U2 Experience + Innocence Tour Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales or Requests

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 11-12-2017 4:05pm

Doesn't like Sonny does Wooderson

Wooderson · 11-12-2017 4:21pm

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I love Phil Collins. Have you seen his sales figures? Sheesh. Phil's up there with the big boys. And you shouldnt sleep on that Brother Bear soundtrack either. Its as good as - if not better than - the Joshua Tree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD4PXEw8hxM

Wooderson · 11-12-2017 4:25pm

That video is missing Louis Walshe however. Now before you start, I KNOW (know!) that LMJ isnt in the video. But thats not important right now. What is important is that Louis Walshe wasnt there that night. That wouldve made the video dissing Phil the BEST diss video ever. Specially if they had Louis Walsh pulling pints. Dunno if youve seen him pull pints, but trust me on this one. Louis Walshe pulls the BEST pint in Ireland, and thus mes amis, the world.

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 11-12-2017 4:58pm

Feels like I'm having a conversation with Patrick Bateman

Seve OB · 11-12-2017 5:17pm

Maybe they were just at the Popmart and stole the trolley

Wooderson · 11-12-2017 5:23pm

Missed opportunity to film that in Bahnhof Zoo from the lads.

Wooderson · 11-12-2017 5:48pm

I hate the National.

thegreengoblin · 11-12-2017 6:32pm

Sonny678 wrote: »

Your right book of your heart should have been on the album as it is stronger then some of the tracks on the album. Book of your heart has that The Cure, Echo and the Bunny men feel to it, mid 1980s indie rock.

U2 have always done this. U2 and many great bands do this all the time. Leave some of their best songs of albums and instead the songs would have been placed as b sides on singles. Book of your Heart would have been kept as b side on a single in the past. But U2 r not really a sucessful singles band anymore.

They have left many great tracks like Book before of their albums. Like The Beatles ( Rain ) The Jam ( liza Radley ) and Oasis ( Master plan, Rockin Chair) U2 are one of those bands that produce great B sides. The Smiths are another band who produced great B sides eg Asleep, Rubber Ring. Other great U2 B sides eg Luminous Tree and Lady with the Spinning head . Both should have been on albums. But that what's make them a great band. Another band would have released Asleep as a single. The Smiths put it on a b side.

U2 greatest b side is love comes Tumbling Down. Which could be one U2 best songs ever. Other class U2 b sides are Hallelujah Here she comes, Walk to the Water, A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel and Blow your House Down. The second greatest B side ever is Rain by the Beatles. To this day it is pop guitar perfection. And Ringo sounds amazing on this song. The greatest b side ever has to I am the Walrus. Now that is a tune and a half. Other classic b sides would be The Beatles Revolution. And The Rolling Stones best b side was You cannot always get what you want which was the b side to the inferior Honky Tonk Woman . Three of my personal favs would be Gloria B Side from Vans first band Them ( It originally was a b side). And Ian Dury and The Blockhead b side to Hit me with your Rhythm stick the rather excellent There ain't half been some Clever Bastards. Oasis Fade Away b side to Cigarettes and Alcohol was great fun also.

In summary bands who have produced great b sides would have been U2 The Beatles The Jam The Smiths Oasis and also Pearl Jam have a few tasty b sides also. Radiohead also have some great b sides with the songs Fog and Talk show Host and Prince also has some great b sides eg 17 Days, Irresistible Bitch.

I know you meant Luminous Times! And that to me is one of U2's greatest songs, never mind their best B side. Only I can actually see why they didn't put it on the Joshua Tree. I don't think it would have been a natural fit. It's just out there on its own, bouncing around on the waves. This is what U2 were always so brilliant at. They painted these great images with their music. Soundscapes, if you will.

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 11-12-2017 6:52pm

thegreengoblin wrote: »

I know you meant Luminous Times! And that to me is one of U2's greatest songs, never mind their best B side. Only I can actually see why they didn't put it on the Joshua Tree. I don't think it would have been a natural fit. It's just out there on its own, bouncing around on the waves. This is what U2 were always so brilliant at. They painted these great images with their music. Soundscapes, if you will.

