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...Line on the Horizon starts well. "I know a girl," Bono screams on the title track, thrusting us into the familiar cosmos of a U2 hit. There's the martial beat, the fickle female object of desire, the soaring inarticulateness - "Ohhhhhh/ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh" - followed by the Edge chugga-chugga-chugging away on his guitar, chasing Bono up the scale note for note and yawp for yawp. It makes you giggle in amazement that the same old tricks keep generating new thrills...
...surprisingly, the album lacks a unified feel. On a few tracks, the Edge, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton sound at home rumbling through the verses and blowing out the choruses in the old familiar way. But as No Line trudges on, it slumps under the weight of its own need to surprise. Eno invented the bleeps and whirs that are mixed into the background of so many rock albums, and used as seasoning, his effects still have the power to create mystery. (On the title track, it sounds as if Bono is duetting with a quasar - very...
...impressive array of sprinting, running, jumping, and throwing will be put on display this weekend as the Harvard men and women’s track team hosts the annual Indoor Heptagonal Championships at Gordon Track...
...Crimson hopes to use home field advantage to its benefit, as it looks to unseat track and field powerhouses Cornell and Princeton. The Big Red was crowned last year’s male Heptagonal Champions while the Tigers took home the women’s title...
...There’s a huge difference between running on some track at Cornell or Princeton versus having your roommates and professors supporting you right in front of you,” Jones said...