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Following the success of the previous two albums, which resembled U2’s earlier work, No Line on the Horizon is more in keeping with the experimental phase explored in Achtung Baby and Zooropa. “Get on Your Boots” is described by Q magazine as “demented electro grunge employs a proto-rock n’roll riff, but propelled into the future, before taking a sudden hip-hop twist midway through.” Rolling Stone magazine has called it a “blazing, fuzzed-out rocker that picks up where “Vertigo” left off.” Hot Press described the song as “[. …] a thoroughly contemporary, intense electro grunge exercise, with Adam Clayton’s powerful bass to the fore, which mixes hip hop influences with shades of the Rolling Stones, Queen, Bob Dylan and The Beatles.”
In regard to the song’s supposed “throwaway” lyrics, the New York Times mentioned the song had been described by Bono as a “collection of images of taking his family to a fun fair in southern France on the eve of the war in Iraq, with warplanes zooming overhead.”In an interview with Catherine Owens in the magazine that accompanied some versions of No Line on the Horizon, Bono elaborated by stating that it was set in a fairground in Nice, France, and that it is a song from a man to his first love
In regard to the song’s supposed “throwaway” lyrics, the New York Times mentioned the song had been described by Bono as a “collection of images of taking his family to a fun fair in southern France on the eve of the war in Iraq, with warplanes zooming overhead.”In an interview with Catherine Owens in the magazine that accompanied some versions of No Line on the Horizon, Bono elaborated by stating that it was set in a fairground in Nice, France, and that it is a song from a man to his first love
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HeldbyHim wrote:
PLAY IT LOUD ! GET ON YOUR BOOTS YEAH !!
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Cdub59 wrote:
U2...Bono...The Edge!!!...awesome concert in Toronto!!!
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coanta wrote:
..a little bit faster, but a good one!
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Gangsta-Dewasta wrote:
Let me in the sound, let me in the sound, sound, let me in the sound <3
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egyptianhead wrote:
U2 fastest song
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theclackattack wrote:
i still cant believe they've got away with such a blatent rip off of the 'deal or no deal' theme tune...
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RedigaRehder wrote:
"The future needs a big kiss Winds blows with a twist Never seen a moon like this Can you see it too?"
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Banba777 wrote:
MEET ME IN THE SOUND !! <33333
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zebraz95 wrote:
You know... I think all U2's lyrics mean something, maybe they don't contain as strong words as for example "Sunday Bloody Sunday" or "Bullet The Blue Sky", but they are still important.
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jumhed wrote:
Anyone else remember when U2's lyrics meant something, as opposed to now when its a random collection of sentences?
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zebraz95 wrote:
exactly the same :p it's god damn rock'n'roll! :D
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aiky07 wrote:
me too.. i didn't like it first. but then it always played on my mind. then poof! i can't get it off of me. haha.
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carmin_ wrote:
Sexy boots
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sufjanatic_93 wrote:
i hated this at first but now i love it. love the "let me in the sound" part
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Wira05 wrote:
dont know why this flopped, i liked it instantly..
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Chuck20 wrote:
Let me in the sound, Let me in the sound!!!!!!
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Terrasidius wrote:
Lol, I was a bit wary of this tune to beginwith but its really is a grower, I love it now. If only the rhythm section was a bit more loose, ála The Fly or Discothéque so you could GROOVE to it, as it is itsa bit too "rigid" but if they did what I suggest it could be Even Better than the Real Thing. :)
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coldplayeer wrote:
great song :)
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seanthomas11 wrote:
Keep your boots on...
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my_throat_hurts wrote:
Tom J Davies, instructing people to wear a condom is "disturbing" now?
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