Yeah it's a song about the passage of time, it's also a song about change, and about being, well, ready to handle the change, ready to deal with the future. This really, as others have pointed out, is just U2 announcing that they're the new and improved U2, and all bets are off.
This is years later and I don't make comments very often. Can't believe that people think that U2 makes songs about anything not grandiose. Passing of time IS grandiose.
This is years later and I don't make comments very often. Can't believe that people think that U2 makes songs about anything not grandiose. Passing of time IS grandiose.
This album came after Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum. Sounds were different and they made a HUGE statement that they realized that sounds were changing and that they weren't going anywhere. They were right on par, if not ahead, of the change. That's it. THEY ANNOUNCED IT WITH THIS SONG.
This album came after Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum. Sounds were different and they made a HUGE statement that they realized that sounds were changing and that they weren't going anywhere. They were right on par, if not ahead, of the change. That's it. THEY ANNOUNCED IT WITH THIS SONG.
I started in college in 91' and this is the first album my new friends listened to. Thought it...
I started in college in 91' and this is the first album my new friends listened to. Thought it was good, but now great. We thought we blew speakers at the beginning, because of this distortion.
Yeah it's a song about the passage of time, it's also a song about change, and about being, well, ready to handle the change, ready to deal with the future. This really, as others have pointed out, is just U2 announcing that they're the new and improved U2, and all bets are off.
This is years later and I don't make comments very often. Can't believe that people think that U2 makes songs about anything not grandiose. Passing of time IS grandiose.
This is years later and I don't make comments very often. Can't believe that people think that U2 makes songs about anything not grandiose. Passing of time IS grandiose.
This album came after Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum. Sounds were different and they made a HUGE statement that they realized that sounds were changing and that they weren't going anywhere. They were right on par, if not ahead, of the change. That's it. THEY ANNOUNCED IT WITH THIS SONG.
This album came after Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum. Sounds were different and they made a HUGE statement that they realized that sounds were changing and that they weren't going anywhere. They were right on par, if not ahead, of the change. That's it. THEY ANNOUNCED IT WITH THIS SONG.
I started in college in 91' and this is the first album my new friends listened to. Thought it...
I started in college in 91' and this is the first album my new friends listened to. Thought it was good, but now great. We thought we blew speakers at the beginning, because of this distortion.