Updated 18+(!!!) minute audio thanks to our...friends at U2achtung

[jay canseco]

409 reminds me of The Wanderer. Which got me to thinking; J. Cash. I started listening and at 0:48 I think I hear Bono sing "Northern Star". What do you think?

 

[LMP]

Beatles, Bon Jovi, Christian soft rock, The Cure, Styx, Joy Division, Arcade Fire, U2 with Arcade Fire: I really, really love this place!

you forgot Kelly Clarkson!

 

[Axver]

you forgot Kelly Clarkson!

That's it! I knew I'd omitted one but I couldn't remember who.

Oh, and BeeGees too.

 

[GibsonGirl]

Beatles, Bon Jovi, Christian soft rock, The Cure, Styx, Joy Division, Arcade Fire, U2 with Arcade Fire:

And now you can add Johnny Cash to the list.

 

[xaviMF22]

409 reminds me of The Wanderer. Which got me to thinking; J. Cash.

 

[LMP]

Oh, and Coldplay.

Can't forget the obligatory Coldplay comparisons

 

[one4u2]

These guys know PR and how to build hype. This is some effective hype-building if I've ever seen it. I too have to wonder how intentional it is.

So you think maybe this was done because they didn't originally sell out Hawaii!?!

 

[Axver]

Oh, and Coldplay.

Can't forget the obligatory Coldplay comparisons

Everything sounds like Coldplay. Chris Martin invented the piano. Coldplay invented music. Even death metal.

 

[ntalwar]

Beatles, Bon Jovi, Christian soft rock, The Cure, Styx, Joy Division, Arcade Fire, U2 with Arcade Fire: I really, really love this place!

You haven't heard any similarities to other artists in any of the songs?

you forgot Kelly Clarkson!

Lyrics only (that someone else wrote).

 

[jay canseco]

Listen to 0:47 til 0:51. Bono is singing 'Nothern Star'

 

[U2dork]

That's it! I knew I'd omitted one but I couldn't remember who.

Oh, and BeeGees too.

and somebody early on mentioned Vanessa Williams...






Yeah, I didn't stay away very long...

 

[GibsonGirl]

Everything sounds like Coldplay. Chris Martin invented the piano. Coldplay invented music. Even death metal.

My washing machine sounds like Coldplay. It's clunky and repetitive.

I don't hear "northern star," jay.

 

[xaviMF22]

Listen to 0:47 til 0:51. Bono is singing 'Nothern Star'

can't hear anything

 

[Axver]

You haven't heard any similarities to other artists in any of the songs?

Oh, I have, I'm just saying, "the Beatles to Bon Jovi? It's funny how people hear the same song so vastly differently."

 

[KUEFC09U2]

nice to see some still bitching just wouldnt be the same if people werent bitching

p.s. this all sounds totally different to what ever i have EVER heard from U2, and this is what people wanted right?

ah right its now the wrong genre for you gotcha

 

[Tyagu_Anaykus]

I love 409!! the best I heard from them in years... for what I can tell at least...

And if this is the new direction they're taking when I'm in favor

 

[GibsonGirl]

nice to see some still bitching just wouldnt be the same if people werent bitching

I think you're looking at the wrong thread, mate.

 

[Zoots]

nice to see some still bitching just wouldnt be the same if people werent bitching

There's hardly anybody bitching about the new clips here.

 

[Axver]

My washing machine sounds like Coldplay. It's clunky and repetitive.

The Wallabies sound like Coldplay too: whiny, annoying, talentless.

 

[xaviMF22]

nice to see some still bitching just wouldnt be the same if people werent bitching

gotta love the bitchin...though I haven't seen any myself in this thread


if anything this has gotten a positive reaction

 

[jay canseco]

To be more precise, Bono sounds like he sings "The Northern Staaaaaaaaar" from 0:47 to 0:51 of track 409.

 

[one4u2]

There's hardly anybody bitching about the new clips here.

Yes I do believe he's entered the wrong thread were all pigs in shit in this neck of the woods

 

[xaviMF22]

409 Bitches!!!1

 

[LMP]

Everything sounds like Coldplay. Chris Martin invented the piano. Coldplay invented music. Even death metal.

Chris Martin invented bondage.

 

[U2dork]

To be more precise, Bono sounds like he sings "The Northern Staaaaaaaaar" from 0:47 to 0:51 of track 409.

I don't hear anything that sounds like that.

 

[LMP]

Listen to 0:47 til 0:51. Bono is singing 'Nothern Star'

wow, I think I do hear that.

 

[Zoots]

409 Bitches!!!1

maybe he got confused by xavi's trademark post and thought it was bitching.

 

[GibsonGirl]

The Wallabies sound like Coldplay too: whiny, annoying, talentless.

True, and they both play like girls.

Back to what LMP said earlier, I do get a bit of an indie-pop vibe to the beat in 409. Whether it'll turn into indie-pop is a different matter entirely.

 

[Zoots]

Chris Martin invented bondage.

Where did you get that ridiculous looking picture of Martin's face from?

 

[xaviMF22]

To be more precise, Bono sounds like he sings "The Northern Staaaaaaaaar" from 0:47 to 0:51 of track 409.

still can't hear it