Tuesday, September 19, 2006

I was just wondering, its been a while since i did anything on U2 up here on my blog which is weird since my blog name is u2ism, my page title is in direct reference to U2 and lastly, the blogskin is U2. but fear no more .. i am going back on my U2 obsession phase (which usually drives my friends and accomplices nuts because then i can talk/walk/see nothing else but U2) and guess which song brought me back to the heartland - So Cruel ....

I have been asked a few times listing my top U2 favourite songs and i ve almost always managed to name my top 4 straight ahead. So Cruel is one of them and it surprises most of the people. This Song was recorded on the U2 epic, 'ACHTUNG BABY' and is possibly, the most underrated song of the entire U2 discography, or so i think atleast. Not a most recognizeable song but then as i mentioned, one of the very rare U2 song which talks about relationship and only relationship. Love/hatred/possessiveness/jeaoulsy/betrayal ... all of it is SO evident in this song. Bono wrote one of the most poignant and moving lyrics of his life in this song. They just hit the right chords in such a manner the listener is in a trance, and shaking by the end of song, his body intense, thoughts swirling wildly in mind ... this song is coming from a mind which is at its most restless and most volatile and disturbed. Its a dangerous song. and Danger is good. So is this song. This song is Good, or perhaps , much more than that. much more than any amount of words can do justice to what this song is. Next time, play it at 11.30am, switch off the lights and let it go on a loop. Experience the 'So Cruel' phase. Its phenomenal. its unbelieveable. its mindblowing. Its painful ....


So Cruel


We crossed the line
Who pushed who over
It doesn't matter to you
It matters to me

We're cut adrift
But still floating
I'm only hanging on
To watch you go down
My love

I disappeared in you
You disappeared from me
I gave you everything you ever wanted
It wasn't what you wanted

The men who love you, you hate the most
They pass right through you like a ghost
They look for you but your spirit is in the air
Baby, you're nowhere

Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...sweetheart...
You're so cruel

Desperation is a tender trap
It gets you every time
You put your lips to her lips
To stop the lie

Her skin is pale like God's only dove
Screams like an angel for your love
Then she makes you watch her from above
And you need her like a drug

Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...sweetheart...
You're so cruel

She wears my love like a see-through dress
Her lips say one thing
Her movements something else
Oh love...like a screaming flower
Love...dying every hour...love

You don't know if it's fear or desire
Danger the drug that takes you higher
Head in heaven, fingers in the mire

Her heart is racing, you can't keep up
The night is bleeding like a cut
Between the horses of love and lust
We are trampled underfoot

Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...sweetheart...
You're so cruel

Oh...love...to stay with you I'd be a fool
Sweetheart...you're so cruel


You could listen to Achtung Baby every which way. You could turn it upside-down. You could look at it from a dozen different angels. It doesnt matter. No matter what wa you come at it, there is blood on the tracks. And nowhere is this more evident than in the ballad 'So Cruel'
Introduction to SO CRUEL taken from 'U2 - into the heart by Niall Stokes'



On a side, but related note ... Listen to 'Aarzoo' by noori. I heard that song and within 5 minutes i came to the conclusion this song is to noori what So Cruel is to U2. I dont think i can ever give a bigger compliment to any song than this.


P.S: There is a B-side, not exactly a B-side but an earlier demo work by U2 which actually gave birth to So Cruel. That song is called 'Laugh in the face of Love/So Cruel'. Quite a brooding song that one in its own right.



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Monday, September 11, 2006

Well, here is my first ever tagged post. First up, i did not exactly understand what all the fuss is about 'tagging' and what is it. but well, it turns out it aint rocket science to begin with.

anyways, on with the tagging - sent to me by Ambreen Appa...



I am thinking about...
how to get out and enjoy the weather with some hot company :p

I said...
i - Rock.

I want to...
run, and i also want to hide and then tear down the walls - ala Bono style.

I wish...
to get 3 more wishes

I miss...
pluto

I hear...
U2

I wonder...
why the world is gol(circle) , why not a chokor (square) or mustateel (triangle)

I regret...
at disappointing some REALLY good friends and eventually, losing them.

I am...
what you can never be.

I dance...
and i fall down, for i suck at dancing.

I sing...
and i make others wail and plead me to stop.

I cry...
no, i DONt cry. i am a macho man.

I am not always...
right, but i live in denial.

I write...
awful, with gazillions of grammatical mistakes but then, i live in denial :p

I confuse...
others.

I need...
water.

I should try...
cooking ?

I finish...
before anybody else does.


p.s: i just realized, knowing how frequently (or infrequently :p) i update my blog, i really should do more tagged stuff and that will keep me busy. i am a tagging fan !!


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