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R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated

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R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« on: May 03, 2024, 09:06:09 AM »
No, I didn’t include Freedom for My People.
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2024, 09:20:36 AM »
On a mostly dismal record, Heartland is a gem.
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2024, 10:00:26 AM »
I guess I like R&H more than Larry, but yeah Heartland is great.

I might even go so far as to say that Heartland is Bono's finest moment.
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2024, 10:14:17 AM »
AIWIY is most excellent, too, until the string section ruins it. Remove that, and it’s Sinatra or Presley level greatness.
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2024, 10:19:28 AM »
I’ve never heard a thing by Sinatra or Presley as great as AIWIY.
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2024, 10:52:20 AM »
Angel of Harlem. Its a great song that captures the joyful feeling better than any of their many attempts at that in the past 25 years (see: Elevation, Vertigo, Boots, The Miracle etc.)
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2024, 10:57:28 AM »
Quote from: laoghaire on May 03, 2024, 10:19:28 AM
I’ve never heard a thing by Sinatra or Presley as great as AIWIY.

It wasn’t a like for like comparison. I don’t own records by either artist. I meant AIWIY feels like a timeless classic, to my ears, in the same way Sinatra and Presley are regarded as such. The kind of song that’s always existed. Until that hideous strong section ruins the magic.
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2024, 02:44:08 PM »
Quote from: Larry Lovebucket on May 03, 2024, 09:20:36 AM
On a mostly dismal record, Heartland is a gem.

Disagree with the first part, but completely agree on the second (which is the point!).
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2024, 03:13:29 AM »
Can’t begin to express how much I love Heartland.

One of Bono’s finest vocals.

Solid work from the production team too. It would have been so easy to ruin this. Glad they left it in the Joshua Tree oven to pick it up later.
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« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2024, 03:52:27 AM »
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« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2024, 09:44:37 AM »
How do you feel about the string section, Martin?
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2024, 12:59:09 PM »
Quote from: Larry Lovebucket on May 04, 2024, 09:44:37 AM
How do you feel about the string section, Martin?

It doesn’t bother me at all. Doesn’t change one thing about my appreciation of the song.
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« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2024, 01:29:47 PM »
AIWIY
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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2024, 01:46:59 PM »
There's some good chunes on this album.

Desire.  I thought it was a strange song to have as a lead single at the time as it's a little short.

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Re: R&H / BEST: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2024, 03:46:37 AM »
Quote from: MPare1966 on May 04, 2024, 12:59:09 PM
Quote from: Larry Lovebucket on May 04, 2024, 09:44:37 AM
How do you feel about the string section, Martin?

It doesn’t bother me at all. Doesn’t change one thing about my appreciation of the song.

I imagine you play this song to your wife on Valentine’s Day and present her with some flowers from the local garage, and a box of milk tray chocolates.
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