n00b...
I stalked Edge's mom...
I am The Edge, bitch. For all intents and purposes, anyway.
n00b...
I stalked Edge's mom...
I am The Edge, bitch. For all intents and purposes, anyway.
Regarding production, does anyone notice similarities between these clips and Paul Simon's Surprise album, and what Eno did for him and his "reinvention"? The production is slick and modern, with crystal clear pockets of sound and the like, that was somewhat of a shock coming from Mr. Simon... but at the end of the day, they were some really amazing tunes! So on the one hand you could call them "overproduced," i.e. thick layers and textures, but on the other hand, the more relevant question is does the production DISTRACT or DETRACT from the core song? To give a counter example, I would say the production in HTDAAB sometimes detracts from the song, and those were pretty stripped down mixes compared to No Line's production...
I am The Edge, bitch. For all intents and purposes, anyway.
i haven't heard these...are they worth it? I love Pop more than anything ever.
i haven't heard these...are they worth it? I love Pop more than anything ever.
Discotheque demo was pretty famous AFAIK... I think the story goes that U2 had a camera which was broadcasting to the internet in their studio, and somehow someone was able to get the audio from that camera to record a demo version of discotheque before it came out-- its one of the reasons Pop was rushed. And I think it was one of the first times a song was leaked early on the Internet.
The Wake Up Dead Man demo is on the Axtung Beibi outtakes.
The other night, as I began ramping up for the final few weeks before the new album, I began listening more to the boys. As I was listening to "Native Son", the alt. version of "All Because of You", "Mercy", I began thinkin, wow, this stuff was what they should have released on HTDAAB. There is such a rawness there. It sounds spontaneous, honest, in your face.
It seems like, since POP, they have been so worried about the public's reception, they've become contrived in their production of songs. Almost like they write these rock songs, but then spend two years figuring out how they can turn it into the most commercial-sounding, ear-catchy pop-tune. This isn't always bad, but I think their recent stuff comes off as contrived, or poppy. For example, GYOB sounds way too "planned" in my opinion.
From the 30 second clips vs. the beach clips (I know we're not working with much) has anyone noticed the same sort of changes from "Native Son" to "Vertigo"? Is anyone also worried about overproduction?
I'm not worried...I'm excited!
Bomb's production was so slick but at the same time there wasn't much to it so it was just boring. Listen to Up by Peter Gabriel. That has probably the most crystal clear production I've ever heard but there's so many layers to it that it still sounds completely amazing. That's what I want for this album.
Of course I doubt this will have the sound depth of a Peter Gabriel album. He has probably the best mixed albums I've ever heard.
-Breathe is very troubling. I loved the beach clip. The WM clip sounds like the riff is doubled by an Enosynth which sounds like a cello, not liking it. It reminds me of the awful synth in Original of the Species which just about ruined that song.
I am not even going to comment on how the album is and production and so on. It's just very dumb to do so when I only heard 30 second clips IE less then 10% of the total running time of the album. Just plain dumb to come to conclusions about anything don't you think?
Wow; you mean it might sound closer to Bomb than we were led to believe?
Damn, I wish I predicted that 8 months ago.........
At the beach, while recording the beachclips, it occured to me that the songs all sounded pretty "normal". Like, just drums, bass, guitar, vocals. Which actually made it kinda dull. It has always been U2's style to finetune things while producing.
U2 wouldn't sound like U2 when they didn't add cello's, weird sounds and all those different layers. So I really don't get all these "worries" that people have. Either you like, or you don't. And if you don't, there's always the live versions that will probably please you more then.
Sorry but looks like you may be dissapointed (well am sure you will find something to moan about anyway), the reviews of 3 Aussie girls over on U2.com, who are fans and have actually heard the album, say the new one sounds NOTHING like the last 2, but am sure you will say it does no matter what.
very true.
Thats why I think its a disservice for the fans to hear anything but the final incarnation of a song. U2 are known for overhauling or completely dumping parts or entire songs at any time during the process of creating an album. Who are we to judge that an original part was better, or the first version was better? We don't know what sounds they were after....or what mood they were going for. I've never created a platinum selling album....why would I know more about the album process then them.