Oh Happy Day

Don't let the title fool you. It's not really all that happy of a day. Not that days can be happy anyway. But I have had an epiphany. Or a change of heart, or an attitude kick in the ass, or whatever you want to call it. Amber had a super long post on her livejournal yesterday that I read. And it was one of the most whiny selfish things that I've read in a long time. It was all self absorbed doom and gloom. And I got to thinking, how much of my blog is like that? I asked Kate and she said that mine wasn't as bad but it did bear some simularities in tone. I went back and read a few posts, but it's kind of hard for me to be objective considering I wrote it. And honestly, I really don't want this to be "Jeremy's bitching page". This blog should be uplifting and amusing, to me and anyone who reads it. So to that end I have made some personal resolutions. Along with using the words "shpadoinkle", "hoochie mama", and "bong" more often, I will do my best to write in a positive manner on this blog. Even when I am not in the best mood. Because if I'm not in a good mood and I start writing fun things then it should help me out of the bad mood.

Right?

Right.

At least it should. It might make me not want to blog at all.

Well I'll just have to make myself do it anyway.

OMG! I'm talking to myself on my own blog.......I must need more coffee. Ahh, that's much better. So for today's uplifting and entertaining post I will review the CD that I've been listening too. It's the new U2 CD that the wonderful Kate got me for Christmas. I've never reviewed a CD before, so here goes nothing.

U2 - How to Disarm an Atomic Bomb
Atomic Bomb was the much anticipated latest from U2. Their last disc called "All That You Can't Leave Behind" was probably their most successful disc. It won grammy's for album and song(Beautiful Day - my favorite pop rock song ever), and the acompanying "Elevation" tour was one of the most lucrative of all time. Bomb is similar in tone to "Leave Behind", but it bears more resemblance to their older albums such as "Auchtung Baby" or "Joshua Tree". Thankfully the Irish band seems to be completely over the electronica/disco fetish from the 90's(run away). I don't know if this is their best album ever, only time can tell that, but it's definetaly very close.

There is quite a wide range of sounds on this disc. Ranging from the rock-out energy of "Vertigo", to the emotional lamentation of "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own". There are more slower pondering songs than high energy songs. And for that reason I think they may not have as many successful singles from this album. My favorite track is Vertigo the single that's being played all over the radio. It has an energy that reminds me why I like rock music. "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" is a song that Bono wrote for his father's funeral. It's hard not to feel the raw emotion in this song as he describes a strained relationship that never the less is full of love. The last song on the disc is a return to their 80's tradition of giving a shout out to the Big Man Upstairs with "Yaweh"(Yaweh is one of the many Hebrew words for God). Yaweh is an interesting song, it really lets Bono stretch out the pipes a good bit.

Overall it's a great album. I've listened to it around 8 times all the way through. It really flows together and blends in to the background when I'm concentrating on something else. It will probably be a good disc to put in on long car trips and let my mind wander(that's what I do with Auctung Baby). Throughout the album they seem to be saying "look how good we are" and you can't help but answer "dammit you are good". We'll see if this album is as successful as their previous ones. But at this point it's fair to call U2 the kings of rock.

Well that was my CD review. It was fun for me, and if you buy the CD you can enjoy it too. Or if you know me and want to hear it just let me know(wink wink).

Lileks Bleat was good today. Yesterday's was pretty funny too. Gnat is just hilarious.