Subscriber hestia 55 Posted January 24, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/21/2019 at 1:25 PM, dmway said: Yes, I love how much this album has real staying power - I never tire of listening to it. Going forward, I’m going to try to listen to SOI more in conjunction with it, i.e., to get the whole feel of the full 2-album project. Once the DVD/BluRay for e&i is released, I’ll watch both concerts consecutively too. I want to get more complete feel of the whole concept, if I can. By coincidence, I have also been reading “Fearful Symmetry” by the wonderful mythologist/scholar, Northrop Frye. It is a very insightful discussion of William Blake’s original poems, including “Songs of Innocence and Experience”. It’s wonderful to read it in conjunction with listening to these albums. I’ll have to revisit Blake’s actual writings/pictures themselves soon too. I haven’t looked at either in a while. What a great reference. I'll look for it at the library, then see about an interlibrary loan. It's reassuring to have songs to match the emotional complexity of contemporary issues, and also have perspective of the relationship of the human condition. Poetry as a continuum on the evolution of the human soul. There I go again, overthinking... The DVD might be released around my birthday. It will be a nice present for myself. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber peterferris8 592 Posted February 19, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted February 19, 2019 Listening to Summer of Love and Red Flag Day right after The Blanket of Night by Elbow. The Blanket of Night came out on their album The Take Off and Landing of Everything in 2014 and touches on the same things - it's about a refugee couple on a boat sailing away from whatever hell they've left behind to a new home. Turns it works well when followed by Summer of Love and Red Flag Day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber dmway 1,960 Posted March 28, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted March 28, 2019 Just a reminder... I still love this album! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber dmway 1,960 Posted April 17, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted April 17, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 1:31 AM, dmway said: Just a reminder... I still love this album! ...and I just listened to SOE again today. Just a lovely piece of music! 😎 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber dmway 1,960 Posted May 17, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 17, 2019 I wonder what songs will be played from SOE on the Austro-Asian tour coming up. TLTTGYA, The Blackout, Lights Of Home...the mind boggles... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber yardie 203 Posted May 18, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 18, 2019 Ye know what - whilst it's not umph U2 - Love is bigger remains a fabulous track for me on the last album - reflective, uplifting - everything you want from the band if you've followed them for 'a while' In the vein of 'All I want is You' 20 years ago. If the confirmations come through for this tour, I might even attempt travel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber Manohlive 2,338 Posted May 18, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted May 18, 2019 (edited) It's nice to see this thread come alive again. I think Lights of Home is a universal song. I'd like to hear it in the new tour. Blackout was a roof blower indoors. It would be awesome in a stadium. I'd love to hear them do You're The Best Thing, full on electric, and go straight into Get Out Of Your Own Way. I'd be surprised if they did not do Love Is Bigger. My first choice, as a fan, would be 13. I can't imagine having written these songs and deciding which ones to use and which ones to leave out when it's been since Vertigo that so many have been able to see them live. . Edited May 18, 2019 by Manohlive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber Manohlive 2,338 Posted June 13, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted June 13, 2019 I'm listening to SOE right now. It's been a rough few days. This cd is making me feel so much better. Statues fall....Blackout is playing right now. My head is banging even thought it's pounding. Don't you ever doubt the light the light that we can be. This album is like the glittering object in a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, only they live happily ever after. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber KEV ANGELL 45 Posted June 15, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 1:27 AM, Manohlive said: I'm listening to SOE right now. It's been a rough few days. This cd is making me feel so much better. Statues fall....Blackout is playing right now. My head is banging even thought it's pounding. Don't you ever doubt the light the light that we can be. This album is like the glittering object in a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, only they live happily ever after. I always listen to U2 when things are crap, it really does help, doesn’t change things from being crap but does lift me inside to help me battle on. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber Manohlive 2,338 Posted June 15, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted June 15, 2019 12 hours ago, KEV ANGELL said: I always listen to U2 when things are crap, it really does help, doesn’t change things from being crap but does lift me inside to help me battle on. It also sounds even more awesome when things get better after the fall. I love this album. It's still fresh. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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