LP13 Discussion - Rumor Has It: Sirens, iTunes Festival, etc.

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purpleoscar said:
The liner notes for the new album will have so many producers on it they'll need a thicker booklet.
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:lol:

Nope. They do that annoying asterisk thing.

Song 1: *
Song 2: **
Song 3: *
Song 4: *
Song 5: **
Song 6: ***

* - mixed by Epworth
** - mixed by Danger Mouse
*** - mixed by Tedder


I lived through the boyband 90s. Those albums had more production credits than you could shake a stick at. I should dig out my old BSB cds.... :lol::lol:
 
mikal said:
Agreed. I'm pretty much treating this record as if it's their last. But I could see a reunion tour when they're in their 60's.
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I think the reality is, whether U2 ever put to another album after this one, they will most certainly only putting out one record this decade. Assuming the new one comes this year, and a tour follows until 2015...that takes us to 2018. Does anyone seriously think U2 is going to put out something in the couple years after that?

So yeah, the new record I guess will double as the 2010-2020 greatest hits. :)
 
Nick66 said:
Well, yeah...sorry to spoil your "U2 is the bestest most awesomest band ever and we're lucky to have them and no one else has ever done anything close" meme with, you know, facts & stuff. :)

U2 is great CK. There are other great bands out there though you know. :)
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There's also the simple fact that, just because a band has their original lineup doesn't mean there's any sort of implicate superiority. Sometimes a lineup change is a good and healthy choice. I'm very clear on my stance that I'd probably enjoy the band a lot more if Larry called it a day, already. Possibly Adam as well, but I'm less passionate about that viewpoint.

If you look at bands like the E Street Band, yes, they've had different lineups and yes, Bruce and they parted ways for a short time. Does that make the material they're making together, now, of any less quality? Does it make their tours any less enjoyable or successful? And of course, there's all the solo artists out there still producing albums and still touring, too.

Pure and simple, U2 are a great and very popular band, but they're not the only one and I'm sure there are forums for other bands out there having similar conversations all the time. You can't ignore one other band, VERY similar to U2, who may not still have the same lineup, but who I do think are enjoying far more success and relevancy today and that's Bon Jovi. You don't have to like them, but they have managed to wrangle in a whole new fan base in the last decade, thanks to their change in sound. I'm not sure they've ever been bigger.
 
Registered Dude said:
actually - the "bug" has since been fixed - it's no longer possible to get that page. if you try and enter an unassigned album ID, you get "page not found"

try it yourself - this is the same URL as depicted in that image:
U2
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:hmm: I stand corrected, U2.com appears to have found capable people to run their website. At last!


That best of album has got to be fake. :lol: THey've got nothing to release a best of for, HTDAAB and NLOTH? :laugh: Seriously?
 
bono_212 said:
There's also the simple fact that, just because a band has their original lineup doesn't mean there's any sort of implicate superiority. Sometimes a lineup change is a good and healthy choice. I'm very clear on my stance that I'd probably enjoy the band a lot more if Larry called it a day, already. Possibly Adam as well, but I'm less passionate about that viewpoint.

If you look at bands like the E Street Band, yes, they've had different lineups and yes, Bruce and they parted ways for a short time. Does that make the material they're making together, now, of any less quality? Does it make their tours any less enjoyable or successful? And of course, there's all the solo artists out there still producing albums and still touring, too.

Pure and simple, U2 are a great and very popular band, but they're not the only one and I'm sure there are forums for other bands out there having similar conversations all the time. You can't ignore one other band, VERY similar to U2, who may not still have the same lineup, but who I do think are enjoying far more success and relevancy today and that's Bon Jovi. You don't have to like them, but they have managed to wrangle in a whole new fan base in the last decade, thanks to their change in sound. I'm not sure they've ever been bigger.
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:up:

Good point about Bon Jovi. And while I don't really care for Bon Jovi and their music (and I feel the same about Jon Bon Jovi as I think a lot of people feel about Bono), they definitely have shown some staying power, and I respect that.
 
Reg McGowan said:
As for the "Double-Album" concept, I doubt it if we consider a few things or what your view of a "Double-Album" is...

1) A "double-album" is still considered "One album" as a whole but passes the 60 min mark in material length.

2) James Mercer mentioned last March that the "FIRST disc is entirely Brian's work" which clearly indicates that U2 have been working on 2 albums...but will the TWO discs be a double album or seperate releases...? :shrug:

3) Double-Albums are rarely produced by several producers or different teams as far as I know...but again...I could be completely wrong.

Discuss...
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I think we will have 2) with a separate release next year. I just still have a hard time believing DM's work was enhanced with Tedder, would be weird I would venture. Good news is the gears are turning on something soon!!!! Double or 2 releases within the next year would be a gravy boat overflowing with gravy!!!


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Nick66 said:
:up:



Good point about Bon Jovi. And while I don't really care for Bon Jovi and their music (and I feel the same about Jon Bon Jovi as I think a lot of people feel about Bono), they definitely have shown some staying power, and I respect that.
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I like Bon Jovi and Rush, unfortunately. They tour every other year, release music constantly, compared to U2 (definitely not as good and mainstream as their earlier material though), but they do have staying power. U2 has staying power and I think they always will.
 
