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Yep. It’s generational / timeframe based to a degree. Like Nintendo vs today’s gaming. Or early Star Wars (4-6) vs middle (1-3) or later (7-9) Star Wars. Innate preferences matter, but so does age of exposure. My son doesn’t really like early Star Wars because “the CGI sucks.”
Great song. Big fan. Sounds somewhere between most of Boy……and Gloria. U2’s version of an early Springsteen song? Who knows, I’m sleep deprived but listened to this and felt energized.
I had a friend my age that had never seen any of the Star Wars movies. He wasn't a big movie guy and then we watched them all. He hated the original series. Thought they were cheesy, he had no attachment to the characters, and they looked like they were one step above a college film in terms of production value. He didn't like them at all and he almost refused to watch more. But then he LOVED the newer ones. Of course, my opinion is 180 degrees the opposite. I remember going to Star Wars when it first came out. There were no movie complexes then. It was basically a stand alone single theater and people lined up around the block to get in and you were lucky to get a ticket. The only way to get a ticket was to wait in line. People would leave the theater and jump back in line to watch it again. The world was a different place back then and people took to that movie like it was one of their kids. But to someone that didn't live it, it's just a run of the mill movie. My kids all ask the same thing . . . why do you like that movie so much, it's lame.
Yep....then you must have also rec'd the email from U2.com:I think Achtung Baby is a great title. I am also excited that U2 have just released it on a double vinyl colored LP.11 hours ago, Nemesis said:
U2 considered several other titles for the album, including:
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- Man (in contrast to the group's debut, Boy)
- 69
- Zoo Station
- Adam.....................which would have been paired w the nude photo of Clayton.
- Fear of Women
- Cruise Down Main Street (a reference to the Rolling Stones' record Exile on Main St. & the cruise missiles launched on Baghdad during the Gulf War.
Most of the proposed titles were rejected out of the belief that people would see them as pretentious & "another Big Statement fr U2"
The "way-hey-hey, baby hang on" stuff is dumb, and Bono loses control of his voice a few times, but I like the rest of it.
Love this. I don't see the "unfinished, unpolished" angle at all. The piano work is the best part.
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Great tune. I recall listing this as one of their "really good songs" when talking about the band to friends as kids are wont to do, probably in the 1983-1984 timeframe. The piano part isn't particularly complicated, but it shows a nice depth.
I’ve probably listened to this song 10 times today…..including multiple listens to a live version we have on a bootleg from way back. Both versions are good, but I love the live version so much. Even more raw, energetic, Bono making up new lyrics on the spot, etc. This is a great song. It really belonged on Boy, but that’s ok. How did I overlook this song? Man. This is why the rankings/countdown have been so awesome. I love to revisit all these songs AND get exposed to stuff I’ve glossed over. Thanks @John Maddens Lunchbox
No, thanks to you guys. Im learning a ton doing this and its a great way to basically force you out of established comfort zones and hopefully appreciate things more.
Yeah, I ranked it too high (in the low hundred range). I would not even say it was a good idea. Not really singing, not much of a song, and Bono falsetto makes it somewhat tepid. But it got a higher score from me out of familiarity. Even with all that, it is kind of catchy.
Sounds like a song I would rank highly. Checks list. Status confirmed as top ranked. The intro is a little bland, but the main song has a driving bass and drum beat. It’s also not a song that’s been played to death. Another high energy song that sounds like it should have been on TUF and not a leftover. The lyrics don’t make a ton of sense, but in this case I like the music so that takes top billing.
Would love to hear more about the 197 ranking. Personally, I love this song. Mrs APK already knew the song when the B-Sides album came out (because she’s been a U2 groupie for a long time), but it was unfamiliar to me. Instantly loved it the first time I heard it. The best of the whole band coming together. Soaring. Emotive. Uplifting.
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I couldn't find any background on the song.......but I do agree w both of you. It does seem like this was a jam song & the lyrics were never really fleshed out or finished as the words "This Love" are repeated 16 times & the words "Sunshine, Sunshine on Me" appear 5 times.
