Music What Song/Album Are You Listening To? (5 Viewers)

[Jameth]

Can anyone name me that super catchy hit song from circa 1992 by a band that sounded just like U2? I thought it was a U2 song for years and years, until it came up on some VH1 documentary. One of the guys even mentioned that it sounded just like U2.

Anyways, I’ve gone through a bunch of lists of hit songs for 1992 and nearby years and I can’t turn up the name of it. It’s going to drive me up the wall.

 

[superchuck500]

Can anyone name me that super catchy hit song from circa 1992 by a band that sounded just like U2? I thought it was a U2 song for years and years, until it came up on some VH1 documentary. One of the guys even mentioned that it sounded just like U2.

Anyways, I’ve gone through a bunch of lists of hit songs for 1992 and nearby years and I can’t turn up the name of it. It’s going to drive me up the wall.

Any clue about the lyrics or what it sounded like they're saying? What era U2?

 

[Jameth]

Any clue about the lyrics or what it sounded like they're saying? What era U2?

No, I can’t even recall the music, only the fact the song exists. I think the song was out around the same time as Achtung Baby. But, I swear you could have told anyone unsuspecting it was off that album and they would have believed you.

It was super catchy in the same way as Mysterious Ways, maybe catchier. I thought it would be easier to track down, but maybe it wasn’t as major a hit as I’m remembering. It’s probably in regular rotation on 90s on 9.

 

[superchuck500]

No, I can’t even recall the music, only the fact the song exists. I think the song was out around the same time as Achtung Baby. But, I swear you could have told anyone unsuspecting it was off that album and they would have believed you.

It was super catchy in the same way as Mysterious Ways, maybe catchier. I thought it would be easier to track down, but maybe it wasn’t as major a hit as I’m remembering. It’s probably in regular rotation on 90s on 9.

Right Here, Right Now?? lol

 

[Jameth]

Right Here, Right Now?? lol

Eureka! Man, that was driving me nuts. #2 in 1991, I guess I overlooked it.

 

[superchuck500]

Eureka! Man, that was driving me nuts. #2 in 1991, I guess I overlooked it.

Haha. I just pulled that out of my arse when you said Mysterious Ways, I could hear that effected guitar tone and it made me think of that Jesus Jones song.

I never really thought of it as sounding like U2 though. But when I thought about Mysterious Ways, that's the next song I thought of - so it was a good clue, there must be a resemblance.

 

[Jameth]

I was 5/6 years old when those songs came out, so I’m sure my wee brain just combined the two together like it did other things from that time. I think it was like 2008 before I found out it wasn’t a U2 song.

It’s interesting to me too, how forgotten that song seems to be. Only 860k views on YouTube. “Free Your Mind” has like 12M and “Mysterious Ways” is over 20M.

 

[Jameth]

Also, my learning of music theory is only now cursory, but those two songs look to be in similar/related keys:

A-D-A-E-A-D-A-E-A for Mysterious Ways.

D-E-G-D for Right Here, Right Now, with the last D morphing from fifth, to major, to suspended and back.

So, the very similar tones coupled with the prominent D and E chords in both.

 

[FatCitySaint]

 

[Saints 4 life]

 

[Saints 4 life]

 

[0rion]

Looked back a couple pages so sorry if it's been posted.....if you liked zepplin or rush this is a band that you're gonna like

 

[0rion]

Another one I'm digging a few songs off of

 

[Saints 4 life]

 

[SigFreudianSlip]