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I'd love to get Lanois' take on this. Ha, maybe him and Eno are pissed now that some or all of the band don't feel comfortable with their work.
Oooh, I sense some major drama coming up.
I'd love to get Lanois' take on this. Ha, maybe him and Eno are pissed now that some or all of the band don't feel comfortable with their work.
I'd love to get Lanois' take on this. Ha, maybe him and Eno are pissed now that some or all of the band don't feel comfortable with their work.
Round in circles here, sorry again who has even said they are not happy with there work? cant people for once actually just belive something someone says rather than have to over analyse it?
I don't think fans have ever seen the band go into the studio or come out of it. The only way the band can be seen is if they are on the balcony/terrace or on the beach.
Look, I would have felt better about the whole thing if U2 would have just denounced all of the headline stories in newspapers and internet articles announcing the album release date, album titles, etc.
Fuck, when some obscure ticket broker in Europe starts selling tickets for some yet unnamed tour they quickly dispell that misinformation, but major newspapers have headline stories about this album release and u2.com can't publish a small disclaimer saying the information's not true, nothing has been decided yet.? Oh please. Something happened to change their plans.
HMV is taking preorders for an album, and U2.com can't publish a story saying, hey don't preorder this, a decision regarding an album release hasn't been made?
Now weeks later, they finally publish this larger than life article about a conversation with Bono. Holy Shit, I've been called a blind follower plenty, but even I can't believe this.
but it wont be out any later than March 09, I'm sure that they have the tour all scheduled and semi booked for summer 09.
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I'm not here to argue semantics and I don't think anyone can truly decipher what Bono says half the time (himself included) but when he says "we want 2009 to be our year" it does not make any sense to release the album in November since 80% of the year will be over...
Yes I realize the way the marketing machine works, I realize in terms of profit, releasing an album in Q4 is the best way to maximize sales.
And yes, I realize this has been the U2 way for the last two albums especially.
And yes, I realize I will probably get burned by this but is it impossible to believe that they want to do something different this time? Is it that hard to conceive them releasing the new album even in March or April of next year?
I don’t know, maybe I’m crazy but if I were to proclaim that I wanted 2009 to be “my year” I would release the album no later than July…
I understand you're upset, but it doesn't look like U2 have known this all along, I guess the November release really seemed possible for them and now they have changed their minds (for whatever reasons). And I'm sure the record label would have liked a pre-Christmas release, I don't think HMV or other stores would have put the album up for pre-order if they had NO word at all from the record company. A little premature. The band might not have been happy with that.
Re-reading Bono's statement, I'm starting to think we won't see this until Nov. 2009.
Why? Just because he says "new year" and "we want 2009 to be our year" does not translate into "the album will be out March 2009" or "it will be out January 2009".
If they release it in Nov. 2009, we'll start hearing about it next summer, which is the middle of the year, the first single will come out in September.
I really hope that's wrong, but hear me out:
If he says "we've hit a rich songwriting vein and don't want to stop" that means they're still writing songs, no? Do you know how long it takes to record a song? Then produce it/mix it?
Nope. Nov. 2009.
Sorry guys. Let's just hope it's a great album. In the meantime let's all move on.....the accident has been moved to the side of the road.
I think Bono's writing style doesn't help, when I was a teenager I used to think that Bono was the most incredible orator on the planet, I don't think like that anymore.......I wish he would just come out and say in plain english, that "look, we're not quite there yet with the album, the poxy rythem section want a few more months to get it sounding exactly how they want.it will be out in the early new year", i would have taken this news a lot better if he'd said that, especially if he'd included my comment on LarrySorry Adam. Reading his statement makes me see why people cannot stand him!! Though of course my love is still relatively strong.
Bono has claimed that U2’s new album is going to be “extraordinary” and that it will sound completely different to anything that has been heard before.
The frontman revealed that the band’s new sound has been inspired by a visit to Morocco last year.
Bono told the Independent: “Normally when you play a U2 tune, it clears the dance floor. And that may not be true of this. There’s some trance influences. But there’s some very hardcore guitar coming out of The Edge. Real molten metal.
“It’s not like anything we’ve ever done before, and we don’t think it sounds like anything anyone else has done either.”
The singer explained that going to a religious music festival in Fez, Morocco helped them write new material. He said: “It was a real humbling thing for a punk rock shouter, listening to these people who just close their eyes for 40 minutes and sing the most sophisticated melodies.”
He added: “We have enough material for two albums but it has to be extraordinary. And I think we’ve got that.”
Wait, what does his writing style have to do with anything, he didn't write this press release...
I was just saying that he should come straight out and say what's going on rather than beating around the bush like that.
I was referring to his way of expressing himself, most of the press release is made up of quotes from him isn't it?? Diamonds and coal and all that shite. Just getting a bit annoying.
I was just saying that he should come straight out and say what's going on rather than beating around the bush like that.
Oh his speaking style, I understand...
Yeah how boring would it be if a rock star came out and said, "we're postponing the album because Larry and Edge disagree about a few songs"...
anyway, enough of that....so....wtf did Final Drive mean....what does any of this mean now...are we going to get u2.com clips for the next 5 months or something?