jonnytakeawalk
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I think all U2 albums have ended with darkness bar the last two. Darkness is better
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I think all U2 albums have ended with darkness bar the last two. Darkness is better
BVS
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He said a lot....
read some of the first pages....
Well yes, "he" said a lot that we already knew and then was vague enough to make some fortune teller type predictions, he's actually quite brilliant.
I thought you meant specifics.
BVS
Blue Crack Supplier
Um, no... We've had some bittersweet endings, some melancoly ones, some questioning, and even a love song... So I wouldn't say they all end in darkness.
I'm just as big of fan as the next guy of the darker side of music, but I don't agree with this statement at all.
purpleoscar
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
40 is not that dark, and neither is a send up to MLK.
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
I think U2's strength is to deliver hope in songs despite of the darkness. I see this with most of their songs that end albums. The darkest one - in terms of: most desperate one - certainly is Wake Up Dead Man. I wouldn't call it "better", just because it's dark. U2 can make bittersweet music, that can be heartbreaking and still hopeful at the same time, this is one of the things that make them great.
Rachel D.
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Loris, if you can talk to the band at all by some remote stretch of possibility, please tell them that if they really are going to release a song called "Sexy Boots," that they should reconsider before they totally embarrass themselves. 
God Part III
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Dear Slow Loris
Beach clip number #4 is looking out to be an amazing song (as are the rest).
Is this Cedars of Lebanon?
And do you think Walk Out Into the Streets (presumed song title) will be on the album now that it's one of the beach clips?
Well done on your psychic readings, they seem to be very accurate
- Jonathan
Beach clip number #4 is looking out to be an amazing song (as are the rest).
Is this Cedars of Lebanon?
And do you think Walk Out Into the Streets (presumed song title) will be on the album now that it's one of the beach clips?
Well done on your psychic readings, they seem to be very accurate
- Jonathan
jonnytakeawalk
Refugee
What love song??
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
I guess All I Want Is You can be considered a love song.
BVS
Blue Crack Supplier
All I Want is You is probably the closest they got to a straight forward love song in thoses days...
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
I wouldn't be calling the Wanderer dark. It may have some dark content, but the music is about as preppy as it comes
mofo82
Refugee
'Preppy' is not the right word to describe 'The Wanderer', in fact, it may be the worst word. Many words come to mind describing that song- desparate, longing, mystic, haunting, exotic, redeeming, but I don't hear the musical equivalent of a snobby guy wearing boat shoes with no socks, khaki shorts, a polo shirt with the collar popped and a pastel sweater around the shoulders with a god awful politician haircut blowing through the breeze on a vomit colored yacht. That is not 'The Wanderer' I hear.
Preppy, really??? Maroon 5 is preppy 
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
'Preppy' is not the right word to describe 'The Wanderer', in fact, it may be the worst word. I don't hear the musical equivalent of a snobby guy wearing boat shoes with no socks, khaki shorts, a polo shirt with the collar popped and a pastel sweater around the shoulders with a god awful politician haircut blowing through the breeze on a vomit colored yacht. That is not 'The Wanderer' I hear.
I wasn't saying the song is preppy. the music is poppy synth, throwaway and effect laden. It sounds a bit preppy to me. You have a very specific idea of what preppy is?
mofo82
Refugee
What else other imagery is preppy supposed to conjure? I've only heard the word used to describe fashion or social status, but never a song, especially one where Johnny Cash anchors the mic
mofo82
Refugee
If you are saying preppy = easy to throw away, I guess I follow, but that song has so much depth that preppy kills me.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
as i said, im not making any judgements on the lyrics or meaning of the song. Where I come from, Preppy describes someone or something that is so caught up in current fashions or ideas, things that really date.
It generally describes sounds that are a bit cheesey, a bit shallow (sound, not content!) and often don't date well.
You have to admit with the Wanderer (I love it BTW), it wouldn't particularly suit the current music world. If they released it now, it would be met with a kind of cold reception.
I spose preppy wasn;t the right word to use, but my point about it being a bit boppy, and bit too cheesey for a song that is so deep.
I was more responding to the idea that all the songs sound dark at the end of the album, where, using this as an example, is not a dark "sounding" song
Rob33
Rock n' Roll Doggie
oh lordy....this preppy talk is getting just a tad tiring, guys 
I think the Slow Loris needs to return to this thread!
I think the Slow Loris needs to return to this thread!
The Slow Loris
War Child
*sipping juice of mango*
There is a little "hard" electro on this album, but I wouldn't really call it industrial.
12 songs.
Could be... I would have to listen to the song... Lorises don't need boots, sexy or otherwise. Anyway, I would have to say yes.
