SOE - Part 8 - iHeart Beach CLips

The friendliest place on the web for anyone that follows U2.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
Status
Not open for further replies.
Why ? U2's been too quiet if this is the alleged lead single (much less be given playtime during Olympics), given they said the album won't be out this year.
They didn't really say that. It's coming out.

Not that I think an Olympic appearance is happening. Kygo is going to play his new single Carry On. He's already confirmed this

Sent from my STV100-3 using Tapatalk
 
Their biggest song since Vertigo doesn't leave a very high bar to cross. What's the competition? SYCMIOYO?

Regardless, I'll believe that this will be a legitimate hit when I see it. We said that (it would be a hit) about Boots, we said it about Magnificent, we said it about Crazy, we said it about Invisible, we said it about SFS, and it never really pans out. I'm content to think that U2 are in a post-hits era outside of AAA radio.


Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference
I don't think anyone outside of a few loonies thinks U2 are going to burn up the Billboard Hot 100 ever again on the merits of the song alone. There would have to be extraordinary circumstances for that to happen.

But could they make a dent on modern rock and adult alternative stations, and have the song be a "hit" in that it's known and people outside of the fan base actually care about the song and listen to it? Yea, they can.

I'm not sure about the DJ remix route as the way of getting there... It could be seen as fresh and modern, or it could be seen as yet another desperate ploy by U2 to get noticed. Time will tell on that one... and that's assuming that this remix actually see the light of day beyond simply being a bonus track or B side, which is a big assumption. We don't really know whether this was the first salvo in the marketing campaign or simply an over zealous DJ wanting to show how big and important he's become at a hometown gig.

As for biggest hits since Vertigo... Ordinary Love and Song For Someone both did reasonably well on the adult charts.
 
Has anyone deciphered the lyrics from the latest clip?

From what I saw on Youtube the chorus is

You're the best thing about me
the best thing that ever happened to a boy
you're the best thing about me
I'm the kind of trouble that you enjoy
you're the best thing about me
Perfect things are easy to destroy
you're the best thing about me

Why am I
(can't tell what he says later)

Hoping SOE does better than that.
 
Why ? U2's been too quiet if this is the alleged lead single (much less be given playtime during Olympics), given they said the album won't be out this year.
They never said the album wasn't coming out this year.

And the last album was released with zero notice. So not sure what the hell you're talking about, but that's par for the course
 
They didn't really say that. It's coming out.

Not that I think an Olympic appearance is happening. Kygo is going to play his new single Carry On. He's already confirmed this

Sent from my STV100-3 using Tapatalk

Bono Says SOE and New Tour on the Way

Bono : not finished.
Adam: in the next 6 months (album and tour)

That doesn't sound like an imminent album to me, even if we might get a single this year.
 
From what I saw on Youtube the chorus is

You're the best thing about me
the best thing that ever happened to a boy
you're the best thing about me
I'm the kind of trouble that you enjoy
you're the best thing about me
Perfect things are easy to destroy
you're the best thing about me

Why am I
(can't tell what he says later)

Hoping SOE does better than that.

Cheers :up:
 
Bono Says SOE and New Tour on the Way



Bono : not finished.

Adam: in the next 6 months (album and tour)



That doesn't sound like an imminent album to me, even if we might get a single this year.



U2 supposedly made those comments to fans but are unconfirmed. It's not like they were going to tell these people the exact release date, track listing, and tour dates.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Assuming it's not played at the olympics tonight, what does it likely mean that it got played last night? Over zealous Kygo? Or he had permission and they are floating it to see reactions? And when and what will be the "official" word from U2 about it? I was half expecting we would have heard something from the band by this morning.


Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference
 
Assuming it's not played at the olympics tonight, what does it likely mean that it got played last night? Over zealous Kygo? Or he had permission and they are floating it to see reactions? And when and what will be the "official" word from U2 about it? I was half expecting we would have heard something from the band by this morning.


Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference



Hard to say but after following this band for years, I'd be really surprised if they had no knowledge or say in the song being played.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
It hasn't been taken down anywhere, right? That should tell us

Sent from my STV100-3 using Tapatalk
 
U2 supposedly made those comments to fans but are unconfirmed. It's not like they were going to tell these people the exact release date, track listing, and tour dates.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yes, those were part of a very confusing report by U2 en Espana (unless you ask the owners of U2 en Espana who aren't fans of anyone saying the report was confusing). Hardly official.

But of course, it's possible that there is no new album this year and it's just a one off similar to Invisible, or that it is on the album but Kygo wasn't supposed to release it yet cause the album isn't due until early next year.

All is possible... but dismissing an album this fall is silly. It's entirely possible and the most likely scenario.

Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk
 
Maybe it's Kygo's intellectual property. His to take down...

Sent from my STV100-3 using Tapatalk
 
U2Valencia - Kygo to play remix of new U2 song at festival


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Bono Says SOE and New Tour on the Way

Bono : not finished.
Adam: in the next 6 months (album and tour)

That doesn't sound like an imminent album to me, even if we might get a single this year.

Could be the real timeline, but remember those Billboard reports in August 2014 saying the album got pushed back to 2015? Then bam, SOI comes out of no where a month later. Could be misdirection since that kind of thing's happened before.
 
He had a video with lyrics on his DJ booth, so clearly some planning went into this. It could still be that he had his visuals made in anticipation of the imminent release of the album and decided to toss it out there... but at the very least this wasn't an impromptu, spur of the moment decision on Kygo's part

Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk
 
Maybe it's Kygo's intellectual property. His to take down...

Sent from my STV100-3 using Tapatalk
I can't imagine U2 would sign over a complete song to somebody else without also having rights.

Which is why I think this is a remix... Kygo stated it was U2, not just Bono singing over one of his beats. And there's very little U2 in there besides Bono and a brief appearance from Edge at the end.
 
Thought it was pretty much a lock that we where getting the album this year?


Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference
 
There's a certain other NY based tribute band who's name will go unmentioned who always try to reproduce the studio version of I Will Follow never realizing that they play it differently live. It sounds atrocious.


If it's who I think it is, they also go so far as to use Bono's vocals overdubbed too, so that tells you all you need to know. Lol


Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference
 
Damn it... this thing is the best U2 Song in terms of melody and "good vibes" since ages. It is so effortlessly groovy and easy going, I have to admit that I really love it
 
Not a bad idea to pre-emptively have a remix of a new song without first beating people over the head with 'New U2 Single' yet again. I'd be surprised if this 'leak' wasn't planned, although knowing U2 it almost makes a bit too much sense to be deliberate :shifty:
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom