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★★★
U2, the group that built cathedral postpunk hymns to shake stadiums in its DNA, in the ‘unplugged’ version? Small thinking giants? Do the conquerors make themselves appear humble? ‘Songs of Surrender’ Well, it can represent a self-made change to the whole, a betrayal, or a pastime for boring gentlemen. There is another way to understand this as a way to show that their songs have ‘bigger-than-life’ aspirations. act by turning them negative and not raising the tone too high.
Here, Adam Clayton (bass guitar) and Larry Mullen Jr (drums) are almost on vacation, because the picture is dominated by a delicate network of acoustic guitars and pianos. reduction to the least common denominator, and a glimpse into the past What gives continuity to the modern ‘modus operandi’ of the long-time fragility melancholy and lip-licking quartet: albums dedicated to innocence (2014) and experience (2017), ‘resurrection’ tours of ‘The Joshua Tree’ (2017-19) and Bono’s full-length tours book of memoirs “Surrender” is a direct precedent for this quartet.
Singing in your ear (or almost)
Each disc belongs to a member of the group, and there are 40 songs in total (although 11 are not the same) as the number of chapters in the book. For EdgeThe person who signed it said the following about it: recreate songs “as if Bono were singing them into your ear”and doing that with a few mortgages, creating new regulations and dynamics. Regulars help you Brian Eno and Daniel Lanoisalso a scientist bob ezrin (curriculum with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, etc.) and the result shows: a striking wealth of nuancesMoving from the subtle gospel vibe of ‘One’, ‘crescendo’ turns down the key just as soon as ‘crescendo’ should come, moving into a ‘Red hill mining town’ with brass and popular anthem airs that the band can’t help but give off air. his great instinct. Like in “Pride (in the name of love)”.
While “Vertigo” comes out with a poignant cello touch by 2Cellos member Stjepan Hauser, songs that originally relied on energy and the power of electricity rather than melody suffer the most. The “fly” retains some of its deviant nature with that “groove” with deviant people and album misses second chances for notable songs, but buried under “hits”Renamed to support Ukraine, like ‘Walk on’. Bono turns out to be the winner of this game, which allows him to go whisper and vocal pinch that signifies maturity.
His interpretation puts the lasso an exercise solved with style and moderate creativityWe all know that when the next round comes the world will be praying for U2 to get the original versions.