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[U2girl]

I didn't think of POE and WILATW as preachy, as they both are written not from a perspective of 23olds or 27year olds trying to change the world but the perspective of 40 year olds who realise changing the world takes more than just words, and they even have a angry, sorrowful - maybe resigned - tone to them.
Much different than the 80's U2, which was somewhat preachy, but never without hope or self-doubt.

I also doubt U2 will get political - keep in mind Bono has to keep his AIDS/Africa options open no matter who wins US elections.

BTW ATYCLB's themes - apart from Grace/POE/WILATW - were a lot more down to earth. Leaving people/things behind, moving on, sense of loss, dedication to family/wife, starting anew in your life, focusing on the basics musically.

 

[AussieU2fanman]

When I look at the World!?..preachy?? You're gonna tell me Elevation is about a mole next. Cool as goats maybe?

From this angle of attack I think you are missing my point. Re-read what I said then get back to me, none of this relevant stuff. And yes WILATT is along the same lines as Peace on earth which is a theme that ATYCLB was based on unless I'm completely high right now. My point is for the 3rd-4th time is I don't want this album to be a repeat of what they have done before. I wanted the album to either be a new message about goats or possibly cruelty to wheelbarrows or better yet, pure rock and roll baby.

 

[bedouin fire]

I wanted the album to either be a new message about goats or possibly cruelty to wheelbarrows or better yet, pure rock and roll baby.

I think you may find some of that in the next bryan adams album.

Concerning htdaab, i think it will be more about guts than goats.

peace

 

[vivaSA]

Umm, I think you missed my point. I'm not saying that AIDS and all the other bullshit is irrelevant! I'm just saying that U2 shouldn't keep repeating similar messages in their music because people are getting really tired of it, and I'm sad to say I am too. Singing about peace and love etc. isn't going to do ANYTHING. It might be tempoarily inspirational to a futile action towards justice, but in the end, nothing will happen as a result of music. War will always be there, accept it, AIDS isn't going to be solved anytime soon by the looks of it, and music isn't going to help. People will always die. Stop trying to change the way the world spins. Anyway, I don't want U2 repeating the same boring messages. Sing about goats or something. Aren't they cool!?

GO VERTIGO GO!!

What can I say: HOW LONG, HOW LONG MUST WE SING THIS SONG?!?!?!

I'm just listening to the Wembley concert from August 11th 1993, the satellite link from Sarajevo, I cannot ever thank enough to Bill Carter and U2 for being political, when most of the world was ignoring the war in our country, when we were left out here alone to vultures, to bleed to death, it was people like U2 and Carter who tried to do something about it, to have our voice heard! They were a light that we were able to hang on to, to know that at least someone cares!

I just hope that in my life, I'll be able to help those in need in a way they did, and I'll never hesitate how, there's U2 to light my way!

 

[EvolutionMonkey]

I didn't think of POE and WILATW as preachy, as they both are written not from a perspective of 23olds or 27year olds trying to change the world but the perspective of 40 year olds who realise changing the world takes more than just words, and they even have a angry, sorrowful - maybe resigned - tone to them.
Much different than the 80's U2, which was somewhat preachy, but never without hope or self-doubt.

That's a very good view point of those songs.

 

[oliveu2cm]

I love the idea of the tour being called Vertigo, I think it's PERFECT. (So I'm hoping for this.)

The album name.. eh. Jury is still out for me, but maybe I'll like it when I hear get the context.

 

[oliveu2cm]

and why does u2.com pretend they are not affiliated with the band? they write things like any fan site would write: "So we can speculate more on the tour, when we've heard the album!" Obviously they know everything that's going on, and aren't just a fan site.

 

[Tizer]

Auusie, If you're looking for a 'pure rock n roll record' devoid of the same old boring messages, what are they going to write about..Goats? (Actually if they did, some people here will link it to the Bible in some way..!) There are younger bands out there who can give up tons of that sort of stuff, but I reckon it's hard, like Neil McCormick said, for U2 not to write Big Songs about Big Ideas..

