SOE / UNDERRATED: Best, Worst, Underrated

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There Is a Light.

Lights of Home.

Once again (see NLOTH) I think the album could have been great if the band had stayed true to its vision instead of adding a bunch of shitty songs last minute to please some imaginary mainstream audience. SOEs best songs are introspective meditations on mortality and I wish the whole album could have been like that.

My vote goes to Love Is Bigger. I actually kind of like it, it's got a pretty good chorus and a good bridge. The recurring synth/vocal noise is a little annoying, but other than that it's a nice, catchy tune. I know some people just hate the song though.

I remember when SOE came out, Lights Of Home caught a bunch of crap for the outro chorus which I think is one of the best parts of the song. I haven't seen nearly as much dislike for LOH recently though, hence my voting for Love Is Bigger.

I picked Summer of Love. I think it’s got a very nice vibe and a nice emotional bridge. I feel like it should have been one of their singles, to my ear it’s a radio friendly summer tune. And nobody had to know it wasn’t just a light little beach song.

My vote goes to Love Is Bigger. I actually kind of like it, it's got a pretty good chorus and a good bridge. The recurring synth/vocal noise is a little annoying, but other than that it's a nice, catchy tune. I know some people just hate the song though.

I remember when SOE came out, Lights Of Home caught a bunch of crap for the outro chorus which I think is one of the best parts of the song. I haven't seen nearly as much dislike for LOH recently though, hence my voting for Love Is Bigger.

The bridge on LIBTAAIIW is most excellent. Sadly, the rest of the song just plods along in a rather uninspiring way

Landlady

I dig Bono's more mature and intimate themes regarding love and relationships, plus the instrumentation is more subtle and atmospheric.

Quote from: Pride on July 14, 2024, 09:13:01 PM

My vote goes to Love Is Bigger. I actually kind of like it, it's got a pretty good chorus and a good bridge. The recurring synth/vocal noise is a little annoying, but other than that it's a nice, catchy tune. I know some people just hate the song though.

I remember when SOE came out, Lights Of Home caught a bunch of crap for the outro chorus which I think is one of the best parts of the song. I haven't seen nearly as much dislike for LOH recently though, hence my voting for Love Is Bigger.

The bridge on LIBTAAIIW is most excellent. Sadly, the rest of the song just plods along in a rather uninspiring way

I think that bridge is one of the best in U2's canon. It takes a decent song and elevates to greater heights for me.

I went with The Showman. To my ear, it is bowie-esque.....and i dont know anyone apart from me, who remotely likes the tune

I’m fine with The Showman.

Landlady
Hard to even remember all the songs now. Never listen to this album.

Best Thing

Gets too much hate

I went with The Showman. To my ear, it is bowie-esque.....and i dont know anyone apart from me, who remotely likes the tune

When The Showman pops up on shuffle, I usually crank the volume. For many other SOE tracks, I just hit skip.

Having said that, I voted Summer of Love.

Summer of Love as well.  Could have been a single.

Showman.

To my ears it’s a great tribute to 1978 U2. Kinda refreshing.