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NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« on: June 23, 2024, 02:31:39 PM »
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2024, 02:33:25 PM »
Going with Cedars. My thought is that this is a song that deserved to be on the radio. Not a hit, mind, just a nice song that was worth folks hearing.
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2024, 02:50:29 PM »
Cedars, easily.



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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2024, 03:29:36 PM »
Crazy Tonight.   It’s really not that bad.  Just doesn’t fit into the tone of the album. 

I HATED the tour version.  Ditched Edge’s playful guitar work. 
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2024, 06:02:04 PM »
Quote from: laoghaire on June 23, 2024, 02:33:25 PM
Going with Cedars. My thought is that this is a song that deserved to be on the radio. Not a hit, mind, just a nice song that was worth folks hearing.

Cedars isn’t underrated, here on the forum.
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2024, 06:24:09 PM »
Agreed.
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2024, 06:35:40 PM »
I like COL, but to be honest it has shitty lyrics: "A soldier brings oranges he got out from a tank"? That's almost as bad as it being "hot as a handbag and a can of mace" in New York.

And why do we all complain about Bono's talk-singing in concert when he does the same thing on this track in the studio, where (presumably) he could have done as many takes as needed to sing it right?

Killer music though. But as usual, Bono is the weak link.
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2024, 06:52:32 PM »
Underrated by the band : Being Born.

Underrated on this forum : Boots.

I voted Boots. I think the song is easier to like if English isn’t your native tongue. Lyrics can remain abstract to me if I’m not paying too much attention to them.

Musically, I think Boots has a Queen of the Stone Age vibe.
Call me crazy (tonight) but I always found U2 we’re trying to emulate their version of No One Knows, here.
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2024, 07:14:29 PM »
Unknown Caller is an all-time great song that would easily be the best on the album if not for MOS. The second time the "hear me cease to me" lyric comes in is probably the second most epic and uplifting moment in U2's discography, with the first coming a few moments later when Edge breaks into his guitar solo. From the beautiful atmospheric intro to the verses to the choruses to the solo to the very final seconds, Unknown Caller is a fucking masterpiece. Absolutely boggles my mind how some people consider this to be among U2's worst tracks. This is ten a hundred times the song that Kite is.
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2024, 07:54:23 PM »
Quote from: The Exile on June 23, 2024, 06:35:40 PM
I like COL, but to be honest it has shitty lyrics: "A soldier brings oranges he got out from a tank"? That's almost as bad as it being "hot as a handbag and a can of mace" in New York.

And why do we all complain about Bono's talk-singing in concert when he does the same thing on this track in the studio, where (presumably) he could have done as many takes as needed to sing it right?

Killer music though. But as usual, Bono is the weak link.

Big different between <gasp> <wheeze> talk singing of songs meant to be sung, belted even, because he can’t do it

and a Cohen-esque take by a man who could still sing but tried a lovely and different style.

Can’t defend oranges from a tank, though. But it doesn’t ruin the song for me.

Also, I’m pro-cockatoo.
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2024, 11:28:48 PM »
Quote from: Pride on June 23, 2024, 07:14:29 PM
Unknown Caller is an all-time great song

Unknown Caller is a fucking masterpiece.

This is ten a hundred times the song that Kite is.

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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2024, 12:07:51 AM »
Quote from: So Cruel on June 23, 2024, 11:28:48 PM
Quote from: Pride on June 23, 2024, 07:14:29 PM
Unknown Caller is an all-time great song

Unknown Caller is a fucking masterpiece.

This is ten a hundred times the song that Kite is.


Kite and UC are both forgettable


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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2024, 01:45:42 AM »
Quote from: Pride on June 23, 2024, 07:14:29 PM
Unknown Caller is an all-time great song that would easily be the best on the album if not for MOS. The second time the "hear me cease to me" lyric comes in is probably the second most epic and uplifting moment in U2's discography, with the first coming a few moments later when Edge breaks into his guitar solo. From the beautiful atmospheric intro to the verses to the choruses to the solo to the very final seconds, Unknown Caller is a fucking masterpiece. Absolutely boggles my mind how some people consider this to be among U2's worst tracks. This is ten a hundred times the song that Kite is.

This is an astonishing claim

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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2024, 03:15:56 AM »
No underrated songs as most of them are bad and the ones that are good seem appropriately rated. I'd never be at a U2 gig and go "gee, I wish they would play Magnificent or Unknown Caller instead of this song from The Joshua Tree".
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Re: NLOTH / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2024, 10:07:50 AM »
Quote from: Melon on June 24, 2024, 03:15:56 AM
No underrated songs as most of them are bad and the ones that are good seem appropriately rated. I'd never be at a U2 gig and go "gee, I wish they would play Magnificent or Unknown Caller instead of this song from The Joshua Tree".

Actually i wish they would play Magnificent or Unknown Caller instead of butchering WOWY for the millionth time.  Of course if they actually played WOWY the way they used to then no. 
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