t8thgr8
War Child
zooropa and pop were weird. tough to warm up to.
how about Vertigo: 'Mercy' legs
makes sense, no?
how about Vertigo: 'Mercy' legs
makes sense, no?
Galeongirl said:please DON'T let them become like coldplay!
Utoo said:Plus, the "business mentality" isn't new. Read Flanagan's book & you'll see that they were pretty damn business-oriented during ZooTV, too.
Utoo said:
Aygo said:^ why only 2 singles per-album? It's been a long time since the band used to make that... Yeah, take 6 singles from each album!!!
mobvok said:
The problem with meticulously plotting out U2's schedule like that is it doesn't react well to real-life spontenaety. "Have 35 songs written and recorded by January 2008" doesn't work if they hit a Pop-like wall, which then throws everything else off.
the tourist said:My opinion of a plausable timeline, if U2 had any real motivation:
*dvd, book -- late fall 2006
*new album -- early winter 2007; only two singles.
*finish up tour -- play the Aussie dates, then play 10 or so in the UK.
*take three months off completely.
*begin writing new material in late spring 2007.
*new live dvd -- early winter 2007; from Aussie show.
*have 35 songs written and recorded by January 2008.
*touch up 24 of those songs for album release.
*release new album -- late fall 2008 (only two singles, only twelve songs)
*begin new tour -- spring 2009 (40 dates in US, 30 dates in Europe)
*take two months off
*release the other twelve songs which had been finished as another album (only two singles) -- early fall 2009.
*release dvd from Europe somewhere -- late fall 2009
*finish tour -- begin winter of 2009 (20 dates in South America, Australia, and Japan; 25 more dates in US; 10 dates in UK to finish it off) end spring 2010.
*take 5 months off.
*take remaining 7 songs (imagine 4 of those 11 lost as b-sides to singles) and release 2 of them as soundtrack contributions, and 5 as a short EP to benefit a noble cause -- between late summer and early winter.
*release dvd -- early winter 2010.
*take one full year off
*don't release a best of 2000-2010 until at least 2015.
That is my pipedream.
vaz02 said:
Then retire . If they did that i would die a very very happy man.
the tourist said:
By doing that, the albums would be less a collection of songs and more a whole picture. Besides, if they released 2 albums over 16 months, that's still 4 singles in 20 months.
Aygo said:
Not necessarilly... Pop and AB had 5/6 singles each one, and they're not simply a collection of songs. When I'm talking about a bunch of singles taken from an album, I'm talking about make it even more known and not only for those who buy the album. 2 singles per-album is not an regular attitude for an artist like U2 are.