LuckyNumber7
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Edge is in denial of his genius!
Had he said "We've had our best 3 weeks since 1991", I would have found that more encouraging. Talking about finding the "perfect pop song" just makes me wince (especially if NS is any indication of the type pop songs they are currently writing). The indications are they are focusing their energy on having a big hit single, and consequently are recording a lot of "poppy" material. This is the aspect of U2 I dislike the most.
How many threads are we going to have about this?
If Bono grows out his hair a bit, it could even be a smash hit!
Bono should guest star on Smash next season, in a side plot about Katherine McPhee being a potential replacement for a Spiderman actress.
Since they own their own studio it's hard to say. They can work all the time at any time. It's not like other bands that have organized sessions. Or like when they went to Abbey Road with Rick Rubin, or working in the south of France, or in Fez, or even in NYC?. those were sessions unto themselves. I get the impression this has been taking place in Dublin in order to keep it on the down-low? But I don't really know.
Edge is in denial of his genius!
Lately all I'm really hoping for is a production that gets the hard "sssssssss" sound off of Bono's vocals.
To my ears, it's a completely grating, distracting sound and its been pretty bad on the last 2 albums. Crumbs holds the title "you SSSSSpeak, of SSSSigns of wonders..." HTDAAB was recorded so hot that those hard "SSSS" sounds are everywhere. NLOTH is a bit better, but still problematic. MOS is one of my favorite U2 songs ever, but when I'm jamming out in my car and the line "the SSSSStone was SSSSSemi preciouSSSSSSSS...we were barely consciousSSSSSSSS" comes on its just....
If U2's 80's albums were produced like this, I can only imagine how jarring Bono's vocals would be in a song like Streets...all those ssss's. Or the beauty and atmosphere of TUF.
Just my two cents.
I think every song on the new album should kick off with a sample of the first second of All Because of You
You mean not to mix the fucking albums too loud into clipping territory?
Bono should get that nose of his toned down and be a judge on American Idol.