Rolling Stone Magazine Coverage (New article 1/7/09)

[jasonlee]

U2 Break Down 'No Line on the Horizon' : Rolling Stone

New:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/25329166/inside_u2s_bold_new_horizon

 

[Angtre01]

The sickness

 

[mikal]

nice! good find!

 

[LemonMelon]

Stand Up Comedy?

Awesome.

 

[BoMac]

Stand Up Comedy? That's a new one.

 

[LemonMelon]

Stand Up Comedy? That's a new one.

If you read the description, it's just Stand Up with another word tacked on for whatever reason.

It kills the political overtones though, which I appreciate.

 

[jasonlee]

So, it's "Stand Up Comedy," and Will.i.am did a remix of Magnificent.

 

[eas]

Tripoli! That makes 12!

 

[LemonMelon]

Apparently, Breathe isn't a "key track".

 

[purpleoscar]

Thanks for the link!

Lots of changes since the Q magazine article.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Apparently, Breathe isn't a "key track".

how's that?

 

[LemonMelon]

how's that?

Key tracks from the band's eclectic new album

 

[mikal]

Stand Up Comedy?!?!?!?!

we now have 13 floating song titles!!!

 

[Lila64]

Just got that email & was about to post it. Maybe someone can change the title of the thread to reflect Rolling Stone Magazine instead of Stone (no offense, just for clarification)

In early December, Rolling Stone traveled to London to visit U2 in the studio as Bono and Co. worked on the upcoming No Line on the Horizon. For the full story, see the new issue, which hits newsstands Wednesday, January 7th. Here's a first listen to 10 of the album's tracks:

"Get On Your Boots"
The likely first single, this blazing, fuzzed-out rocker picks up where "Vertigo" left off. "It started just with me playing and Larry drumming," the Edge recalls. "And we took it from there."

"Stand Up Comedy"
Another hard rock tune, powered by an unexpectedly slinky groove and a riff that lands between the Beatles' "Come Together" and Led Zep's "Heartbreaker." Edge recently hung out with Jimmy Page and Jack White for the upcoming documentary It Might Get Loud, and their penchant for blues-based rock rubbed off: "I was just fascinated with seeing how Jimmy played those riffs so simply, and with Jack as well," he says.

"Crazy Tonight"
"It's kind of like this album's 'Beautiful Day' — it has that kind of joy to it," Bono says. With the refrain "I know I'll go crazy/If I don't go crazy tonight," it's the band's most unabashed pop tune since "Sweetest Thing."

"Unknown Caller"
This midtempo track could have fit on All That You Can't Leave Behind. "The idea is that the narrator is in an altered state, and his phone starts talking to him," says the Edge.

"Tripoli"
This strikingly experimental song lurches between disparate styles, including near-operatic choral music, Zooropa-style electronics, and churning arena rock.

"Cedars of Lebanon"
"On this album, you can feel what is going on in the world at the window, scratching at the windowpane," says Bono, who sings this atmospheric ballad from the point of view of a war correspondent.

"Magnificent"
"Only love can leave such a mark," Bono roars on what sounds like an instant U2 anthem. Will.i.am has already done what Bono calls "the most extraordinary" remix of the tune.

"Moment of Surrender"
This seven-minute-long track is one of the album's most ambitious, merging a Joshua Tree-style gospel feel with a hypnotically loping bass line and a syncopated beat.

"Every Breaking Wave"
A swelling soul-pop song, with bright synth sounds influenced by OMD and, Bono says, "early electronica." "You don't hear indie bands doing blue-eyed soul [like this]," he adds.

"No Line on the Horizon"
The title track's relentless groove began as a group improvisation. "It's very raw and very to the point," says the Edge. "It's like rock & roll 2009."

[From Issue 1071 — January 22, 2009]

 

[jasonlee]

Zine's on sale this Wednesday! Remember to pick up a copy and scan the pages for the rest of us lazy/cheap bastards.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Key tracks from the band's eclectic new album

meh, trust no one... besides, they say in the same article "Here's a first listen to 10 of the album's tracks:"

Nowhere do they say these are the 10 tracks, just these are 10 of the tracks...

Semantics

 

[PowerSurge]

CRAZY TONIGHT
"It's kind of like this album's 'Beautiful Day' — it has that kind of joy to it," Bono says. With the refrain "I know I'll go crazy/If I don't go crazy tonight," it's the band's most unabashed pop tune since "Sweetest Thing."


To say that its like B-Day (one of my favorite songs ever) but then refer to Sweetest Thing (one of the songs that I abhor) makes me cringe.

TRIPOLI
This strikingly experimental song lurches between disparate styles, including near-operatic choral music, Zooropa-style electronics, and churning arena rock.

Zooropa-style?

I am going to love this song. I'm so glad its making it on the album (well...hopefully)

 

[topplehatU2]

I like Stand Up Comedy much better than Stand Up. It's less like Stop (The Poverty).

 

[mikal]

i like how they say "10 of the album's tracks" like there are more tracks than that.

 

[bugo]

Sounds a lot more interesting and diverse than Atomic Bomb. Obama was the best thing to happen during 2008, so maybe this'll be the best thing in 2009! (The worst thing will probably be when people realise Obama's only one man and isn't going to save the world. Even Bono's tried to and he couldn't )

 

[PowerSurge]

Just noticed....

Where the hell is "Breathe"?????????????

 

[mikal]

CRAZY TONIGHT
"It's kind of like this album's 'Beautiful Day' — it has that kind of joy to it," Bono says. With the refrain "I know I'll go crazy/If I don't go crazy tonight," it's the band's most unabashed pop tune since "Sweetest Thing."


To say that its like B-Day (one of my favorite songs ever) but then refer to Sweetest Thing (one of the songs that I abhor) makes me cringe.

TRIPOLI
This strikingly experimental song lurches between disparate styles, including near-operatic choral music, Zooropa-style electronics, and churning arena rock.

Zooropa-style?

I am going to love this song. I'm so glad its making it on the album (well...hopefully)

yeah, here's to hoping that Tripoli makes the album. it sounds rad!

 

[atomicman]

Tripoli! That makes 12!

See I was correct

 

[mikal]

Just noticed....

Where the hell is "Breathe"?????????????

don't worry, not a final tracklisting. "Breathe" will be on the album.

 

[GibsonGirl]

"I know I'll go crazy/If I don't go crazy tonight."



Tripoli sounds interesting...

 

[LemonMelon]

meh, trust no one... besides, they say in the same article "Here's a first listen to 10 of the album's tracks:"

Nowhere do they say these are the 10 tracks, just these are 10 of the tracks...

Semantics

If Rolling Stone is going to bash Breathe and Winter by not calling them key tracks, fuck them. They haven't written about music since the '60s anyway.

 

[purpleoscar]

The full article is only in the magazine.

 

[bugo]

Oh, If it's 12 tracks overall- One might be the Uk&Ireland bonus track, meaning it could still be 11 tracks total.

*Waits with terror to be pelted by several displeased U2 fans*

 

[PowerSurge]

don't worry, not a final tracklisting. "Breathe" will be on the album.

Just noticed........


Where the hell is WINTER!!!!!!!!!!!!


okay I'll stop

 

[Angtre01]

don't worry, not a final tracklisting. "Breathe" will be on the album.

Bono told you huh?