some new lanois comments on new album

[Swan269]

this is from atu2, which got it from somewhere else. (cktv news talk)


U2 has been working on its new album since late February at its recording complex in Dublin, Ireland, where the group has once again turned to longtime producer Daniel Lanois to sit behind the sound console. Lanois recently described how the sessions were going: "It's going well. Very inventive, a lot of hopes and dreams in the room. (Singer) Bono's a hell of a fighter, and as long as he's got me in there, I'll fight along with him, you know. It's just quality, innovation, better songs, choruses that will communicate in a stadium setting...he wants it all. He wants great bass riffs. There's still mystery in the room and they really want to do their best. They want it out for the fall as well."


reads better coming from Lanois then Bono. Nothing real new just passing the word.

 

[Rob33]

this is from atu2, which got it from somewhere else. (cktv news talk)


U2 has been working on its new album since late February at its recording complex in Dublin, Ireland, where the group has once again turned to longtime producer Daniel Lanois to sit behind the sound console. Lanois recently described how the sessions were going: "It's going well. Very inventive, a lot of hopes and dreams in the room. (Singer) Bono's a hell of a fighter, and as long as he's got me in there, I'll fight along with him, you know. It's just quality, innovation, better songs, choruses that will communicate in a stadium setting...he wants it all. He wants great bass riffs. There's still mystery in the room and they really want to do their best. They want it out for the fall as well."


reads better coming from Lanois then Bono. Nothing real new just passing the word.

thanks! well this is interesting, "communicate in a stadium setting" would hint towards a bigger production next tour

any word on what they are doing right now? or what their schedule is like? and where's Brian Eno in all this....

 

[zoopop]

From the sounds of things (previous articles too) U2 is trying for AB part 2. Innovative with a huge sound.

U2 Fans. We have only 5-6 months till we hear new music.....

 

[shart1780]

He said "better songs"... that sounds interesting.

 

[U2girl]

I hope the band and producers deliver on all this talk...

 

[pacemaker]

Also from the article:

U2 will also team with Paul McCartney, Queen, Keane, Eminem and others this summer for a concert in London's Hyde Park celebrating Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday.

O RLY? Is this out of left field for anyone else?

 

[Swan269]

Also from the article:



O RLY? Is this out of left field for anyone else?

I thought it strange too, but since Lanois didn't say it, I didn't put it in. U2 is always maybe doing a show for something you know?

 

[Rich79]

this is from atu2, which got it from somewhere else. (cktv news talk)

It's just quality, innovation, better songs, choruses that will communicate in a stadium setting...he wants it all. He wants great bass riffs.

3 very exciting things about this quote. "Stadium Setting" = never got to experience a U2 Stadium show and hope they go in this direction. "Great Bass Riffs" = Adam has done some amazing work on Bass ever since POP and to showcase his abilities would be fantastic. "Innovation" = much needed (I think most of us already have discussed that one to death and agree upon it).

The whole "Better Songs" thing is a mainstay of new album hype and is ultimately vague and unsatisfying, but thanks to Lanois for keeping us on our toes; unlike people who are actually in the band. Oh well, just impatient I guess.

 

[Moser]

YES!!!

Perhaps this would be the dismantling of the atomic bomb??

 

[Zoots]

I'm not gonna make any assumptions from these vague quotes! Pre-conceived notions only seem to lead to disappointment.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I hope the band and producers deliver on all this talk...

 

[EdgeIsTooSexy]

Re: Re: some new lanois comments on new album

3 very exciting things about this quote. "Stadium Setting" =

i actually hope that doesnt go into works. i love the intimate arena setting

 

[vaz02]

New years day bass riffs anyone... dare we dream ?

 

[Utoo]

Me need new album

 

[LemonMelon]

Coming out in autumn? Better songs? Innovation? Better songs? Yeah, this sounds good.

 

[phillyfan26]

As much as this is really not a very good indicator, it's hard to not get a bit excited reading this from someone not in the band.

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

some good news.. not much but something... can't believe we are only 5 to 6 months away from new music!

 

[BVS]

But he didn't mention making the band watch Battlestar Gallactica.

This album is going to be so politically uninsightful.

