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News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.
With sales plummeting, the music industry is praying fervently that the upcoming U2 album will begin to turn things around. But the first single, "Get On Your Boots," is pretty underwhelming. In fact, the first thing the song's vocal melody line made me think of was this.
David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo. He has a masters in journalism from the University of Texas and a B.A. in English from Southwestern University. You can find more of his writing here.
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I wish it did sound like "Wild, Wild West"
Fri, 01/23/2009 - 14:04 — kathyhThe Kool Moe Dee one, though.
It does sound quite similar
Fri, 01/23/2009 - 13:49 — pattyvanIt does sound quite similar to "Wild Wild West," which I always get mixed up with one of those songs by Go West. So hard to keep all those tidbits from the 80s straight...
Yeah, that is right
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 23:24 — jrstroweYeah, that is right on...Seems like the posters on YouTube have picked up on it too. This U2 song does not make me excited for this record. This song is pretty terrible.