bathiu
Refugee
non-single oriented Eno-inspired pieces
non-single oriented Eno-inspired pieces
in other words, until we know what's on em, please stop your whining.
Sometimes I reckon U2 fans just whinge for the hell of it.
Probably the $100 that each one of us pays for the super special version goes to cover the cost of the 8-10 downloaded by the casual fan.
you can have your super special 100 version... i'll pass.
Yes, assuming they're all good songs, I'm all for quantity. Especially since these might be the only U2 songs we get until 2014.
you can have your super special 100 version... i'll pass.
I wonder what the Anton Corbijn film with U2 music is?
I would argue that U2 never have intentionally put on a "crap" song on any of their albums.
Indeed... every once in a while I get the bad feelings of a cash grab, from this band.
And by "every once in a while" do you mean "pretty much every time they've released something in the 2000s?"
I liked the HTDAAB bonus edition. I thought it was overpriced when it came out, waited a few months, and got it brand new on ebay for $30. I'll probably just pick up the regular edition this time, too, and wait and see what's really worth having once the album has been out awhile. I think it's ridiculous that they're releasing so many different versions. A completist U2 fan (and we all know there are plenty of them) will have to spend upwards of $250, and that's not even counting singles and B-sides. That's the price of over four GA tickets for the last tour!
I'm excited that we finally have a release date and am really looking forward to hearing the new album. I'm just getting tired of feeling like U2 takes advantage of its longtime fans. So many of us made the switch from cassettes and records to CDs and VHS to DVD. Many of us have bought replacement copies of albums. We've bought greatest hits collections for B sides or two or three new songs. We're buying the super deluxe editions of the remasters. When does it end?
See, it doesn't piss me off. It's not like they are reaching into your pocket and taking the money. If you don't want it, don't spend it. Simple.
Yeah, I like to see the deluxe set just because I like design, but I have no compunction to own the stuff. Just cardboard and plastic at the end of the day.
I am intrigued about this film, but again once I see it once, I'd probably never revisit it - unless it is really something special. Maybe when I was a younger man with lots of time to kill...
As far as all these versions, it really is smart business (which some folks don't like to think about). You get the cardboard and plastic fanatics to subsidize all those missed sales on account of file sharing. If you've ever, EVER downloaded music without paying for it, you are a bit responsible for the existence of these deluxe, limited edition packages.
Hey, I like Red Light!
I agree. "Red Light" is a bad-ass song - a groovy, exotic, mature, adventurous, urban-flavored track, with a great chorus and some of Adam's best bass work. It's shocking to think that it came from U2 so early in their career, and before they had even begun working with Eno and Lanois. They had already begun to think outside the box of traditional song structure. And it features one of my favorite lyrics: "It's your own late show / as you jump to the street below / but where can you go / to leave yourself behind?" "Red Light" and "Surrender" are probably my favorite songs on WAR. I end up listening to them both multiple times whenever I put that CD on.
And by "every once in a while" do you mean "pretty much every time they've released something in the 2000s?"
I liked the HTDAAB bonus edition. I thought it was overpriced when it came out, waited a few months, and got it brand new on ebay for $30. I'll probably just pick up the regular edition this time, too, and wait and see what's really worth having once the album has been out awhile. I think it's ridiculous that they're releasing so many different versions. A completist U2 fan (and we all know there are plenty of them) will have to spend upwards of $250, and that's not even counting singles and B-sides. That's the price of over four GA tickets for the last tour!
I'm excited that we finally have a release date and am really looking forward to hearing the new album. I'm just getting tired of feeling like U2 takes advantage of its longtime fans. So many of us made the switch from cassettes and records to CDs and VHS to DVD. Many of us have bought replacement copies of albums. We've bought greatest hits collections for B sides or two or three new songs. We're buying the super deluxe editions of the remasters. When does it end?
God bless you. I didn't realize that so many fans hated Red Light and Surrender until relatively recently. I think the last 3 tracks of this album might be my favorite consecutive sequence.
God bless you. I didn't realize that so many fans hated Red Light and Surrender until relatively recently. I think the last 3 tracks of this album might be my favorite consecutive sequence.
OMG....you've got to be kidding me!!!!
Surrender was much better live but still an underrated song and 40 was well, amazing live...Red Light was....hmmm....did they ever play it more than twice live? Enough said. Not a good song...but hey man, different tastes for different people. For example...I personally think that No Doubt's "Its my life" is a freakin groovy remake with a kick ass bass groove to it, but some of my friends think I'm gay for saying that. Whaddaya gonna do right?
OMG....you've got to be kidding me!!!!
Surrender was much better live but still an underrated song and 40 was well, amazing live...Red Light was....hmmm....did they ever play it more than twice live? Enough said. Not a good song...but hey man, different tastes for different people. For example...I personally think that No Doubt's "Its my life" is a freakin groovy remake with a kick ass bass groove to it, but some of my friends think I'm gay for saying that. Whaddaya gonna do right?