Quote from Eno re new U2 album - Page 3

Axver · 11-17-2007, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PookaMacP
This really depends on how you read it. When I read it I thought it sounded like he meant 'I think it will probably sound more like U2 as the sound develops.'

See, it strikes me as having negative connotations. I regularly use the phrase "I think it will do", and it never means anything other than "well, I'm not really happy with this and I think it could be considerably better, but it should satisfactorily fulfill its intended purpose".

Thanks to the Eno fans for clarifying that it's a typical understatement.

XHendrix24 · 11-17-2007, 11:53 PM

Eno is so fucking brilliant.

I mean, shit. Without a doubt one of the most brilliant people in modern music history. Going from Here Comes the Warm Jets to Ambient 1 to all of his producing projects, the dude's a fucking genius.

Love him.

bgmckinney · 12-07-2007, 04:40 PM

I think the next album is going to be something of a test for the band. After AB, Zooropa and Pop, I really wanted them to continue in the "experimental" direction. While I love ATYCLB and Bomb - especially Bomb, which is a gorgeous record - I was also disappointed that those records broke so little ground, and were in many ways a retrenching, a return to safe territory.
U2 have never made three records in a row without making a significant shift in style. If they make another album that stands as a companion piece to ATYCLB and Bomb, I think it might signal the end of their vitality. Not that they would cease to be a good band, but some profound part of their greatness - their restless inventiveness - would be gone, maybe forever.
I think that Bono's comments, as well as Eno's, might be an indication that the band really are prepared to do something new this time around. But maybe I'm just reading them the way I want to read them.

pacemaker · 12-08-2007, 12:53 AM

Fuck it, I think they have two U2 albums out of all of this and b-sides a-plenty. Whether it's two albums off the bat, or a Kid A/ Amnesiac deal, this is what I'm pulling for.

And if a 2-album set off the bat turns out to be the case, I'd like to see them throw them all together and find an amazing setlist, as opposed to what the Foo Fighters did with In Your Honor. Either way, I just want to hear what they've been working on because I have a funny feeling that it will be career defining.

t8thgr8 · 12-08-2007, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Axver

See, it strikes me as having negative connotations. I regularly use the phrase "I think it will do", and it never means anything other than "well, I'm not really happy with this and I think it could be considerably better, but it should satisfactorily fulfill its intended purpose".

Thanks to the Eno fans for clarifying that it's a typical understatement.

the phrase 'tongue in cheek' comes to mind. you're takin it too literally, pimpin'

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12-07-2007, 04:40 PM	#43
bgmckinney Acrobat Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico Posts: 483 Local Time: 05:25 PM	I think the next album is going to be something of a test for the band. After AB, Zooropa and Pop, I really wanted them to continue in the "experimental" direction. While I love ATYCLB and Bomb - especially Bomb, which is a gorgeous record - I was also disappointed that those records broke so little ground, and were in many ways a retrenching, a return to safe territory. U2 have never made three records in a row without making a significant shift in style. If they make another album that stands as a companion piece to ATYCLB and Bomb, I think it might signal the end of their vitality. Not that they would cease to be a good band, but some profound part of their greatness - their restless inventiveness - would be gone, maybe forever. I think that Bono's comments, as well as Eno's, might be an indication that the band really are prepared to do something new this time around. But maybe I'm just reading them the way I want to read them.

12-08-2007, 12:53 AM	#44
pacemaker War Child Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: a city with banks and cathedrals Posts: 995 Local Time: 05:25 PM	Fuck it, I think they have two U2 albums out of all of this and b-sides a-plenty. Whether it's two albums off the bat, or a Kid A/ Amnesiac deal, this is what I'm pulling for. And if a 2-album set off the bat turns out to be the case, I'd like to see them throw them all together and find an amazing setlist, as opposed to what the Foo Fighters did with In Your Honor. Either way, I just want to hear what they've been working on because I have a funny feeling that it will be career defining.