 

[Still_Running44]

The stadium setting part really excites me. The US has not seen U2 play in a stadium setting since Popmart, unless you count Vertigo Tour Hawaii. While the rest of the world gets U2 in outdoor stadiums every tour. I would love to see U2 in a stadium setting. Can't wait for more quotes about tour and album!

 

[jay canseco]

Bono needs to take a vacation in France, so we can get some beach clips!

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

I am not a fan of stadium shows.. I hope this doesn't pan out..

 

[Utoo]

The desire for the songs to sound good in a stadium doesn't necessarily mean that the US will get stadium shows----the rest of the world usually gets stadium shows and one wouldn't want the songs to suck for the rest of the world!

 

[Visiongfx]

Acthung Baby pt2?

<3333 Can't wait babyy

 

[BVS]

Yah, can't wait for them to repeat themselves.

 

[Rob33]

Yah, can't wait for them to repeat themselves.

by Achtung Baby part 2, that doesn't mean repeat themselves, it means the opposite...the idea of Achtung Baby was to break down the Joshua Tree so to speak....Achtung Baby pt. 2 just means we're in for the same idea of finding a new sound...i hope it's true

 

[Zoots]

by Achtung Baby part 2, that doesn't mean repeat themselves, it means the opposite...the idea of Achtung Baby was to break down the Joshua Tree so to speak....Achtung Baby pt. 2 just means we're in for the same idea of finding a new sound...i hope it's true

This is what people seem to miss round here!

 

[Moser]

I so hope they have a new sound. It's exciting to speculate what it's gonna be like and then it's nothing what you thought it would be like.

 

[BVS]

by Achtung Baby part 2, that doesn't mean repeat themselves, it means the opposite...the idea of Achtung Baby was to break down the Joshua Tree so to speak....Achtung Baby pt. 2 just means we're in for the same idea of finding a new sound...i hope it's true

I'm sure that's the interpretation of some...

 

[Muldfeld]

this is from atu2, which got it from somewhere else. (cktv news talk)


U2 has been working on its new album since late February at its recording complex in Dublin, Ireland, where the group has once again turned to longtime producer Daniel Lanois to sit behind the sound console. Lanois recently described how the sessions were going: "It's going well. Very inventive, a lot of hopes and dreams in the room. (Singer) Bono's a hell of a fighter, and as long as he's got me in there, I'll fight along with him, you know. It's just quality, innovation, better songs, choruses that will communicate in a stadium setting...he wants it all. He wants great bass riffs. There's still mystery in the room and they really want to do their best. They want it out for the fall as well."


reads better coming from Lanois then Bono. Nothing real new just passing the word.

I agree I'd rather hear things from anyone but Bono, but the news is Bono wants "choruses that will communicate in a stadium" and I just don't think that bodes well.

Stadium arrangements are much more obvious. Take any U2 song; it's dumbed down; the melody's usually simplified and stripped of subtlety and loud and soft in concert form. The strings version of "One" on Popmart, the extra codas to many songs that just work extra hard at driving home the melody for songs like "One" or "Mysterious Ways" or "With or Without You". Many of our favorites are pushed to the sidelines because idiot bellweather fans throw a fuss (I have nothing against bellweather fans, just those who throw a fuss because U2 doesn't play a hit they've heard a million times over the radio).

Bono's gonna screw this up by wanting obvious bigness again like he has all this decade. He really needs help getting over his insecurities over unpopularity because, in recent years, it has combined with age to make U2's music ultra safe and obvious from the first note.

The other band members like The Edge, and Eno and Lanois had better fight back because Bono is gonna kill the originality behind this album. He's gonna wanna be the Beatles or some typical crap like we've mostly had this decade.

I'm worried. Even if Bono of the '80s and early '90s wanted to be big, it was never at the price of creativity and artistic integrity. The new Bono is a sellout. I hope I'm wrong, but his track record hasn't been good.

 

[corianderstem]

Re: Re: some new lanois comments on new album

I agree I'd rather hear things from anyone but Bono, but the news is Bono wants "choruses that will communicate in a stadium" and I just don't think that bodes well.

... but haven't U2 always had big choruses? That's what they do best - big, ringing anthems that are custom-made for arenas, stadiums, and a bazillion fans shouting along with them.