ponkine said:
I bet you the "New Song" on this already rotten "Definitive" Best of will be just another song, no more than that
There is the ray of sunshine we expect from you.
ponkine said:
I bet you the "New Song" on this already rotten "Definitive" Best of will be just another song, no more than that
Convoy said:How much would it suck if the new song was a rerecorded version of mercy done with Rick Ruibn
U2DMfan said:The idea of a definitive Best Of, one disc, with about 18 of U2's best songs at one reasonable price is a great one.
ponkine said:
There're several wrong points on this and other ones you posted mate:
1- There's NO WAY, I mean, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE to make a "definitive" Best of U2 on just one disc. U2 have released 11 Studio albums and more than 50 singles, how come someone can make a 16 songs only "Definitive" Best of?
2- The so called "18 best songs" aren't their best songs, they are just their biggest hits. City Of Blinding Lights, Please, Running To Stand Still, A Sort Of Homecoming, Gloria, Surrender, One Tree Hill, Zooropa, Lemon, etc, etc are WAY better compositions and contain much better lyrics than the iPod s*** called Vertigo, and Vertigo will be included instead of those great pieces of music. Elevation is another 3 minutes long throwaway crap and it's quite possible it will be included.
3- Also "18 best songs" simply can't be true: because they include 2 songs for the first time, so nobody can call them "Best songs" on advance, that's pathetic to say the least. Just remember what happened with Best of 1990-2000. Do the fans remember the "New Songs" now?
4- The idea of including New Songs intended for the old fans is taking us for granted. We aren't that stupid to buy another compilation with the same songs for just one or two songs. That's what's internet download sites and torrents for. The days you had to swallow an entire album for just one or two songs are over.
ponkine said:
There're several wrong points on this and other ones you posted mate:
1- There's NO WAY, I mean, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE to make a "definitive" Best of U2 on just one disc. U2 have released 11 Studio albums and more than 50 singles, how come someone can make a 16 songs only "Definitive" Best of?
2- The so called "18 best songs" aren't their best songs, they are just their biggest hits. City Of Blinding Lights, Please, Running To Stand Still, A Sort Of Homecoming, Gloria, Surrender, One Tree Hill, Zooropa, Lemon, etc, etc are WAY better compositions and contain much better lyrics than the iPod s*** called Vertigo, and Vertigo will be included instead of those great pieces of music. Elevation is another 3 minutes long throwaway crap and it's quite possible it will be included.
3- Also "18 best songs" simply can't be true: because they include 2 songs for the first time, so nobody can call them "Best songs" on advance, that's pathetic to say the least. Just remember what happened with Best of 1990-2000. Do the fans remember the "New Songs" now?
4- The idea of including New Songs intended for the old fans is taking us for granted. We aren't that stupid to buy another compilation with the same songs for just one or two songs. That's what's internet download sites and torrents for. The days you had to swallow an entire album for just one or two songs are over.
MrBrau1 said:
Stop posting.
MrBrau1 said:
Stop posting.
xaviMF22 said:
well give Bono a break...how many bj's do you think the guy can give
Earnie Shavers said:
These, and the fact that they flat out ignored two of their singular greatest and best known songs of that decade (The Fly & Lemon)
Blue Room said:Another Best Of album at this stage is just lame and a Christmas money grab by U2's label and maybe even U2 themselves. I think there is some credence to them wanting to get their album contract fullfilled for whatever reason. I think they could have come up with something better though than ANOTHER Best Of.
ponkine said:Based on what they want to select the "Definitive Best Known" songs for their s***?
I mean, have a look a their top 10 singles in the UK:
1- New Year's Day
2- Sunday Bloody Sunday
3- Pride (in the name of love)
4- The Unforgettable Fire
5- With Or Without You
6- I Still Haven't Found
7- Where The Streets Have No Name
8- Desire
9- Angel Of Harlem
10-When Loves Comes To Town
11-All I Want Is You
12-The Fly
13-One
14-Stay (faraway so close)
15-HMTMKMKM
16-Miss Sarajevo
17-Discotheque
18-Staring At The Sun
19-Last Night On Earth
20-Please (Popheart EP)
21-Please
22-Sweetest Thing
23-Beautiful Day
24-Stuck In A Moment
25-Elevation
26-Walk On
27-Electrical Storm
28-Vertigo
29-Sometimes You Can't Make It
30-City Of Blinding Lights
U2 should need AT LEAST a 2 CD set just for a "Greatest hits" packaging So any attempt at calling whatever songs as "Most known" without making the list from this 30 ones is just bulls***. Also any Greatest Hits based on "Most Known U2 songs" should be radically different in the US than the UK. For example, The Fly was a smash hit in the UK (#1) but ranked only at #61 in the US.
All I Want is You ranked #4 in the UK ... and #83 in the US
New Year's Day ranked #10 in the UK and #53 in the US
Pride ranked #3 in the UK and #33 in the US
Where The Streets wasn't even a top ten in the US !!
Pop had more top 10 singles than Achtung Baby !!
So what I'm trying to say is that it's IMPOSSIBLE to even come close to make any "Definitive Best Of with the BEST KNOWN SONGS" ANY selection criteria to squeeze this 30 songs is just bulls***
ponkine said:Based on what they want to select the "Definitive Best Known" songs for their s***?
I mean, have a look a their top 10 singles in the UK:
1- New Year's Day
2- Sunday Bloody Sunday
3- Pride (in the name of love)
4- The Unforgettable Fire
5- With Or Without You
6- I Still Haven't Found
7- Where The Streets Have No Name
8- Desire
9- Angel Of Harlem
10-When Loves Comes To Town
11-All I Want Is You
12-The Fly
13-One
14-Stay (faraway so close)
15-HMTMKMKM
16-Miss Sarajevo
17-Discotheque
18-Staring At The Sun
19-Last Night On Earth
20-Please (Popheart EP)
21-Please
22-Sweetest Thing
23-Beautiful Day
24-Stuck In A Moment
25-Elevation
26-Walk On
27-Electrical Storm
28-Vertigo
29-Sometimes You Can't Make It
30-City Of Blinding Lights
U2 should need AT LEAST a 2 CD set just for a "Greatest hits" packaging So any attempt at calling whatever songs as "Most known" without making the list from this 30 ones is just bulls***. Also any Greatest Hits based on "Most Known U2 songs" should be radically different in the US than the UK. For example, The Fly was a smash hit in the UK (#1) but ranked only at #61 in the US.
All I Want is You ranked #4 in the UK ... and #83 in the US
New Year's Day ranked #10 in the UK and #53 in the US
Pride ranked #3 in the UK and #33 in the US
Where The Streets wasn't even a top ten in the US !!
Pop had more top 10 singles than Achtung Baby !!
So what I'm trying to say is that it's IMPOSSIBLE to even come close to make any "Definitive Best Of with the BEST KNOWN SONGS" ANY selection criteria to squeeze this 30 songs is just bulls***
An Cat Gav said:
I agree with you mate, but Sunday bloody Sunday was not a single in the Uk.
mikal said:not that it matters(since i already have it), but i really hope they include HMTMKMKM.