aMansAman
War Child
I'm getting an NLOTH vibe. This is not a good thing lol
I am getting a Zooropa vibe ... and I know that I'm just dreaming, but still...
I think SOE will be best since POP (for my taste of U2's music)
I'm getting an NLOTH vibe. This is not a good thing lol
I am getting a Zooropa vibe ... and I know that I'm just dreaming, but still...
I think SOE will be best since POP (for my taste of U2's music)
First single from SOE is a Kings Of Leon rewrite titled "Edge on Fire".
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"........as the album continues and gives every song an introduction."
Almost sounds as if there is a whole album done, albeit possibly still in an unmixed/final demo state?!
"........as the album continues and gives every song an introduction."
Almost sounds as if there is a whole album done, albeit possibly still in an unmixed/final demo state?!
I'd like to think that a spring 2016 album is our (last?) best chance at an album where writing The Big Single isn't a focus, as they're not trying to force themselves back into the spotlight after a long hiatus
What you've brought up is one of the biggest questions i can think of regarding U2, and could potentially define the rest of their career: whether SoE will be just a collection of raw, honest songs, or if they will still be chasing that Big Single.
Could see them being low key (ish) for a quick-follow up, with no 5 year 'pressure to perform', but... could U2 really ever not try and be massive?
I really want to believe that (though i know i shouldnt).
He says "a lot of the songs are done already";
I'm wondering what's more likely - that a lot of songs are 'done' in the sense that they're recorded, mixed, mastered, whilst the others are simply rougher (which would be great, it would mean it's very close to finished)
... or 'done' in the sense that they're finished writing for them, whilst there are ones that still need to be completely written, or that they need to write from scratch to get the album up to 11 tracks.
Or it could be a combination of the two: They could have half an album of very much finished material ready to go... but still need to write another 4-6 songs.
In which case, they could just release what they have now, except 1), I'm assuming they like the idea of releasing a full album more than an EP, and
2) It wouldn't surprise me if they spent time now taking 2 or three of the strongest tracks and working on them for ages with people like Paul Epworth or Ryan tedder to make them as much like 'singles' as possible (which seems to be what happened with the front half/most commercial songs on SoI. I think it also happened with the middle 3 tracks of NLOTH)
Just more thinking out loud here, but: If they are working with more radio-friendly producers like that, i'd actually hope they've been working with them since the beginning of SoE. Songs of Innocence definitely sounds more coherent to me than NLOTH, but i can still hear a massive gap between the first and second half of the album. I don't think it's a coincidence that the second half of the album is almost pure, left-alone Danger Mouse material, whereas the first half also has Epworth and Tedder all over it. I'm sure they helped in making songs like The Miracle and EBW more like singles, but for me that happened at the cost of making the album still sound very disjointed (while i do appreciate variety in an album, going from Song for Someone into Volcano is very jarring to me, almost as bad as Unknown Caller into Crazy tonight). And it also made it seem like they're insecure, and doubted their own material/3 years of work with Danger Mouse ("Oh, you don't like our new direction with Danger Mouse? Don't worry, we made these pop songs at the beginning of the album, just in case the new direction doesn't do well).
I'd just like to see them commit to a sound, and have it be coherent all the way through. Because, like with NLOTH, on SOI i feel like i'm listening to two separate, short albums. Both are great, but they run out just as i'm getting into them.
Because SOE "could" be a quick follow up there is less of a need to make an 11 or 12 track album. 8, 9 or 10 tracks would be sufficient, kinda like Zooropa.
Later in the article it states Bono would like the album out next year but he says he is the "least reliable member" about that. Don't get your hopes up folks. I still think they have songs to re work and songs to write. I think there is a chance that "song for a film" could in fact be for their HBO documentary.
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