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Spot on! And if I’m not mistaken - aren’t they in the very same key?? The only thought I had about it that might mitigate the ridiculousness of it is thy maybe they just decided - “let’s be blatant about it. These two songs came from the same original draft - so let’s sit side by side and...

Ugh - At this point Bono’s album marketing slogans are inversely correlated with the artistic courage of any music they put out. He probably wished they kept “the Hype”. Maybe wish it was Eno/Lanois but I’ll be glad for a Lillywhite / Jack Knife produced album.

Agreed! - we can hope. But “Unreasonable Guitar Record” even sounds like marketing to me. But you’ve got a fuller quote I haven’t heard… what you reported is encouraging. It seems to me “No Line” was the last time they tried. It was largely a miss, but I appreciated the effort (maybe not...

I am confident - for men in their mid to late sixties (by the time the next record is unveiled) - this pattern will not change.

All U2 albums since after Pop start out as “Unreasonable Guitar Albums” and they invariably evolve into “Very Very VERY Reasonable Guitar Albums”.

Love town tour IMO. Hawkmoon and God Part II on the album and live were the absolute peak.

Not me. I could definitely tell the difference between the two. I’m more convinced than ever how integral Larry is to the sound of U2. Bram was fine, but the warmth and the fluidity and the fullness of Larry’s drumming was gone. This says nothing about the originality of Larry’s drumming...

I’m new here, but been a serious fan since 1984. Sorry if this subject is overcooked already. I did a search for threads on Larry about this and didn’t see one, but I’m sure it’s possible I missed it. Anyway - do you all think Larry will come back and play with U2 on their next album - or do...

This is a really interesting insight. Never thought of this, but it rings true to me about No Line - the songs feel extended and even maybe overstuffed with ideas in a way the ATYCLB songs don’t. And if I had to choose - but for Beautiful Day and New York and WYLATW - I’d rather listen to No...

Yeah maybe you’re right. I enjoyed HTTAB. But I think for me - and it’s all personal taste right? - Beautiful Day was the last time I found U2 “stunning”. I really got into U2 in ‘84 when I heard“Pride”. Could not believe my ears. Literally. They did that to me again at some point on every...

Yup! Imagine all the energy put into those 3 songs being redeployed into No Line, Breathe, Magnificent, Unkown Caller, Fez. And then dump those 3 hit attempts and add a fleshed out Winter. I would have loved a shorter LP with a greater focus on the risk taking and freer album that was trying...

No Line on the Horizon was U2 trying to take risks. That was a really good instinct they hadn’t given themselves to since 1997. But then they found themselves pulling back from trying to take risks. That was bad. Maybe if they’d stopped worrying about hits and focused on making a beautiful...

Mercy is terrible. Winter just hits me different. It has soul to it. I think it’s a beautiful song. Great Production can’t make American Soul good. Rough production can’t make Winter bad. Songs have it or they don’t. And Mercy doesn’t.

I like Landlady. Little Things is OK. Best Thing is a hit in search of a soul. IMO. I think that song and American Soul needed to be left on the cutting room floor. Or as a stand alone single and it’s B side. Anyway - I was just trying to guess.

And “Winter”. Absolutely worthy.

What 3 songs do you hate on SOE? That you refer to above? Guessing - Best thing Landlady Little things?

I tend to agree that it was their last album that featured an attempt to explore from a place of freedom vs a place of over-controlling musical conservatism for the sake of popularity. The last moment of blindingly good U2-ness was “Beautiful Day”, on a record that began their mostly current...