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Dear U2,
My request
In God's Country
God Part II
Gloria
Mofo
Thanks
My request
In God's Country
God Part II
Gloria
Mofo
Thanks
Dear U2,
My request
In God's Country
God Part II
Gloria
Mofo
Thanks
Dear U2,
My request
In God's Country
God Part II
Gloria
Mofo
Thanks
Dear U2,
My request
In God's Country
God Part II
Gloria
Mofo
Thanks
Dear U2,
My request
In God's Country
God Part II
Gloria
Mofo
Thanks
Discotheque should come back. I don't get why they don't. 360 tour seemed made for it.Need more POP
I'm on board with this.
Releasing the best song from albums doesn't necessarily mean it's a good fit for radio. Also I don't find The Troubles at all to be the best song on SOI. As far as a radio single goes it's way too slow and the casual / non fans will just fall asleep or switch the station. Radio singles aren't for hardcore fans and only hardcore fans would want something like The Troubles as a lead single. MOS maybe could have worked but again it's too slow and too long for a lead radio single. Your lead single should grab hold of the listener instantly and keep them. Think Beautiful Day and Vertigo. There's a reason why those were massive hits. Granted those were released in a time when U2 still had a younger audience. Still even with that factored into it when you have songs that are great and also perfect for radio(EBW & California) you release those ones as your lead. Not long epic slow songs or dreamy slow songs.
What artists like Tom Waits and Nick Cave do in regards to their singles or lack of singles isn't relevant to this conversation. Critics and fans of U2 alike both enjoy U2's new album and the songs on it but U2 is ina different position than the arists you mentioned. They want to be on radio, they want to compete on the charts. The point is U2 are VERY concerend with it and it's odd for a band who is that concerend with having a hit radio single to conistently chose the worst possible choice while ignoring the obvious best choice. Doing what Tom Waits or Nick Cave or whoever does wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing for fans like us but it's not what U2 is trying to achieve so.....
Need more POP
Gone at least.
You just know this will be the tour they bring it back, sans Suit of Lights. This band, I swear.
You missed my point completely!
Are they seriously rehearsng In a Little While? I missed that if they are. WHY!?!?! would they drag that song out yet again. My god. That songa nd SIAMYCGOO need to die a quick death. MIracle Drug too isn't necessary. I agree with that.It boggles the mind. So many great songs from Pop that would be amazing live, and yet they end up playing In a Little While and Miracle Drug.
Cool that NLOTH is being rehearsed.
Discotheque should come back. I don't get why they don't. 360 tour seemed made for it.
Hate to be negative, but it's kind of discouraging that it doesn't seem that they've rehearsed very many songs, especially if they're out talking about setlist diversity.
I'm really disappointed that Reach and Crystal Ballroom haven't been rehearsed, looks like it's unlikely that they'll be played early on.
I can't believe they missed that opportunity on 360. Sure it might've been cheesy, but, well, at this point it's not as if that's going to matter.
But seriously, Pop songs were made for the 360 stage, and on the whole translate very well live no matter what the tour concept. Yet they've been unable to get out of rehearsal post-Elevation for reasons I can't fathom. Please, Mofo, Discotheque, and Velvet Dress were all worked on during 2005, for the grand total of two Discotheque performances. Mystifying.
Are they seriously rehearsng In a Little While? I missed that if they are.
They've actually written a couple decent rockers lately to blend Pop with. A section of Gone-LNOE-Cedarwood Road-NLOTH would be a real jolt.
Noel Gallagher on the upcoming U2 tour...
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As far back as JT they were making odd choices for singles - perhaps it's in hindsight but Red Hill Mining Town for ANY single, let alone second? Ridiculous. And great as The Fly is, it's not a lead off single. I agree California would have been a far better choice of SoI.
Does the single choice really matter when they release every song at once?
And great as The Fly is, it's not a lead off single.
No I didn't. I think it's you who missed the overall point of what was actually being discussed. I'm sure most of us agree that if U2 were to just do their thing for themselves and not worry about having the catchy radio hit it would be better for the hardcore fan base for sure. That's not what we're discussing though. We were discussing radio singles and what wold work best and what wouldn't. The Troubles would not work. It's a great song and if U2 didn't care about radio hits and decided to go with a song like that great. Maybe they'd get more praise for not caring about that stuff from some critics but they DO care so that isn't an appraoch they want nor was it anything we were talking about.