Sequencing an album is an art in itself.. Maybe that's why Book Of Your Heart is left off the latest? Disrupts the flow or something?

I don't know

Sonny678 · 11-12-2017 7:41pm

Tomas White Suspect wrote:

Sequencing an album is an art in itself.. Maybe that's why Book Of Your Heart is left off the latest? Disrupts the flow or something?

Tomas White Suspect wrote:

I don't know

That is true. Sequencing is important. U2 loading the Joshua Tree and All that you cannot leave behind with the singles at the start was masterstroke. I mean is their better opening to an album then the Joshua Tree.
Yep Luminous Times is excellent. But Bands like U2 and The Jam have always kept great songs as b sides. But personally I think you could have fitted Luminous Times Walk to the Water and even maybe The Sweetest Thing at the end of Joshua Tree. The Joshua Tree is very strong throughout with Bullet Running to a stand still In God's Country One Tree Hill and the brillant Trip through your Wires. But I think the last two songs are kind of filler. I know many wouldn't agree. Exit is a monster live. But I don't know on the album. And Mothers of the Disappeared has a great message but song wise I think it's weak. Luminous Times at the end would have been amazing. But I don't know if many will agree.

The Beatles if they put Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields on Segerat Pepper it would put that classic album on an even higher level. When I listen to Segerat Pepper I always put both songs on the album. And if the beach Boys placed Good Vibrations on Pet Sounds instead of Sloop John or whatever that song is called. It would have made Pet Sounds even more perfect.

Chivito550 · 11-12-2017 8:05pm

U2 top of the US Charts. Their 8th number 1 album.

https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/chart-beat/8062850/u2-songs-of-experience-billboard-200-chart

psychozeb · 11-12-2017 9:44pm

Still waiting on vinyl from U2 site,well gone beyond a joke now.

Sonny678 · 11-12-2017 9:57pm

Anyway I'm going to give up the music forum on boardsie. It's not really working out. It's taking up to much time and I think Im annoying to many people on the forum.
Apologies to anyone I did annoy it was definitely was not intentional. I do have tendency to ramble on a bit. But I am passionate about music . I must say I enjoyed talking to fellow U2 and music fans. Anyway take care and enjoy the Christmas. Peace.

Chivito550 · 11-12-2017 10:42pm

Sonny678 wrote: »

Anyway I'm going to give up the music forum on boardsie. It's not really working out. It's taking up to much time and I think Im annoying to many people on the forum.
Apologies to anyone I did annoy it was definitely was not intentional. I do have tendency to ramble on a bit. But I am passionate about music . I must say I enjoyed talking to fellow U2 and music fans. Anyway take care and enjoy the Christmas. Peace.

I enjoy your posts. Keep posting.

thegreengoblin · 11-12-2017 11:01pm

Sonny678 wrote: »

Anyway I'm going to give up the music forum on boardsie. It's not really working out. It's taking up to much time and I think Im annoying to many people on the forum.
Apologies to anyone I did annoy it was definitely was not intentional. I do have tendency to ramble on a bit. But I am passionate about music . I must say I enjoyed talking to fellow U2 and music fans. Anyway take care and enjoy the Christmas. Peace.

Ah you don't ramble at all! No one is forced to read your opinions or anyone else's. You'll want to come back when they release that top secret industrial/goth/blues/metal album they have hidden away.:pac:

innuendo141 · 12-12-2017 2:07pm

psychozeb wrote: »

Still waiting on vinyl from U2 site,well gone beyond a joke now.

Hopefully when the pre-sale comes we'll be happy

Edit: Mines at home waiting for me. Yay.

scruff monkey · 12-12-2017 2:53pm

psychozeb wrote: »

Still waiting on vinyl from U2 site,well gone beyond a joke now.

Which one? Was it the Joshua Tree Singles Vinyl Collection?

Ordered mine May 3rd and f**k all since on it.

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 12-12-2017 3:00pm

scruff monkey wrote: »

Which one? Was it the Joshua Tree Singles Vinyl Collection?

Ordered mine May 3rd and f**k all since on it.

