Classic or Dud: U2

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I am MAD MAD MAD about this free music that can be removed in seconds.

Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Thursday, 11 September 2014 14:47 (nine years ago) link

"removed in seconds"

example (crüt), Thursday, 11 September 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link

yeah, no shit

sleeve, Thursday, 11 September 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link

http://thequietus.com/articles/16217-bono-u2-songs-of-experience

I like specific angry takedowns like this better than mere lol U2. There are so many reasons to hate the band and Bono more than for the music.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 September 2014 15:21 (nine years ago) link

well this album isn't too notable huh

"volcano" is the only memorable one so far

rap steve (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 11 September 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link

That piece is otm.

xp

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 11 September 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link

well...

Face down on a pillow of shame
There are some girls with a needle trying to spell my name
My body’s not a canvas
My body’s now a toilet wall

rap steve (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 11 September 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link

Album is fine and forgettable. The last three should have all been EPs. Viva LA Vida was the last great U2 album. I'd blame the producers, but eno and lanois muffed the last one.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 September 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link

Songs of iNonsense

john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 11 September 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link

dying at this 5-star Fricke review

Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 September 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link

a song about imminent eruption, through a propulsive delirium of throaty, striding bass, alien-choral effects and the Edge's rusted-treble jolts of Gang of Four-vintage guitar.

Couldn't read past this. I imagined myself as Skylar White shouting "shut up shut UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP" at Fricke.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 11 September 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link

A FB friend of Mr Veg's wrote "It's their best album since Pop!" to which we were both like, ok that's a REALLY low bar.

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link

that fking California song sounds like it's destined to be in a shitty middle-age Rom-Com within the next 2 years

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link

The teenage Bono once gave her Kraftwerk's The Man-Machine as a gift while they were dating.

"Teenage Bono gave you that record, Adult Bono's gettin' it back!"

You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link

fricke review almost makes this worthwhile

resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link

I thought you guys were kidding about a five-star Fricke review. How'd I fool myself?

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link

I didn't even want to read the review, but it just popped up in my email box this morning.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link

your neighbors overheard Fricke whispering, "Hee hee, this'll get Josh."

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link

have you tried deleting it?

john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link

You can't.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link

What happened to Danger Mouse? Gorillaz & Gnarls productions were flawed and fun. This is slick and boring.

alanbatman (abanana), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link

Considering the band has now worked with some 13 or so producers credited on their last three records, I've come to the conclusion that this all might just be the band's fault.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG4hOjJ9tEs

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/u2-songs-of-innocence-20140911

the photo's so perfect - larry looking up confused at the five stars, bono and the edge trying to walk past like they didn't see it, adam oblivious

da croupier, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link

Just find one of your own. Then shout as hard as you can.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link

Clickhole should republish that review verbatim.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link

When they release "Songs of Experience" in five years, I bet they retroactively bill half a billion people for their free download of "Songs of Innocence." Plus interest. Everyone will be like, what, I didn't download any U2 album! "Songs of Innocence," I've never heard of ... oh, wait, that thing? I totally forgot about that. My bad, just take my money, I'm sure it was good.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link

It is a clear-eyed and inspired U2 who crafted Songs of Innocence, an insuperably strong record that in time may well reveal itself to be a classic. World, meet U2, Irish band.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:54 (nine years ago) link

Fricke, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link

i can hardly read it for all the saliva

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link

A FB friend of Mr Veg's wrote "It's their best album since Pop!" to which we were both like, ok that's a REALLY low bar.

ouch.

i happen to think that POP was their last really good album ..

mark e, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link

That SFJ post is the glibbest, snarkiest thing I've ever seen from him. It's a weird thing to have on the New Yorker website.

Re-Make/Re-Model, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link

You think the publisher brought Fricke into the office, poured a couple glasses of whisky, leaned over the table and said "I need you Fricke, I got a bad one here, worst yet, I need the old David Fricke review, I need your magic."

chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link

lol

Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link

bet it's more like "hey dave, new u2 album" "five?" "yup" "cool"

da croupier, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link

dude might not even bother with the star ratings himself, just pump out the copy and let someone else sweat where on the four-to-five spread this lands

da croupier, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link

I doubt he even pumps out the copy himself.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link

c'mon it's not a nancy drew novel, it's just seven paragraphs

da croupier, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link

Pump it out dave

Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link

U2 needs u

Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link

lol chr1sb3singer! bad U2 really brings ILX's funny to the fore.

piscesx, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link

confession - had to google the ref

da croupier, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link

Confession (Had to Google the Ref) - lyrics by Bono and the Edge / production by Dangermouse

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link

ok.

forgive the noob (uk vs usa perhaps) groove, but all this inner circle joke thing is going over me.
but is there history between david fricke and u2 ?

i read the review, and even i found the review somewhat over zealous.

[ ftr : as a fan of achtung baby onwards, i think the album is ok. nothing more, nothing less.
hoping a few more listens may reveal its secrets more]

mark e, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link

i wonder if there was just one guy in the boardroom that went 'uh.. guys.. '. he probably got shouted down left right and centre, and is now pulling his 'what did i tell you?!' face.

piscesx, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link

^ assuming you're talking about Rolling Stone here

example (crüt), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link

is there history between david fricke and u2 ?

There's history between David Fricke and five-star bands

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link

ahh.
he has form then.
fair enough.

mark e, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link

At first listen this has a couple of solid cuts but the rest passed me by, kinda like how to dismantle an atomic bomb ended up for me. I think pop was actually pretty great and no line on the horizon was also really good except for the middle section. I imagine this will grow on me a bit since I generally like their sound but it'll also probably end up with HTDAAB and october and rattle & hum, which are basically the last ones I'd listen to in their discography at this point.

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link

i agree with omar.

mark e, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link


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