From what I found, the song was originally entitled Spirits of the Rising Sun and then later African Sun. From an old notebook from TUF sessions, the song was listed as "filler." It's unclear if they ever intended to release it as is, had other plans for it, or if this would be considered a work in progress or an unfinished song. It was generally agreed that the song didn't fit with the rest of the album (although I disagree).
I never minded the song but the nasty feet getting rubbed all over the Edge's face in the video still gives me nightmares like 25 years later.
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Thanks....I did read an unofficial comment that "The Three Sunrises" could have been a biblical meaning "And on the third day, he rose from the Dead". But none of the lyrics really point you in that direction.
I've been a B-sides hater much of this countdown, but I have Three Sunrises at my #41. It's really good. I think Wide Awake in America was the first time I delved into getting a B-sides or whatever from an artist. I thought it was the #### at the time like I was in some club because I bought a stupid cassette. Ah the teen years.
"A remix of "Numb" appeared in the 1995 movie Showgirls."
Wrong. I think its about 46 spots too low to be exact.
Yes to the last bit. In preparation for listing it. I’ve been whistling and humming the electronic instrumental break for days. I actually love the Bono falsetto, here and on Lemon.
Admit it, you love Numb. Such passion for a track.
As a foot fetishist, its just another reason to be all in. Not the Tarantino dirty foot thing, yuck. A nice clean well proportioned foot....the things ive done lol. Finding a woman who gets off on your kink, now thats heaven.
Elizabeth Berkley is worth every second of sitting through the “dialog”.
My wife literally hates music. If Im playing something, all i hear is “Turn it down”. I’m the one who told the children to turn it up when they put music on, anything. Music should be loud. She insisted on coming to a U2 concert, a) to spoil me enjoying something and b) to spoil me enjoying something.
I'm jealous. My current wife is not a fan. As in when U2 comes on, she turns it off. I don't mean she puts on something else, I mean she turns the music off and says she doesn't want to listen to that noise. She would rather sit in silence on a road trip than have a U2 song come up. I'm not sure she could even name 3 U2 songs. Can be rest assured she doesn't like any of their songs. I think she thinks Bono is full of himself and she doesn't agree on his views on a lot of things. Maybe Bono kicked her dog for no reason when she was a child,
I sort of agree, but it has added a flavor to the countdown. Ultimately the quality isn’t there, despite 3 or 4 B Sides still to come. I mean if we include the No Line on the Horizon album we have to include songs better than it, dont we?
I can relate on that Interpol comment, though I can't picture many women liking Interpol.
I’m actually fine with the first comment. Rattle & Hum is a good album. I like a lot of the songs — but I don’t LOVE that many.John Maddens Lunchbox said:
Doesn't fit the vibe of UF but is a better song than at least half its tracks. I always got a strong '60s vibe from this one. Got a lot of radio play, at least on the Philly FM rock stations, after it was released on the Wide Awake in America EP.
It's very un-U2 but it's executed really well. I always found it pretty fun. Can't fathom why someone would put it at 211.
I rate Songs of Innocence much higher than Experience. The only remaining Innocence song left I have rated 7th or 8th on the album just inside my top 100. My taste is a bit askew from everyone else. 2 of the top 3 Experience songs I rate high, but the other is mediocre imho.
Always had a love/hate relationship with Rattle and Hum, but Silver and Gold certainly fell in the love column. The song flat out rocks.
The live version, which is presumably the best-known since it's on Rattle and Hum, is fire. It's one of those songs I would anticipate when it was getting close in the running order. Maybe a top 20 song for me because of that.
My friend and I always called this "Ultraviolet (Light My Other Way)" -- strong resemblance between this one and that one. Just being strong enough to make Achtung on its own merits says a lot. But I'm OK with it being sacrificed so The Fly, Ultraviolet and Zoo Station could live.