Didn't even get a ****ing "Redeem" option!

scruff monkey · 12-12-2017 3:25pm

Tomas White Suspect wrote: »

Didn't even get a ****ing "Redeem" option!

Wouldn't worry too much, i did, used it and as above, didn't get a ****ing thing since

Redo91 · 12-12-2017 4:10pm

Ya I'm also waiting on the vinyl. Ordered it about a month ago at this stage.

innuendo141 · 12-12-2017 7:30pm

Just opened my SOE vinyl that I ordered from the U2 store and theres no download card in it, despite being on the hype sticker.

Im sure theyll just send me a link but... annoying.

Vinyl is lovely though!

psychozeb · 12-12-2017 10:10pm

innuendo141 wrote: »

Hopefully when the pre-sale comes we'll be happy

Edit: Mines at home waiting for me. Yay.

Won't be getting my hopes up for the pre sale after experience and innocence groups are finished. My SOE vinyl arrived today.

psychozeb · 12-12-2017 10:16pm

scruff monkey wrote: »

Which one? Was it the Joshua Tree Singles Vinyl Collection?

Ordered mine May 3rd and f**k all since on it.

They were due to be sent out this month,waiting on them also.

innuendo141 · 12-12-2017 10:38pm

psychozeb wrote: »

Won't be getting my hopes up for the pre sale after experience and innocence groups are finished. My SOE vinyl arrived today.

Did yours come with a download card?

psychozeb · 12-12-2017 10:48pm

innuendo141 wrote: »

Did yours come with a download card?

Yeah,voucher in mine in the back sleeve.It was fairly wedged in though and it is on a clingy type of paper.had a job getting it out.

scruff monkey · 13-12-2017 3:38am

innuendo141 wrote: »

Just opened my SOE vinyl that I ordered from the U2 store and theres no download card in it, despite being on the hype sticker.

i might be wrong here, but i think that means you're allowed to pirate the funk out of it.

innuendo141 · 13-12-2017 11:37am

scruff monkey wrote: »

i might be wrong here, but i think that means you're allowed to pirate the funk out of it.

I sent them a quick email just explaining I got no card (I saw a couple of other people on Twitter had the same issue)

They basically said "the card would be inside the sleeve"....

Where do they think I looked, the post box?!

psychozeb · 13-12-2017 12:33pm

innuendo141 wrote: »

I sent them a quick email just explaining I got no card (I saw a couple of other people on Twitter had the same issue)

They basically said "the card would be inside the sleeve"....

Where do they think I looked, the post box?!

If you don't get sorted you can have mine.

innuendo141 · 13-12-2017 12:34pm

psychozeb wrote: »

If you don't get sorted you can have mine.

Ah sound but I'm sure they'lll just send me a link! Thanks though.

sally cinnamon89 · 13-12-2017 1:17pm

A realistic look at this famous U2 band

https://www.rte.ie/amp/926887/?__twitter_impression=true

The Nal · 13-12-2017 1:29pm

All well said. Sums up my exact feelings. I'd feel like a right tit getting emotional at their current output, studio or live. Would be like getting all emotional leaving the Apple Store with a new phone.

It is an album of bluster, blandness and emptiness, a record which exists not because there is a desperate need for it to exist as an expression of four middle-aged men’s inner turmoil, confusion and angst, but because there was a gap in the last quarter of the financial year for it. Every U2 album from the last decade and a half has been a bust and Songs Of Experience continues this luckless, shoddy run.

johnpatrick81 · 13-12-2017 3:55pm

It’s like someone who breaks up with a person, and for the next 20 years comments on how old they are getting and how tired they are compared to that sexy 20 year old they fell in love with :pac:

Imagine there are other bands to be so strangely interested in considering you don’t like their output since 1997....

Wooderson · 13-12-2017 5:44pm

**Jimmy C not liking U2 shocker.**

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 13-12-2017 6:05pm

Well, I expected a more positive article....

Granted, he hates the band and has always bashed them but, yano...

I'm all for people liking and dislike music but, when the entire article basically says
"I wanna know every detail of their tax affairs"
"They're old"
"How dare they promote their album!"
"Why should we care they have music out?"
"How dare they put music on phones"
"Album is **** because it's not filled with songs about being angst and anger at being in your 50s"

I tend to switch off.

