Comments on: Song of the Day #14: ‘In God’s Country’ – U2 http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/08/07/song-of-the-day-in-gods-country-u2/ Musings on movies, television, music and more Thu, 31 May 2012 12:38:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mom http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/08/07/song-of-the-day-in-gods-country-u2/#comment-476 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:19:15 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-476 I too am a fan of U2 and Bono even though I don’t have any of their CDs. I remember when we were doing a walking tour in Dublin and being excited that his house was in the area. I also think Clay is a cute geek.

]]> By: Clay http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/08/07/song-of-the-day-in-gods-country-u2/#comment-471 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:30:11 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-471 Stay tuned next week…

]]> By: Amy http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/08/07/song-of-the-day-in-gods-country-u2/#comment-469 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:55:42 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-469 I have little opinion about this album or U2 in general. I associate the album with Clay being a 15 year old geek :-) and with the beginning of the stage that has yet to end where my kid brother would introduce me to new music. What I remember wondering at the time he got the album and listed to it incessantly was whether the Joshua Tree was significant historically and I had been cheated in school because I had never been taught about this famed Joshua Tree.

Oh, and I look forward to the day when R.E.M. gets its song of the day turn, for then I will have more to say about the music.

]]> By: Clay http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/08/07/song-of-the-day-in-gods-country-u2/#comment-466 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:47:07 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-466 I was thinking more along the lines of Document and Green.

]]> By: Dana http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/08/07/song-of-the-day-in-gods-country-u2/#comment-463 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:29:58 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-463 Joshua Tree was the shot heard around the world? Boy, I must have missed that. To me, it was simply their breakout album, but not the start of any music revolution. And, frankly, I must say that I have liked REM of recent albums far less, so maybe that U2 influence wasn’t such a good thing.

]]> By: Clay http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/08/07/song-of-the-day-in-gods-country-u2/#comment-461 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:09:18 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-461 Whiile their earlier albums were popular and put them on the map, The Joshua Tree was definitely the shot heard round the world. This is the album that got a 20th anniversary bonus re-release a year ago.

I don’t really get the godlike status given to U2 by many of their fans, but I do think they’ve produced some truly excellent music. The Joshua Tree, in particular, is more than worthy of its classic status.

Also, REM has admitted a strong U2 influence, and if you listen to their work post-Fables of the Reconstruction you can tell. That said, I certainly prefer REM to U2.

]]> By: Dana http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/08/07/song-of-the-day-in-gods-country-u2/#comment-459 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:34:53 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-459 I have to agree with Alex. You really are revealing your true geekiness:) As for U2, I must admit that I have never really gravitated to their sound. Too heavy on the Edge guitar and, frankly, Bono’s voice just annoys me. This song does nothing for me, and exemplifies most of what I dislike about U2. And I also take some exception to the notion that The Joshua Tree “changed the face of popular music.” To be sure, it was a critically well received album and their biggest commercial success, but if anything U2 did to change popular music, it would have come with War or Unforgettable Fire. And, while you perhaps may have read something about REM being “influenced” by U2, I would suggest that REM very much traveled its own path and had made its mark with Radio Free Europe and Murmur. Anyway, I am not saying I don’t like some of U2′s stuff (and might listen to it in the right mood, though I really haven’t been in that mood for about 15 years), but, for the most part, their music doesn’t do it for me.

]]> By: Alex http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/08/07/song-of-the-day-in-gods-country-u2/#comment-456 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:17:38 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-456 What a cute super-geek you were. And still are.

]]>