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bonocomet said:
I'm not sure they won't just put Beautiful Day on it as well. Just because it was added to the end of the previous decade doesn't mean it can't be included as the beginning of the 00's. It really would make no sense to leave it off, even if it has already been on the other group. Sure there are going to be a few people crying OMG they already put it on one of these! But I bet the majority of the audience they are reaching for with a collection like this would not care, and would probably care more to find it not on there.
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This is what I think, too. It was silly to include Beautiful Day and Stuck on the 90-00 disc, but it'd be even sillier to leave it off the 00-10 disc. The only people who are really going to care are people like us who have all the songs in multiple forms already anyway.
 
Why is everyone assuming that it will be a new Best-Of? I would be surprised if they patented a new logo just to re-release some old stuff, especially since we are approaching the right timeframe for a new album cycle. Although I'm sure the arch-pessimists around here can give plenty of reasons to think that there won't be a new album until 2016 or whatever. :wink:
 
For a band that want to be seen as relevant and not in their 'greatest hits phase', the very last thing they should do is another 'hits' compilation.

You don't think they realize this?

cobl04 said:
But weren't the 80s and 90s best ofs part of their contract with Mercury or whoever it was? Wasn't U218 the fulfilment of that contract? Then they got out? I don't think we'll see an 00s best of.
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Yeah, that was the deal with Island, I believe. 3 contractual 'hits' albums. The 3rd was theoretically supposed to be a full Best Of (2000-2010) but when U2 jumped ship to Mercury, they pacified Island (because this is all under the umbrella of Universal) by giving them that 3rd compilation (U218) earlier rather than later - because there would have been a conflict on what became NLOTH (which was released on Mercury.) Although apparently Island still was in on NLOTH, so it's all a clusterfuck to me. All North American releases are Interscope which is also owned by Universal.

So...the long and the short of it is - Universal would no longer be able to 'force' U2 to release any compilation, whether it is on Interscope or Mercury.

And why would U2 want to do it at this point and time?
Right when they are trying to convince people they are still relevant.
 
Niceman said:
In my opinion, they shouldn't even think about another Best-Of until they have at least 2 more albums out.
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Yeah. It would send exactly the opposite message they want right now...and there's no need for it.

If they must dip into the back catalogue, there's still the R&H and Pop reissues to put out there. I'd much rather have one of those (preferably R&H) next year than a Best Of with some throwaway "new" single.
 
Nick66 said:
Yeah. It would send exactly the opposite message they want right now...and there's no need for it.

If they must dip into the back catalogue, there's still the R&H and Pop reissues to put out there. I'd much rather have one of those (preferably R&H) next year than a Best Of with some throwaway "new" single.
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Yeah, remasters should be the ONLY products they even consider releasing until they have a couple more albums out there.
 
If they are in fact going to release a best of 2000-2010, it'd be absolutely insane to not put BD and Stuck on it, considering those are 2 of 3 songs from the 00s decade that made a real lasting impression. They put those 2 on 90-00 to boost sales amongst the casuals, and they'll do the same with this release, should it happen. If they release it I'm sure they'll be a couple new songs on it, so I say bring it!
 
IMO none of the songs from ATYCLB should be on the 90-00 compilation. I'm sure the band just thought putting those songs on there would boost sales (which it probably did), but the 90's stuff is so unique and distinct from what came after that the later material just seems out of place there. But of course everyone here knows that.

In any event, yes, if there is a 00-10 compilation (which there should be), obviously ATYCLB should be represented there.
 
If they released a Best of 2000-2010 and didn't include ATYCLB, then it would only serve to point out that they only released two albums in that timeframe. If they did include ATYCLB, which was already on a Best Of and on 18 Singles (as was Vertigo), then it would just make them look desperate to add filler, since they only released two albums this past decade. Either way, another Best Of should be subtitled We Got Nothin,' But Here's Vertigo and Beautiful Day Again. :wink:
 
elevated_u2_fan said:
Wasnt Stuck released as a single in 2001? The hell is it doing on there anyhow?
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I suppose having Beautiful Day alone wasn't enough, so they went with another single that was originally on an album released in 2000.