I remember a Bono interview from around '87/88 when he said that it was hard to be in a band with a conscience and that maybe he should go and write a song called 'Socking It To My Baby'..hey ho..90's U2 and we're sliding down the surface of things. So they can't do politics, faith, love, temptation, religion, redemption, salvation, isolation, desol (oops..!!) cos they've been done before? Should he still be trying to 'sock it to his baby'
or maybe this is where the goat comes in..Bestiality Rocks baby!!

ps..love Bono's hair

 

[AussieU2fanman]

Bono - 'We'll stop once we start to repeat ourselves' or something of the like. Boy - Growing up, October - Religion, War- War, Unforgettable Fire - Snruh, Joshua Tree - Bah, Rattle and Hum - Basnruh, Achtung Baby - Reinventing themselves, Zooropa - Tv\commercialism, Pop - wizzle wazzle, ATYCLB - Peace and love etc. HTDAAB - ?. Hopefully not something they have done before. I'm not saying they can't have sub-themes about love\religion\politics or whatever, just.......FUCK I'm too tired and it's too hard to explain. I've got a damn test on nuclear physics tomorrow and there's 20 pages of bullshit theory to read through.

 

[Katey]

If I wanted to hear duldrums of plastic music well there are enough examples of that out there.. I look for music with some substance to it

U2 have always kinda been the rogue storytellers.. they're not preaching but giving you points to ponder so to speak, it might reflect what they're feeling in the world or in their lives but good on them for finding an outlet for it.. if they were any other way it wouldnt be U2

 

[jick]

Wow! I can just imagine the music reviews and headlines and all...

"U2 Dismantled"

"U2's Latest Bombs Out"

"Album sales of U2 are atomic"

"U2 Have Dismantled Themselves"

"How to make a great record: An art forgotten by U2 while they were busy dismantling the atomic bomb"

This is all bad news from U2. Kinda like how Popmart was made to sound worse than it really was by the media thanks to the whipping boy giant Lemon image U2 gave the media to chew about. Now, U2 have given the media an open target that will shoot down public perception of U2.

Good Luck U2, you'll surely need it -- before you bomb out and get dismantled!

Cheers,

J

 

[MrBrau1]

Wow! I can just imagine the music reviews and headlines and all...

"U2 Dismantled"

"U2's Latest Bombs Out"

"Album sales of U2 are atomic"

"U2 Have Dismantled Themselves"

"How to make a great record: An art forgotten by U2 while they were busy dismantling the atomic bomb"

This is all bad news from U2. Kinda like how Popmart was made to sound worse than it really was by the media thanks to the whipping boy giant Lemon image U2 gave the media to chew about. Now, U2 have given the media an open target that will shoot down public perception of U2.

Good Luck U2, you'll surely need it -- before you bomb out and get dismantled!

Cheers,

J

Because album titles are the main focus of album reviews.
You just don't get it.

 

[Cutters10C]

I like your optimism jick.

 

[Jaxx]

Because album titles are the main focus of album reviews.
You just don't get it.

Not necessarily, but when you have people writing about music who have no idea what they're talking about, then stupid jokes, smartass remarks, generally trying to seem to be above the material they are reviewing and anything else that helps to fill up a page without actually having to engage any brain cells are the order of the day.

Of course, we all know that everybody who writes or talks about music in the media these days are competent and well informed reviewers, from whom we can expect nothing but unbiased and thought -provoking commentary, so I agree, there's no chance whatsoever of that sort of thing cropping up.

 

[popacrobat]

Can we listen to the fuckin album before we come up with fake headlines?

It COULD be their best album.

It COULD be their worst album.

nobody knows.

 

[Niamh_Saoirse]

Me like the title.

A LOT.

 

[RABIDLAMB]

My guess is that the title is a bit more introspective than you might first think.

I'd say the band are using the "Atomic Bomb" analogy on themselves & how huge they have become.

The "distmantling" then applies to them bringing it back to basics with some raw rock & roll.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

My guess is that the title is a bit more introspective than you might first think.

I'd say the band are using the "Atomic Bomb" analogy on themselves & how huge they have become.

The "distmantling" then applies to them bringing it back to basics with some raw rock & roll.

That is a really great take on the title RABIDLAMB. I can't wait to see how this title plays in the album itself. Song lyrics, themes, etc... . I can't get Bullet the Blue Sky out of head now that this new title has been officially revealed.

 

[U2girl]

My guess is that the title is a bit more introspective than you might first think.

I'd say the band are using the "Atomic Bomb" analogy on themselves & how huge they have become.

The "distmantling" then applies to them bringing it back to basics with some raw rock & roll.

Good theory.

I don't know, the "atomic bomb" to me says they will be commenting on the world after 9-11 and the increasing danger of terorrism. Maybe not as heart-on-their-sleeve like the 80's but something more subtle, like Electrical Storm.

 

[Ft. Worth Frog]

On @U2, there is a report about a conversation Bono had with Michael W Smith, a friend and Christian singer. He asked MWS if he knew "How to dismantle an atomic bomb". When told no, Bono replied"With Love".

