So a radio rip of the new U2 single "Vertigo" is all over the net. If you had any urge to download this at all, I'm going to tell you right now that you probably shouldn't waste your time. After
All That You Can't Leave Behind and U2's expressed desire to start making "rock-and-roll" again, it's pretty much the same old stuff that you'd expect...standard stripped down rock sound with blathering lyrics trying to take you higher. Actually, the chorus sounds a bit like "You Keep Me Hanging On" by Diana Ross & The Supremes, which just in case you were wondering, is an infinitely superior song. In all fairness though, you probably shouldn't listen to me on matters such as these considering I thought the Strokes' "Last Night" sounded like a good ripoff of "You Can't Hurry Love". Must have Motown on the mind.
Anyway, I just want to let it be known that "Vertigo" is bad and it's convinced me that U2 has completely lost it. Every single one of you who lambasted them for
Pop should now feel totally ashamed of yourselves. Damn technophobes. Look what you've done. Instead of getting decent DFA or Prodigy or retro electro (or wherever else they would have taken it) wannabe singles, we're getting steaming piles like "Vertigo" and "Elevation". We're ALL going to pay the price for your lack of vision!
And just to continue my trend of talking about Girls Aloud every waking moment of the day, here's a nice random observation. "Some Kind of Miracle" has the best use of the word "vertigo" in a song ever.
