Heston and Marky's Friday Top 5

[WestwayKid]

Winter - The Rolling Stones
She's So Cold - The Rolling Stones
California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out - Bruce Springsteen

I can't think of another one. All the good ones have been used already

I really wanted to put in Ring out, Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull but it narrowly missed the cut. I'm not sure you'd like it but you're most welcome if you fancy filling out the five

That came up on a Spotify holiday mix this past weekend and I liked it. Another one I heard that could have made the list is I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake. A surprisingly (for me) good song.

Love that Greg Lake song. Just realised I haven't heard it yet this festive season, it's usually a staple of a few of the radio shows I regularly listen to.

U2 does a nice cover of that one.

[Marky Dread]

Winter - The Rolling Stones
She's So Cold - The Rolling Stones
California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out - Bruce Springsteen

I can't think of another one. All the good ones have been used already

I really wanted to put in Ring out, Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull but it narrowly missed the cut. I'm not sure you'd like it but you're most welcome if you fancy filling out the five

That came up on a Spotify holiday mix this past weekend and I liked it. Another one I heard that could have made the list is I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake. A surprisingly (for me) good song.

Love that Greg Lake song. Just realised I haven't heard it yet this festive season, it's usually a staple of a few of the radio shows I regularly listen to.

U2 does a nice cover of that one.

Shhhh that's a dirty word 'round these parts.

[revbob]

I really wanted to put in Ring out, Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull but it narrowly missed the cut. I'm not sure you'd like it but you're most welcome if you fancy filling out the five

That came up on a Spotify holiday mix this past weekend and I liked it. Another one I heard that could have made the list is I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake. A surprisingly (for me) good song.

Love that Greg Lake song. Just realised I haven't heard it yet this festive season, it's usually a staple of a few of the radio shows I regularly listen to.

U2 does a nice cover of that one.

Shhhh that's a dirty word 'round these parts.

Clearly not dirty enough.

[WestwayKid]

I really wanted to put in Ring out, Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull but it narrowly missed the cut. I'm not sure you'd like it but you're most welcome if you fancy filling out the five

That came up on a Spotify holiday mix this past weekend and I liked it. Another one I heard that could have made the list is I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake. A surprisingly (for me) good song.

Love that Greg Lake song. Just realised I haven't heard it yet this festive season, it's usually a staple of a few of the radio shows I regularly listen to.

U2 does a nice cover of that one.

Shhhh that's a dirty word 'round these parts.

Oh, I know. I posted a somewhat favorable review of their last LP and everyone jumped on me...

[Marky Dread]

That came up on a Spotify holiday mix this past weekend and I liked it. Another one I heard that could have made the list is I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake. A surprisingly (for me) good song.

Love that Greg Lake song. Just realised I haven't heard it yet this festive season, it's usually a staple of a few of the radio shows I regularly listen to.

U2 does a nice cover of that one.

Shhhh that's a dirty word 'round these parts.

Oh, I know. I posted a somewhat favorable review of their last LP and everyone jumped on me...

I don't care much about the hate. I've got all their albums.

[Kimmelweck]

Love that Greg Lake song. Just realised I haven't heard it yet this festive season, it's usually a staple of a few of the radio shows I regularly listen to.

U2 does a nice cover of that one.

Shhhh that's a dirty word 'round these parts.

Oh, I know. I posted a somewhat favorable review of their last LP and everyone jumped on me...

I don't care much about the hate. I've got all their albums.

I haven’t listened to much U2 beyond Joshua Tree, but I do like Zooropa.

[Sparky]

U2 does a nice cover of that one.

Shhhh that's a dirty word 'round these parts.

Oh, I know. I posted a somewhat favorable review of their last LP and everyone jumped on me...

I don't care much about the hate. I've got all their albums.

I haven’t listened to much U2 beyond Joshua Tree, but I do like Zooropa.

I really liked their earlier stuff, saw them a couple of times, once in the 80's & again in the early 90's. I think the last album (CD) I purchased was Zooropa.

[revbob]

Some of my best friends are U2 fans.

[Dr. Medulla]

Some of my best friends are U2 fans.

I have a friend who is a serious U2 fan—he planned family vacations around U2 tours—and he did his best to not quite convert but entice me. He made me a mix called "U2 For People Who Hate Bono." He read his target audience right, but nevertheless did not succeed.

[Olaf]

"U2 For People Who Hate U2" should have done the job.

[Dr. Medulla]

"U2 For People Who Hate U2" should have done the job.

Schrodinger's Mix Tape.

[Low Down Low]

Read this piece in the Sunday Times a few weeks back. It's paywalled anyway, but jist of it is it was 20 years since the release of All That You Can't Leave Behind and this critic reckoned that's when they took the wrong turn, abandoned the adventurism of the 80s and 90s to play it safe instead. I mean, I would think there's probably something in that, but no one would pay me a nice salary just to say that!

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/all- ... -fb2jddx6x

[Kimmelweck]

Some of my best friends are U2 fans.

Would you be interested in a swap for some Phish or Steely Dan fans?

[Marky Dread]

Some of my best friends are U2 fans.

Some of my worst friends post here.

[WestwayKid]

Read this piece in the Sunday Times a few weeks back. It's paywalled anyway, but jist of it is it was 20 years since the release of All That You Can't Leave Behind and this critic reckoned that's when they took the wrong turn, abandoned the adventurism of the 80s and 90s to play it safe instead. I mean, I would think there's probably something in that, but no one would pay me a nice salary just to say that!

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/all- ... -fb2jddx6x

Their take is not wrong (in my opinion). Pop was out there (in mostly a good, if underrated, way). All That You Can't Leave Behind sounded like a band playing it safe by playing what they felt U2 should sound like. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb was more of the same. I do think No Line On The Horizon had some interestingly weird moments. It felt more textured, sort of The Unforgettable Fire for the 21st Century. The most recent albums should have been edited down to a single. There are some decent songs, but the interesting tracks are undercut by the playing it safe songs.