Invisible was a long time ahead of SOI being wrapped. OL was the same for SOE.
I still think the u2 songs prediction of the recut songs this year, new album next year is an optimistic timeline for this band.
This band can knuckle down and finish a song if they are focused on it for a reason, and it’s likely when the opportunity came up to contribute to this they picked something that seemed aligned, made some tweaks and finished it off.
They’re dumb and lazy.
Sure, but this isn't indicative of that. This popped up out of nowhere in the midst of an Oscar campaign and dropped quickly with little fanfare for something that is fairly obscure. This is Bono doing a favor for a friend to drum up visibility for charity while getting a nice little tax write off.
I got excited too.
another serving of humble pie may not be a bad thing
On the one hand, if it gets them off the ledge of “we’re serious songwriters who are pursuing craft at the expense of everything that made us interesting,” that’d be fine.
On the other hand, they’ve been getting their collective ass kicked since at least 2014 if not 2009 when No Line whiffed. Hasn’t hurt their live business, but they clearly are aware of the public and press view. If anything, it ain’t a lack of criticism, but their reactions to it that are the problem.
Yeah, acoustic arrangements are just tailor made for the festival crowd.
MOS as a single? Ehhh, imho. I like the song, don't love it.The sad thing is, the last three albums have had plenty of tracks that were both better than the actual lead singles.
Imagine if NLOTH's lead single was Moment Of Surrender (maybe slightly edited down for time) or Magnificent.
SOI's release structure might've ruined things anyway, but Raised By Wolves would've been a better and more thematic fit than Miracle.
For SOE, Red Flag Day was right there as an obvious lead single choice, as both an old and new sound for U2.
I think The Blackout was the first song released from SOE as a video but not officially a single right?
The first “real” single was You’re The Best Thing About Me.
Which was a poor choice. But yeah.