Alan Cross getting first listen to "Get Your Boots On"

[PowerSurge]

He's more a journalist than a DJ so I'm not sure...

did it say WHY he's getting the listen? Is it for an article? does he know someone close to the band?

 

[Lila64]

82

 

[MMP]

81

 

[rathergoblind]

80

 

[mikal]

what if this is another Henry Rollins trick.

 

[2861U2]

The twitter site now says it's been 2 hours.

 

[MMP]

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Ok, now I feel better.

 

[rathergoblind]

How did you beat my 80!?!?

 

[LemonMelon]

did it say WHY he's getting the listen? Is it for an article? does he know someone close to the band?

Alan Cross, host of 102.1 The Edge's (Toronto) most famous program, "The Ongoing History of New Music", and one of the greatest encyclopedias that has documented the U2 phenomenon

 

[Purplereign]

what if this is another Henry Rollins trick.

well that would just be too funny for words

 

[Rosebud]

what if this is another Henry Rollins trick.

Then we'll burn his house down!

 

[eas]

Somebody send him Beach clip #3 for comparison, quick!

 

[ZOOTVTOURist]

How did you beat my 80!?!?

84

 

[PowerSurge]

The twitter site now says it's been 2 hours.

since what? the first listen?

 

[Purplereign]

84 and rising . . .

 

[Rosebud]

Man this thread is moving fast!

 

[maxpouliot]

I have a feeling it will take a couple of hours more to get any new info

 

[LemonMelon]

This thread is snow balling with people waiting... gonna get big fast

The forum will crash before we even get a chance to see the superlatives for ourselves.

 

[MMP]

How did you beat my 80!?!?

 

[ZOOTVTOURist]

Somebody send him Beach clip #3 for comparison, quick!

... plus the Q & RS descriptions, to check, if they are true

 

[mikal]

Somebody send him Beach clip #3 for comparison, quick!

ha! and then hear him refer to it as "Less Wavy".

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

did it say WHY he's getting the listen? Is it for an article? does he know someone close to the band?

I have no idea, but I know that he does a lot of pieces on U2 – enough which makes me think he’s more than just covering them, more like a fan, I wouldn't be surprised if he is in good standing with the band or principle management...

 

[MMP]

88...
Oh yeah BITCHES!

 

[PowerSurge]

what if this is another Henry Rollins trick.

*sound of shotgun cocking*



I'll buy a plane ticket to Rollins' home.

 

[2861U2]

since what? the first listen?

Since Cross's post saying he'd hear the song in the next hour. So potentially, he heard the song an hour ago.

 

[Rosebud]

88...
Oh yeah BITCHES!

i like how you edited to caps lock it.

 

[subnet]

this is on Alan's Explore Music blog from January 8, 2009:

Finally! New U2 on the Horizon!
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Here’s what I can tell you.

The first single from No Line on the Horizon will definitely be “Get Your Boots On.”

A video has already been shot. Record company personnel have been allowed to hear snippets of the song over the phone.

They confirm that the sound is more Achtung Baby than How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb.


Highly encrypted copies are now being distributed to Universal Music outposts around the world.

I may get to hear the song as early as Monday. I’ll report back ASAP.

 

[rathergoblind]

86 OH no we are loosing people!!! where is the update!

 

[MMP]

Sorry about my lack knowledge.

But who the hell is Henry Rollins?
I'm already mad at him, btw

 

[Rosebud]

he hasn't heard it yet??????