Nick66 said:
:up:

Good point about Bon Jovi. And while I don't really care for Bon Jovi and their music (and I feel the same about Jon Bon Jovi as I think a lot of people feel about Bono), they definitely have shown some staying power, and I respect that.
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Though the "original lineup" thing takes Bongiovi out of CK's equation...Alec John Such was canned in 94 and they haven't had an official bassist since(like what REM did with Bill Berry), and Richie Zambuca is now out of the band.
 
Hewson said:
Though the "original lineup" thing takes Bongiovi out of CK's equation...Alec John Such was canned in 94 and they haven't had an official bassist since(like what REM did with Bill Berry), and Richie Zambuca is now out of the band.
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That was my point. A band having the same lineup doesn't necessarily have anything to do with quality/consistency/popularity.
 
bono_212 said:
That was my point. A band having the same lineup doesn't necessarily have anything to do with quality/consistency/popularity.
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Unless you're Faith Mo More where adding Mike Patton was a huge upgrade.


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I've just listened to ATYCLB all the way through...

Aside from "keeping people from jumping off windows" as Adam once quoted, I wonder how a disaster such as "WILD HONEY" could make it on the album...:crack:

Anyone else thinks that Bono's voice was pretty hoarse on this album ?
I wonder if "In a Little While", "Wild Honey" and "When I Look At The World" were recorded in the same session but Bono's voice cracks when he goes for high notes...and in general.

I found his was in much better vocal form on HTDAAB and killed it. Even he pointed this out during and interview..
 
Reg McGowan said:
I've just listened to ATYCLB all the way through...

Aside from "keeping people from jumping off windows" as Adam once quoted, I wonder how a disaster such as "WILD HONEY" could make it on the album...:crack:

Anyone else thinks that Bono's voice was pretty hoarse on this album ?
I wonder if "In a Little While", "Wild Honey" and "When I Look At The World" were recorded in the same session but Bono's voice cracks when he goes for high notes...

I found his was in much better vocal form on HTDAAB and killed it. Even he pointed this out during and interview..
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Yeah, that album came out basically at the height of Bono's voice problems that started in the late 90's but have since improved.
 
nesquick said:
RUMOR ALERT: an insider at universal FRANCE saying the first album set for a november release will be this:
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with the unreleased song Siren as a single...

In 2015, a second album, original this time...

To be continued!
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How have you not been banned yet? You were trollin' really hard the last few years. This is a good troll effort, though.
 
He really struggled during the Elevation Tour. He was hit or miss during Popmart, there were bad shows like Las Vegas and Sarajevo, but he had some really good shows like Rotterdam and Mexico City. His voice was poor at best at most Elevation shows, and I've listened to quite a few. Even Boston and Slane, the shows with official releases, aren't that good. He really stepped it up on the Vertigo Tour. SOMETHING happened to his singing voice between 2002 and 2004. WHAT WAS IT??
 
The_acrobat said:
He really struggled during the Elevation Tour. He was hit or miss during Popmart, there were bad shows like Las Vegas and Sarajevo, but he had some really good shows like Rotterdam and Mexico City. His voice was poor at best at most Elevation shows, and I've listened to quite a few. Even Boston and Slane, the shows with official releases, aren't that good. He really stepped it up on the Vertigo Tour. SOMETHING happened to his singing voice between 2002 and 2004. WHAT WAS IT??
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probably vocal training
 
mikal said:
Yeah, that album came out basically at the height of Bono's voice problems that started in the late 90's but have since improved.
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Wasn't there a thread once a long time ago (before my time), some guy went through every U2 record and talked about why it sucked more than the last? Every paragraph started with something like "U2 sucks". It was total snark, and was about the funniest fucking thing I've ever read on this site (not sure how I ever came across it though).

I'm just asking you Mikal b/c I think you've been around forever.
 
Nick66 said:
Wasn't there a thread once a long time ago (before my time), some guy went through every U2 record and talked about why it sucked more than the last? Every paragraph started with something like "U2 sucks". It was total snark, and was about the funniest fucking thing I've ever read on this site (not sure how I ever came across it though).
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I would love to see that.
 
The_acrobat said:
He really struggled during the Elevation Tour. He was hit or miss during Popmart, there were bad shows like Las Vegas and Sarajevo, but he had some really good shows like Rotterdam and Mexico City. His voice was poor at best at most Elevation shows, and I've listened to quite a few. Even Boston and Slane, the shows with official releases, aren't that good. He really stepped it up on the Vertigo Tour. SOMETHING happened to his singing voice between 2002 and 2004. WHAT WAS IT??
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He really took off on the Vertigo tour. Even on the 360 (Fan Club CD's) he has some really amazing moments. He even sounds good on Invisible.

Vocal training, less smokes, & less booze.
 
zoopop said:
He really took off on the Vertigo tour. Even on the 360 (Fan Club CD's) he has some really amazing moments. He even sounds good on Invisible.

Vocal training, less smokes, & less booze.
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I didn't really like his voice (or that godawful long hair) on the Vertigo tour, until after the postponement. His voice also benefited from the U2360° postponement. And I agree, I think he sounds really good on Invisible.
 
There was an early 00's Mick Jagger doc that had an appearance by Bono who comes in to lay some vocals down for a song and I swear Bono was embarrassed by his vocal take captured by cameras on that doc. It wasn't that great to be honest. Anyone else remember that doc?
 
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