New U2 Album in 2012?

[Irvine511]

Bet there are good pastries in those meetings.

how else to explain this?

 

[Babydoll]

The Noshua Tree?

 

[Chill Mike D]

"Non-campaign year" - for pretty much every McGuinness quote, my mental image of him delivering it has him in front of a Powerpoint presentation. Bet there are good pastries in those meetings.

I bet the food at any McGuinness meeting is fucking fantastic.

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

i smoked hash with McGuinness once, afterwards we had a lot of food (and beverages). Then we went to a private VIP party and he got very friendly with some of the strippers. McGuinness + hash + buffet + booze + strippers = Dracula's Castle

 

[Vlad n U 2]

He didn't try to eat them, did he?

 

[U2girl]

Concert promoters expect good things in 2012 - latimes.com

Non- campaign - no tour. Pretty obvious since the last tour wrapped up in 2011.

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

He didn't try to eat them, did he?

My memory of this event is a little foggy, but i think the aliens flew in and took away the girls, we were left with only pie and cocktails.

 

[Niceman]

iirc, dan the automator has had programming, mixing and production credits for the likes of:

Depeche mode
kasabian
dredg
primal scream
gorillaz
miles kane

lovage.

 

[BWU2Buffs]

I think U2 are going to try to manage the impossible. Make a great record that is;

A- a HUGE seller with lots of hits that appeals to the kids and the adults
B- a great artistic acheivement that oozes relevance for the critics and hipsters
C- something that both pushes new boundaries, but is still true to the legacy of U2.

And to be honest, I think they just might be able to pull it off. It'll take not only a great album with a great producer, but also a marketing genius. It's difficult, but it is possible to market a band of 50 somethings to teenagers... just need that right angle. That's for somebody better paid than myself to figure out.

I'm pushing 50, the only album I recall coming close to A, B and C is Thriller -- and I'm not sure it had much of C in it.

Pulling off the "50 somethings to teenagers" trick will likely require two songs as background for Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 4 in 18 months or so IMO.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

I'm pushing 50, the only album I recall coming close to A, B and C is Thriller -- and I'm not sure it had much of C in it.

Pulling off the "50 somethings to teenagers" trick will likely require two songs as background for Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 4 in 18 months or so IMO.

Err... that's why you're pushing 50! I kid. But really, I don't think that's the best idea there...

 

[Danny Boy]

So I turned 15 in 1987. I'm trying to think of a band that hit their artistic peak in say, 1962, and was still churning out chart-topping records that appealed to both me and the critics in the mid 80s.

Nothing's coming to me.

 

[Niceman]

So I turned 15 in 1987. I'm trying to think of a band that hit their artistic peak in say, 1962, and was still churning out chart-topping records that appealed to both me and the critics in the mid 80s.

Nothing's coming to me.

Maybe if Lennon hadn't died?

 

[Danny Boy]

And Yoko hadn't lived.

 

[Niceman]

Bowie was doing amazing work in the 1990s.

 

[Danny Boy]

Agreed, but Bowie's artistic peak was in the 70s and his 90s work wouldn't fulfill the criteria that Acrobat laid out.

I'm not saying that U2 couldn't still put out "amazing work." I think they just need to leave the teeny bopper demographic to the Gaga's of the world and write some music that speaks to themselves.

 

[Niceman]

Agreed, but Bowie's artistic peak was in the 70s and his 90s work wouldn't fulfill the criteria that Acrobat laid out.

I'm not saying that U2 couldn't still put out "amazing work." I think they just need to leave the teeny bopper demographic to the Gaga's of the world and write some music that speaks to themselves.

Sure, but it's a similar gap of time.

Funny that Eno worked with both.

 

[Hollow Island]

Bowie was doing amazing work in the 1990s.

Yeah, but he only made that amazing work once he stopped giving a shit about what anyone thought. U2 would never do anything as out-there as Outside, and I think that's easily his best album since the 70s, and better than a few he put out during that run.

U2 need to stop caring and do exactly what they want, and then they could have a record that is a hits, sells well, and is respected. It's unlikely it would happen then simply because of their age. Old bands don't have hits.

As an aside, Bowie's run from 72-80 was the greatest stretch of music made since Mozart's last years.

 

[Niceman]

Yeah, but he only made that amazing work once he stopped giving a shit about what anyone thought. U2 would never do anything as out-there as Outside, and I think that's easily his best album since the 70s, and better than a few he put out during that run.

U2 need to stop caring and do exactly what they want, and then they could have a record that is a hits, sells well, and is respected. It's unlikely it would happen then simply because of their age. Old bands don't have hits.

As an aside, Bowie's run from 72-80 was the greatest stretch of music made since Mozart's last years.

I don't think Bowie cared any less about what people thought when he made Outside, or Earthling, than he did when he made Tin Machine 2. He just hit the creative motherload. Also, I think Eno really is the common factor. He knows how to make artists start again. The best thing that ever happened to our boys was getting adopted by Uncle Brian!

ETA: Also, I think Bowie was ALWAYS more out there than U2, on his good albums and less good.

 

[doctorwho]

We're already 1/12 of the way through this year so that's the mild bright side.

Still 10 months left. One never knows! Maybe they'll do a "Zooropa" type of thing.

 

[Rachel D.]

Edge was on CNN and said they're working on new material but there's no concrete release date.

 

[Globo14]

Edge was on CNN and said they're working on new material but there's no concrete release date.

Every artist says that every time they're on break. Apparently they're ALWAYS working on new music.

 

[nielsgov]

Does anyone know if they're actually in a studio somewhere, the four of them? Or is Bono still touring Africa?

 

[waynetravis]

U2′s recording gear moved out of Hanover Quay studio | U2 Online

 

[BVS]

Does anyone know if they're actually in a studio somewhere, the four of them? Or is Bono still touring Africa?

They are in my basement setting up their gear as we speak. They have two months and then all their bank accounts are emptied into an off shore account that will be distributed to active interference members. If they record an album worthy of release before that timeline they get to keep their money.

"Worthy of release" will be determined by certain interference members. Stayed tuned for further notice to see how and if you'll be chosen for this process.

The office of BVS

 

[nielsgov]

I hope their postcounts won't be too high, otherwise they'll make all the wrong decisions.

 

[popacrobat]

Does anyone know if they're actually in a studio somewhere, the four of them? Or is Bono still touring Africa?

I follow @U2 on twitter, and they've been posting pictures/stories of him vacationing in Peru lately.

 

[digitize]

They are in my basement setting up their gear as we speak. They have two months and then all their bank accounts are emptied into an off shore account that will be distributed to active interference members. If they record an album worthy of release before that timeline they get to keep their money.

"Worthy of release" will be determined by certain interference members. Stayed tuned for further notice to see how and if you'll be chosen for this process.

The office of BVS

This would be amazing

 

[bono_man2002]

Edge was on CNN and said they're working on new material but there's no concrete release date.

At this point in the 'U2 next album time frame'. When does the Edge ever say anything different?

 

[Niamh_Saoirse]

U2 need to stop caring and do exactly what they want, and then they could have a record that is a hits, sells well, and is respected.
.

Thank you! My thoughts exactly.

 

[Super Yo]

Thank you! My thoughts exactly.

Who says U2 didn't do what they want?