![]() In Gods Country - A prototypical U2 song in every way, but for some reason nothing stands out, to make it exceptional *** Like this song better better than Bullet and Running but not quite enough to put it with Streets. Great, and I mean great lyric delivery by Bono. Red Hill Mining Town - Nice twangy guitar to set the mood. Chorus softens up, like the song title suggests. Lyrics are the the focus, with the instruments placed more in the background for the first half of the song. First verse is Bono’s foray into Lou Reed lyric delivery. Running to Stand Still - Blues guitar riff to open this up. Distinct guitar solo in the song which isn’t always the case in U2 songs. A lot of spoken lyrics throughout the song. Heavier drum track and lyrics, heaviest song on the album. *****īullet in the Blue Sky - Wicked drums to open this number. ![]() The best bass line ever recorded in music. With or Without You - Absolute perfection. I’ve always thought that this is the weakest of the biggest three from this album, but on vinyl I may have been wrong. Very powerful lyrics, with Bono at his best “pained” delivery. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m looking For - Almost as if the bass is playing the lead in this one. Near perfect tempo, with a great bass line that is a little more hidden. Where the Streets Have No Name - Opening with some atmospheric organs, into the perfect Edge guitar riff. Its literally why I’m on a site like this at all.Īs well, here’s my personal “review” from May 30th 2018 listening to the album straight through for the first time, especially in high fidelity. It’s the first album I obsessed over by ANY band, the one I consider as ground zero for me being a music fan, for reading the liner notes, for scrutinizing album art, etc. This wasn’t just where I jumped on board with U2. By the end of that first track, I was a fan. I’d never heard of “ambient”, or Brian Eno, but all of a sudden here was music I didn’t hear on pop radio, that hinted at something more. Hearing the opening strains for the first time was mind blowing. I’d never actually heard Streets before I pressed play on the tape. ![]() The choice was between TJT and the more recent Rattle & Hum-both had two songs I recognized. (I was a kid in Ohio.) The commercial featured snippets of their hits, and it dawned on me that I liked them all, so maybe I should check them out. Like a lot of folks, this was where I jumped on board, though it was almost two years later when I discovered the album through a radio commercial for a contest to see them perform in Australia.
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