U2 Band • Page 16

Speaking of, NLOTH is 15 years old today.

So close to greatness. Unfocused but with some genuinely exciting material. Moment of Surrender is a Top 20 song of theirs. I’m glad it exists, funky as it is.

 

"Magnificent" is also a top-tier U2 song.

 

I've been on kick, listening to NLOTH a lot since the other day.

 

Moment of Surrender into Unknown Caller is genuinely on par with anything they've ever done imo

 

I'm listening to War because New Year's Day came on the radio recently. These guys have becomes such a meme that it's sometimes hard to remember (though I was never a hater) just how sick they were.

 

War is sooo good. Like a Song is an all-time underrated heater

 

My favorite U2 song!

 

War absolutely rules

 

just a quick reminder that "So Cruel" is the best U2 song, ok as you were

 

That’s like my seventh favorite song on Achtung Baby but I respect it

 

yeah AB is truly one of those albums where I can understand literally any song being someone's favourite. do think So Cruel is lyrically Bono's best work by far tho

 

Wild Horses for me, love me some big energy U2

 

Ultraviolet for me, though wild horses is a great pick I feel like that song is super underrated

 

Ultraviolet easily my #1, not just of AB but their discography. That song absolutely kills it for me.

 

Jumbo How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb reissue, complete with an imagined second album of b-sides, called How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb, coming out in November.

'HOW TO RE-ASSEMBLE AN ATOMIC BOMB'

First two tracks from it:

 

goddamn we're finally getting Mercy. great great stuff

 

Where are you seeing that Mercy is on this...???

I'm not seeing that anywhere

 

Well I hope there’s some good stuff in here. I’ve never connected well with this album outside a handful of tracks unfortunately

Also really missing out on not calling the last track All Because of 2

 

“plus a song called 'Luckiest Man In The World' - familiar to many of you under its working title 'Mercy'”

 

thank you very much

that alone right there is insanely exciting and worth the price of admission alone

 

I instantly like Country Mile better than most of the original album lol. that's a banner U2 somg right there

Picture just being a clumsily edited version of Xanax and Wine is a bit underwhelming though, makes me concerned about what they might have done to Mercy. this band and constantly tinkering with shit that's already finished, I swear to god

 

I'm actually extremely fond of this album/era of the band, so I'm excited to hear this stuff. "Country Mile" is great.

 

Yeah country mile is fantastic, I feel like Bono’s vocals are harkening back to his younger days in some way. Dig it

 

Edge's vocals are the real star on Country Mile for me, he sounds fantastic. wonder if that one got some recent touchups like they did for Wave of Sorrow and Disappearing Act from the other reissues

 

I am SO pleasantly surprised by this release. I love that these songs are getting the "album" treatment, not to mention that it sounds like some of them have some new vocals/have likely been worked up in the last year as full songs. Probably one of the more compelling anniversary releases they've done.

The vinyl box set is insanely overpriced though and I'm annoyed they aren't releasing Live in Chicago on streaming services... but I've already got the DVD rip in my library which will have to do. Always a few bewildering decisions with U2 releases, lol.