No Album till Next Winter!

[tackleberry]

Originally posted by Headache in a Suitcase
they've already done enough as it is for me to be a devoted fan FOREVER. bono would have to come out in favor of clubbing baby seals or somethin' for me to even waver on that. i dunno... but i think that's what CORE fans feel. or maybe it's just me... but i don't think so.

Even if Bono "did" come out and say he was in favor of clubbing baby seals, I still think I would be a super fan. But that's my opinion. I mean, I've actually clubbed many a baby seals in my day. So I could be biased.


Hey Headache: I'll be at the Unforgettable Fire show next week too!! These guys rock Flannery's. I love how they play into the wee hours of the night. Last time I saw them they played 11 O clock Tick Tock, for christ's sake!!

[Dorian Gray]

Originally posted by MrBrau1
I don't worship the ground the band walks on, just the music they make. If they're broken up, tell us, I'm happy with their career. If they're making a new album, release it. 4 years to make 12 songs is disgusting , and not very rock and roll. This is something Celine Dion does. 4 years on 12 songs. Try a little harder boys, Radiohead have made 3 albums since 2000, you havent made any.

man this arguement makes very little sense if you think about it. Radiohead have been around a little over a decade, they've released six LPs.
In U2's first 10 years, they released... six LPs.

I've said this before. If, in 10 years, Radiohead are still cranking them out at the same rate, then you'll have an arguement.

[TiaraGurl]

We bitch now but you know we'll all be like when it does come out.

[Chizip]

i see some of you are still in denial

but even winter is later than i would have thought (see sig)

i knew it was bad news when they were displeased with songs they stried to add strings to...

[Convoy]

With this I really don't know what is to be said. It's like a shot to the heart. haha. After all this time having this idea that the album was coming out soon, sometime in March / April / May, and then to suddenly have someone out of no where go "No, not till next winter!" is just a huge let down. All I can say is that I hope this lady is dead wrong and in a few days we hear that Bono clubbed her in the skull for letting us all down ahah, but really I hope that Anton is right over this lady. May is a lot better then December.

[spencr00]

Any kind of official announcement would be great...whether it's March, May, Summer, Winter, or heck, even 2005. I think the more rumors go around, the more pissed off we all get, and the band isnt to blame

[lew07]

I really don't belive that this is true. With all of the talk about a March release and a summer/fall tour. Hell, even Anton said May at the latest. I could see a May or even June, but to jump 6 months ahead of that, that's insane. U2 would never do that. Wait, let the smoke clear and check back to see that this news was just bullshit.

[Reggie Thee Dog]

Don't believe the "hype", this is just an angry ploy to get people to stop calling and inquiring about the new album. I have stated all along that it is my belief that the album is in the can and being readied for release. Regine is just pissed at all the people bugging her.

[cseggleton]

I was just on U2.Com and it is the most boring U2 site out there. I mean I appreciate the Peter and the Wolf stuff but it really should have exclusive stuff on their. Anyone U2 fan has access to everything on their site at other U2 fan sites (Kudos to Interference and U2Log) for keeping us up to date on stuff (some real some not real)....by the way Anderson Cooper on CNN is getting ready to do a story about Bono and the F Bomb. On another note I typically do not get too caught up in the release date stories but I agree with some folks on the fact that U2 and their people should probably not drop hints at album release dates such as early spring or May (Anton!) and then send a press release out to interference acting like we are just making up rumors. So I suggest U2 put a timeline on U2.com that shows the progress of the album and it should be a day by day timeline for example (December 13 no new progress today...Bono was in Canada today at a political convention. January..no new progress today Edge was at the Whatever convention in Vegas to look at new Orgasmatrons...blah blah blah)

[Axver]

Originally posted by MrBrau1
How long is too long? 4, 5, 6 years to make a cd? You spend 4 years on an album and it better be top 10 of all time good. They're losing more than "fringe"people here, they are cutting into their core. I know plenty of fans who've all but forgotten about U2.

By your logic, The Beatles and Elvis should be totally forgotten about and unheard-of.

[MrBrau1]

Originally posted by Axver


By your logic, The Beatles and Elvis should be totally forgotten about and unheard-of.

You mean someone out there is expecting a newly recorded Beatles or Elvis CD? Did McCartney say it should be out in the spring as U2 have? Perhap Elvis will be rising from the grave to put out his Fall release? There is a difference between an active and retired artist. Don't you see that?

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Originally posted by tackleberry

Hey Headache: I'll be at the Unforgettable Fire show next week too!! These guys rock Flannery's. I love how they play into the wee hours of the night. Last time I saw them they played 11 O clock Tick Tock, for christ's sake!!

check out the thread re: the show in Gatherings

[bayernfc]

Originally posted by kobayashi
this is a PR ploy.

That's exactly what I said when I read the "Statement"!

