New U2: "No Line on the Horizen"

[Seshmeister]

Really?

I always thought he treated the song just a necessary bit of coloring around the guitar solo...

[FORD]

Rush.

What do I win?

Close, but not quite.

Rush had another drummer, John Rutsey, on their first album.

They have remained solid after that though, despite having a complete prick for a manager.

[FORD]

As long as you dont count Dick Evans !
(didnt AC/DC have a Dick or Dave Evans early on ??)

You're the Aussie, you're supposed to know this shit!

It was Dave Evans, and they actually managed to make 2 singles with him, that never went any further than your own shores Down Under. A video did escape though......

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And in an ironic twist to bring the thread back on topic, The Edge's real name, believe it or not, is Dave Evans, and his brother Dick was in another Irish band called The Virgin Prunes. They aren't related to the Aussie Dave Evans as far as I know.

[FORD]

Elvis complains about Bono's lyrics and then in the very next post mentions SLAYER?

Um, whose lyrics would Jesus prefer?

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[ELVIS]

Neither...

[FORD]

I'd bet that "October" is one of JC's favorite albums of all time. Doubt that He has any Slayer in His collection, though.

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Oh, where do we go,
Where do we go from here?
Where to go?
To the side of a hill
Blood was spilt
We were still looking at each other.
But we're going back there?

Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Shout, shout, with a shout
Shout it out, shout
Shout it out.

I want to go, to the foot of Mount Zion
To the foot of He who made me see
To the side of a hill blood was spilt
We were filled with a love
And we're going to be there again

Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Shout, shout, with a shout
Shout, with a shout.

[binnie]

I'd bet that "October" is one of JC's favorite albums of all time. Doubt that He has any Slayer in His collection, though.

Hell Awaits
South of Heaven
God Hates Us All
Christ Illusion..........

Yup, I think you're probably right

[FORD]

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I waited patiently for the Lord
He inclined and heard my cry
He brought me up out of the pit
Out of the miry clay

I will sing, sing a new song
I will sing, sing a new song

How long to sing this song
How long to sing this song
How long...how long...how long...
How long...to sing this song

He set my feet upon a rock
And made my footsteps firm
Many will see
Many will see and fear

I will sing, sing a new song
I will sing, sing a new song
I will sing, sing a new song
I will sing, sing a new song

How long to sing this song
How long to sing this song
How long...how long...how long...
How long...to sing this song

[Kristy]

Should have been re-titled 'No End To Bono's Ego' This is by far the most cut and dry U2 offering to date. Even Daniel Lanois and Eno's top production couldn't save it from it just being another exercise in Bono's self-indulgence. Every song from 'Moment Of Surrender' To 'White As Snow' is just as interchangeable as the next with little creative drive given to any one of them. It's like U2 looked at each other in the studio and said "uh, you got any ideas?" to which each other shrugged and replied, "nope, do you?" But I guess that didn't prevent them from making a record.

I'll never understand why people still have soft spot for U2 except for maybe that every "alternative" act since 1995 has done their best to sound like them (or R.E.M.) U2 to me is an old boyfriend who dumped you when he had some money and bought a "bitchin' car" to chase surgically-enhanced women in techno nightclubs only to come back to you all disillusioned and used calling you up drunk at three in the morning saying "hey, we really weren't that bad together..."

[Blaze]

On a side note:
Ronnie Milsap released this month:
Then sings my soul: 24 Favorite Hymns and Gospel songs.
A good 2 solid hours of country gospel.

[Nickdfresh]

You're the Aussie, you're supposed to know this shit!

It was Dave Evans, and they actually managed to make 2 singles with him, that never went any further than your own shores Down Under. A video did escape though......

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And in an ironic twist to bring the thread back on topic, The Edge's real name, believe it or not, is Dave Evans, and his brother Dick was in another Irish band called The Virgin Prunes. They aren't related to the Aussie Dave Evans as far as I know.

Wasn't his brother Dick originally in U2?

[FORD]

Wasn't his brother Dick originally in U2?

He was in a handful of early gigs when they still called themselves "Feedback" and "The Hype". Actually, at first, when the Evans brothers responded to Larry Mullen Jr's ad (posted at their school) that he was forming a band they only had one guitar between the two of them.

After a little while though, they decided a 4 man lineup was better and Dick went on to form The Virgin Prunes with some other friends of U2.

Probably a good thing that things worked out that way. Just look at Van Halen or the Kinks as examples of what can happen when brothers are in the same band. Just imagine Bono leaving after the Joshua Tree, and the Evans brothers replacing him with Simon LeBon

[Nickdfresh]

Or Morrissey!

[GreenBayLA]

I've heard mixed reviews but maybe I'll pick up latest U2. I still like em despite St Bono's antics. I remember great quote from DLR's radio days: "I don't have to save the world, that's Bono's job." Did I get that right?

Oh yeah, F@(K Coldplay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GreenBayLA]

You're the Aussie, you're supposed to know this shit!

It was Dave Evans, and they actually managed to make 2 singles with him, that never went any further than your own shores Down Under. A video did escape though.......

WOW Good thing AC/DC turned their truck driver into their singer as Dave Evans was strictly Slade Jr. - Bon made the band.