I don't think this is the weakest song on the album. I think its the most original from the rest, actually. It's unlike the other tracks on the CD in its construction and lyrcis (the music is A Sort of Homecoming slowed down and played backwards) and there are no lyrics (Bono is addlibbing), at first this was my least favorite on the album as well. But new music requires new ways of listening to it. You can't approach listening to this song the same way you do the rest of the album. Its total mood. Play it on a chilly, drizzling, overcast morning.
@dookiebot No, the music isn't played backwards. Try this: "Musically, the song takes its instrumentation from an altered backing track of "A Sort of Homecoming". "
@dookiebot No, the music isn't played backwards. Try this: "Musically, the song takes its instrumentation from an altered backing track of "A Sort of Homecoming". "
The phrase "backing track" doesn't mean "track played backwards," does it?
The phrase "backing track" doesn't mean "track played backwards," does it?
I don't think this is the weakest song on the album. I think its the most original from the rest, actually. It's unlike the other tracks on the CD in its construction and lyrcis (the music is A Sort of Homecoming slowed down and played backwards) and there are no lyrics (Bono is addlibbing), at first this was my least favorite on the album as well. But new music requires new ways of listening to it. You can't approach listening to this song the same way you do the rest of the album. Its total mood. Play it on a chilly, drizzling, overcast morning.
@dookiebot No, the music isn't played backwards. Try this: "Musically, the song takes its instrumentation from an altered backing track of "A Sort of Homecoming". "
@dookiebot No, the music isn't played backwards. Try this: "Musically, the song takes its instrumentation from an altered backing track of "A Sort of Homecoming". "
The phrase "backing track" doesn't mean "track played backwards," does it?
The phrase "backing track" doesn't mean "track played backwards," does it?