New U2 Single

[Nickdfresh]

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I like it, but it reminds me of some of their outtakes rejects and B-sides you can hear on the "Lady With a Spinning Head" or "Big Girls are Best" EPs. So I wonder if they're getting lazy or are involved with too much other stuff and are just recycling tosser material from the Achtung Baby era and beyond.

The new album is due out in March...

[GAR]

This sounds like a throwaway track

[FORD]

Sounds like a Revolver-era Beatles song made with 21st century technology. Probably not Bono's best lyrical work though.

[pete]

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I like it, but it reminds me of some of their outtakes rejects and B-sides you can hear on the "Lady With a Spinning Head" or "Big Girls are Best" EPs. So I wonder if they're getting lazy or are involved with too much other stuff and are just recycling tosser material from the Achtung Baby era and beyond.

The new album is due out in March...

better quality


Lanois and Eno are pretty excited about the album.

Eno is not one to throw compliments lightly.
Get On Your Boots

[katie]

The verses sound like - Billy Joel 'We didn't start the fire'

[Nickdfresh]

A few more listenings, and I think the song will sound great live -but like so many U2 offerings- sounds overly produced and slick in a techno-gloppy sort of way..

[pete]

A few more listenings, and I think the song will sound great live -but like so many U2 offerings- sounds overly produced and slick in a techno-gloppy sort of way..

It's actually not over produced. It's deceptive in that all the cool sounds make it sound richer than it actually is. There's not that much going on. Maybe a 2nd guitar part. Maybe a third but the distorted part is actually Adam Clayton on bass. It's going to work live and I have a feeling we are going to get a more PROG U2.

The Joshua Tree was considered a concept album and many U2 albums were considered such, but I think they've finally done a true concept album. I have the video although it's not officially released.

I had no idea what this song was about until I saw the video. This song is a killer. The video might be the best video I have ever seen. Like Achtung Baby they are dressing up their songs in what is sexy but there's more than meets the eye.

Below is a breakdown of my (and my art professor wife's) thoughts.

IMO:

This song is a tribute.

"The future needs a big kiss" from women because "women are the future, hold the big relevations." These lyrics clearly prioritize the status of the feminine perspective and influence. Woman is depicted as merciful and kind, as per the imagery in the video. We see virgins, the Madonna We see Islamic women in birka, and African women with rings on their necks. We see the sexy, Western woman with the sexy boots. The woman "literally" blows away the desctruction of man.

Suddenly, "Let me hear the sound", fire and brimstone. This is man's world. The female imagery is gone. War and hate.

Just remember, how you mother loves you. She can love the world this much. Women want to get along. The best part, it is not sexualized. It may come across that way to make it digestable, but only to the untrained ear/eye.

The song and the video are hand in hand.

U2 has always aspired to pop. The early days were not a rebelliousness against it but an inability to attain it. They always claimed to want that "hit" but in the right way.

This song has the simplicity of pop. The complexity of content. A musical diversity that includes, led zeppelin, mitch mitchell, eastern melodies, shiny production, and bravado. Yet is deceptively acceptable to the common radio listener.

Whatever your expectations of U2 are, there is no denying that they have brought something special to the marketplace (again).

Typical pop depictions of the feminine include much ass grinding and loose sexuality, and what U2 has done is dressed up something as commercial product (along these lines) that has the depth of high art and/or consciousness.

Pop music is simple. the fact that they can say so much within the context of the artform is truly mindblowing. All us fuckers who never thought they were cool: well, they're cool and where are we now?

It's empowering to woman. It's all about woman.

What's Van Halen's issue?

Fuck it - enjoy the video: click here

GET ON YOUR BOOTS

The future needs a big kiss
Winds blows with a twist
Never seen a moon like this
Can you see it too?

Night is falling everywhere
Rockets at the fun fair
Satan loves a bomb scare
But he won’t scare you

Hey, sexy boots
Get on your boots, yeah

You free me from the dark dream
Candy floss ice cream
All our kids are screaming
But the ghosts aren’t real

Here’s where we gotta be
Love and community
Laughter is eternity
If joy is real

You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are

That’s someone’s stuff they’re blowing up
We’re into growing up
Women of the future
Hold the big revelations

I got a submarine
You got gasoline
I don’t want to talk about wars between nations

Not right now

Hey sexy boots...
Get on your boots, yeah
Not right now
Bossy boots

You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are

Hey sexy boots
I don’t want to talk about the wars between the nations
Sexy boots, yeah

Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Meet me in the sound

Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, now
God, I’m going down
I don’t wanna drown now
Meet me in the sound

Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Meet me in the sound

Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Get on your boots

[DlocRoth]

Meh....It's no "Desire".