Posted January 3, 200916 yr OK. So I bought the January edition of Q Magazine. Loads of reading about U2 (haven't read most of it yet :lol: ) But here is Q Magazine's summary of the new U2 album track by track (and I quote) :dance: First 3 tracks STAND UP Rousing, groove-based rocker with shades of Led Zeppelin and Cream. The Stand Up and Take Action Against Poverty movement inspired the title, though the lyric is more playful than that suggests. 'Be careful of small men with big ideas', warns Bono. MAGNIFICENT Slow-building anthem with the ambience of The Unforgettable Fire and laced with the wide-eyed wonder of U2's earlier albums. Edge here is at his most dynamic. Features the line 'Only love can reset your mind'. GET ON YOUR BOOTS Formerly titled Sexy Boots, this demented electro-grunge track employs a proto- rock n roll riff, but propelled into the future, before taking a sudden hip-hop twist midway through. Features Bono in flirtatious, self-deprecating mood: 'I don't wanna talk about wars between nations' Next 3 to follow
January 5, 200916 yr Author MOMENT OF SURRENDER Gorgeously melodic seven minute song that already has the air of the U2 classic about it, with lyrics about dark stars and existential crises: 'I did not notice the passers-by/And they did not notice me'. Recorded in one take. This album's One. UNKNOWN CALLER Opens with the sound of birdsong recorded live in Fez. A Middle-Eastern flavoured percussion loop drives this tale about a man 'at the end of his rope' whose phone bizarrely begins texting him random instructions 'Reboot yourself', 'Password, enter here', 'You're free to go'. NO LINE ON THE HORIZON Began life as a slow-paced Eno-esque ambient treatment, before being dramatically reworked in the Olympic sessions into an abrasive punk-rock tune akin to Vertigo, with its 'No! Line!' chorus chant. 'It's the Buzzcocks meets Bow Wow Wow', reckons Bono. :huh:
January 10, 200916 yr Author CRAZY TONIGHT Upbeat pop track with distinct echos of '60s era Phil Spector, particularly the moment when its chorus disappears into a wash of reverb. Centres around the line: ' I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight'. 'Which sounds like a T-Shirt slogan to me', notes the singer. EVERY BREAKING WAVE With or Without You style pulser that builds layers of guitars over electronically enhanced verses before opening up into an expansive drop chorus and then, ultimately, exploding into an ecstatic coda. Key line: ' Every sailor knows that the sea is a friend made enemy.' BREATHE Ranting verse over rolling tom-tom rhythm and Arabic cello gives way to a joyful chorus that finds the singer stepping out of the darkness and into the light. Surely set to be a highlight of U2's upcoming shows. 'Brian Eno say's it's our best ever song', Edge points out :o Final 2 coming soon :D
January 11, 200916 yr Author WINTER Echoes of Simon & Garfunkel in this poignant, acoustic string-laden ballad about a soldier in the snow of Afghanistan. Due to feature in the new Jim Sheridan film, Brothers, starring Tobey Maguire, about the emotional fallout of the war. CEDARS OF LEBANON Daniel Lanois-instigated closer that finds Bono imagining himself as a weary, lovelorn war correspondent 'squeezing complicated lives into a simple headline'. Ends with the possibly telling line: ' Choose your enemies carefully cos they will define you'. And that's it :cheer:
January 11, 200916 yr MOMENT OF SURRENDER Gorgeously melodic seven minute song that already has the air of the U2 classic about it, with lyrics about dark stars and existential crises: 'I did not notice the passers-by/And they did not notice me'. Recorded in one take. This album's One. UNKNOWN CALLER Opens with the sound of birdsong recorded live in Fez. A Middle-Eastern flavoured percussion loop drives this tale about a man 'at the end of his rope' whose phone bizarrely begins texting him random instructions 'Reboot yourself', 'Password, enter here', 'You're free to go'. NO LINE ON THE HORIZON Began life as a slow-paced Eno-esque ambient treatment, before being dramatically reworked in the Olympic sessions into an abrasive punk-rock tune akin to Vertigo, with its 'No! Line!' chorus chant. 'It's the Buzzcocks meets Bow Wow Wow', reckons Bono. :huh: Breathe...best song ever !!! interesting :o
January 16, 200916 yr Author Some of the above titles aren't on the final track listing. :blink: Or maybe they are but the song title names have been changed :unsure:
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