I'm still really enjoying the new U2 album. I think it's much better than their last few but is still pretty damn homogenous. If you haven't picked it up yet I suggest you spend the couple extra bucks to get the edition that comes with a DVD (but not the one with the goofy book). Why? Well, there's a completely insane and delirious video on the DVD of Bono and The Edge playing "Vertigo" acoustically. Oh, and The Edge isn't playing an acoustic guitar. Nope. HE'S PLAYING A BANJO. It just might be the funniest thing I've seen in, well, a damn long time.
Much like the last album, though, there's one bit that makes me completely lose focus on the rest of the album. Last time around it was the entirety of that awful "New York" song. This time? Well, it's just one line in the second track, "Miracle Drug." Bono sings...
Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a newborn baby's head
Oh? Huh? Wait a minute. Um. I uh. WHAT!?
Discuss...
Posted by mikewolf at December 11, 2004 09:08 AMPeople smell babies. I personally don't get it myself, but they do.
And let's face it... if you're going to smell an infant... you want to smell the part furthest away from the pooper.
Sure. But that's what freedom smells like? Somebody should seriously tell W. that, though. I can already hear it -
"These elections in Iraq. They're important. We're trying to make them, um, understand what the top of newborn little person's head area smells like. Freedom. It's important"
Posted by: mrw on December 12, 2004 09:10 AMSo freedom smells like talcum powder. Interesting...
Posted by: Linus on December 12, 2004 03:59 PM