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BOY |
DATE
1980 |
LENGTH
42:13 MINUTES |
LABEL
POLYGRAM |
PRODUCER
STEVE LILLYWHITE |
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The ten tunes are
sturdily
constructed and winningly
melodic, from the rousing refrain
of "I Will Follow" to
the elegiac quiet of "The
Ocean." But by far the most
arresting thing about the band is
its sound. U2's instrumental
approach is fairly minimal, but
the band parts company with its
contemporaries by making sure
that every part in its
stripped-down arrangements is
played for maximum
impact. Obviously, the ringing
ostinatos and colorful chording
provided by the Edge's echo-laden
guitar play a large part in this,
but he hardly carries all the
melodic weight. Adam Clayton's
bass line in
"Twilight," for
instance, doesn't just shore up
the beat, but supplies a
secondary melodic line; likewise,
Larry Mullen's drums in
"Stories for Boys"
don't just keep time, but provide
musical cues to
underscore the song's inner
drama. Thus between them, the
band's instrumental voices manage
an
almost greater eloquence than
Bono's amiably heroic vocals.Copyright ©
1968-1999 Rolling Stone Network.
All Rights Reserved.
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i will
follow |
a day
without me |
U2-3 |
11'clock
tick tock |
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I WILL
FOLLOW I was on the
outside, when you said
You said you needed me.
I was looking at myself, I was
blind
I could not see.
A boy tries hard to be a man,
His mother takes him by his hand,
If he stops to think he starts to
cry.
Oh why?
If you walkaway, walkaway
I walkaway, walkaway - I will
follow.
I was on the inside
when they pulled the four walls
down.
I was looking through the window.
I was lost, I am found.
Walkaway, Walkaway.
I walkaway, walkaway - I will
follow.
If you walkaway, walkaway,
I walkaway, walkaway - I will
follow.
(Your eyes make a circle,
I see you when I go in there)
Your eyes, your eyes.
If you walkaway, walkaway
I walkaway, walkaway - I will
follow
I will follow
I will follow...
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TWILIGHT I look into his
eyes, there are closed
But I see something.
A teacher told me why, I laugh
When old men cry.
My body grows and grows,
It fightens me you know.
The old man tried to walk me
home.
I thought he should have known.
Twilight, lost my way.
Twilight, night and day.
Twilight, can't find my way.
(In the shadow boy meets man).
I'm running in the rain.
I'm caught in a late night play.
It's all and everything.
I'm soaking through the skin.
Twilight, darkened day.
Twilight, lost my way.
Twilight, can't find my way.
(In the shadow boy meets man).
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AN CAT DUBH Say goodnight, she
waits for me to put out the
light.
Lay there still,
She waits to break my will.
Yes, if I know the truth,
How bout you?
(She got it)
And in the daylight,
A blackbird makes a fire inside.
And when she is done,
She sleeps beside the night.
Yes, I know the truth,
How bout you?
(She got it)
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INTO THE
HEART Into the heart of a
child.
I stay a while, I can go back.
Into the heart of a
child.
I can smile.
I can go there.
Into the heart of a child.
I can go back.
I can stay a while.
Into the heart.
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OUT OF
CONTROL Monday morning,
it's so boring.
I say how long, you say how long.
It was one dull morning,
Woke the world with falling.
I was so sad, so sad.
It was so sad.
I had a feeling it was out of
control.
Boys and girls go to school and
learn.
I had a feeling it was out of
control.
Out of control.
I have full faith, that
it was burning.
And it go, say death.
It's a charmer, I say a charmer.
And one day I'll die.
And the choice will not be mine.
Will it be too late?
You can't fight it.
I had a feeling it was out of
control.
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STORIES FOR
BOYS There's a place I
go,
And it is far away.
There's a TV show,
And I can grow.
Sometimes the hero takes
me,
Sometimes I don't let go.
There's a picture book
With more than moans and groans.
There's a comic strip
That makes me laugh.
Sometimes I let it take
me.
Sometimes I don't let go,
I won't let go.
Stories for boys.
There's a place I go,
And it is far away.
There's a radio,
And I will crawl.
Sometimes the hero takes me.
Sometimes I don't let go.
Stories for boys...
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THE OCEAN A picture in grey,
Dorian Gray,
Just me by the sea.
And I felt like a star,
I thought that the world could go
far,
If they listened to what I said.
The Ocean, the Ocean
Washes my feet.
Splashes the soul of my shoes.
When I looked around,
The world couldn't be found,
Just me by the sea.
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A DAY
WITHOUT ME I'm starting a
landslide in my ego.
Look from the outside to the
world I left behind.
I'm dreaming, you're awake.
If I were sleeping,
Once I'd say
A day without me.
What are the feelings I've been
feeling?
What are the feelings to let me
out?
Today's a day without me.
I started a landslide in my ego.
Look from the outside to the
world I left behind,
To the world I left behind.
Wipe the eyes from the laughter,
To the world I left behind.
Share the tears and the laughter.
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ANOTHER
TIME ANOTHER DAY Bright morning
lights
Wipe the sleep from another day's
eyes.
Turn away from the wall and
there's nothing at all.
make another one afraid.
It's the open space of my bed.
I'll be with you now.
Real life on a cloud.
Real life.
Just as I am.
I have walked with a tear on my
arm.
I have walked with a feeling of
never before.
In my sleep, I discover the one.
But she rounds with the morning
sun.
I'll be with you now.
Real life on a cloud.
Real life.
Another time, another place.
Real life.
Another time, another place...
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THE
ELECTRIC CO. Boy, stupid boy,
Don't sit at the table
Till you able to.
Toy, broken toy.
Shout, shout, you're inside out.
If you don't know, the electric
co.
Red, running red
Play for real,
Talk and feel.
Hold in your hand.
You don't shout,
You still feel guilty.
If you don't know,
The electric co.
One, two, three, four
Why must I hide from myself?
When I need the crowd.
Bring on the crowd.
I love the crowd.
If you don't know,
the electric co...
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SHADOW AND
TALL TREES Back to the cold
restless streets at night
I talk to myself about tomorrow
night.
Walls of white protest, a
gravestone in name
Who is it now? it's always the
same.
Who is it now? who calls me
inside
Are the leaves on the trees just
a living disguise?
I walk the sweet rain tragicomedy
I'll walk home again to the
street melody.
But I know oh no
I know.
Shadows and tall trees...
Life through a window, a
discoloured pain
Mrs. Brown's washing is always
the same
I walk the sweet rain tragicomedy
I'll walk home again to the
street melody.
But I know oh no
I know.
(Out there)
Do you feel in me, anything
redeeming,
Any worthwhile feeling
Is life like a tightrope? hanging
on my ceiling.
But I know oh no
I know.
Shadows and tall trees ....
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