The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress

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(and yes, I am implying there are parallels between the two songs)
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Re: The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2024, 10:57:23 AM »
Great! I can see parallels, too. VD is a great tune but the stooges wipe the floor with them and We Will Fall is one of their best…
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Re: The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2024, 05:26:07 PM »
i dont see the poll

Velvet Dress

the other song sounds like the music played during a Thuggee cult ceremony in Temple of Doom - which isn't to say its bad

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Re: The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2024, 05:57:06 PM »
i dont see the poll

Velvet Dress

the other song sounds like the music played during a Thuggee cult ceremony in Temple of Doom - which isn't to say its bad

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Re: The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2024, 07:06:55 PM »
I cannot be bothered setting up polls but feel free to chat.  Glad some of you spotted the... not similarities necessarily... but there is no way U2 were unaware of the Stooges work.
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Re: The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2024, 07:15:23 PM »
Don't get me wrong i would be tickled to shit if current u2 could pull off a song like Velvet Dress or even 'we will fall'. 

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Re: The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2024, 07:31:20 PM »
I’ve always wondered about the impact VH had on U2, especially Bono. At the LA Joshua Tree show in 1987 Bono introduced the Edge as Eddie Van Halen. Was he thinking about VH as Edge was trying to do a solo? Was he dreaming he was David Lee Roth at the US festival in Southern California in ‘83 with EVH off to his side? Did he spot Valerie Bertinelli in the crowd?
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Re: The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2024, 08:02:11 PM »
Bono introduced Edge as a lot of things over the years.  Often tongue in cheek.

Anyhow for the record I consider both the songs I posted among the most interesting things either band put to record.
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Re: The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2024, 10:26:31 PM »
Bono introduced Edge as a lot of things over the years.  Often tongue in cheek.

Anyhow for the record I consider both the songs I posted among the most interesting things either band put to record.

Hmm, I also wonder about Bono’s love of the Clint Eastwood Western Hang ‘Em High and the influence it had on the song Wire, particularly the line “here’s the rope….now swing away”
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Re: The Stooges' We Will Fall vs U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2024, 02:56:32 AM »
Could be, could be.
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