 

[babyman]

it's u2 new album.....what more can we ask for????

 

[U2girl]

Wow! I can just imagine the music reviews and headlines and all...

"U2 Dismantled"

"U2's Latest Bombs Out"

"Album sales of U2 are atomic"

"U2 Have Dismantled Themselves"

"How to make a great record: An art forgotten by U2 while they were busy dismantling the atomic bomb"

This is all bad news from U2. Kinda like how Popmart was made to sound worse than it really was by the media thanks to the whipping boy giant Lemon image U2 gave the media to chew about. Now, U2 have given the media an open target that will shoot down public perception of U2.

Good Luck U2, you'll surely need it -- before you bomb out and get dismantled!

Cheers,

J

If the album will be badly received - not likely from the newspaper journalists who heard it - it won't have nothing to do with the title.

Popmart got a bad rap because they had attendance problems and the album wasn't what they thought it would be in US. It wasn't about the lemon at all.

 

[isabelle_guns]

i like vertigo better

 

[Teta040]

One thing you folks should know about J. He has been around awhile and is a notorious troll from Wire. He caused whole days-long flame wars in his heyday back in the winter and spring of 2000-2001 until we Wirelings figured him out.

So don't let the..um, don't let him drag you down.

 

[jick]

On @U2, there is a report about a conversation Bono had with Michael W Smith, a friend and Christian singer. He asked MWS if he knew "How to dismantle an atomic bomb". When told no, Bono replied"With Love".

That is great. Finally, U2 will have a lovesong-filled album. It's a pity that a band as great as U2 has only had few love songs (All I Want Is You, One, Sweetest Thing) in their career. It would be nice if the new album would be full of lovesongs.

U2 have tried competing with the trip-hop dance variety of Beck, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy with POP. U2 went head on against the boybands and manufactured music with ATYCLB. U2 competed against alternative and grunge acts such as Nirvana en route to winning a Grammy for best alternative album with Zooropa.

U2 have fought all the fights and won. But the fight they haven't fought yet is the lovesong category. Even a long-haired power pop rock band like Bon Jovi has a collection of love songs that makes U2's catalogue of pop songs look like Tahiti compared to China. Have U2 ever competed against the likes of Michael Learns To Rock, or Richard Marx, or Michael Bolton? The answer is a resounding no. So I guess it's about time U2 will charter into the love genre.

It is comforting to know that How To Dismatle An Atomic Bomb is just a clever title to disguise that the album is going to be a collection of love songs. I can't wait to see U2's take on love.

Cheers,

J

 

[U2girl]

Something tells me "love" answer Bono gave will not be the romantic kind of love.

Also, U2 doesn't really have love songs, certainly not in the vein of the usually sappy kind that, for instance, Bon Jovi or Michael Bolton have.
Their love songs are far more realistic and bittersweet, and I really don't see them packing the whole album with love songs.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

That is great. Finally, U2 will have a lovesong-filled album. It's a pity that a band as great as U2 has only had few love songs (All I Want Is You, One, Sweetest Thing) in their career. It would be nice if the new album would be full of lovesongs.

U2 have tried competing with the trip-hop dance variety of Beck, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy with POP. U2 went head on against the boybands and manufactured music with ATYCLB. U2 competed against alternative and grunge acts such as Nirvana en route to winning a Grammy for best alternative album with Zooropa.

U2 have fought all the fights and won. But the fight they haven't fought yet is the lovesong category. Even a long-haired power pop rock band like Bon Jovi has a collection of love songs that makes U2's catalogue of pop songs look like Tahiti compared to China. Have U2 ever competed against the likes of Michael Learns To Rock, or Richard Marx, or Michael Bolton? The answer is a resounding no. So I guess it's about time U2 will charter into the love genre.

It is comforting to know that How To Dismatle An Atomic Bomb is just a clever title to disguise that the album is going to be a collection of love songs. I can't wait to see U2's take on love.

Cheers,

J

Too funny!

How could you type this out and NOT laugh at the same time? Great stuff jick. What is it? God is close to those that make their friends laugh? Well, God is with you buddy. No question!

 

[Black Math]

 

[Convoy]

How do you dismantle an atomic bomb? With the fucking greatest rock record ever.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

I was watching the Boston DVD on tv yesterday and when The Fly came on it totally filled the whole arena up something songs like Stuck just didn't do, i hope and wish they have rock and roll songs like The Fly that would make this album awesome for me.

Fuck yeah!!!