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popacrobat
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
We're at the point where we read into the quality of the new music and attempt to figure out when the new album will be released based on how enthused Bono sounds doing a 20+ long minute telephone interview.
//slowly walks into ocean
//slowly walks into ocean
dismantlemyfly
The Fly
Soooo at what point should we start expecting a double album at this point?
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
Well it all boils down to the shocking realization that Larry lied.
jeevey
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Or perhaps events and logistics forced their hand... nah. They all lied. They're a bunch of lying liers who lie lie lie.
Lies.
Lies.
I actually meant to type U2 fans' midlife crisis.
gvox
Ghost of Love
Gotcha. Agreed. Altho Im thinking early Feb for the single, but that's pure personal speculation.
LadySpinHead
Refugee
When they buy sports cars and date/marry hot women? Oh wait...
LadySpinHead
Refugee
Ah, so I get to buy sports cars and date a man 15 years younger than me. Awesome!
gvox
Ghost of Love
..a telephone interview conducted from Ghana, no less. I mean, if he'd called in right after band practice from Hanover Quay, sure, his enthusiasm would be directed differently I suppose. As it was, he took time out of an important mission trip - time out of activities he feels are very important.
martha
Blue Crack Supplier
Sistah! :hi-5:
purpleoscar
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Oh well if the album is not done it shouldn't be released. I want them to be happy with it. Lillywhite's comments are clear that the album wasn't fully baked.
Everybody is worried about the album being over produced but another error is an undercooked album. Many posters here prefer to listen to the unfinished versions (eg preferring Always to Beautiful Day) but I think they have bad taste or are mentally handicapped.
Everybody is worried about the album being over produced but another error is an undercooked album. Many posters here prefer to listen to the unfinished versions (eg preferring Always to Beautiful Day) but I think they have bad taste or are mentally handicapped.
gvox
Ghost of Love
Too obvious yo. Dig deeper: the answer is far murkier. Sinister plots afoot, and all that.
jeevey
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Well, obviously. Or perhaps its the dark night of the soul, but that's okay. Even Mother Theresa had those.
Greatest Hits
The Fly
So which one of them got drunk and yelled at the others that they "HAVE TO GO BACK!!" to the studio?
mikal
Blue Crack Addict
Definitely not Bono.
LemonMirrorSky
War Child
Guys, you think it sucks to be a U2 fan right now? Think about Pink Floyd fans...
4 years between The Final Cut and A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
7 years between A Momentary Lapse and The Division Bell
19 years and counting after The Division Bell
4 years between The Final Cut and A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
7 years between A Momentary Lapse and The Division Bell
19 years and counting after The Division Bell
super fly guy
New Yorker
How can one band get lost in the music so much? Oh well plenty other new releases to keep us going until next year!
SHUT UP, TROLL!
shut UP, troll!
SHUT UP, troll!
shut up, TROLL!
Youre a real shinning gem on this site, guy.
You add so much insight and valuable information, it's truly unbelievable. Where would Interference be without the great Lazarus??
You can act like Iovine has nothing to do with this delay all you want but you know Im right. That's why it bothers you so much. Your heroes arent as free as youd like to think they are and its changing the very molecular structure of your fandom towards U2. I get it, and its ok.
U2DMfan
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
There is no obligation for U2 to ever release anything again. It's just if they do, they have to do it through Universal.
That^ is 100% true. The following is only my understanding but I am 95% confident this would be accurate.
The timeline concern would be with a band that the label has invested in and expects a timely return on their money. "You haven't given us an album in three years, we're dropping you" - sort of thing.
With U2, the label (would receive or) has more than received a return on their money and basically don't want to piss off such a cash cow anyway. In other words, U2 calls the timing shots. So in that regard, I would speculate there is no 'deadline', so to speak, at all, written in their contract. U2 wouldn't want it and Universal wouldn't want to try to 'bully' U2 like that. And frankly, all joke$ a$ide, U2 (as far as practically the entire music industry is concerned) has the best manager in the history of rock. It just wouldn't be in there, IMO.
But as for marketing and production/distribution, yes there would be a timing concern on the label's behalf. But that only begins when U2 delivers the finished album to Universal. Once that happens, the label calls the timing shots.
