dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
So, crisis postponed, only 2 days, 12 hours and 36 minutes until Invisible.
It's like the room just cleared of smoke
I didn't even want the heart you broke
It's yours to keep
You just might need one
I finally found my real name
I won't be me when you see me again
No, I won't be my father's son.
Actually dealing with the emotional effect on his father when he changed his name to Bono - that's MUCH heavier and more meaningful than anything since MoFo.
It's like the room just cleared of smoke
I didn't even want the heart you broke
It's yours to keep
You just might need one
I finally found my real name
I won't be me when you see me again
No, I won't be my father's son.
Actually dealing with the emotional effect on his father when he changed his name to Bono - that's MUCH heavier and more meaningful than anything since MoFo.
It's like the room just cleared of smoke
I didn't even want the heart you broke
It's yours to keep
You just might need one
I finally found my real name
I won't be me when you see me again
No, I won't be my father's son.
This is just excruciatingly bad. Did Bono lift this from a c-grade emo-pop band?
"It's yours to keep/You just might need one", oooh, ice cold burn Bono, nobody's ever said that melodramatically before.
Yes, yes, bad lyrics can be redeemed by good delivery and vice versa, so let's wait and see, but good heavens, we've been making fun of "magic marker"?
A best of release instead of a new album this year???!!!1111!
See, I actually liked the magic marker line, and I also appreciate that he is actually writing about something again. I am hopeful - but I take your point...
I also appreciate that he is actually writing about something again.
If they mess with producers I can't help but think the album will be a conceptual mess like NLOTH.
See, I actually liked the magic marker line, and I also appreciate that he is actually writing about something again. I am hopeful - but I take your point...
Nearly everything > "magic marker" > the sounds of a truck stop bathroom > "we're butter on toast"
But whatever, we don't need to micro-analyze a song we're all going to hear in just over 48 hours. At least the response will be better than "Boots" I imagine.
Oh god, can you imagine the epic flame war this place would've had if certain lyrics from Boots had leaked in an interview? Interference was mortified enough by the title!
So, what direction of the recent material (NLOTH, new songs from 360 Tour and "Ordinary Love") do people actually want this band to go?
I'd personally like stuff along the lines of "Fez-Being Born"...I think they have nothing left to prove in the anthemic pop territory (as much as I love "Crazy Tonight")...I certainly don't think there's anywhere else to go for them based on their recent history, so perhaps that's why they sought out Danger Mouse for this supposed reinvention.
Anyway, just something to think about since there doesn't seem to be much of a consensus over what exactly were the best tunes on NLOTH whereas the previous two albums clearly have their favorites on Interference. Perhaps some people want them to go weirder while others loved stuff like "Maginificent" a whole bunch?
Also, "Breathe" doesn't count as a traditional U2 song. That thing is fucking sick in its structure. If they could write more songs like that, they'd be on to something.
For whatever reason I recall the reception to Boots being pretty positive for the first several day and then everything started to sour.
Well I predicted in this very forum a month ago that this was coming. Ultimately, other producers will be involved with the album. The band LOVES Paul Epworth's version of Ordinary Love and so do most of the fans. I can nearly guarantee that he is the one who is now picking over the rest of the album.
I still think we'll get it in June.
Has anyone read the sister article to the "experimenting with other producers" one?
'Invisible' will debut during Super Bowl, then help raise funds for fight against AIDS
- Invisible not the lead single.
- A proper lead single has already been identified.
- Album is still targeted for the summer.
Invisible is not, U2's frontman notes, the first official single from the group's long-awaited new album, expected later this year. "We have another song we're excited about to kick off the album," he says. "This is just sort of a sneak preview — to remind people we exist."
The track was chosen because "it's the first one we finished," Bono says, chuckling. The band has "lots and lots of songs" compiled, he adds, but will continue to work on the album "for a couple of months. We want it to come out this SUMMER, but you don't want to let anyone down."
So, what direction of the recent material (NLOTH, new songs from 360 Tour and "Ordinary Love") do people actually want this band to go?
I'd personally like stuff along the lines of "Fez-Being Born"