The band have been doing the rounds promoting the new single and album. Here they are in Germany opening the ECHO Awards. This is all becoming very repetitive but the performance is getting better and better.
Loz
Showing posts with label Get on Your Boots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Get on Your Boots. Show all posts
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
U2 @ Brit Awards
I thought I would link all of you to U2's performance at the Brit Awards.
The band opened the show in a similar fashion to their performance at the Grammys. This was better than the Grammys in terms of sound quality and Bono's voice sounded better particularly. So here it is...
Also, the band's album was leaked by Universal Australia online. The website was selling the whole album for a few hrs. Even though it was only there for a little while the damage had already been done as it is now appearing on file sharing and YouTube etc... In all honesty I can't deny that I haven't heard a few songs too but I won't review it until I do my usual listening ritual when I get a new record (this applies to most of the albums I buy). If you're curious this involves...
#1 listening to the whole album straight through without anything
#2 Going through each song again and jot a few notes (less is more)
#3 Go away for a while (a day or so) and listen again
#4 Finalise review!
Cheers guys!
The band opened the show in a similar fashion to their performance at the Grammys. This was better than the Grammys in terms of sound quality and Bono's voice sounded better particularly. So here it is...
Also, the band's album was leaked by Universal Australia online. The website was selling the whole album for a few hrs. Even though it was only there for a little while the damage had already been done as it is now appearing on file sharing and YouTube etc... In all honesty I can't deny that I haven't heard a few songs too but I won't review it until I do my usual listening ritual when I get a new record (this applies to most of the albums I buy). If you're curious this involves...
#1 listening to the whole album straight through without anything
#2 Going through each song again and jot a few notes (less is more)
#3 Go away for a while (a day or so) and listen again
#4 Finalise review!
Cheers guys!
Monday, February 2, 2009
GET ON YOUR BOOTS VIDEO
I have head varying news on the video for Get on Your Boots but I did find this online. I don't know if its official even though it says it is. I would recommend U2.com for further details on when the real thing will be released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ7zKeYhU_8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ7zKeYhU_8
Single Reviews: GET ON YOUR BOOTS-U2
I am sorry for the delay but real life gets in the way and I was unable to spend enough time to get all the things I wanted to do done. I will be better I promise!
The U2 juggernaut rolls on with their first single off No Line on the Horizon. This is what I've been waiting for in terms of a first single off of a new album. I have to be honest I was disappointed with 'Vertigo' which is catchy and good live but limited in terms of creativity and pushing the boundaries of rock & roll. I felt that U2 were trying to hard to get a hit single but this is a return to the U2 I fell in love with. There is something Achtung Baby about it and as I read other reviews people are on the fence about it as it sounds a bit different from 'Vertigo' or 'Beautiful Day' (which I love by the way).
Lets begin with the sound....fast paced with a good riff from The Edge. It isn't what I call an initially captivating song but it does grow on you. I think this song shows how versatile a drummer Larry is and I see comparisons with this and the Larry of 'The Fly' and 'Even Better Than the Real Thing'.
Bono's lyrics once again are mysterious but I find it comforting to not know exactly what he is talking about. I love this particular part of the song...
This song is a return for me and I am hoping the album is as controversial as 'Get on Your Boots' is with long time fans. I think it will reinvigorate rock music as many bands I love and adore release something that is innovative to only repeat it in their future albums e.g. Coldplay 'X&Y'. U2 strive for something bigger and have always suprised with their sound. I adore Pop and Zooropa because of their non-conformist sound and many people do not get it. I admit I was sightly unhappy with their previous two albums in terms of sound as they are in many ways a pair of albums and I think Bono himself has acknowledged this in the past. But the future is looking good.
I am now officially excited about them returning to the forefront of the music scene. The band will be on various tv shows promoting the record and I think it is confirmed they will play at the Grammys. However, I do acknowledge that this will probably not be a commercial success and will not hit #1 on the singles charts. Below is the link to the song on U2's official website so you can all listen to it for free.
http://goyb.u2.com/
Loz
The U2 juggernaut rolls on with their first single off No Line on the Horizon. This is what I've been waiting for in terms of a first single off of a new album. I have to be honest I was disappointed with 'Vertigo' which is catchy and good live but limited in terms of creativity and pushing the boundaries of rock & roll. I felt that U2 were trying to hard to get a hit single but this is a return to the U2 I fell in love with. There is something Achtung Baby about it and as I read other reviews people are on the fence about it as it sounds a bit different from 'Vertigo' or 'Beautiful Day' (which I love by the way).
Lets begin with the sound....fast paced with a good riff from The Edge. It isn't what I call an initially captivating song but it does grow on you. I think this song shows how versatile a drummer Larry is and I see comparisons with this and the Larry of 'The Fly' and 'Even Better Than the Real Thing'.
Bono's lyrics once again are mysterious but I find it comforting to not know exactly what he is talking about. I love this particular part of the song...
Hey sexy boots...I think Bono in recent years has been trying to find the middle ground in his growing political activist role with his 'day job' as the lead singer of a rock band. I admire his work outside music and his and the band's political work draws me to them even more as their music has meaning and are often about world events and certain points in time.
Get on your boots, yeah
Not right now
Bossy boots
You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how
beautiful you are ....
This song is a return for me and I am hoping the album is as controversial as 'Get on Your Boots' is with long time fans. I think it will reinvigorate rock music as many bands I love and adore release something that is innovative to only repeat it in their future albums e.g. Coldplay 'X&Y'. U2 strive for something bigger and have always suprised with their sound. I adore Pop and Zooropa because of their non-conformist sound and many people do not get it. I admit I was sightly unhappy with their previous two albums in terms of sound as they are in many ways a pair of albums and I think Bono himself has acknowledged this in the past. But the future is looking good.
I am now officially excited about them returning to the forefront of the music scene. The band will be on various tv shows promoting the record and I think it is confirmed they will play at the Grammys. However, I do acknowledge that this will probably not be a commercial success and will not hit #1 on the singles charts. Below is the link to the song on U2's official website so you can all listen to it for free.
http://goyb.u2.com/
Loz
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