Imagine if Moment Of Surrender was...

[bram]

If an album isn't finished until it is officially released, then leaked albums would have to be considered unfinished.

And if the final version of the new single leaks tomorrow its still finished.

 

[Bottle Bono]

Untill something is official, it is unofficial.

DTA....

Don't

Trust

ANYBODY!

 

[PowerSurge]

But finished songs can also be cut from albums. Like B-sides. The only reason Mercy wasn't made a B-side is because U2 was thinking there is a good chance they'll use it in some way, shape, or form later. It was too good to "waste". However, the motives for not releasing it have nothing to do with the whether or not the song was "ready" or "finished" and therefore the simple absence of the track on any released media does not dictate the nature of the track.

Yes...indeed, but if a band like U2 put a song on an album it is deemed FINISHED. Whether or not it can be deemed as GOOD is another story.

My point has nothing to do with B-sides. Of course there are B-sides that are finished. MY POINT is that there aren't songs on albums that AREN'T finished.

THATS MY POINT.

BTW, yes Mercy seemed finished...but was it GOOD????

 

[Bottle Bono]

They could have put a live version of Mercy on the Saints CD.

 

[U2girl]

They could have put a live version of Mercy on the Saints CD.

Mercy was never played live.

 

[Bottle Bono]

Mercy was never played live.

Thats what i mean, they could have played it live and put it out as a Double A side.