u2 18: better than the muppets; and other super-educated thoughts
uk album sales charts, last week:
1. westlife, the love album
2. oasis, stop the clocks
3. the beatles, love
4. u2, 18 singles that everyone already owns
what? are you kidding me? the muppets didn't beat u2, as well? how can that be? oh, the muppets didn't put out an album last week? okay, that explains everything. totally.
not that i care, but did you know that u2 18 singles features a grand total of two songs from the 90s? and zero songs from boy and october? are u2 crazy? are they trying to erase baby u2 and 90s u2 from existence? the evil powers of the bono know no end.
still, i bought the u2 18 singles cd/dvd deluxe edition. the bonus dvd is a 10-song set from milan, 2005. it is live. it is u2. it exists. $20 bills totally grow on a tree outside my house. so i bought it. i am a sucker. sue me. (not really, please don't.)
i have no thoughts to share on the cd of singles. none. at all. but believe it or not, i do have some bono-centric thoughts about the too-short bonus dvd.
the milan dvd offers a stadium-sized glimpse of the vertigo tour, and includes several of my favorite things: bono biting edge, bono being a dork, no real pontificating, i will follow, edge on guitar during original of the species (burn the piano!), adam being adam, larry being larry, and bono being too sexy for his jacket.
there is a brilliant moment at the beginning of elevation when a camera angle from behind (yeah, i know) captures bono, acting the fool, this tiny little man engulfed by this giant stadium full of people. he's saying he can't dance, but still he is dancing, and this sea of people is dancing just like him. it's one of those moments when you really want to cringe at bono, but you realize you can't because your jaw is on the floor.
the must-have element of this dvd is miss sarajevo. bono pulling off the opera part of this song on this tour is one of the most amazing things he has ever done. the way it is shot here, bono without the shades, weary eyes, the super close-up when he is hitting the big note, teary eyes, his head almost ready to explode - the whole thing is uniquely this-era of bono. i am glad it is on this dvd. and i am glad i bought it.
alrighty, then....i'm off to colorado for the week. i am going to check out the main vein, and maybe if i'm lucky, meet up with the coolest kid in colorado.
keep an eye on yer man for me, peeps....
1. westlife, the love album
2. oasis, stop the clocks
3. the beatles, love
4. u2, 18 singles that everyone already owns
what? are you kidding me? the muppets didn't beat u2, as well? how can that be? oh, the muppets didn't put out an album last week? okay, that explains everything. totally.
not that i care, but did you know that u2 18 singles features a grand total of two songs from the 90s? and zero songs from boy and october? are u2 crazy? are they trying to erase baby u2 and 90s u2 from existence? the evil powers of the bono know no end.
still, i bought the u2 18 singles cd/dvd deluxe edition. the bonus dvd is a 10-song set from milan, 2005. it is live. it is u2. it exists. $20 bills totally grow on a tree outside my house. so i bought it. i am a sucker. sue me. (not really, please don't.)
i have no thoughts to share on the cd of singles. none. at all. but believe it or not, i do have some bono-centric thoughts about the too-short bonus dvd.
the milan dvd offers a stadium-sized glimpse of the vertigo tour, and includes several of my favorite things: bono biting edge, bono being a dork, no real pontificating, i will follow, edge on guitar during original of the species (burn the piano!), adam being adam, larry being larry, and bono being too sexy for his jacket.
there is a brilliant moment at the beginning of elevation when a camera angle from behind (yeah, i know) captures bono, acting the fool, this tiny little man engulfed by this giant stadium full of people. he's saying he can't dance, but still he is dancing, and this sea of people is dancing just like him. it's one of those moments when you really want to cringe at bono, but you realize you can't because your jaw is on the floor.
the must-have element of this dvd is miss sarajevo. bono pulling off the opera part of this song on this tour is one of the most amazing things he has ever done. the way it is shot here, bono without the shades, weary eyes, the super close-up when he is hitting the big note, teary eyes, his head almost ready to explode - the whole thing is uniquely this-era of bono. i am glad it is on this dvd. and i am glad i bought it.
alrighty, then....i'm off to colorado for the week. i am going to check out the main vein, and maybe if i'm lucky, meet up with the coolest kid in colorado.
keep an eye on yer man for me, peeps....
posted by c at 11:00 PM
9 Comments:
yeah, if you're lucky.
;)
Even though I don't have your money tree I bought the deluxe version of U218 as well and my thoughts about the video are similar to yours. I'm ready to watch it again and I'm reluctant to write much about it until I do. But "Window in the Skies" was almost worth the bucks all by itself. I absolutely love it.
I bought deluxe U2 18 and I just loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee the DVD.
Otherwise, I did not listening the Cd and I don´t have plans to do it :)
P.S. Oh, I can´t take of my mind that Underground t-shit. Or the owner of it...
I can't even FIND the deluxe edition. Grrr. I did find the DVD of the videos and my bro bought that for me (he's a nice one) but the DVD with CD.. MIA.
heather - i just found out peace signs are illegal in colorado! help!!!
u2 lorax - try amazon.........
I totally see what you mean about the tracklisting. As for erasing 90s U2, I thought they already did a pretty good job of that with the 1990-2000 set. What an awful representation of that decade (my favourite U2 decade).
Gee thanks. I'd just decided not to bother with U218 and you go and tell me about something I MUST HAVE!
Oh how I wish you had just posted another Bono Bum Monday. I may have to post something over in my blog... got to find some pics first...
I've actually never ordered anything from Amazon. I think I may have been to their website (not counting Borders visits) 4 or 5 times.
I'm hoping Santa will bring U218.
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