nine comeback singles

[naughty boy]

I kind of admire the way they can stir emotion with just a few chords. They're so good at that rousing, anthemic stuff.

I imagine hearing the opening bars in concert would send everyone into a frenzy. We all need those moments. You might get it from U2, you might get it from Adele or you might be really fucked up and you get it from Go4

[Quaco]

That's true, I will admit that!

[echolalia]

U2 – fucking shocking. A flaming bag of shite on the doorstep of rock n roll.
Bowie – has its moments
Blondie – love it
B52s – love it
Durans – it’s up there with their best in my opinion.
Madonna - OK
Blur – nah
Echo & the Bunnymen – I fell asleep and not in a good way
Roxy Music – not the best track here but it was sort of the one I most enjoyed hearing.

[fange]

My original post was much less (what's the word?) but I'm fighting against the anti-U2 brigade here - it's necessary sometimes!

I'm definitely not in any anti-U2 brigade; i still love many of their albums and singles right up to Zooropa. But 'Beautiful Day' has always struck me as just an average radio hit, a meat and potatoes rock song that kind of runs on the fumes of the specialness thay once had. But maybe that's just my jaded fan ears.

[BARON CORNY DOG]

My original post was much less (what's the word?) but I'm fighting against the anti-U2 brigade here - it's necessary sometimes!

I'm definitely not in any anti-U2 brigade; i still love many of their albums and singles right up to Zooropa. But 'Beautiful Day' has always struck me as just an average radio hit, a meat and potatoes rock song that kind of runs on the fumes of the specialness thay once had. But maybe that's just my jaded fan ears.

No, you’re right.

[Quaco]

"Vertigo" is the one I really kinda like. (Although that "yeah yeah yeah yeah" thing at the end sounds like something that dork Michael Stipe would do.)

[fange]

"Vertigo" is the one I really kinda like. (Although that "yeah yeah yeah yeah" thing at the end sounds like something that dork Michael Stipe would do.)

Yeah, i like 'Vertigo' more too.

[naughty boy]

I love 'Vertigo'

It helps if you remember it's an Iggy song

[fange]

I love 'Vertigo'

It helps if you remember it's an Iggy song

I must have missed that, how?

[harvey k-tel]

'Ordinary World" sounds like it should've been an Elton John song.

[Quaco]

I love 'Vertigo'

It helps if you remember it's an Iggy song

I must have missed that, how?

In spirit, I think he means.

[fange]

Street-walking cheetahs with their hearts full of napalm.

[trans-chigley express]

Let's Dance and Ordinary World stand out for me. I like Trash too but they released much better singles soon after

I never realised Beautiful Day was a comeback single. Had they ever gone away?

Is it time to reassess 'Love Shack' yet?

It's still shit.

[fange]

Maybe it's just me, but i think 'Modern Love' is the pick of the singles from LD. I hesitate to call it great, but i love it very much and think it's a strong, hooky '80s pop song.

[Penk!]

’Let’s Dance’ is a decent song. Not really Bowie and yet there are people (Americans, often) who associate him with the ’80s.

’Love Shack’ is aimed at five-year-olds, and ’Beautiful Day’ is written by them.

’Maria’ is Eurovision rock; the Bunnymen is blandly listenable post-Britpop.

I quite like ’Ordinary World’ for some weird reason.

The other three are OK.

[Brickyard Jack]

"Reassess" Loveshack? It has always been brilliant.

Let's dance and hung up are superb. Go out is pretty good. Beautiful day is ojay.

A couple of other great comeback singles are we don't talk anymore and you win again.

[Georgios]

God Love Shack is such a nauseating song, yet the other single off that album - Roam - is fantastic.

I didn't need to be reminded about that Echo And The Bunnymen track either.

[sloopjohnc]

’Let’s Dance’ is a decent song. Not really Bowie and yet there are people (Americans, often) who associate him with the ’80s.

Ya know, I was going to post a devil emoji in response, but I think the average bohunk probably does pin him to the '80s.

Even though they used to play the shit out of Changes and Rebel, Rebel on FM radio in the '70s and Fame was a big AM hit.

[Darkness_Fish]

That U2 song might be the best thing up there. How fucking depressing is that?

[pcqgod]

"Maria" is magnificent.