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doctorwho said:


True, but there's NO way U2 will miss the holiday season. So that means December can be excluded. U2 are smart enough to capitalize on the Thanksgiving/Christmas boom in the U.S. So I'm thinking a ATYCLB to HTDAAB release date. In other words something either early November or right before Thanksgiving, but no later.

Of course, U2 could surprise us all and have a summer release. But given the success they've had with R&H, AB, ATYCLB, HTDAAB and both "Best Of" albums all being released before the holidays, I'm sure we'll see another release at that time as well. A spring release worked well for JT, but not so much for "Pop". Summer used to be a big music season (see "Zooropa'), but times have changed too much - often summer is now the slowest season. So I'm thinking November 2007.

Still, I sure hope U2 release a tidbit before they go back on tour this year!

Agreed. Most likely, October or November 2007 is the date. New single in July, with an actual album release date in August.

But yeah, they could definitely surprise us!
 
MrBrau1 said:
Don't worry. The new record will have samples and drum machines on it, ergo: it'll be "progressive."

Or maybe Edge will shred and do two-handed tapping and Larry will play in 17/16 timing and Adam will play a Chapman Stick and there will be songs longer than 10 minutes and it will be truly progressive. :drool:
 
Oh boy. Here we go again. I seriously thought that was a quote before the release of HTDAAB. It sounds exactly the same sans a few words. And The Edge is better now than he ever was... yes I believe that.

Anyways...
 
That does it.

I am TOTALLY convinced that Bono has been reading our posts and that comment was a shout out.

"The Edge is really rocking"?! That's gotta be a subliminal.

I guarantee you before the end of this album cycle, The Edge will "fall in love with the guitar again".
 
Bono has to stop saying that the Edge is on fire, because someone keeps taking it literally and throwing a bucket of water on the guy. No more watered down Edge! If Edge is currently on fire, let him burn.
 
Didn't Bono say that U2 were going to release a new album in 2006? (This was in Q magazine, probably around the start of this year, can't remember the date. Admittedly, any plans they had probably would've been seriously affected by the family member's illness though). The point is that, in terms of his comments, Bono's enthusiasm frequently doesn't produce actual recorded results! But, the band as a whole seem to be in a creative mood right now, so hopefully we will get a new album in 2007.

Bono's thesaurus is probably getting a bit of a hammering right now, as he tries to think of alternative ways of describing bullets ripping through the air etc:lol:
 
I still find it difficult to see them going back out on tour without any new material.
Maybe they'll do a Radiohead and debut the new material live first before perfecting it in the studio.
Now that wouldbe progressive for U2.
 
doctorwho said:


True, but there's NO way U2 will miss the holiday season. So that means December can be excluded. U2 are smart enough to capitalize on the Thanksgiving/Christmas boom in the U.S. So I'm thinking a ATYCLB to HTDAAB release date. In other words something either early November or right before Thanksgiving, but no later.

Of course, U2 could surprise us all and have a summer release. But given the success they've had with R&H, AB, ATYCLB, HTDAAB and both "Best Of" albums all being released before the holidays, I'm sure we'll see another release at that time as well. A spring release worked well for JT, but not so much for "Pop". Summer used to be a big music season (see "Zooropa'), but times have changed too much - often summer is now the slowest season. So I'm thinking November 2007.

Still, I sure hope U2 release a tidbit before they go back on tour this year!

:yes: Here in Oz, a song that makes #1 would usually only make about #15.

So, new album in 2007. I really don't mind if I have to wait till '08. I've got enough things to discover in U2's catalogue to keep me busy.

Now, didn't the release of Bomb get delayed? There's no denying this one could be too. And I wouldn't mind hearing about Larry and Adam once in a while too. I wanna hear 'Adam's going wild with the bass' and Larry's 'pounding away like there's no tomorrow'
 
Album In November 2007...Tour Starts In the US Spring 2008.....That sounds good

Thus ending the trillogy when U2 take decades to release albums....but 2007/08 sounds good...every 3 years to release an album is better than every 4000
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Lemonfix said:


:laugh:

I swear, that man says the same thing everytime he's interviewed about a forthcoming album. He may change the words slightly, but it's like he's got a go-to line about extraordinary sounds and Edge playing like he's never played before (which, of course, is true) and how the next album will be the Best. U2. Album. Ever.

But, I still give him the benefit of the doubt. I believe that they really are shooting for 2007 :drool:

We think that Bono is the only one who makes this... every artist does it. He's not stupid to tell to the press that the sessions are not going well and ruin the marketing process...
 
