is u2's 'unforgettable fire' shoegazing?

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well? is it?

― rambo, Monday, 18 April 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

No.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 18 April 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

haha, open and shut case.

― JD from CDepot, Monday, 18 April 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

What kind of drugs are you on - can I have some?

― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Monday, 18 April 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

I've had that thought about "Where the Streets Have No Name" before, but not about the Unforgettable Fire.

― Aaron St. John (StJohn), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

There's some bright guitar glides, but no.

― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 01:30 (twenty years ago)

*pictures Bono staring at his shoes for an entire gig*

Seriously I can see why someone would think "A Sort of Homecoming" was a bit shoegazy, at least the album version.

― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 01:35 (twenty years ago)

no more shoegazey than The Sound, or half the Factory roster at that..

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

Come on Edge, play the shoes!

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 02:23 (twenty years ago)

so what is the shoegazing equivalent of "rattle and hum?"

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 05:28 (twenty years ago)

the third ride album

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 05:36 (twenty years ago)

the final kitchens of distinction EP, the one on fierce panda.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:00 (twenty years ago)

The first song on "The Unforgettable Fire," otth - "A Sort of Homecoming" - is pretty shoegazery. At least it would be if all those Eno-effects were slopped on Bono's vox as well.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:05 (twenty years ago)

I think John is rght -- some of the music is a little shoegazy, but the vocals and the mix aren't.

― Lyra Jane (Lyra Jane), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:20 (twenty years ago)

I've had that thought about "Where the Streets Have No Name" before, but not about the Unforgettable Fire.

Are you all high?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

there is a b side form boy that is shoegaze

― kephm, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

It is even better than the shoegazing thing.

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 20 April 2005 13:05 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

LOL

― Bimble, Saturday, 10 May 2008 17:36 (seventeen years ago)

lol, yeh.
...anyhows, ain't the frikken joshua tree the true u2 gazing of shoe?

― t**t, Saturday, 10 May 2008 19:18 (seventeen years ago)

shoegaze or not: still the best U2 album

― stephen, Saturday, 10 May 2008 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

You are correct Stephen!

Incidentally I just paid $40(US) for a CD copy of the Unforgettable Fire EP simply because I couldn't believe it even existed on CD and it's one of my most treasured records ever.

― Bimble, Sunday, 11 May 2008 02:38 (seventeen years ago)

is "we didn't start the fire" shoegazing?

― J.D., Sunday, 11 May 2008 10:24 (seventeen years ago)

now you just need the gatefold 7" version for "sixty seconds in kingdom come" and the long version of "love comes tumbling."

― f. hazel, Sunday, 11 May 2008 12:55 (seventeen years ago)

Incidentally I just paid $40(US) for a CD copy of the Unforgettable Fire EP simply because I couldn't believe it even existed on CD and it's one of my most treasured records ever.

there's a deluxe version of the album coming out pretty soon, those tracks will probably be on it

― akm, Sunday, 11 May 2008 13:39 (seventeen years ago)

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