So assuming that hasn't happened (delivery of the new album to Universal), U2 can do whatever they want.
Niceman
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Two points:
1. What if they're actually TRYING to look like that?
2. The Loch Ness monster is real
3. Zooropa was written by ancient aliens in Babylon and the government has hid the truth from us!
Iovine has NOTHING to do with any delay.
Even a shitty U2 album will sell more than most other albums released around the we time (see No Line) and make Iovine and Universal's investors millions and millions of dollars.
If anything, Iovine is probably annoyed that the album is still not ready and won't be released in time for Christmas.
Any delay is the band and the band alone. Period.
zoocarolina
Refugee
I seriously doubt they would scrap the DM sessions, sounds like a just bit more tweaking and how can there be a delay if there's never been a confirmed release date? I appreciate them being careful not to disappoint us by promising a date and then missing it. Ofcourse they could help us with all this frustration by giving us a double album! . It's only been a little over 2 years since 360 ended and we got a few bonus new songs the year before atleast. I just have a feeling that this new album is going to change things up like Achtung did and I got re-energized by watching From The Sky Down a couple nights ago, forgot how good that was!
. It's only been a little over 2 years since 360 ended and we got a few bonus new songs the year before atleast. I just have a feeling that this new album is going to change things up like Achtung did and I got re-energized by watching From The Sky Down a couple nights ago, forgot how good that was!Sorry, I seem to have misplaced my decoder ring. Did you actually have a point or was that some misguided attempt at snark?
U2DMfan
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Iovine was quoted as saying "I hope so" when asked if U2 were done, back in June.
I think they are done. Haven't seen them reported in a studio ONCE since then. That's what I'm going with, we shall see. Obviously this means I don't buy what Bono said as either accurate or even genuine. Par for the course.
That said, if the album is slated for 2014, it's for many reasons, but I don't think they have lost any confidence in the material. Bono's ever-present bullshit aside, remember what Gavin Friday said. He's not a known bullshitter in that regard. All this talk of U2 scrapping anything is nonsense. In 2003 they never stopped recording. They were TRYING to figure out the whole Chris Thomas thing before deciding it wouldn't work. I'll say it again, there is NO evidence that U2 have written and recorded anything since being in NYC in June.
Also, those of you that thought there wasn't anything to the timelines look pretty silly right about now. First news of 2014 happened just as the timelines said. Aug 20th. And this latest news from Bono? Five years to the day that NLOTH was announced for 2009. U2 are creatures of habit? Nah. No chance.
I think they are done. Haven't seen them reported in a studio ONCE since then. That's what I'm going with, we shall see. Obviously this means I don't buy what Bono said as either accurate or even genuine. Par for the course.
That said, if the album is slated for 2014, it's for many reasons, but I don't think they have lost any confidence in the material. Bono's ever-present bullshit aside, remember what Gavin Friday said. He's not a known bullshitter in that regard. All this talk of U2 scrapping anything is nonsense. In 2003 they never stopped recording. They were TRYING to figure out the whole Chris Thomas thing before deciding it wouldn't work. I'll say it again, there is NO evidence that U2 have written and recorded anything since being in NYC in June.
Also, those of you that thought there wasn't anything to the timelines look pretty silly right about now. First news of 2014 happened just as the timelines said. Aug 20th. And this latest news from Bono? Five years to the day that NLOTH was announced for 2009. U2 are creatures of habit? Nah. No chance.
You dont understand what Im saying. Iovine didnt delay the album because of hitzzzz, he's making them rewrite songs that might piss his corporate buddies off. I hope you liked the watered down HTDAAB because thats what were getting in March.
Mrs. Garrison
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
annnnnnd howwwww do we knowwww thissssssss?
iota
War Child
This is why they need to lose these overblown, bloated tours. Instead of putting out albums of great music, they think they have to produce "hits" to make the tour viable. And U2's biggest hits came when they were simply being themselves. The best thing for this band would be to stop touring and just make music. The pressure of supporting these massive tours is killing them creatively. Reading between the lines of what Bono said...they have great music, but will it sustain a massive tour? How many albums really would, even the great ones?
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