mikal
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so much anger in this thread....i think the thread is fair though. SOA will be known as a "lost album".
what, in the recent history of this band, would lead ANY of you to believe that U2 actually planned on rehasing the zooropa idea and issuing a full album in the middle of a massive tour?
why would you believe any of this?
yeah, hopefully that "7" thing means a new single, at least.
yeah, hopefully that "7" thing means a new single, at least.
It got nothing but amazing reviews
If Crazy Tonight was the lead single NLOTH would've even had a worse commercial performance, specially in the beggining... at least in Europe (even though it's radiofriendly and U2-by-the-numbers).Misconception of NLOTH. It did VERY well. It just sold most of its copies in the first week, therefore not selling well the rest of the year. It got nothing but amazing reviews and good live performances. Radio wise and single wise, they just made bad choices. Crazy shoulda been the lead off single. So, NLOTH was a huge success when you look at everything
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Also, I wanted to say that U2 don't "owe" us anything. I've seen this before, where fans think that a band "owes them a new album", even if they've released 13 albums before.
I'm not ready for U2 to hang it up completely, but geez, give them a break! We just got a new album last year, isn't that enough?
well remember though that if it weren't for the members of U2 publicly advertising SOA during all the NLOTH release interviews, no one would be pissed about this. so no, they don't owe us anything, but they weren't true to their word. people have a right to be upset about that.
yeah, hopefully that "7" thing means a new single, at least.
Believe you me, I'm very skeptical, but they did mention it a lot. Give me one more example at any point in their career where they have titled an album, talked about songs on it, the style of it, the format of it, when it would potentially come out and then not released it?
did you miss the end of elevation tour hullabaloo about having soooo much material already recorded, ready to go, and that the ideas were flowing and they were ready to get it out there and didn't want to waste time by taking time off?
how about the chris thomas produced material from the bomb sessions that were scrapped and redone by steve lilywhite?
got a release date on all that rick rubin material yet?
did you miss when the band announced an album title and first single on more than one occasion?
meaningless.
it's more bloviation from bono. it's punk rock from venus. it's bullshit.
Agreed, but it was mentioned several times by more than just Bono, and naming a title and single is definitely more-than-the-usual. I think it's totally understandable that people paid more attention to this than the usual "Shit we're awesome, written heaps, and it's all awesome, Edge is awesome, I'm awesome, Larry is awesome, Adam is awesome, going to do an awesome quick follow up for sure" hype that they do always spill while promoting an album.
I think if there's any "You actually believed that?" it should be less to do with Bono always talking shit, and more to do with: Did you really believe that U2, in 2010, would release a quick follow up of meditative songs? Really?
meaningless.
it's more bloviation from bono. it's punk rock from venus. it's bullshit.
the next leg of the tour is not very far off... when will this announcement be made? obviously not before the tour... then after the tour?
u2, with their massive live nation contract, in an age where albums make no money, are going to release an album after the tour is over?
they always say they're excited about material and they're going to get it out quick, and they never do. it's not how this band operates. why would they all of a sudden shift gears now? because we want it to happen?
trust me, i hope i'm wrong. i'm not, but i hope i am.
u2 never "announced" anything... there was no press release, there was no addition to u2.com (ha, that's just a joke really), there were no band interviews.
bono said something to a reporter. just because it was a little more detailed than usual may have led to some people being suckered into believing that it wasn't his usual hyperbole.
but everything in the band's recent history should have led people to, at the very least, take anything that comes out of bono's mouth with a gigantic grain of salt.
in other words, as recently as January this year, Songs of Ascent was a project in the works