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To anyone who talks about Q4 concerns for a release: what about Adele's 25?
Not as good as 21...
To anyone who talks about Q4 concerns for a release: what about Adele's 25?
To anyone who talks about Q4 concerns for a release: what about Adele's 25?
Not as good as 21...
GirlsAloudFan said:Not as good as 16...
it's interesting ... i think the spring releases of Pop and NLOTH had to do with the upcoming massive stadium tours that couldn't be moved -- those deadlines actually got the band to finish the albums. We may have been better served if we'd had a Fall 1997 release of Pop. It may have gone over better, the album might have been better, the campaign more effective, and the tour more coherent.
Although it seems the extra time on NLOTH worked against the album.
Well, it depends. The first question is, what would make them stop touring? Larry's back or other physical issues?
Really? I'm still bitter about how they fucked up No Line and SOI. I will definitely be remembering this.
What happened to Songs of Experience? I thought it was finished? Can we expect it in the current century?
Ha, yes… possibly even this decade. The band have forbidden me from talking about deadlines and release dates. I can tell you that Songs of Experience is a very personal album, but that intimacy still needs the frame of a more anxious edgy world because that is where a lot of people are at this moment…
Throw us a bone - give us the title of one of the new songs… and a lyric. Are you going to play some of the new songs on TJTT?
Might. My favourite at the moment is “The Little Things That Give You Away”. Here’s a couple of verses:
"The night gave you a song,
a light had been turned on,
You walked out in the world
like you belonged there
As easy as a breeze,
each heart was yours to tease
Is it only me who sees there’s something wrong here
It’s the little things that give you away
The words you cannot say
Your big mouth in the way
It’s the little things that reveal and betray
Has the hunter now become the prey
It’s the little things, the little things
That give you away
I saw you on the stairs
You didn’t notice I was there
That’s cos you were busy talking at me
Not to me
You were high above the storm
A hurricane being born
But this freedom, it might cost you your liberty
It’s the little things that give you away
The words you cannot say
Your big mouth in the way
It’s the little things that reveal and betray
Has the hunter now become the prey
It’s the little things, the little things that give you away"
Theres a very big tangent at the end of this this, that’s very revealing – but that’s enough for now.
Pulled the Songs of Experience related questions from here: U2 > News > 'Music Can Pull People Together…'
Here is that omitted verse from "The Little Things That Give You Away":
Just stay out of my way
Or you'll pay
Listen to what I say
Hey, why don't I just go eat some hay
Make things out of clay
Lay by the bay
I just may
What'd ya say?
Here is that omitted verse from "The Little Things That Give You Away":
Just stay out of my way
Or you'll pay
Listen to what I say
Hey, why don't I just go eat some hay
Make things out of clay
Lay by the bay
I just may
What'd ya say?
I believe this Joshua Tree Tour 2.0 is going to last beyond that August show in Brussels. I believe THERE IS A POSSIBILITY they will take this show to South America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, etc. South America pretty much HAS to be a stadium tour, due to a lack of arenas. The options are to modify the I&E Tour for stadiums, OR bring this Joshua Tree tour there. Which is already a stadium tour, based on a concept that's bound to sell out all venues. And while we haven't seen this stage yet, obviously, it's sure to be quite minimalistic compared to the 360 stage. Which means it's easier and less expensive to take to the southern hemisphere. That would mean that these R.O.W. markets could see JT shows later in 2017/early 2018. Bono did say that they're "working on it", as far as visiting these countries.
Australia/NZ/Japan, on the other hand, do have suitable arenas for I&E. So it's just a question of which tour U2 / LiveNation wants to do more down under, and how soon they want to get there. In Australia / NZ they could probably do 10 stadium shows, or 20 arena shows. The stadiums give them the option to play for more people and make more money in less time. If SOE does come out this fall, then they could take the I&E arena tour to Australia at the beginning of 2018. Don't get me wrong, I hope you Aussies get the arena tour you've deserved, that every U2 fan deserves.
To anyone who talks about Q4 concerns for a release: what about Adele's 25?
Really? I'm still bitter about how they fucked up No Line and SOI. I will definitely be remembering this.
I believe this Joshua Tree Tour 2.0 is going to last beyond that August show in Brussels.
Have you offered to help U2 do it right this time?
that's actually a very good point and something I was wondering myself...
many of these songs would require a second guitar. obviously they can tweak things to work however they'd like... but traditionally, you would expect a rhythm guitar part on a lot of these tracks.