Get On Your Boots

• Original Release Date: January 20, 2009
• Release Date: January 20, 2009
• Label: Interscope
• Copyright: (C) 2008 The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by Universal-Island Records Limited
• Song Length: 5:23 minutes
• Genres: Rock/General
• ASIN: B001Q6ERVA

I like it when U2 is experimenting. I like it when i don't love a single right of the bat. I like it when it takes a few listens to get into it.
All is this is certainly true of "Get On Your Boots".

I like to think of "Get On Your Boots" as the love child of "the Fly" and "Vertigo". We have some more aggressive guitar playing by The Edge combined with the distinct sonic undercurrent of U2/Eno/Lanois experimentation.

A friend told me this upon listening to goyb "sounds like vertigo part II".
At first glance i could see how he could think that; ie the straight up metal riff of the edge. However, Every time I listen to "Get On Your Boots" I hear something new. To say its got layers is an understatement. If the whole album is blending the sounds of "How to dismantle an atomic bomb" and "Achtung baby" U2 fans will be in for another reinvention of the words Rock & Roll.