I see U2 starting in arenas and moving to stadiums very quickly. The new album begins differently than any other U2 album, and ends in euphoria. It doesn't end in darkness.Dear Mr. Loris, I have a few questions for you. 1) What type of tour will U2 have for this album? Will it be arena's with the same vibe as the Elevation Tour and Vertigo? Or will U2 be playing stadium's again? 2) How does this new album begin and end? Does the ending have a sign of hope, or does the album end with a feeling of darkness? 3) Is there any sign of electro, trance, and middle eastern? If not what kind of musical style is it? Thanks!
There are signs of all of the above - electro, trance, as well as middle eastern influences. It is very much a rock record with huge pop sensibilities however. This album will surprise many people -- even shock people with its quality. U2 have had so many years of experience honing their craft that everything has now come together in this reunification with Eno and Lanois. All the years of experimentation, making mistakes, and songwriting discipline have now crystalized into arguably the most cohesive and accomplished album of their career. U2 have finally done what they set out to do in the first place well over 25 years ago. This is the album of their lives.
U2 are well past the point of embarrassment.Loris, if you can talk to the band at all by some remote stretch of possibility, please tell them that if they really are going to release a song called "Sexy Boots," that they should reconsider before they totally embarrass themselves.
No to the first question, and yes to the second question.Dear Slow Loris
Beach clip number #4 is looking out to be an amazing song (as are the rest).
Is this Cedars of Lebanon?
And do you think Walk Out Into the Streets (presumed song title) will be on the album now that it's one of the beach clips?
Well done on your psychic readings, they seem to be very accurate
- Jonathan
I'm only a Loris, but I try my best. I guess we'll see when the album comes out
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
Yahweh_OMG
New Yorker
Dear Slow Loris:
Are you Bono?
Are you Bono?
PowerSurge
New Yorker
Dear Slow Loris,
Any of the following on the new album:
-distorted or altered vocals?
-drum machine parts?
-"chingy" U2-esque guitar?
-string sections?
-thunderous african style drum work?
-drum beats with uncommon timing? ....atleast as far as U2 are concerned (i.e. intro to Where the Streets Have No Name)
-super stripped down song? (i.e. October or Wake Up Dead Man)
-songs referencing specific current world events, directly or indirectly? (if so, which events?)
Just wondering...Thanks a bunch!
Any of the following on the new album:
-distorted or altered vocals?
-drum machine parts?
-"chingy" U2-esque guitar?
-string sections?
-thunderous african style drum work?
-drum beats with uncommon timing? ....atleast as far as U2 are concerned (i.e. intro to Where the Streets Have No Name)
-super stripped down song? (i.e. October or Wake Up Dead Man)
-songs referencing specific current world events, directly or indirectly? (if so, which events?)
Just wondering...Thanks a bunch!
Caroni
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Dear Loris:
1) Will they play in Latinamerica?
If the answer is YES I will send you ricos mangos from here where they grow wild
1) Will they play in Latinamerica?
If the answer is YES I will send you ricos mangos from here where they grow wild
cseggleton
War Child
has the slow loris left the building?
The Slow Loris
War Child
That would be hilaroius! A Slow Loris wearing wrap around shades.Dear Slow Loris:
Are you Bono?
Yes, to some degree, to all of the questions. The rhythm section is allowed to experiment on this record...new timings, but no thunderous African drum work...African influenced, just not thunderous. I feel this album is sort of a calling out to the people to take a good hard look at themselves in the time we live in. It's an album asking us to surrender to ourselves so that we may surrender to each other...to put down our arms with open arms. A personal record, though camouflaged with the political. At the center of all things is where the line disappears...and this is the main theme of this album....surrendering to that place where the line disappears from the personal and the political. Like getting from the bark of a tree to the middle where the rings get so small they disappear...scaling back to the center of our lives..the political becoming the personal.
Si!Dear Loris:
1) Will they play in Latinamerica?
If the answer is YES I will send you ricos mangos from here where they grow wild
My time among you is almost at end. The glory must ascend and take its place with all the other mango trees...but never fear...I leave behind beach clips for each of you!
A personal record, though camouflaged with the political. the political becoming the personal.
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Oh,NOOOOO!!!!! Political?!!!Again?!!!
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
What do you complain about? If you want a non-political band, you are fan of the wrong band, absolutely.
PolarCamel
The Fly
The personal is often political, even if we're not aware of that.
In some places going down to the shop to buy some things and that (do yo want anything?) can also be a political statement.
BTW, hey Loris will there be any truely acoustic numbers on this one?
In some places going down to the shop to buy some things and that (do yo want anything?) can also be a political statement.
BTW, hey Loris will there be any truely acoustic numbers on this one?
If they would be political a little then no wrong but they are political as hell!! Do you think when Bono stops in the middle of consert for talk his political views for 15 minutes it's ok?
People pay for he sings but not for he thrust his opinion on us!
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
U2 have always been a political band, face it. If you don't like it, go and listen to some band that's on the charts today. Don't go to a U2 concerts if you don't like political messages. You're fan of the wrong band, really. I hope they never stop being political. And like someone else here said: The personal and the political are often the same thing.
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