You'll probably all disagree but "surface to air" sorta remindes me of...................wait for it............."where the streets have no name" by U2. It has the same sorta euphoric build up dont you think.

er yeah, sort of. Both are amazing tracks :).

yeah...i can see that. you get this sort of happy rush when you hear the two tracks. the u2 just has this emotional build at the begnininng and STA pretty much builds through the whole song.





STA = U2's WTSHNN x 13,000,000

Surface to air makes me wanna sing "please forgive me I never meant to hurt you"

I can see where you're coming from on that :)

Close your eyes also reminds me of Ghosts by Japan............



I seen U2 in Glasgow a few years back and when they played WTSHNN it was an amazing experience.... they take even longer to build up to the euphoria when they play it live...........(was the achtung baby tour)

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Surface to air makes me wanna sing "please forgive me I never meant to hurt you"

the drums in surface to air and the golden path are the same me thinks

U2, what's that?

Slipvin, you're such a smarty pants!! ;)



rubberhead, I'm a long time fan of U2 and I see what you mean about the correlation between Surface To Air and U2's Where The Streets Have No Name - Other than the strong intros of both Surface To Air and Streets that reel the listener in, I think the correlation between the two doesn't lie is song structure or melody per se - rather the emotions that both these songs invoke (in some people.) The same feelings of exhaltation and buildup and release, if you will. Those positive vibes. How these songs can lead to some sense of surrender and in the end, longing. Chock it up to coincidence that these 2 songs build up and have similar impacts on their fans - nothing more than that really. Each song is unique, and stands on its own.



pablo, ditto on Where The Streets Have No Name being played out live!! It really was the highlight to my 1987. U2 opened with Where The Streets Have No Name during the Joshua Tree tour, both times when I attended the 1st and 2nd legs of the U2 tour. I particularly remember the show where U2 played the Colusseum in Los Angeles. Packed to the gills with people, it was sold out. There was so much anticipation, so much excitement in the air you could cut it with a knife. Then the red glow of lights bathed the stage and the synthesized beginning part (composed by Brian Eno, no less!) went on for a good 5 minutes before the Edge walked on stage and started playing the guitar. I have never witnessed so many people freaking out, it was absolutely mind boggling. The cheers and screams from upwards of at least 70,000 people packed into the stadium were so great, I couldn't even hear the screams coming out of my own mouth. U2 fans are a zealous lot! It was such a great way to start a show, it really got everyone to surrender to what was going to happen on stage, and it is a fine memory indeed.

I might need to listen to "where the streets.." once more to get the poitn here, but I think it is a bit easy to establish a link between those two songs just beacause they are an uplifting buildup... but hey, I'm no big fan of U2, but you cannot argue the emotional power of this song.

the drums in surface to air and the golden path are the same me thinks

Yeah, I think so too. STA is really nice song but the end is little disappointed, I mean they just started to speed up the rhytm and then stop :?

Brian eno is GOD :)



he produced the zooropa album................ and it showed :)

a lot of people didn't like zooropa because they figured it was too electronic sounding............. IMO thats what made it good.......



In my time i've seen MANY bands live and i have to say its hard to top U2 (even the chems have a hard job with that one)..........