HelloAngel
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I think if anything, this is an announcement poster that was NOT supposed to be shipped. Keep in mind, press reps and band associates will deny/not confirm true details until they want to.
HelloAngel said:I think if anything, this is an announcement poster that was NOT supposed to be shipped. Keep in mind, press reps and band associates will deny/not confirm true details until they want to.
gabrielvox said:
I disagree. I think what's being provided as "photo proof" can be held up against historical and contractual fact and validated to a certain degree.
ATYCLB had 9 working titles that actually saw design print, and Pop had no less than 12. That's not even counting the numerous different photo and graphic styles that these titles were pasted onto.
Also, one needn't be a master at record label politics to know that U2 has ALWAYS insisted on strict control on the packaging and presentation of their material. It's part of their contract, and always has been. Page 18 of "Stealing Hearts At a Travelling Show" illustrates this point and shows what happened in the rare occurence when the label did something without their approval ("Fire" single).
Thus, I think forgoing any personal opinion on the matter (I actually quite like Solar, but not the photo), it can be safely stated that there exists a high probability that this 'proof' is either a. a fake or b. an early design idea.
Now, to hold either of those possibilities against logic:
The fact that it has writing on it stating that it's coming from Interscope/Universal (ie, alleging that this promo is already decided upon by U2/Four5One) coupled with the fact that U2's designers publicly stated 4 days ago that they were heading back to begin working on the design, would seem to point to possibility a., that is, a fake.
mmmBono said:AWESOME!!
I so can't wait for this!!!
MrBrau1 said:I heard 1 of the songs in a dream last nite. It was awesome.