so poor that they really hurt the great tune. Unknown Caller...damn those robot voices. Does no one think that we aren't so much seeing Get On Your Boots grow on us, as we are adjusting how good we think this album is and hence...liking a song we may have thought poorly of before because the rest of the album really isn't that great. __________________ swoop down from the sky and catch me like a bird of prey

24-02-2009, 04:36 PM	#3830
MrMagpie Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 26,887 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Malcolm-Edge;2845931 Im going to come out and say this now. I liked Viva La Vida better, still do. After a first listen I like NLOTH much better.

24-02-2009, 04:39 PM	#3831
Tnspieler1012 Come On, Let's Go Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12,250 My Mood: Location: Prague, Czech Republic Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 61 Thanked 132 Times in 81 Posts	I strongly disagree with that. Everyone keeps saying that in the context of the album, GOYB's isn't as bad as originally thought, when I feel that it only confirms how inferior it is to all the other tracks. At the moment I much prefer NLOTH to VLV. VLV didn't feel like a real album and it was far too impatient. In this album I feel U2 succeeded in doing all the things Coldplay had failed to do in VLV. __________________ "So I wanna live in a wooden house, where making more friends would be easy, I wanna live where the sun comes out..." Quote: Originally Posted by Karencorpse;4818717 Tnspieler1012 seams like a very interesting guy who has lots of interesting things to talk about and great things to do with her. Quote: Originally Posted by eff-exx;5237716 You're like the ultimate post-rocker in this forum. Quote: Originally Posted by Til_Kingdom_Come;5509315 Ha Ha!!! I guess you suck at geography as well as Rock music!!

24-02-2009, 04:39 PM	#3832
MrMagpie Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 26,887 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	And also I love how they have a Christmas song on this album (White As Snow)....I mean look at the name, and listen to it. It is definitely an alternative take on O Come O Come Emmanuel.

24-02-2009, 05:31 PM	#3833
Black Dog Live From Michigan! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 23,859 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 18 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	VLV is just so much more full of...life. Or something. NLOTH is a solid rock album with strong guitar. But Coldplay makes me happier! __________________

24-02-2009, 06:52 PM	#3834
MrMagpie Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 26,887 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by DreamOutLoud;2845486 WATCH THIS ... AND BREATHEEEEEEEEEEE.... YouTube - U2 Breathe (extrait du nouvel album) THIS IS SO FULL OF AWESOMENESS .. FIRST TIME PLAYED LIVE! I love when buddy gets up on the stage and Bono sort of guides him off the stage haha.

24-02-2009, 06:58 PM	#3835
Tnspieler1012 Come On, Let's Go Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12,250 My Mood: Location: Prague, Czech Republic Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 61 Thanked 132 Times in 81 Posts	lol, it looked like Bono was hoping to dance with him, before realizing the guy wasn't a beautiful woman. __________________ "So I wanna live in a wooden house, where making more friends would be easy, I wanna live where the sun comes out..." Quote: Originally Posted by Karencorpse;4818717 Tnspieler1012 seams like a very interesting guy who has lots of interesting things to talk about and great things to do with her. Quote: Originally Posted by eff-exx;5237716 You're like the ultimate post-rocker in this forum. Quote: Originally Posted by Til_Kingdom_Come;5509315 Ha Ha!!! I guess you suck at geography as well as Rock music!!

25-02-2009, 12:10 AM	#3837
bjaiken Stay Classy Coldplaying Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,600 Location: Southern California Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think a lot of songs on NLOTH will be great live. I can't wait to see more clips and, even more, I can't wait for the tour. __________________ I'm kind of a BIG DEAL

25-02-2009, 12:33 AM	#3838
MrMagpie Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 26,887 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Yup. I think I have to be a tour virgin this tour. With the Vertigo Tour I was following all the shows, setlists, vids, pics, etc. I want to be surprised this tour.

25-02-2009, 02:09 AM	#3839
Tnspieler1012 Come On, Let's Go Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12,250 My Mood: Location: Prague, Czech Republic Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 61 Thanked 132 Times in 81 Posts	I know we're on the dawn of the new album's official release, but today I've been preoccupied with "October" of all albums. The title track is just haunting. I'm also amazed that unforgettable fire was released only a year after War! They sound COMPLETELY different, Bono's voice in particular. __________________ "So I wanna live in a wooden house, where making more friends would be easy, I wanna live where the sun comes out..." Quote: Originally Posted by Karencorpse;4818717 Tnspieler1012 seams like a very interesting guy who has lots of interesting things to talk about and great things to do with her. Quote: Originally Posted by eff-exx;5237716 You're like the ultimate post-rocker in this forum. Quote: Originally Posted by Til_Kingdom_Come;5509315 Ha Ha!!! I guess you suck at geography as well as Rock music!!

25-02-2009, 02:11 AM	#3840
Stargirl Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 7,876 My Mood: Location: Nowhere Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My fave song would be 'Vertigo' It never gets old _______________ MAKE TRADE FAIR

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