What if there's the rumoured single now in this fall, by the restart of Vertigo tour and that single is a clue for what's coming next? Maybe that's a song to be included later in this next album.
The album could perfectily come out in April 2007 (then with a second single, a true first single), get another promotional boost in the 2007 fall, and the tour coming out only in 2008. That happened in the late 80's...
Maybe this sounds exagerated and senseless (probably does:wink: ), but couldn't one of these steps be possible?
 
LemonMelon said:
"Punk Rock From Venus" was describing the original sessions.

Actually Punk Rock From Venus was describin ATYCLB sessions back in 2000 !!!!!!:blahblah:

We have read the same Bono's moneytalks since 2000 :madwife:

Damn, I have to be right, but ... as I announced in 2005 ... ATYCLB III is coming:reject:

Please my friends, don't let Bono's cheap words fool you again. He has been saying fairly the same since early 2000, you know, "Back to our roots", "real punk rock album", "best album since Joshua Tree", "our best collection of songs ever", etc, etc ...

What does it mean: Mainstream album, unoriginal, copy-paste effort from ATYCLB, lame, rather boring, predictable, cliche, uninspired, tired and forgettable, filled with mid tempo and slow cliches with just a couple of rock songs as fish hook :shrug:

The title for the next album should be All That U2 Can't Dismantle And Leave Behind

:wink:
 
ponkine said:


Actually Punk Rock From Venus was describin ATYCLB sessions back in 2000 !!!!!!:blahblah:

We have read the same Bono's moneytalks since 2000 :madwife:

Damn, I have to be right, but ... as I announced in 2005 ... ATYCLB III is coming:reject:

Please my friends, don't let Bono's cheap words fool you again. He has been saying fairly the same since early 2000, you know, "Back to our roots", "real punk rock album", "best album since Joshua Tree", "our best collection of songs ever", etc, etc ...

What does it mean: Mainstream album, unoriginal, copy-paste effort from ATYCLB, lame, rather boring, predictable, cliche, uninspired, tired and forgettable, filled with mid tempo and slow cliches with just a couple of rock songs as fish hook :shrug:

The title for the next album should be All That U2 Can't Dismantle And Leave Behind

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maybe you do need to find another band. and i don't mean that as a personal put-down or anything. U2 have absolutely no obligation to us than to make the music that they currently want to create -- it is up to us whether we want to meet them where they are. experimentation for the sake of experimentation would be blatantly obvious on any record and it would sound completely phony.

i love Pop, i love ATYCLB, but for very different reasons. i see nothing wrong with this.

how can anyone see this as anything but good news?

:shrug:
 
If Bono is asked a question about an album that is in its earliest stages, he can't really respond any differently than he did. Of course Edge is sounding good (and really is the only one pushing this band forward these days) and of course he has to say it could be their best yet (he didn't say it was definitely going to be).
 
ponkine said:


Actually Punk Rock From Venus was describin ATYCLB sessions back in 2000 !!!!!!:blahblah:

We have read the same Bono's moneytalks since 2000 :madwife:

Damn, I have to be right, but ... as I announced in 2005 ... ATYCLB III is coming:reject:

Please my friends, don't let Bono's cheap words fool you again. He has been saying fairly the same since early 2000, you know, "Back to our roots", "real punk rock album", "best album since Joshua Tree", "our best collection of songs ever", etc, etc ...

What does it mean: Mainstream album, unoriginal, copy-paste effort from ATYCLB, lame, rather boring, predictable, cliche, uninspired, tired and forgettable, filled with mid tempo and slow cliches with just a couple of rock songs as fish hook :shrug:

The title for the next album should be All That U2 Can't Dismantle And Leave Behind

:wink:

How can you affirm and be so sure about something that didn't even came out? It was even announced or conffirmed...
The only thing you have is the Bono's interviews (thet are not reliable) and the beach clips, that you don't even know if they're what the boys are really into... And even if that's theiractual work, who says that's the final form? U2 is knows for the transformation they make in their songs since the beggining until the final form.
How about not being so "cliched" in comments about the present-future? That's making all of us a bit sick...

If you don't like the band, still holding on the past and don't believe that this is getting any better you should take Irvine511's advice and start to invest your time in other interests or other artists/bands, because this makes no sense...
 
ponkine said:


Actually Punk Rock From Venus was describin ATYCLB sessions back in 2000 !!!!!!:blahblah:

We have read the same Bono's moneytalks since 2000 :madwife:

Damn, I have to be right, but ... as I announced in 2005 ... ATYCLB III is coming:reject:

Please my friends, don't let Bono's cheap words fool you again. He has been saying fairly the same since early 2000, you know, "Back to our roots", "real punk rock album", "best album since Joshua Tree", "our best collection of songs ever", etc, etc ...