Oh, ATYCLB... unfortunately released on an even-numbered year ending in -0 and leading to so many arguments as a result! :D
 
They need to regrow their balls and release a new album this year (there must be enough material by now). A fourth greatest hits compilation (amidst the reissued albums) just screams "Heritage Act". Glorifying their past because their future has dried up.
 
I would absolutely love if they released something from the Rattle and Hum era with actual good quality uncut unreleased footage but with the whole "From The Sky Down" documentary how they "thought they became overblown and sucked live during that era" and the gigantic achtung baby re-release I highly doubt they are going to do Rattle and Hum directly after that. It doesnt make sense.

Maybe they will do "Pop" as how they expanded on their "coolness" or whatever with a follow up album in a new direction expanding on that?
 
Gonna Run 2 U said:
I would absolutely love if they released something from the Rattle and Hum era with actual good quality uncut unreleased footage but with the whole "From The Sky Down" documentary how they "thought they became overblown and sucked live during that era" and the gigantic achtung baby re-release I highly doubt they are going to do Rattle and Hum directly after that. It doesnt make sense.

Maybe they will do "Pop" as how they expanded on their "coolness" or whatever with a follow up album in a new direction expanding on that?
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elevated_u2_fan said:
Lol, they kind of hate both albums by the sounds of it...
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Not really.

There's a difference between how the reacted to the supposed rejection of R&H and Pop.

With R&H, they've distanced themselves from the image they created during that period. They've never really distanced themselves from that music (which remains among their best), which has pretty much remained in tour rotation. Their comments over the years, including in FTSD, bear this out. I've never heard them say they "hated" any of the music from R&H...just their image during that time.

The rejection of Pop was more about the music itself, and it's that music they've distanced themselves from. Again, this is pretty well reflected in their (usually negative) comments about Pop over the years, which are always about the music itself.

Having said that, I don't think any of this has any bearing on what the next reissue will be...though I suspect it will be R&H.
 
I just saw on atu2's Twitter that the logo patented was the JT-era wings logo. Bummer. :(

Does this mean that they're planning to use it again, or did they just now notice that it wasn't patented?
 
Rachel D. said:
I just saw on atu2's Twitter that the logo patented was the JT-era wings logo. Bummer. :(

Does this mean that they're planning to use it again, or did they just now notice that it wasn't patented?
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It is the 25th anniversary of the album, but would they really do something with it even though they did 5 years ago for the 20th anniversary?
 
Nick66 said:
The rejection of Pop was more about the music itself, and it's that music they've distanced themselves from. Again, this is pretty well reflected in their (usually negative) comments about Pop over the years, which are always about the music itself.
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Yeah, they hate Pop so much, they remixed Crazy Tonight to sound almost exactly like Discotheque and made it a setlist regular.
 
lazarus said:
Yeah, they hate Pop so much, they remixed Crazy Tonight to sound almost exactly like Discotheque and made it a setlist regular.
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Um, thanks for proving my point. If they love Discotheque so much, why not just play, um Discotheque? Think about that one.

Oh, here's an idea...for the next tour, they should take some random song off the next album, remix it for the tour to sound like Streets, and play that (but not Streets). That will show everyone how much they love Streets!!!!

Hey, they also loved Pop so much they remixed all those songs for the 90-00 compilation album!

They love it so much they distance themselves from the record every chance they get!

Do try to make sense with your next comment.
 
They clearly have issues with how they recorded that album. But if the sound is something they felt audiences aren't interested in, then why even go in that direction?

Nice work on the false equivalence with your Streets scenario, though.
 
The_acrobat said:
If they are in fact going to release a best of 2000-2010, it'd be absolutely insane to not put BD and Stuck on it, considering those are 2 of 3 songs from the 00s decade that made a real lasting impression. They put those 2 on 90-00 to boost sales amongst the casuals, and they'll do the same with this release, should it happen. If they release it I'm sure they'll be a couple new songs on it, so I say bring it!
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We've gone around this merry-go-round so many damn times.....
 
Rachel D. said:
I just saw on atu2's Twitter that the logo patented was the JT-era wings logo. Bummer. :(

Does this mean that they're planning to use it again, or did they just now notice that it wasn't patented?
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To me this points toward a Rattle and Hum reissue, since that album was spawned by The Joshua Tree Tour. I could easily see them incorporating that winged logo into the deluxe R&H artwork somewhere.
 
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