Originally posted by popmarter:It was the first time ever that a lot of fans were disappointed with hearing a new U2 single.
Originally posted by bonoschild:Bumping this in light of a new member's mentioning of the song 🙂 I remembered reacting to this song like I did with Discotheque way back when, like WTF is this??.. both songs did grow on me though. Then after hearing the album I wondered why they went with Boots. Not their worst song, but definitely doesn't do it for me, especially lyrically.
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
I recall the first reaction was quite positive by mostly everyone. It was the first we heard from U2 after a 2.5 year gap and we were raving about it. It took a while before we realized the lyrics were cheesy and childish, the track was poorly produced and in general it was pretty subpar for a band that had delivered gems like Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own and Original Of The Species only a few years earlier. The watermark incident for the videoclip didn't help either
Originally posted by MiamiMyMammy:[..]
Some U2 songs get better and better with scrutiny—I would definitely but Discotheque in that category—with some I suppose it’s the opposite. I haven’t paid too much attention to Get On Your Boots. It’s one of the very few songs I don’t think I know all the words by heart. I think I’ll leave it in the category of fun but not impactful.
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
Yeah. The song from your nickname gets much more hate (lest forget the "U2 wrote Miami" comment in thousands of U2 youtube videos) and is like 570 times better than GOYB
Originally posted by MiamiMyMammy:[..]
Ha, ha. That it is. I recall Allen Ginsberg doing an interpretive reading of those lyrics. Good enough for him if not for YouTube.