What are you listening to in preparation for NLOTH?

[Utoo]

I'm in massive U2 mode and am surprisingly hitting just about every era each day. Zooropa's in my car for the drive to & from work. JT on the iPod this morning, Vertigo Auckland-I show on the iPod this afternoon. Pop two nights ago. UF bootleg dvd a few days ago. Lovetown Doc before that. HTDAAB + Fast Cars + Mercy last week.

What's been in your rotation?

 

[LemonMelon]

I've been listening to Boy quite a bit. That album sounds better and better each year as more soundalikes continue to flood the market.

 

[MooMoo!]

Random shit.

 

[lauramullen]

I've been listening to a lot of bootlegs.

 

[Niceman]

Yesterday - Achtung Baby, then the U2.com live Vertigo CD.
Today -Some random rare U2 tracks, then Zooropa. Now; The Joshua Tree!

 

[JCOSTER]

a little of this u2 and a little of that u2, anything I can.

 

[Axver]

Nothing in particular. It's just another new album to me, not a special event to prepare for. I'm treating it like I treat any new album that comes my way.

 

[MMP]

Vertigo
Vertigo
Vertigo
Vertigo
Vertigo
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation

Actually, I'm preparing myself for GOYB//GYBO
When I hear it I'll prepare for NLOTH

 

[chocky]

U2 stuff this week:
Zooropa
Achtung Baby (a couple of times)
Under a Blood Red Sky (DVD rip)
Joshua Tree
U2.Communication

Non-U2 stuff week:
James - Live 2008
Snow Patrol - Hundred Million Suns
Bruce Springsteen - Live 1975-1985

 

[Liesje]

Boy!

 

[dan_smee]

TUF, and best of 90-000

 

[digitize]

Same stuff as usual.

A decent bit of Radiohead at the moment, but that has nothing to do with NLOTH.

 

[ndmaxfield]

A lot of non-U2 music...mostly ambient electronic like Eluvium, Kiln, Steve Roach, Loscil, and Eno. Listening to this stuff helps me pick-out the subtle background layers in other material; not to mention relaxes me despite the anticipation for the new album.

 

[Zoots]

It's just another new album to me, not a special event to prepare for. I'm treating it like I treat any new album that comes my way.

Don't lie. You're still posting on a U2 forum. You said you listened to quite a bit of U2 on new years eve/new years day. Surely there is at least a bit more anticipation when it comes to a U2 release, when compared with other bands' releases!

That said, I'm not "preparing myself" or anything. I was in a U2 mood today cos I watched a bit of the redrocks dvd while having dinner. So I just listened to Boy and October. They sound so good! It's been a while.

 

[subnet]

bloc party - intimacy

 

[bonocomet]

Listening to HTDAAB alot recently... I can't wait to make the transition to the next album.

(This weekend it will be JT and R&H though as I head out to the desert to visit their joshua tree again )

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Lots of Pop, Zooropa and even Bomb.

 

[MMP]

I feel happy everytime I read that someone is listening to Bomb (and liking it, of course.)

 

[Vlad n U 2]

City Of Blinding Lights, Miracle Drug, Original Of The Species, Crumbs From Your Table.

 

[luna_lovegood]

Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

 

[Lila64]

The Unforgettable Fire CD yesterday, in full,... 3 or 4 times

 

[MMP]

Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

Hey, that's exactly what I'm hearing now. I was listening to BD's "Love and Theft" and now I'm listening to Nebraska

 

[ozeeko]

Peter Gabriel era Genesis albums. Nursery Cryme to Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Great stuff to space out to.

 

[Rachel D.]

I got the UABRS deluxe edition, The Killers' Day and Age and Snow Patrol's A Hundred Million Suns for Christmas, so I've been listening to them. I really like Day and Age! It's keeping me entertained during the wait for NLOTH.

I did listen to the Target CD 7 the other day; that puts me in the mood for new U2, as it was the first new release that I experienced as a U2 fan (even though it wasn't really "new" music, it was new for me).

 

[luna_lovegood]

Hey, that's exactly what I'm hearing now. I was listening to BD's "Love and Theft" and now I'm listening to Nebraska

!

If your a Dylan fan, then I can recommend the I'm Not There soundtrack. It's a whole lot of awesome covers. I got it for christmas and it has hardly left my CD player!

 

[MMP]

!

If your a Dylan fan, then I can recommend the I'm Not There soundtrack. It's a whole lot of awesome covers. I got it for christmas and it has hardly left my CD player!

Thanks for the tip.
I'm downloading it already.

 

[Zooropa man]

N.w.a.

 

[Axver]

Don't lie. You're still posting on a U2 forum. You said you listened to quite a bit of U2 on new years eve/new years day. Surely there is at least a bit more anticipation when it comes to a U2 release, when compared with other bands' releases!

I listened to New Year's Day over the stroke of midnight NYE/D because it's a tradition I enjoy. Had sweet fuck-all to do with NLOTH. I listened to the few tracks on War after NYD because, surprise surprise, they came next on iTunes and I didn't rush to skip to another band in a burst of "oh noez its teh U3!!!" hatred. If you check my last.fm, you'll find I've probably played about five U2 tracks since that night.

Like I said, it's just another new album. U2 are just another band to me - but one whose fandom I happen to be involved in for historical reasons. I post here because I have friends and enjoy U2's eighties material. I'll treat their album just like I would any other band's - when it leaks, I'll download it, whack it in iTunes, and give it a listen. Before then, I'll listen to whatever strikes my mood. Might be U2, probably won't be much U2. Right now, it's Pure Reason Revolution's Live At Nearfest album (whose new album I am far more interested in than NLOTH).

 

[LemonMelon]

I love this smiley.

According to my last.fm, Blur, Beck, Neil Young, Deerhunter, and The Kinks are my top 5 most scrobbled artists recently, so I guess that answers this thread's question sufficiently.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I'm listening to a lot of Australian dance music.