New Album Discussion (Will it be bigger than Zeppelin? Rush? Bon Jovi? Jesus? Allah?)

[Galeongirl]

Based on Larry's comment, I really hope the new album is called Penguins In The Wild

 

[last unicorn]

It, too, walks the line between the political and the personal, with one song title connoting a difficult period but really referring to a personal trauma.

Wonder what exactly this is referring to

And yes, "Penguins in the Wild" would actually make a really great album title

 

[Nick66]

New Album Title: U2 and the Illusion of Relevance
First Single: Invisible (Cloak).

Sent by my Owl

 

[last unicorn]

Also, the theme of having two perspectives, one of an innocent and one of an experienced individual, sounds very very much like William Blake. Not that I don't like it, I adore Blake, it would actually make a good concept album.

 

[morgan1098]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n609XaagVJo

The talk of having a "soul" sound also worries me... like U2 wants to be Robin Thicke.

 

[Irvine511]

I think they want to Get Lucky.

 

[Nick66]

Also, the theme of having two perspectives, one of an innocent and one of an experienced individual, sounds very very much like William Blake. Not that I don't like it, I adore Blake, it would actually make a good concept album.

They've already done that. Beautiful Ghost/Songs of Experience.

 

[popacrobat]

I think they want to Get Lucky.

should be easy for rock stars

 

[Zoo Lemon]

I've heard a new track from the album!

Sent from Chris Martin's home studio

 

[Zoo Lemon]

...and a track is really titled Earth 2030!

Sent from Alan Cross' mansion

 

[subnet]

My soul it's so invisible it leads me down a hole now going down like a little foal.

 

[mikal]

Oh boy....

Sent from my Nexus 5 using U2 Interference mobile app

 

[Vlad n U 2]

New Album Title: U2 and the Illusion of Relevance
First Single: Invisible (Cloak).

Sent by my Owl

I've heard a new track from the album!

Sent from Chris Martin's home studio

...and a track is really titled Earth 2030!

Sent from Alan Cross' mansion

We've finally found a substitute for all those leak puns in anticipation for NLOTH.

God help this website.

 

[Zoo Lemon]

Sorry could not resist

I'm freakin' excited since today's news have been posted

 

[Danny Boy]

Has someone created a "Penguins in the Wild" album cover yet?

 

[LemonMelon]

That's clearly Bono in the middle, telling them what to do.

 

[LadySpinHead]

 

[popacrobat]

We've finally found a substitute for all those leak puns in anticipation for NLOTH.

God help this website.

We can protect this house.

 

[dismantlemyfly]

Soooo there's mention that there's an album that just needs some "fine tuning" meaning... what? Just some overdubs at this point? I take it that they have the 12 tracks they want and they just need to do some polishing right?

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

All of the sky terrain seems to be melting away into the deep deep nothingness we associate with the end of beauty or death of vanity. Gone gone away in front of the stream leading it out of reach forever. Beauty will have to find its other side and hope the shell was worth it. Make the death bleed inside out, make the pain more intense than a cosmic afterbirth. Feel the stretcher underneath the lifeless corpse.

sent from a random dive bar shitter stall

 

[gvox]

Was driving out to CT.. What did I miss?

 

[mikal]

Soooo there's mention that there's an album that just needs some "fine tuning" meaning... what? Just some overdubs at this point? I take it that they have the 12 tracks they want and they just need to do some polishing right?

Most likely. Plus that interview was most likely done a few weeks ago.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using U2 Interference mobile app

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

Was driving out to CT.. What did I miss?

hopefully a deer or two

 

[Reg McGowan]

Soooo there's mention that there's an album that just needs some "fine tuning" meaning... what? Just some overdubs at this point? I take it that they have the 12 tracks they want and they just need to do some polishing right?

Yep, they're doing overdubs and tweaking for sure.
Album is practically in the can and wrapping up by Monday or tuesday just before Xmas i suspect...

Unless Larry has a strike of genius and says 'Feck that, it's all about the drooms, I've got new beat ideas, let's record the whole album again !'

 

[Registered Dude]

"(The record) walks the line between the political and the personal, with one song title connoting a difficult period but really referring to a personal trauma."


so... let the games begin:

Cold War ?

Where is that quote from? Is there a longer version of the article?

If I were to guess about the title, I'd say The Troubles

 

[dismantlemyfly]

Where is that quote from? Is there a longer version of the article?

If I were to guess about the title, I'd say The Troubles

While that would be interesting, a pessimistic part of me says that it would be closer to something like Love and Peace or Boots where the political message is buried under banal, stream of consciousness lyrics, which has been the trend. I hope not. I really really hope not, so here's to being surprised come April...

 

[purpleoscar]

Cool I was just listening to Man Machine on the way home from work.

"We are the robots..."

Hopefully this Invisible new single will be a good choice and not go invisible when it comes out.

 

[david]

Here's the single cover art for Invisible:

 

[Dragonfave]

And here's the physical copy of it:

 

[gvox]

hopefully a deer or two

Actually..