What does it mean: Mainstream album, unoriginal, copy-paste effort from ATYCLB, lame, rather boring, predictable, cliche, uninspired, tired and forgettable, filled with mid tempo and slow cliches with just a couple of rock songs as fish hook :shrug:

The title for the next album should be All That U2 Can't Dismantle And Leave Behind

:wink:
well you have been doing the same thing as bono then, because all you do is talk about the same thing time after time after time, about how things are boring or lame now bla bla,

seriously what keeps you here if you dont like it so much?, i know if it was me i would be going finding something i did like,

p.s. i always love the way you somehow know how others are feeling and state your opinion as a simple fact
 
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KUEFC09U2 said:
seriously what keeps you here if you dont like it so much?

Do you want to know what keeps him here? Responses to his posts. So long as his posts get to somebody and triggers angry responses, he'll keep posting the same thing over and over again. You have to admit, it becomes interesting to read the responses... kinda like watching a train wreck, sometimes!

:corn:
 
I miss the days of bands recording music all the time and just releasing it.
Unfortunately it has become too much of a business cycle and too thought out.
we probably will have to wait until christmas bc of the release window.
I can't really say I blame them though.
if you knew you would make faaaar more money in an already desperate marketplace wouldn't you wait until the prime time (Nov) to do it?
 
"I would like to think that we're doing our best work now. We're about to make a new album for next year, and it's the most important thing. We like being in a room with each other. We like playing. Something happens when we play, we have some sort of chemistry. And Edge, right now, is on fire. He's really rockin'. He's playing guitar like I've never seen him playing guitar. So, I like to think that the best is yet to come." [/B]

:lmao:
 
bring on the NEW U2 !!! I can't wait to see what colour scheme the U2 logo will appear in, or what catch phrase will carry the album...not to mention the icons for the songs...can't wait!! I'm so excited I could shout it from the moon!//
 
KUEFC09U2 said:


p.s. i always love the way you somehow know how others are feeling and state your opinion as a simple fact

KEUF, I was agreeing with you until that last part. Why should people be forced to add "in my opinion" to everything at Interference? You know it's his opinion. Ponkine didn't say "U2 are going to release ATYCLB Part III, and this is irrefutable fact. I know first-hand because I have heard the album." He didn't say that at all. Everything that ponkine 'claimed' was opinion. I agree that he might have presented it in an I Know Best kind of fashion, but it was still only his opinion.

As for the discussion, I don't mind Bono praising U2's work. It would be pretty stupid of him (from a commercial stance) to say that things weren't going well. However, is there any need for him to say "I would like to think that we're doing our best work now," honestly? Say it's going well. Say you're pleased about the way things are turning out. But don't say that you feel it's going to be your best work yet, because all this inevitably does is set some fans up for disappointment. Sometimes hyperbole can be good, and sometimes it can just be bloody annoying. It might end up being an extremely good record in the end, but I don't think Bono's being very true to himself if he thinks it could eclipse all of U2's previous work. It just doesn't happen. I can't think of any bands in their late 40s that have managed to come back and release an album that is universally accepted as being better than everything they ever did when they were younger.

And I agree with Iskra on the "business cycle" nature of album releases. Surely, if the album is good enough, it will sell well regardless of when you release it? Okay, there are the people out there who just want to buy the "hottest thing" for their family and friends at Christmas. To me, that just turns the music into a gimmick. Like the latest technological goodie that everyone wants. It's so stupid. I understand U2 wanting to make lots and lots of money, but it just seems like they trivialise their music when they release it at a time that will guarantee them a high amount of sales; based purely on the Christmas frenzy and not the music itself. Lots of bands/record companies do this, but I don't agree with it at all.
 
ponkine said:


Damn, I have to be right, but ... as I announced in 2005 ... ATYCLB III is coming:reject:

What does it mean: Mainstream album, unoriginal, copy-paste effort from ATYCLB, lame, rather boring, predictable, cliche, uninspired, tired and forgettable, filled with mid tempo and slow cliches with just a couple of rock songs as fish hook :shrug:

The title for the next album should be All That U2 Can't Dismantle And Leave Behind

Unfortuneately, this is what I'm expecting. They need a new direction now. Two albums of going back to their roots was one too many. I still listen to ATYCLB and HTDAAB a lot, but the next one had better not be more of the same.
 
GibsonGirl said:

And I agree with Iskra on the "business cycle" nature of album releases. Surely, if the album is good enough, it will sell well regardless of when you release it? Okay, there are the people out there who just want to buy the "hottest thing" for their family and friends at Christmas. To me, that just turns the music into a gimmick. Like the latest technological goodie that everyone wants. It's so stupid. I understand U2 wanting to make lots and lots of money, but it just seems like they trivialise their music when they release it at a time that will guarantee them a high amount of sales; based purely on the Christmas frenzy and not the music itself. Lots of bands/record companies do this, but I don't agree with it at all.

