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by seichu kaisho » Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:50 pm
Some really good songs on All That You Can't Leave Behind, but not enough. "Beautiful Day" is excellent; "Elevation," and "Walk On" are other songs I kinda like. The rest of the stuff on that album is just bubblegum. "Wild Honey" - bubblegum. "Kite" - bubblegum. "Peace on Earth" - also bb-gum. "When I Look Upon the World" - if it were faster, it would sound better. "Grace" - a depressing end to the album.
Zooropa ain't too good either, though I do like the title track and the beautiful Joshua Tree-esque ballad (The First Time). However, the last song on Zooropa (the wanderer) is awful; even though Johnny Cash lends his awesome voice to it, the song has cheesy techno bass sounds. "Numb" just makes your hair stand on end - it's like nails on a chalkboard. "Baby Face" is cheesy as can be. So, Zooropa has more bad than good, but not too much bad for me to put it on the no-no list.
Achtung Baby: though it's disappointing compared to any of the 80's albums, it's got plenty of cool funky stuff and nice rhythms. "Even Better than the real thing," "Until the End of the World, and "Mysterious Ways," - great songs!!! Some really stupid sound effects in places, though, such as those two whining noises in "Zoo Station" and the eh-oohh-rrrhh thing at the beginning of the fifth song (Wild Horses). The last song (Love is Blindness) is terrible; it has cool bass sound, but the guitar doesn't harmonize enough, leaving you with empty chords. "One," "So Cruel," and "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms" are the kinds of songs you just can't wait for them to end, or you skip over them. They're boring. But at least more than half of Achtung Baby is worth listening to.
Pop - I don't even remember what it sounds like. I just remember that the entire album just plain zucked. (What was U2 thinking???) Worse than All That You Can't Leave Behind, that's for sure. And why do they think it's cool to use so many cuss words?? That's just idiotic.
Now for the infamous Atomic Bomb: more bubblegum. The only GOOD song is "City of Blinding Lights." The song "Crumbs from Your Table" has a cool piano sound, but not enough musical highlights in that song. "Vertigo" kicks off the album with speed, but it's kinda a lame song. Too much of that slothly, slow, boring krap that we've found on every album since '91. ("One Step Closer," and "Original of the Species" for example.) "Love and Peace or Else" is loaded with cheesiness. Plus, Bono's voice is giving out from old age and he doesn't sound as good as he used to. His voice even cracks in places.
I agree with you that the 80's stuff exceeds the 90's stuff in quality, but sorry Executioner - I don't think the 2000's stuff is any better than the 90's stuff. Maybe a little worse, even.
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