I missed the tin of crayons “poem” the first time around. Just read on NYE as I sit with my son, now 4, who is going through similar swings of innocence, exploration and destruction. All of which is exquisite and a reminder of how we should all live. Love that your parents leaned into the poem and even celebrated it. Hope you find the flow - often the search for it is the actual joy.
On Songs of Surrender, I feel like I like the songs well enough to have them come up if I'm listening to U2 on shuffle, but how often will I actually put on the album qua album (or even one of its four "sides")? One of my friends was super-negative with the first samples that we got from it, and so I came into it with kind of a bad attitude. I feel like one out of four or one out of five songs are really interesting takes on the originals, but for the most part, I feel like I'm asking why I'm not just listening to the original. Maybe it will grow on me.
Good holy trinity -- I have a particularly deep affection for Rattle & Hum, as it was my first U2 album.
I agree -- after a few listens through the whole 40-song set, I found myself back with Achtung Baby. I think I'll go back to "Every Breaking Wave" and maybe a few others, but in general, I like U2 as an electric band.
I missed the tin of crayons “poem” the first time around. Just read on NYE as I sit with my son, now 4, who is going through similar swings of innocence, exploration and destruction. All of which is exquisite and a reminder of how we should all live. Love that your parents leaned into the poem and even celebrated it. Hope you find the flow - often the search for it is the actual joy.
On Songs of Surrender, I feel like I like the songs well enough to have them come up if I'm listening to U2 on shuffle, but how often will I actually put on the album qua album (or even one of its four "sides")? One of my friends was super-negative with the first samples that we got from it, and so I came into it with kind of a bad attitude. I feel like one out of four or one out of five songs are really interesting takes on the originals, but for the most part, I feel like I'm asking why I'm not just listening to the original. Maybe it will grow on me.
Good holy trinity -- I have a particularly deep affection for Rattle & Hum, as it was my first U2 album.
I agree -- after a few listens through the whole 40-song set, I found myself back with Achtung Baby. I think I'll go back to "Every Breaking Wave" and maybe a few others, but in general, I like U2 as an electric band.