Kind of reminds of the bull**** critics used to say "Haha Quo and ACDC are ****e because they only ever play 3 chords"

Thanks for posting, The Nal.

innuendo141 · 14-12-2017 3:50pm

Songs of Experience has to be one of the more uplifting albums I've gotten in a while. It's a fantastic listen straight through really.

johnpatrick81 · 14-12-2017 4:19pm

I'm more and more impressed the better I get to know it. I really do think it might be their best since POP.

innuendo141 · 14-12-2017 4:21pm

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

I'm more and more impressed the better I get to know it. I really do think it might be their best since POP.

It's my favourite from start to finish since POP easily. SOI is a close second, but it's a complete package for me, and flows well and doesn't let up.

Hooks Golf Handicap · 14-12-2017 5:25pm

innuendo141 wrote: »

It's my favourite from start to finish since POP easily. SOI is a close second, but it's a complete package for me, and flows well and doesn't let up.

It's one of their most complete, that's for sure, hard to think of a track I'd skip.
Think Love is Bigger would have made a better lead off single though, U2 are there most anthemic.

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 14-12-2017 5:27pm

I pre ordered my CD for the pre sale code. Still hasn't arrived.

Was dispatched and all three weeks ago. Still have the vinyl though.

Still love that quiet part in RFD.

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 14-12-2017 6:18pm

On a side note, this was released on Spotify today..

Anyone who says or thinks U2 have lost it, I kindly point you to this and say you're wrong.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6if1ZC9VUv7G6cQpSTGiST?si=EQ61_RqJSOeFnErLBJyCtg

The Nal · 15-12-2017 10:29am

Tomas White Suspect wrote: »

On a side note, this was released on Spotify today..

Anyone who says or thinks U2 have lost it, I kindly point you to this and say you're wrong.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6if1ZC9VUv7G6cQpSTGiST?si=EQ61_RqJSOeFnErLBJyCtg

It sounds like Coldplay.

As for their cover of Marvin Gaye.....

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 15-12-2017 10:56am

The Nal wrote: »

It sounds like Coldplay.

As for their cover of Marvin Gaye.....

Re: The Little Things. As I said pal, you're wrong. Thanks for playing though

As for your tone of posting....

Wooderson · 15-12-2017 11:23am

U2 not a very zesty, earthy group of performers. They struggle with cover versions - always have done. Stick this on the "shouldnt have bothered their barney" pile.

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 15-12-2017 11:27am

Wooderson wrote: »

U2 not a very zesty, earthy group of performers. They struggle with cover versions - always have done. Stick this on the "shouldnt have bothered their barney" pile.

Do love their cover of Everlasting Love tbf. Think that's class

johnpatrick81 · 15-12-2017 11:50am

Gotta say that cover is muck :pac: I much prefer the album version of Little Things too. Seems a pointless release!

Wooderson · 15-12-2017 12:02pm

I liked Edge's "Radar Love". Thats about it.

/joke

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 15-12-2017 12:23pm

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

Gotta say that cover is muck :pac: I much prefer the album version of Little Things too. Seems a pointless release!

Prefer this over the album release tbh.

Still, a great song.

Seve OB · 15-12-2017 1:58pm

Tomas White Suspect wrote: »

Do love their cover of Everlasting Love tbf. Think that's class

class isn't the word. my fav cover they have ever done.

mind you they did a pretty good job on Satellite also.

And for the time of year that's in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDAyUJQ9r3A

q2xv9rjei4awgb · 15-12-2017 2:02pm

Seve OB wrote: »

class isn't the word. my fav cover they have ever done.

mind you they did a pretty good job on Satellite also.

And for the time of year that's in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDAyUJQ9r3A

Oh yeah, forgot Satellite. That was good.

I did like Paint It Black too. Purely because it was very different to the original

The Nal · 15-12-2017 2:08pm

Tomas White Suspect wrote: »

Re: The Little Things. As I said pal, you're wrong. Thanks for playing though

As for your tone of posting....

As for telling people their opinion is "wrong"....

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