U2 : Get On Your Boots :: David Letterman Day 5

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U2: Get On Your Boots Video Review

The video for GOYB was posted on Youtube for a while today, and because it’s not an official release, it’s a grainy and muddy affair.  I can only imagine that Universal will have it yanked before the end of the weekend, and I didn’t want to post it here only to take it down.   Alex Courtes who previously helmed the subtle “Vertigo” video directed the epic and embarrassing “Get On Your Boots”.

I watched the video a couple of times instead of heeding laws of common sense because I had to let all of the imagery sink in.  The video is shamelessly over the top, pretentious and downright silly.  It reminded me of the video to “Girls” by Prodigy from a few years ago.

Earlier this week The Edge reported to Hot Press, “It’s based around the idea that men have fucked things up so badly, politically, economically and socially that it’s really time we handed things over to women. We had our doubts when we saw a rough cut – but the finished video is brilliant. He’s really nailed it.”

Yeah, he nailed something or other.

In case the video is off Youtube by the time this is read, here’s a gallery of grainy images taken from GOYB.

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U2 : Get On Your Boots :: Single Review

“Get On Your Boots” is the first single from U2′s 12th album ‘No Line On The Horizon’ and marks a change in direction for the influential rock band. The track opens with a serpentine down tuned guitar riff while polyrhythmic percussion plays off Bono rattling lyrics like a post rock Dylan attempting a new version of “Subterranean Homesick Blues.”

A sample of the lyric:

“The future needs a big kiss
Winds blow with a twist
Never seen a moon like this
Can you see it to?
Night is falling everywhere
Rockets hit the fun fair
Satan loves the bombscare but he won’t scare you.”

Bono manages to sum up the current zeitgeist as he also mentions gasoline, submarines, war and death into a song that somewhat apes Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up.” Lyrically this song is a little more developed and mature than the previous album’s 1st single, “Vertigo.” “Get On Your Boots” is an interesting change of pace for U2, which seemed content not to ruffle the feathers of their fans with their previous two releases. Hopefully this single is a harbinger of things to expect from the new album.

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