dabiggestu2fan said:oh god please let it NOT be mercy!
amen
dabiggestu2fan said:oh god please let it NOT be mercy!
shart1780 said:I don't like the idea of a download only single. If it's only availible in 128kbps on iTunes I'm going to kill someone, namely U2.
Clawgrabber said:yeah, because cd singles are still so not obsolete. I mean really, the are so easy to come by out here in the States. And they chart so well on payola mongering radio stations.
bring on the iTunes
LemonMelon said:BTW, where's Blue Room? He needs to throw in his interpretation of the report (eg: WTF this article must be talking about Electrical Storm or something, because there won't be another new U2 song for at least another 2, 3...20 years.)
Axver said:
I would only pay for a download-only single if it were available in lossless. I'm not spending my money on lossy, inferior audio.
dabiggestu2fan said:EP would be nice! say umm 5-6 new songs mixed in with some live hits would be awsome I would love this sort of configuration although not neceseraly in this order:
1. I believe (new song)
2. Love and peace (or else) Live
3. Bulet the blue sky (live from elevation)
4. All my life (new song)
5. Vertigo (Live)
6. Beutifal Day (Live)
7. Can't you see (new song)
8. Some other new song (hopefully on the harder/ rockier side side)
9. All because of you (live)
10. fast cars (live)
11. Thank you (new song)
I know my flow is horrible. But its just the way I would personaly like it hehehe. I would like a live ep/album iun which the theme is somewhat harder rock songs with some balads like thank you which I think would be a good closer for the album/ep.
ANyone agree, disagree, think I am crazy? hehehehe
Swan269 said:
We don't need a rattle and hum 2, just new material-no live versions
doctorwho said:
I disagree.
In fact, I think now is the perfect time for a "Rattle & Hum 2".
Of course, the album won't be anything like what U2 were trying to accomplish with R&H, but the concept of a half-live/half-studio album or EP would be fun.
Fans could hear some rare live tracks (a live "Fast Cars" would be fantastic!!) and we could finally get an official release of "Mercy". Being an EP, it doesn't have to be super-polished either. It could have some old songs (like "Mercy") with perhaps a hint of the new direction (as R&H did). Plus, with a November-ish release, they could sell a million or two albums just with the holiday season sales!
Of course, as much as I like this idea, it means there's no chance U2 will do it.
If it was merely a soundtrack for the documentary, it wasn't a very good one. It was missing quite a number of songs - many of which were the best ones ('Streets', 'With or Without You', 'Running to Stand Still', 'Exit', etc). Why would U2 scratch some of the best live songs if they weren't trying to create an album with the right flow and ingredients? If it had contained only the studio tracks, that would have made a good studio album - especially if songs like 'Hallelujah Here She Comes' had been included.Aygo said:
I disagree with this. This is not the time for "another" R&H because R&H was the soundtrack for the documentary, it's not a real studio project.
Plus, I don't think that R&H gave hints for a new direction, I think hat R&H is more like the consolidation, like the coda for that direction that had been following.
Michael Griffiths said:
If it was merely a soundtrack for the documentary, it wasn't a very good one. It was missing quite a number of songs - many of which were the best ones ('Streets', 'With or Without You', 'Running to Stand Still', 'Exit', etc). Why would U2 scratch some of the best live songs if they weren't trying to create an album with the right flow and ingredients? If it had contained only the studio tracks, that would have made a good studio album - especially if songs like 'Hallelujah Here She Comes' had been included.
I also think that 'God Part II' hinted pretty strongly as to the direction of Achtung Baby. And to some extent, the dance version of 'Desire' did as well.
Lancemc said:Rattle and Hum is quickly rising the ranks of my favorite U2 albums. The songs are just so amazing it's hard to ignore. Plus, as a band, I don't think they've ever played this well or have plaed this well since. Lovetown is a testiment to the greatness of U2 in 1988/89.
The songs could have been a lot better?!?LemonMelon said:
I sort of agree with that. I think the songs could be a lot better, but there's no doubt that U2 were at their performing peak. Bono was at his best vocally, Edge was the way everyone knows him best, and Adam & Larry were keeping it all together. They were brilliant then, and still are today.
Michael Griffiths said:
The songs could have been a lot better?!?
'All I Want Is You'
'Angel of Harlem'
'Desire'
'Heartland'
'God Part II'
'Van Dieman's Land'
'Silver and Gold'
I mean, wow, even the B-sides were better than anything that bands today release! ('A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel'; 'Hallelujah Here She Comes'; 'Slow Dancing', etc). Throw the B sides onto just the studio songs on R&H, and you have a stunning album! If the songs needed to be any better, I would say the rest of humanity should give up playing music forever.
Which songs aren't great?!LemonMelon said:
Yeah, it's really good and all, but I wouldn't classify all of those as "great" songs, and some that you left off are weaker. I do agree with you about the b-sides 100%
Hallelujah, Here She Comes