Album 13: Shit Gets Real
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corianderstem
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Shit Gets Real For Cynical Millennials.
corianderstem
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Curses!
The video will likely be pretty sick. Going to be pretty f-in cool once it drops during the game. Rarely does U2 half-ass these moments. I mean this is part of what separates them from the field.
corianderstem
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It's going to be 3 and a half minutes of a 20-year-old woman smacking Bono in the ass.
Cameo appearance by Adam's hair.
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Registered Dude
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Edge will fall on da nachos again
corianderstem
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Every U2 video going forward should feature Edge falling in slo-mo.
dan_smee
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Registered Dude
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this is why NLOTH failed
corianderstem
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If only the lead single had been Magnificent Moment of Surrender Breathe anything that featured a video in which Edge fell in slow-mo!
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corianderstem
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Ha.
last unicorn
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I prefer seeing Bono slap Adam's arse than seeing some random girl slapping Bono's arse. Arse slapping within the band is so much better.
mikal
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While I agree that this song is huge for U2, I don't think it would make or break the band's legacy. U2 absolutely owned the music industry from '84-'93 and then saw a big comeback from '00 - '05. That's 15 years of dominance right there. Like Laz said, if this album is huge, it's gravy, icing on the cake. But it will not make or break the overall body of work if this album is just considered average.
Hawkmoon269
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Don't know if this was already posted, apparently the ad will appear between the 1st and 2nd quarter
Bank of America
Buy: One 60-second commercial between the first and second quarter to introduce a partnership among Bank of America, U2 and Red, the group co-founded by Bono to enlist brands in fighting disease, particularly HIV/AIDS.
Creative: The commercial will feature Bono and the rest of U2 performing a new song called "Invisible," which will be available free on iTunes during the game and over the next 24 hours. Bank of America said it will donate $1 for every download in that time, up to $2 million.
Agency: Hill Holliday in Boston and Mad Agency London
Super Bowl Ad Chart: Who's Buying What in Super Bowl 2014 - Ad Age Mobile
Bank of America
Buy: One 60-second commercial between the first and second quarter to introduce a partnership among Bank of America, U2 and Red, the group co-founded by Bono to enlist brands in fighting disease, particularly HIV/AIDS.
Creative: The commercial will feature Bono and the rest of U2 performing a new song called "Invisible," which will be available free on iTunes during the game and over the next 24 hours. Bank of America said it will donate $1 for every download in that time, up to $2 million.
Agency: Hill Holliday in Boston and Mad Agency London
Super Bowl Ad Chart: Who's Buying What in Super Bowl 2014 - Ad Age Mobile
U2DMfan
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It would do well to crack the top 5 of the biggest songs of their career and really not even then.
1. One of those earliest singles that got them noticed.
2. I Will Follow helped launch them even wider.
3. NYD, after the relative disaster of October which could have ended them.
4. The Fly (reinvention - trying to stay relevant into the 90's)
5. Beautiful Day - second reinvention.
Invisible, for better or worse, doesn't belong in the same conversation.
So U2 fizzles with this single/album...so what?
1. One of those earliest singles that got them noticed.
2. I Will Follow helped launch them even wider.
3. NYD, after the relative disaster of October which could have ended them.
4. The Fly (reinvention - trying to stay relevant into the 90's)
5. Beautiful Day - second reinvention.
Invisible, for better or worse, doesn't belong in the same conversation.
So U2 fizzles with this single/album...so what?
corianderstem
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Cool, thanks!
rosephile
Refugee
Cool, thanks for the info.
U2DMfan
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Unless they absolutely positively embarrass themselves, or completely abandon their integrity or something - which is certainly hard to imagine - it's ALL gravy.
That's all this is. Their legacy is otherwise cemented short of what I mentioned previously. The people open to their music will be open to it and those closed to it will be closed to it. And the 'cool kids' will wait to see how the other cool kids react before making up their mind.
I think the people that really believe this is super 'high stakes' for U2 are just afraid of them calling it quits.
rosephile
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mikal
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Luckily I think U2 has a strong enough support system around them to allow them to completely embarrass themselves.
rosephile
Refugee
Well, yeah! Those could* be the stakes we're facing, and to those who love seeing U2, the notion of never getting to again is pretty huge.
*I think we can rule that out at this point in time.
dan_smee
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corianderstem
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I'm pretty sure U2 is Team Pie anyway.
mikal
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You've never had gravy on cake?
dan_smee
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Registered Dude
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Edge will fall on da nachos again
corianderstem
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