[The_acrobat]

Originally posted by bayernfc


That's exactly what I said when I read the "Statement"!

Why does everyone think it's a ploy? Does anybody have any evidence to make them believe otherwise? I'll take the word of U2's management over the word of a few people who have "unidentified sources".

[innocent_eyes]

Well, that "news" is sort of a heartbreaker, but i'm gonna ignore it for now, and just be patient from now on. I was getting too worked up about the new cd coming, i was losing my mind waiting for it! Now, i'll just sit back, listen to what we have, and be pleased when i hear the new album single!

As for U2 potentially wanted to perfect and re-work some things, all i have to say is that they must feel the pressure of trying to top the last album and are a bit nervous of the new release. They definetly don't want to have another "pop" episode. (which i think is nutz cuz the pop cd is Super cool! I think the image killed it, but the music was cool!)

Anyway, i respect the fact that they want to produce a great album. They could just throw out any "crap" album and they know they'd make a fortune for it. If it says U2, people WILL buyu it. Even Pop sold alot, although some people thought it was weak.
I guess it would be the respect they have to their fans if they ever made a decision to re-work and improve an album.

[lew07]

What i found a little weird is that this news says nothing about re-working an album, it actually doesn't give any reasoning to the delay, thats why i think it's a bunch of B.S.

[JOFO]

Originally posted by cseggleton
Fuck . U2 can do whatever they want. Headache is dead on. As for the Radiohead stuff. U2 could do that in their sleep and you know what the last 3 radiohead albums will never be remembered. so i guess what it boils down to is people get a life and the album comes out when the boys want it to.

Too bad you're dead wrong. U2 couldn't "do" (I guess meaning compose ) the material that Radiohead has on their last 3 albums; which is fine with me...I prefer the uplifting music u2 makes, and go to Radiohead for the darkness and bite....but no matter what I prefer; U2 are not musically capable of those albums, pure and simple: it's far more complex than anything U2 has ever done or CAN do. sorry. and Radiohead WILL be remembered for those.

next:
if this is true and the new U2 album is not coming out until winter 2004/2005, that is some sad fucking shit. It's one thing if they said: "we want to spend time with our families and go to the zoo with our kids and sail around the world in a rowboat and count the grass in Ireland and knit each other sweaters INSTEAD of working on an album".
But they haven't said that.

"We want to capture the momentum"
"It's a monster"
"The edge is on fire"

yeah? well where the fuck is it?


I'm saving my harshest criticism if this is proven true. until then I'm going to pretend I never heard it and hope for a spring release.

spring 2004 that is.

[DaveC]

Originally posted by JOFO



Too bad you're dead wrong. U2 couldn't "do" (I guess meaning compose ) the material that Radiohead has on their last 3 albums; which is fine with me...I prefer the uplifting music u2 makes, and go to Radiohead for the darkness and bite....but no matter what I prefer; U2 are not musically capable of those albums, pure and simple: it's far more complex than anything U2 has ever done or CAN do. sorry. and Radiohead WILL be remembered for those.

next:
if this is true and the new U2 album is not coming out until winter 2004/2005, that is some sad fucking shit. It's one thing if they said: "we want to spend time with our families and go to the zoo with our kids and sail around the world in a rowboat and count the grass in Ireland and knit each other sweaters INSTEAD of working on an album".
But they haven't said that.

"We want to capture the momentum"
"It's a monster"
"The edge is on fire"

yeah? well where the fuck is it?


I'm saving my harshest criticism if this is proven true. until then I'm going to pretend I never heard it and hope for a spring release.

spring 2004 that is.

I agree totally.

I do think this is true until proven otherwise. I'll believe a news item from a U2-related company over some news someone has from some unidentified source ie a friend who knows a guy who works with a girl who is the sister-in-law to a guy who lives in Dublin who knows a guy who met Ali once at the grocery store.

[Moonlit_Angel]

People, Bono has been known to say up to recently that it would be a spring/summer release. It isn't all just "unidentified sources" saying this stuff.

Originally posted by lew07
What i found a little weird is that this news says nothing about re-working an album, it actually doesn't give any reasoning to the delay, thats why i think it's a bunch of B.S.

Good point.

Also, to everything Headache's saying... .

Seriously, while I personally love Pop, I just know that some people who are impatient with this album's release would, once it came out, be upset because it didn't sound the way they were hoping it would, and the band themselves might be unhappy with the results of some of the songs, and then there'd be even more arguing a la Pop (geez, not long after I joined this site, there were people still arguing about whether or not Pop was good-and it came out in the late 90s!), and I don't know about you guys, but I'm guessing a lot of people really don't want to go through that again. And I don't think U2 does, either. Why do you think they've taken their time with ATYCLB, and now this album?

Angela

[intedomine]

Im an aussie so winter 2004 means potentially a june release down under, so heres hoping the u2 management team are talking in southern hemisphere terms........