Originally posted by LikeASong:I was thinking that... Songs Of Innocence was released out of the blue only 5 years ago. Only 5 years and it's been 4 tours since then, a bike accident, a brush with mortality, and many of us have attended more U2 gigs than in our full previous life before. Time flies.
I miss the days when SOI came out, the tour was announced, the deluxe version, the extra songs, the new look of the band, everything. It was like U2 had been born again and were witnesses of it.
Now we have them touring like crazy, every year. In a certain sense, I wish they went away for a good while, I wish they disappeared off the map so they could come back and blow our minds again.
I just want to miss them a bit so I can be excited when they're back again.
Originally posted by LikeASong:I was thinking that... Songs Of Innocence was released out of the blue only 5 years ago. Only 5 years and it's been 4 tours since then, a bike accident, a brush with mortality, and many of us have attended more U2 gigs than in our full previous life before. Time flies.
I miss the days when SOI came out, the tour was announced, the deluxe version, the extra songs, the new look of the band, everything. It was like U2 had been born again and were witnesses of it.
Now we have them touring like crazy, every year around different parts of the world. In a certain sense, I wish they went away for a good while, I wish they disappeared off the map so they could come back and blow our minds again.
I just want to miss them a bit so I can be excited when they're back again.
Originally posted by JuJuman:[..]
Wow, five years only. Indeed, 4 tours, two albums - they've been busy. My end: I had two kids and took up a new job, in a new country. It really feels like a lifetime ago.
I loved SOI. I think the album is more cohesive than SOE. [SOE has a some duds (AS, Love is bigger, although I know that's contentious - and I'm not a great fan of the Showman, either). Also, the sequencing isn't great and Lights of home album version kind of sucks.]
I actually hope they'll be back soon. With a really strong album. Or with something nice and fresh, like Coldplay just did.
Originally posted by JuJuman:[..]
Wow, five years only. Indeed, 4 tours, two albums - they've been busy. My end: I had two kids and took up a new job, in a new country. It really feels like a lifetime ago.
I loved SOI. I think the album is more cohesive than SOE. [SOE has a some duds (AS, Love is bigger, although I know that's contentious - and I'm not a great fan of the Showman, either). Also, the sequencing isn't great and Lights of home album version kind of sucks.]
I actually hope they'll be back soon. With a really strong album. Or with something nice and fresh, like Coldplay just did.