New vid on U2.com!

[bram]

Yeah, I was one of them.

Anyway, could it be that this song is "For your love", the one Edge talked about in an interview a while ago?

Yeah, I think it might be. And it would fit in with his excitement over the riff (wasn't that the track?).

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

only love can save us!

 

[bathiu]

so the solo in song#4 is on lap steel/slide guitar first time since Surrender, I think

if they take it on tour maybe we'll hear Surrender again

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

I like the crunchy riff


But what a sad waste of a banana

 

[bram]

While the trend hasn't been completely consistent, it seems as if if the videos are going to be getting better and better at supplying spoilers/music. However, it makes you wonder how long they've known that they weren't going to put the album out in 2008. The videos seem like they have been timed to the current release schedule for months.

 

[SamuelSmeloc]

What does Bono say at the end of the video? "I think that melody..."?

 

[Roland of Gilead]

Wow! Now I'm getting excited. I have avoided the beach clips so far, so this stuff is really news to me. I like it a lot.

 

[popacrobat]

I do not think this is For Your Love. For your Love I believe to be the more bad-ass riffed one from a couple months ago when bono shouts out verse, chorus! also the same riff from edgeback or whatever. Could be wrong. But I'm pretty sure we have a clip that has that riff in it (The HQ clip, the first one) where you can pretty clearly hear bono saying, "Im running to the surface for your love" and this song is definitely different.

 

[Hoodlem]

The guitar riff that edge is playing here is so deceptively simple. When you hear it with the chord structure underneath, the true brilliance is revealed (as heard in beach clip 4). This chord sequence and riff is easily one of the best things I've heard from them this decade. Add Bono's amazing vocals (assuming the lyrics aren't terrible), Larry's awesome extended drum rolls, and Adams awesome bass part, plus that ambient break in the middle before edges amazing slide solo, and we've got some classic U2 on our hands right here. This song is the real deal folks.

 

[ndmaxfield]

This guitar part reminds me of "Heartland" a little bit...

 

[bram]

The guitar riff that edge is playing here is so deceptively simple. When you hear it with the chord structure underneath, the true brilliance is revealed (as heard in beach clip 4). This chord sequence and riff is easily one of the best things I've heard from them this decade. Add Bono's amazing vocals (assuming the lyrics aren't terrible), Larry's awesome extended drum rolls, and Adams awesome bass part, plus that ambient break in the middle before edges amazing slide solo, and we've got some classic U2 on our hands right here. This song is the real deal folks.

I agree with everything here, and I also think that this song has the potential to be at a level rarely (if ever) achieved by U2 in the last 15 years. A song that may be an instant (and long-term) classic.

Edit: And the thing that has me really excited is that some of the other tracks appear to have serious potential as well...and the band seems to be confident/determined that this album will be something very special.

 

[DoctorMacPhisto]

this is most definitely beach clip 4, this made my day

 

[waynetravis]

Cannot wait!!

 

[OrARoundabout]

oooh, something a bit more interesting today.

http://media.u2.com/flash/highlights/edgeputitdown.swf

Muy interesante...doesn't reveal shit though. Reminds me of "Heartland"

 

[djerdap]

It looks like there's lot of "Loves" on this album (For Your Love, Only Love...). Not a good thing.

 

[quadcaster]

It looks like there's lot of "Loves" on this album (For Your Love, Only Love...). Not a good thing.

No no! This is a GOOD thing!

After all: Lyrical coherence is one step closer (no pun intened ) to a coherent and wonderful album

 

[Hoodlem]

It looks like there's lot of "Loves" on this album (For Your Love, Only Love...). Not a good thing.

Love Is Blindness
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Love Comes Tumbling
Love Rescue Me

I don't get it...are these songs somehow worse because they have the word "love" in the title? How about we wait and judge the songs on how good they actually are? Of course that would require hearing them first.

I would take an album of "love" titles if they were all of the quality that "only love" seems to be.

 

[bonocomet]

oooh that guitar he's playing looks exactly like one of my husbands guitars. cool clip!

 

[Irishteen]

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f196/new-video-on-u2-com-pt-2-a-190689.html

 

[abelives]

It sounds really good!

 

[gujuju]

not sure if somebody else already wrote this, but could it be this "only love" song (aka beach clip 4) that shows up in the "edgeback" u2.com video (2nd song in the clip - edge is sitting and strumming the guitar)?