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Join the club, I don't doubt that they'll try and "re-invent" their sound yet again - hopefully they'll do it well.
keosulli said:Think about it.
We've heard Mercy already - super.
The last track they did in the studio was Fast Cars - new direction.
The arrangements they've been playing on tour of older tracks have been great (think Miss Sarajevo and Discotheque).
The sheer amount of tracks they've been playing on tour (including Fast Cars) has been brilliant too.
Although the B-Sides have been disappointing thus far for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, there must be a reason for this - i.e. they're holding back tracks that could be finished for a new album (as they always do - Love and Peace has been hanging round for ages, etc).
...therefore...
They seem to be extremely enjoying themselves and the music and messing around with stuff. The set up suits them, and they're playing is as good as ever. So the omens are really good.
t8thgr8 said:
Sometimes i think im more of a fan of what theyre capable than of what theyve done.
U2Man said:I have a friend who totally loved Kite when he heard it....until he came to the the "When Hiphop drove the big cars"-line, then he puked.
I miss the "WOWY/AIWIY/Who's gonna ride.../Stay" type of the bitter-sweet love song on the last 3 albums (ok, Ground beneath her feet, but that didn't make it on all ATYCLB versions).
U2girl said:I think they will either bring on the "rifforama" from the early sessions on the Bomb or that we will get something more ethereal like Mercy and MDH soundtrack sound.
ElectricalVoice said:"Start to lose respect" ... Where did you get that from? U2 gained a lot of new fans from the last two albums. Especially from ATYCLB. They won't loose any respect if they continue what they are doing now, but rather loose some fans (as we already know), but gain others. I agree that U2 should forget the masses. If they do, they will reach the masses. But I love what they are doing now.
AtomicBono said:
Actually, I think they will lose respect. People have short attention spans. People got tired of preachy, serious, heart-on-his-sleeve Bono and the American roots exploration, hence the backlash on Rattle and Hum. If U2 had continued down that route they probably would have faded into obscurity and become "just another 80's band." Instead they did a 180 and changed their look, dipping themselves in irony and experimenting with their sound. However, by Pop, people were sick of that too, so the band went back and reinvented themselves yet again. ATYCLB was hailed by many critics as their 3rd masterpiece. HTDAAB, on the other hand, got good reviews. Not great, not bad, but good, sometimes mediocre. If U2 continues with this radio-pop back-to-basics approach next album, chances are there will be backlash. If U2 shifts direction now instead of completing the trilogy, they could avoid the backlash. But we'll see. Chances are no matter what U2 does next record I'll love it, and of course they'll gain new fans and lose some other fans. It happens every record.
U2girl said:"There are twenty-four songs that came out of the sessions. Eleven of them are on the album.” - Bono
24 - album, Fast cars, Mercy, Smile and Are you gonna wait forever = 9 songs left off the Bomb sessions, not counting any leftovers from past albums or any potential ideas off the current tour. (didn't Edge say somewhere he was writing on this tour, but wasn't sure what would make the album?)
jimjam said:Based on what I've read an heard and what I've listened to (Dont Come Knocking) I think that the next one will be bluesey and more acoustic like the Joshua Tree