The album becomes like a fad, an in-thing that all the kids are into at the time. :yuck:
 
We know Bono's speech patterns by now. So for him to say "I'd like to think we're doing our best work right now" is the equivalent of saying "things are going well". That's just how he does it. He's not building up anyone's hopes at this point unless you still take statements like that as fact. I happen to use hyperbole a lot in my own statements, and I think it just shows that he's into what the band is doing. Which is a good thing. But the point is, this statement shouldn't bother anyone because a) the only people paying attention to it are hardcore fans and b) we (as hardcore fans) know that this is a generic and essentially meaningless statement from Bono. So our feelings and hopes should all be safe.
 
bram said:
But the point is, this statement shouldn't bother anyone because a) the only people paying attention to it are hardcore fans and b) we (as hardcore fans) know that this is a generic and essentially meaningless statement from Bono. So our feelings and hopes should all be safe.

Yes, but it's terribly annoying. :wink: I can't stand it when people say things that they don't fully believe in. Surely Bono doesn't ACTUALLY believe that the next album will be better than something like The Joshua Tree? If he does believe it, then I'm afraid the man is being a little bit delusional.
 
GibsonGirl said:


Yes, but it's terribly annoying. :wink: I can't stand it when people say things that they don't fully believe in. Surely Bono doesn't ACTUALLY believe that the next album will be better than something like The Joshua Tree? If he does believe it, then I'm afraid the man is being a little bit delusional.

I think he does:confused:
 
Bono...with these damn quotes.

Didn't he say he was writing a bunch of songs with a piano like last week?? now its another guitar driven album again.

i think hanging out with all these people in politics is making him a politician. :wink:
 
LemonMelon said:
"Punk Rock From Venus" was describing the original sessions. You know, the ones that were scrapped?

He wasn't desribing the HTDAAB we got, so stop saying that he was blatantly lying, because he clearly wasn't.

Oh but he was apparently.

It seems the comments he made about Thomas sessions back in 2003 MUST apply to the album that came out in late 2004, with Lillywhite on board. It seems if Edge or Paul McGuiness say the same thing - they're working on a rocking album - about the same time, they are, for some reason, forgiven.
Can't wait for the "but he said they're into hip hop!!" posts when the next one comes out.

I don't see why whatever Bono may or may not say about U2 albums in progress has to turn 100% true. All plans change and he's been using the hype machine for ages. Come to think of it, instead of hanging on to his every word (Ha! he said this and this again! LOOOOOL!), wouldn't it be easier to, I don't know, actually hear the record for yourself before you decide what to think about it?

As for Christmas release "commercialism": all U2 albums except JT and Pop and Zooropa (and out of that, JT and Pop were planned for a fall release) were released in the fall. Funny how only the last two get accused of sales motive. Not that time of release has anything to do with the music itself.

I seemed to miss the part where "I hate to be right...I announced it...ATYCLB III is coming" wasn't posted as a fact, followed by a description what it sounds like.
It also gets annoying when, and this is not just this poster, 99% of someone's posts turn into "U2 post 2000 is crap, I hate ATYCLB, Bano can't sing, it's clear my friends U2 is over, Bomb sucks" etc. The best part, of course is, when people point this out, they get reprimanded asap. You know... "haha! don't reply to him!" "ignore this!" "it's just an opinion! get over it!" "we can't all be sheeps and blind followers!" "but it's a discussion forum!" and oldie but goldie "i don't want to read complaining about complaints!"

What is the point if all you're ever going to do is shit on the last two albums? It can't be healthy to get so negative over music. And if it's stirring things up, well, I hope you get flamed as much as possible for it. Please do not tell me your idea of discussing things is bash-around-the-clock.
At least have the common courtesy and turn off the anti-propaganda (I mean "honest, non-biased, fair" opinion) once in a while. Try posting about album you, um, like? For a change? Like most people here do? Doesn't it get boring, to keep harping on the same albums, over and over and over and over and over and over again?

BTW, yes, we are aware of Ignore button (all it takes is someone quoting the "Ignore" person to see the post anyway). We do not seek such posts, but it's impossible to avoid them when the whole forum is polluted. It has been discussed in Don't expect suggest forum too.

A part of me hopes the next album IS "ATYCLB part II" just so posters doing this will finally knock it off. Or will they? :hmm:

edit: It's HOW it's said, not what is said.
 
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