Songs of Experience 36 - Now with 20% fewer acronyms

[dazzledbylight]

The Best Thing is a song that’s easy to hate on, and then you realize you’ve been belting it out in the shower, kitchen, etc every day. And then you realize that you love it.

I remember someone posting (pre-album release) that while they loved The Blackout they couldn't remember it to sing it- while w TBT they could get just about right away and sing out.

I was able to sing the chorus plus part of the verses within 2-3 listens which is a mark of a real good pop/rock song.

It took me about 4-5 listens to get the chorus of The Blackout (plus part of the verses) and by my 8th listen got all the verses etc .
TB chorus is very catchy once you pick it up (a little more complicated singing-wise).

 

[dazzledbylight]

The hell you will

 

[dan_smee]

Any news on if the BBC version had extra content?

 

[cseggleton]

And SPIN finally shows up to the party with a review
https://www.spin.com/2017/12/u2-songs-of-experience-review/#disqus_thread

 

[zuma]

Any news on if the BBC version had extra content?

It had Stuck, extra interviews and a bit more from Brazil.

 

[gweeps]

This Lights of Home is excellent. Surely, U2 has enough money to take the orchestra on tour?!

 

[An Cat Gav]

The best album since Achtung (well, since JT) is Passengers.

Don't @ me.

I was thinking about this when compiling my list of favourite U2 albums for another thread and I can't make up my mind which album gets the number 4 slot, it's either Zooropa or Passengers, pretty much neck and neck.

I still think it's too early to rank SoE, I think it's better than SoI and Bomb, hopefully it will rise higher for me.

 

[Axver]

I've realised in doing LN7's song rankings that HTDAAB is my favourite U2 album of the 2000s.

Still can't decide if I favour SOI or SOE, but I'd put them both ahead of NLOTH.

 

[rennowba]

Uk press not digging the BBC show, seriously what do the band have to do.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/...delight-self-indulgence-stripped-small-scale/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tv-review-shamed-u2atthebbc-gwnzlkshr

 

[ascender_RS]

Uk press not digging the BBC show, seriously what do the band have to do.

U2 at the BBC, review: the band's delight in self-indulgence stripped this small-scale show of its intimacy

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tv-review-shamed-u2atthebbc-gwnzlkshr

Not being interviewed by Cat Deeley would have been a start. That first review isn’t actually bad - we were both cringing at the interview segments and Twitter was pretty much the same. There was quite a lot being posted on there by people who obviously weren’t fans saying the music was great but the interview stuff was shockingly bad.

 

[An Cat Gav]

Uk press not digging the BBC show, seriously what do the band have to do.

U2 at the BBC, review: the band's delight in self-indulgence stripped this small-scale show of its intimacy

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tv-review-shamed-u2atthebbc-gwnzlkshr

Wow, I thought it was a brilliant show, everything about it.

Even my father, a cantankerous Irishman much like Bono's dad, (and himself an excellent musician and singer), who has rarely had a good word to say about U2 in my 30 odd years a U2 fanatic said it was a brilliant show and sat enthralled through the whole thing.

 

[rennowba]

Not being interviewed by Cat Deeley would have been a start. That first review isn’t actually bad - we were both cringing at the interview segments and Twitter was pretty much the same. There was quite a lot being posted on there by people who obviously weren’t fans saying the music was great but the interview stuff was shockingly bad.

I enjoyed the interviews myself. Plus she is from my neck of the woods and she supports the same football team as me. She looks good aswell. What's not to like

 

[An Cat Gav]

Other than singing One through a megaphone, I enjoyed all of the show.

 

[Axver]

singing One through a megaphone

...you're taking the piss, surely? Surely?!

 

[Nick66]

I've realised in doing LN7's song rankings that HTDAAB is my favourite U2 album of the 2000s.

Still can't decide if I favour SOI or SOE, but I'd put them both ahead of NLOTH.

I don’t know who you are anymore.

 

[dan_smee]

...you're taking the piss, surely? Surely?!

It was just the “no them, only us” bit at the end

 

[An Cat Gav]

...you're taking the piss, surely? Surely?!

Slight exaggeration perhaps

The last part though was definitely sung through a megaphone. They also didn't show All I Want Is You, which was a real shame.

 

[Axver]

I don’t know who you are anymore.

Reju-Jesus and Best Thing are unforgivable, but Unknown Caller, Breathe, and especially Boots and Comedy are even more repugnant.

It was just the “no them, only us” bit at the end

...no, you must be taking the piss.

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Uk press not digging the BBC show, seriously what do the band have to do.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/...delight-self-indulgence-stripped-small-scale/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tv-review-shamed-u2atthebbc-gwnzlkshr

To be fair it's only two papers, I think the oversell reaction has been very positive and the fact that the album now sits at 60 and 11 on iTunes speaks volumes

 

[kiwilad]

Unknown Caller, Breathe ... are even more repugnant.

This is the Elvis Ate America of opinions

 

[Axver]

This is the Elvis Ate America of opinions

It's like you haven't heard the chorus of Unknown Caller or the verses of Breathe!

 

[redhill]

It's like you haven't heard the chorus of Unknown Caller or the verses of Breathe!

Or like you missed this performance!

BTW, Larry looks to be on board (and not bored).

 

[Aardvark747]

Loved the performance of Love is bigger. Terrific.

Wasn't too keen on the interview segments with Cat Deeley - I don't think i've seen her on TV since the late 90's....

 

[mikal]

And SPIN finally shows up to the party with a review

https://www.spin.com/2017/12/u2-songs-of-experience-review/#disqus_thread

What a shitty review.

 

[redhill]

What a shitty review.

Straight up stitch up.

 

[mikal]

I will agree with Ax here. NLOTH hasn’t aged well for me at all. Breathe’s verses are just bad. The middle 3 is inexcusable. NLOTH is pretty much the only U2 album that I refuse to listen to all the way through, even though the title track, MOS, and Fez are spectacular.

 

[rennowba]

http://www.nme.com/news/music/viewers-u2-bbc-really-wanted-bono-shut-2178338

The nme [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[redhill]

N LOTH attacks back!

 

[KUEFC09U2]

http://www.nme.com/news/music/viewers-u2-bbc-really-wanted-bono-shut-2178338

The nme [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Notice they didn't post some of the positive comments that came out, band will never be able to win with them

 

[KUEFC09U2]

The thing that makes me laugh most about the NME is that they call Bono pretentious etc but yet they love Liam Gallagher.....baffling