"afraid of sunlight" vs "with or without you"
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Topic: "afraid of sunlight" vs "with or without you"
Posted By: lucas
Subject: "afraid of sunlight" vs "with or without you"
Date Posted: December 25 2012 at 07:07
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Listening back to Marillion's 'afraid of sunlight' (certainly one of their finest albums to date), talk talk and the blue nile come immeditaley to mind due to the overall ambient-pop atmosphere. However, we can also refer to the Lanois-Eno collaboration on U2's 'unforgettable fire' and most of all on 'joshuah tree' for inspiration to this album. The ambient/ americana influence of songs like "elvis presley and america" or "with or without you". I take advantage of this poll to recommend Daniel Lanois' albums 'Acadie' (features some members of U2 but is mostly folk-oriented) and 'For the beauty of Wynona'.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 25 2012 at 16:00
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That's my favourite U2 song. I can take or leave that Marillion song. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 25 2012 at 16:09
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Afraid of Sunlight is a great song.
With or Without You is even better. ------------- |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: December 25 2012 at 16:23
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glad to see other forum members like U2. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: December 25 2012 at 18:50
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Mostly anything by Fish Marillion (and Brave) > U2
But with the exception of Brave (and Marbles), Hoggarth Marillion < U2 And this particular U2 song >>> Marillion's. ------------- 
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Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: March 24 2013 at 23:25
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I was huge into The Joshua Tree. I still think it's a great album for its time, even if it seems dated to me now. I find that today I'd rather listen to Achtung Baby and Zooropa (their last great album). I waited for so long for U2 to make another great album, but I've long since given up. I never got the adoration for Afraid of Sunlight. The track I really love from that album is Out of This World. |