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as good a rumour as any.
I'm gonna start a rumour. Album is released April 1.
I have a feeling - just a feeling - that Adam will leave U2 within the next 12 months. The dude is moving to London, has a young family, and just seems like he genuinely has had enough. And U2 will replace him with a 25 year old hip kid who will jump up and down on stage ala RHCP's Flea.
Article about Ad's home renovation
Planning bid by U2 star is rejected as 'invalid' - Independent.ie
Nope. He's been reportedly adding to the house in Danesmoate (there was an article published last month I believe about trouble obtaining permits). Not to mention the Brazilian is not the mother of his children. And he was the bachelor for many a year while the other three married and had kids. No one is jumping ship.
Except maybe the Brazilian. But that would be wishful thinking.
Happy by Pharell is currently the #1 song in the united states according to billboard, but some guy who saw Dallas outside 30 Rock said it was actually Wind Beneath My Wings, so I'm gonna go with that.
I didn't think Bette Middler could top the charts after all this time, buy I guess I was wrong.
hey gvox ..how do i have a picture at the bottom like yours..(chicks) i have this pic i wanna put there
Makes you wonder how many people will die between now and the actual release date.
Yeah. It's not fair to put all of this on the band. Yes, there will be long-time fans who miss out on the next U2 album because of health issues, car crashes, and old age. But that's always going to be the case.
The band has a massive catalog of songs and has toured an incredible number of years and nights.
I'm really upset if it's true that there won't be an album for perhaps a 6th year. But in the end the band has given us all an embarrassment of riches. If they were to break up tomorrow and delete everything in the vault, we'd still have a collection of songs with quality and depth to put any other band in history to shame.
I agree with this, and I said some time ago here, that U2 is in a unique position, probably the first rock band so situated, well, ever.
Certainly, there have been and are still bands who have been around 30+ years and still touring/making music. But of U2's stature? And trying to make relevant music that competes with contemporary artists (i.e. not just be a legacy act)? I don't think any band has ever been here before. My beloved Rush has been around as long as U2, and still are putting out music and touring, but they have absolutely no illusions or attempts at real relevancy or playing beyond their own fan base.
So in that way, I really, really admire these guys for what they're trying to do...stay vital and still compete in the arena. They may fail spectacularly, but at least they won't go into that good night quietly. As the biggest band in the world, fabulously wealthy, and as musicians whose legacy is assured no matter what they do from this point out, U2 is in the unique position of simeltaneously having everything and nothing to lose.
What the hell, since I already quoted Seneca:
For those of you who are screaming for U2 to retire or call it a day: The day they'll announce their splitting or that they won't be making music any longer will be the day all of you will be sitting in a corner crying your eyes out.
I agree with this, and I said some time ago here, that U2 is in a unique position, probably the first rock band so situated, well, ever.
Certainly, there have been and are still bands who have been around 30+ years and still touring/making music. But of U2's stature? And trying to make relevant music that competes with contemporary artists (i.e. not just be a legacy act)? I don't think any band has ever been here before. My beloved Rush has been around as long as U2, and still are putting out music and touring, but they have absolutely no illusions or attempts at real relevancy or playing beyond their own fan base.
So in that way, I really, really admire these guys for what they're trying to do...stay vital and still compete in the arena. They may fail spectacularly, but at least they won't go into that good night quietly. As the biggest band in the world, fabulously wealthy, and as musicians whose legacy is assured no matter what they do from this point out, U2 is in the unique position of simeltaneously having everything and nothing to lose.
What the hell, since I already quoted Seneca:
How long passed between the band abandoning the Chris Thomas songs and releasing HTDAAB? Was that longer than 8 months? Why does the band have such little confidence they could do the same with so many songs already in the pipeline? How do they already know late 2014 isn't even a possibility?
True, here in Norway invisible is invisible, have not heard it on radio yet, and most people dont know about that song, it just passed on in silence.
And i agree with you OL is better, it has the structure of a real organic song, invisible is just a mess.
Ok, another solution. Bring on the deleted songs in digital stand alone songs just for their fanbase. This can be done without a lot of promotion. I hope they care about their longtime fans....
Me,neither.Doctor who:
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Originally Posted by ClaytonsKitten
*cough*NLOTH*cough*
Barring a few "off" tracks, I thought NLOTH was their best output since AB.
So no coughing for me.
U2's tenacity and artistic daring pay off in Horizon's towering splendor, says Blender editor Joe Levy.
"It combines two moments: the epic grandeur of The Joshua Tree and the experimental audio research of Achtung Baby and Zooropa," he says. "They're at a point where they can be the biggest band in the world and still be edgy, with a capital 'E' in this case. They haven't come out swinging this hard and reaching this high since Joshua. On the surface,
it's classic U2. Put on the headphones, and you hear an album every bit as sonically ambitious as Achtung Baby."
Horizon's immediacy, nimble complexities and clear messages cement U2's standing as the only veteran rock band with consistent artistic relevance and commercial clout, he says.