travelleru2
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Im not sure why Fanning says not unlike SOI and TJT..... To even put those albums in the same sentence..... Also please not be like SOI...
Im not sure why Fanning says not unlike SOI and TJT..... To even put those albums in the same sentence..... Also please not be like SOI...
Dammit U2 Nile isn't the person you guys needed (at least in my opinion)
maybe it's just that Nile embraces EDM and i have some kind of knee-jerk reaction to it.
Not only song descriptions, but confirmation of single and album release date. Nice.
Im not sure why Fanning says not unlike SOI and TJT..... To even put those albums in the same sentence..... Also please not be like SOI...
I think he's saying it's not unlike SOI in the way the subject matter is very personal for Bono. Hopefully the production is similar to TJT in a way that the album will seem more spacious.
Based on the song descriptions, I've decided that I don't like the album.
Not only song descriptions, but confirmation of single and album release date. Nice.
Also, this random note:
"Security-conscious U2 plan to put special precautions in place to stop the new record leaking ahead of its official release date in December"
I doubt they're comparing him to Nile because of any modern music trends (or him working with, gasp, Daft Punk). Probably the tendency of Nile to play minor 7th chords or high up on the guitar neck. You know, his signature style.
Based on the song descriptions, I've decided that I don't like the album.
Yeah - I wonder what it means?
That it's going to leak a week ahead of 01/12 rather than a month.
Also, this random note:
"Security-conscious U2 plan to put special precautions in place to stop the new record leaking ahead of its official release date in December"
Also, can someone enlighten me on Rubber Soul era Beatles style? I know the Beatles well enough, but not to that detail.
thanks
So it seems the tracks we're getting will be...
1. You're The Best Thing About Me
2. The Little Things That Give You Away
3. Much More Better
4. The Showman
5. Summer Of Love
6. The Light at Home
7. The Black Out
8. American Soul
9. Red Flag Day
+ 2 or 3 more
I would think Tightrope and Get Out Of Your Own Way
Any others?
Probably safe to say an album that sonically sounds like a mix of HTDAAB and SOI
Dave Fanning's first review
You’re The Best Thing About Me
Sounds like the Edge has been replaced by Chic genius Nile Rogers. A pulsating tune for late summer.
The Little Things That Give You Away
Thousands fled Croker when U2 played this unknown track as an encore. You should have stayed for this piano-led tune. Edge’s guitar makes this a U2 classic.
Much More Better
Back on your bike Bono. I’m moved by this deeply-personal acoustic track about Bono’s recovery from his bike tumble in New York’s Central Park in 2014.
The Showman
Bono channels The Beatles circa their Rubber Soul era in a song he stresses is about other singers. I love the lyrics: “The showman give you front row to his heart / The shaman prays that his heartache will chart / Making a spectacle of falling apart is the heart of the show.”
Summer of Love
U2 always had real tunes. Bono described this as “achingly beautiful and empty”. I agree.