Why isn't mercy on the new album
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codeguy
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I like mercy!
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Why wasn't Free Bird on this album?
thavidesco
Refugee
Agree about ATYCLB and NLOTH - overproduced
The versions of the Bomb songs a year before its release were surprisingly weak, I´m happy they postponed the release
Why wasn't One on this album?
BVS
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Still mixing Mary J Blige's vocals.
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bobsaget77
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Mercy being on the new album would make the rest of the songs look like shit, just like how Invisible or Ordinary Love would make the rest of the songs feel uninspired.
By not adding a classic like Mercy, U2 have tricked a lot of their fans into thinking it's a good record (after tricking the rest of the world by ruining everyone's iPhones and hacking Jennifer Lawrence's photos from the iCloud).
By not adding a classic like Mercy, U2 have tricked a lot of their fans into thinking it's a good record (after tricking the rest of the world by ruining everyone's iPhones and hacking Jennifer Lawrence's photos from the iCloud).
bobsaget77
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??? you really can't type without dying laughing. ?? best laugh I've had all day. "U2 have tricked their fans into thinking it's a good record." Thats gold. You're trolling so hard. And it takes one to know one. ?
I used to think that, but now think it may be more that they would have been better had they taken more risks and worked more, not less on them, as they worked a whole lot on this album reportedly.
U2SJ
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Hi old U2 Interference friends 
A lot has changed for me since I was an active user on this board, I have had 2 little ones
of my own since the last tour so my priorities have changed a bit
but I still love U2 as always and every so often visit the board to read articles and such.
Interesting enough, I met Bono again last week after the Apple event, but in the excitement of seeing him, I completely forgot about asking where is Mercy.
Either way, its a great song and I would love to see it on an album someday! Hope everyone is doing well here, enjoy the new album, I am loving it and cant wait for the tour!
A lot has changed for me since I was an active user on this board, I have had 2 little ones
of my own since the last tour so my priorities have changed a bit but I still love U2 as always and every so often visit the board to read articles and such.
Interesting enough, I met Bono again last week after the Apple event, but in the excitement of seeing him, I completely forgot about asking where is Mercy.
Either way, its a great song and I would love to see it on an album someday! Hope everyone is doing well here, enjoy the new album, I am loving it and cant wait for the tour!
BigMacPhisto
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Nice to see you around here again U2SJ.
lazarus
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Hi old U2 Interference friends
A lot has changed for me since I was an active user on this board, I have had 2 little ones
but I still love U2 as always and every so often visit the board to read articles and such.
Interesting enough, I met Bono again last week after the Apple event, but in the excitement of seeing him, I completely forgot about asking where is Mercy.
Either way, its a great song and I would love to see it on an album someday! Hope everyone is doing well here, enjoy the new album, I am loving it and cant wait for the tour!
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Feel free to set the record straight regarding the original discovery/leak of Mercy.
Inquiring minds want to know...
Musikwala
War Child
The original Mercy bearer is present among us. 
Let her speak and clear the confusion once and for all.
Let her speak and clear the confusion once and for all.
aMansAman
War Child
I really wonder why "Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk" didn't make it on the new U2 album ..
Why isn't Every Breaking Wave on this album? Oh wait, it is. Sorry, wrong thread.
lazarus
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Actually, I was thinking of starting up a new thread suggesting it shouldn't even be on the album.
Was written before the sessions even began, and has nothing to do with the album's theme. That it's in the #2 slot is even more bizarre.
Was written before the sessions even began, and has nothing to do with the album's theme. That it's in the #2 slot is even more bizarre.
DomCobb
Acrobat
Why isn't "Life On a Distant Planet" on the new album?
IndyShade
The Fly
Everybody's doing cartwheels over the "cohesiveness" of the album, but it took a lot of work from a lot of cooks to gloss over the fact that it was pieced together from the remnants of a bunch of dead ends. And I'd bet they included EBW at the last minute because they thought it was one of few potential hits.
DomCobb
Acrobat
Question, is there a version of Mercy out there that doesn't have low audio quality?
bobsaget77
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I've looked high and low. And I still haven't found a high quality version of mercy that I've been looking for.
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Why isn't Boy/Girl on the new album?
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Agreed. Actually I'll go as far as saying the first two songs should have been scrapped.
Instead they should have started the album with Goldeneye followed by Luminous Times (Hold on to love)
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lazarus
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I have one that is about 15 megs that sounds pretty damned good to me.
May have been cleaned up by someone on here.
Why isn't Siren on the new album?
lazarus
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"Why isn't (insert random title) on the album?" is a "(Insert title) is a (insert title) rewrite" rewrite.
Zoocoustic
War Child
Safe to say some of these questions will be answered when/if we get Songs of Experience.
As for Mercy, the original version is a Top 5 song from the 00's for me. But that's the decade it belongs in. Also, as others have stated, if they did put this on the album now, we'd probably end up with something closer to the live version....which is very inferior and would tarnish the song, IMO.
As for Mercy, the original version is a Top 5 song from the 00's for me. But that's the decade it belongs in. Also, as others have stated, if they did put this on the album now, we'd probably end up with something closer to the live version....which is very inferior and would tarnish the song, IMO.
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