The TV Ad
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CosmoKramer
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Saw it on Adult Swim network during American Dad. Yes I watch American Dad and it is hysterical(Roger is great)!
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marshall faulk
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For any baseball nerds like myself out there the ad is one that plays regularly between innings on MLB.TV online.
Hard to beat watching your favorite team and getting your favorite band at the same time.
Hard to beat watching your favorite team and getting your favorite band at the same time.
bobsaget77
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The Miracle has gone from the bottom of the list to one of my favorites. It's a really good song and a good lead single. And the commercial is really cool, I saw it about 5-6 times last Sunday during football. NBC and CBS play it a bunch.
ClaytonsKitten
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I've seen it almost once a day, mainly during sports events but a couple times have been just primetime network shows on the major networks.
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I like the ad a lot. It has life and energy. I wonder if it will remind all the itunes complainers that Bono is the 'artists' icon on their playlists? 
I was a little worried that Edge might pull his groin or something during that opening flying kick, but thankfully not. I'd love to see that during the tour.
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I was a little worried that Edge might pull his groin or something during that opening flying kick, but thankfully not. I'd love to see that during the tour.
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Mrs. Garrison
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i finally saw the ad today during the 4th qtr of the the Cowboys - Rams game.
Roland of Gilead
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Football and U2 commercial Sundays. I love Sundays. A lot.
ClaytonsKitten
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It improves an already awesome day. I hope they're going to continue to air it once the physical cd comes out...they can change that last screen with the free download info and make it a sort of "on iTunes now" thing.
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I cant see them doing this,i reckon as soon as the free offer expires the advert will vanish.
Needle_Chill
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I can be honest with myself, and say that I think this is a great ad, and a cool single.
This is coming from someone who thought that GOYB was embarrassing from day one. I'm not afraid to call the band on bad efforts.
This is coming from someone who thought that GOYB was embarrassing from day one. I'm not afraid to call the band on bad efforts.
ClaytonsKitten
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I'm thinking there's got to be more than just one commercial and the "free" release of SoI...why else would Apple be paying U2 $100mil? There's more than we know...
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Soooo Apple is kinda rich. Like Scrooge McDuck rich.
Like $160 billion dollars cash on hand rich.
Which is twice the cash on hand of the United States Government.
And 10% of the total cash on hand of EVERY CORPORATION IN THE WORLD COMBINED.
So 100 million dollars represents 1/1,600th of their total cash on hand. It roughly amounts to what you or I pay at Starbucks.
There may be more to come... but it's not as if Apple made any sort of major investment of their capital here. It was chump change.
The_acrobat
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I remember when GOYB was premiered, I hid myself at work for a few minutes where nobody would find me just to listen to it for the first time. I remember I listened to it once, and thought "….uh oh…". I listened to it a second time, and my worries were confirmed… this song sucks. It's going to be a DUD of a single and kill this album's momentum before it's even released. It boggles my mind that the same band who wrote something as perfect as "Stay" or "The Unforgettable Fire" or countless other beauties could write such a piece of crap.
Luckily, SOI has nothing like that, and I love each song!
CosmoKramer
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Aired during the Sunday Night NFL game before halftime. For those outside of the states, this game will be the highest rated program in the country this week. especially because the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing (my team!), they have a huge following.
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bobsaget77
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Go Steelers. ?. And last week it aired a couple times during the game and volcano was played during one of the highlight reals.
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I haven't seen the commercial once, but I haven't been watching any TV.
david
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Most complaints I see about the ad, on other forums, is that U2 are trying too hard. It's like really? Rock band does rock band stuff. I guess some people are bothered that 50 year old musicians can still be spry and energetic I guess.
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Saw it during the premier of New Girl and Mindy Project on fox last week. Another highly watched time
Right, the criticism is that they put a lot of effort into everything. Like, they weren't like this at all in the old days when Bono was climbing scaffolding, wrestling his giant white flag away from fans, or pulling women out of the crowd at international benefit concerts. This Apple ad? Fuck, trying too hard.
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I think the song is the worst one on the album...
...yet it's still decent. The ad is good; the chorus doesn't feel quite as jarring as it does on the full song, and it brings out a lot of the good energy that's in it.
It's a better single attempt than anything on NLOTH, but I think there's better singles (hopefully) coming up. Both California and Song For Someone are great single material; the latter, especially, feels like it could be a real "casual" favourite. It feels honest, accessible and beautiful in its simplicity.
...yet it's still decent. The ad is good; the chorus doesn't feel quite as jarring as it does on the full song, and it brings out a lot of the good energy that's in it.
It's a better single attempt than anything on NLOTH, but I think there's better singles (hopefully) coming up. Both California and Song For Someone are great single material; the latter, especially, feels like it could be a real "casual" favourite. It feels honest, accessible and beautiful in its simplicity.
CosmoKramer
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Saw the commercial again last night on Adult Swim network.
I would say I've seen it a total of 5x and I really don't watch that much TV
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I would say I've seen it a total of 5x and I really don't watch that much TV
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mikal
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What I like about this song/commercial is that it has a similar punch/hook as Vertigo without the "Hello Hello" and "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah!"
Its been everywhere,ive seen it on every sports show ive watched, it was on 5 times during wwe raw. Saw it during the x factor aswell.
