Achtung Baby/ Zooropa remaster/ reissue - Part IV/Four

[elevated_u2_fan]

Its pronounced "Co-Burn"..,

 

[gvox]

wait, someone actually has the last name "Cockburn"?

awesome!

Let me guess, you've never heard of him?


(and its not pronounced Cock Burn)

 

[mikal]

oh,lol. no, as advanced as my general knowledge of everything under the sun is, i've never heard of this guy.

 

[gvox]

Of almost any artist alive, it offends my Canadian identity to hear that. Brilliant artist and humanitarian.

 

[corianderstem]

He's Canadian, which might explain it.

I've heard of him, but it's my impression that he's one of those artists who's very well-known in Canada and not so much in the US. Which is a shame.

 

[bonocomet]

I distinctly remember reading that in Rolling Stone at the very least. I'm sure if you do some Google searching it'll make mention of it somewhere.

LOL...I remember '89-'91 getting all my info on the new U2 album by going to Tower Books every Sunday and scouring through the music magazine section... Pre-Internet...how'd we ever survive...

*edit*...found this on Wikipedia: If I Had a Rocket Launcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wow do I miss Tower and just spending forever browsing the entire store.

 

[LemonMelon]

They'd both go over far better than crap like YBR or Rejoice..

I wish they would bring Rejoice back, that one killed in the 80s.

 

[gvox]

I wish they would bring Rejoice back, that one killed in the 80s.

You wrote something different, I saw that!

(don't really mean they're crap per se, bad word. Just..lesser 'stadium-type' songs than Acrobat or Red Hill, imo)

 

[Galeongirl]

You wrote something different, I saw that!

(don't really mean they're crap per se, bad word. Just..lesser 'stadium-type' songs than Acrobat or Red Hill, imo)

I think he's aiming at the fact that Rejoice hasn't been played since the early 80s. You're confusing it with Scarlet.



Cockburn

 

[gvox]

You're confusing it with Scarlet.

That's what he said!

 

[Galeongirl]

Bloody editors.

 

[gvox]

Bloody Editors.

They aren't covering The Fly, are they?

 

[Galeongirl]

I.. I'd actually like that.


Editors covering Acrobat. That would rule.

 

[TheWanderer]

I'm a big fan of Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time".

 

[Popmartijn]

Got me thinking that I remember reading in Rolling Stone and another British Music Mag that U2 covered Bruce Cockburn's "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" during that time period (I think in response to the Gulf War). Has it been mentioned in any of these threads? I don't believe there has been any official mention of this cover anywhere either...

This is also mentioned in an entry in U2 A Diary. According to that book it was recorded during a session late January 1989. Those sessions also resulted in several other covers: Dancing Barefoot, Fortunate Son, Unchained Melody and Everlasting Love. So "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" is a R&H era cover, not an AB one. The R&H also makes sense as U2 use one of Cockburn's lyrics (Gonna kick the darkness until it bleeds daylight) in God Part II.

 

[gvox]

^ The God Part II link is a good call.

And, given the subject matter of Rocket Launcher, it definitely fits more with the Bullet/RnH era than the Gulf War, really..

 

[LedHed1234]

Suck...how can the new AB not be remastered?

 

[chrissybaby]

^
Jesus, what a total shambles of a campaign.

 

[gvox]

Suck...how can the new AB not be remastered?

 

[canedge]

If I had a rocket launcher indeed. I remember the Canadian papers being abuzz with this potential cover. Had to have been 1990ish.

BRUCE COCKBURN - If I Had A Rocket Launcher - YouTube





Marie Mckee sang on People get Ready, Sweet Jane, Fortunate Son. What else?

 

[pepokiss]

watch edge pick his own bum with his right hand at 0:19

U2 Interview Hershey Rehearsals 1992 - YouTube

OMG!!!
what the hell is wrong with The Edge? xDDDDDDDDDDDDD

those must be the most HORRIBLE PANTS I HAVE EVER SEEN!!
check them out at 1:10
what's wrong with this man? his pants always suck

 

[Am I Zoo]

The first two parts of this thread seem to have disappeared into the ether. Went back page after page after page and didn't see them. Where in the world are they?

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

The first two parts of this thread seem to have disappeared into the ether. Went back page after page after page and didn't see them. Where in the world are they?

here you go

part 1: http://www.u2interference.com/forum...ed-for-fall-2011-by-rolling-stone-211190.html
part 2: http://www.u2interference.com/forum...all-2011-by-rolling-stone-part-ii-211986.html
part 3: http://www.u2interference.com/forum...a-remaster-reissue-part-iii-three-212141.html

good luck reading them!

 

[Nick66]

Suck...how can the new AB not be remastered?

U2 > News > Achtung Baby: Tracklistings, All Formats

 

[Super Yo]

Suck...how can the new AB not be remastered?

Oh, not again!

 

[mirrorballman]

What a joke!

 

[dan_smee]

Are they fucking kidding?> The official site confirmed it!!!!

Can I just say GET FUCKED to everyone involved in this deceptive, bullshit, knuckleheaded, low-blow marketing garbage

 

[wolbersu2]

How can you be relevant if you produce such jokes as these...... What a shame U2...

 

[dan_smee]

The official site has REMOVED all reference to remastering, but kept the article date of 4 October

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

wow...i just don't know what to think anymore.