What does “Boots” remind you of?

Since U2’s new rocker “Get On Your Boots” hit the airwaves this morning, blogs, tweets, e-mails and Facebook status updates have been lit up like a switchboard with speculation about what the song sounds like—or rather who.

Here are the songs I’ve heard tossed around as sound-alikes:

“Wild Wild West” (The Escape Club)
“Pump It Up” (Elvis Costello)
“When The Levee Breaks” (Led Zeppelin)
“We Didn’t Start the Fire” (Billy Joel)
“Ball of Confusion” (The Temptations)
“Dream Police” (Cheap Trick)

And folks have also just mentioned artists in comparison with no specific song reference:

Queen
The Beatles
Electric Light Orchestra
Nirvana (I’m guessing this is because of Bono’s intentional voice crackle near the end—Kurt used to do that at the end of some of their songs too)

I can see the merit in (almost) all of those references, but I still can’t put my finger on another similar song that’s on the tip of my tongue (and currently driving me bonkers). Any guesses?

Please use the comments field to add your own suggestions and celebrate the beginning phases of this new album, which from the sound of this song maybe should’ve been called Achtung Teenager.

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51 Responses to “What does “Boots” remind you of?”

  1. Robert 21 February 2009 at 8:18 am permalink

    My biased opinion: All of the above refererences give a nod to “Ball of Confusion” by the temptin’ Temptations. Enjoy the song for what it is.

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