beachball
Refugee
Jack White - LIB
Patti Smith - UTEOTW
Depece Mode -So Cruel
Damian Rice - One
Now confirmed it's with Q! NOT ON THE AB REMASTER
I was so relieved when I heard about that...
From the Sky Down, Davis Guggenheim's Achtung Baby documentary to premiere at TIFF
- Thread starter powerhour24
- Start date
The friendliest place on the web for anyone that follows U2.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
I was so relieved when I heard about that...
Dragonfave
New Yorker
Thank you!
gvox
Ghost of Love
Dragonfave
New Yorker
chrissybaby
Refugee
Cant watch at the moment.
Is this remastered? Did they mention?
We clearly aren't now getting a video of them playing EVERYTHING off AB in Hansa 2011. So no new LIB or Acrobat... Oh well. Still a great package IMO....
Oh and ChrisEdge, that is fabulous.
Is this remastered? Did they mention?
We clearly aren't now getting a video of them playing EVERYTHING off AB in Hansa 2011. So no new LIB or Acrobat... Oh well. Still a great package IMO....
Oh and ChrisEdge, that is fabulous.
Tyagu_Anaykus
New Yorker
thanks man!
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Cant watch at the moment.
Is this remastered? Did they mention?
We clearly aren't now getting a video of them playing EVERYTHING off AB in Hansa 2011. So no new LIB or Acrobat... Oh well. Still a great package IMO....
Oh and ChrisEdge, that is fabulous.
No mention whatshowever.
gvox
Ghost of Love
And the plot thins...
purpleoscar
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Wow! Bono really is worried about getting on the radio.
Catman
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Wow, that was a surprisingly very candid and sincere moment at the end. Really wonder where the band is going to go next... 
prbiker15
Blue Crack Addict
Wow, that was a surprisingly very candid and sincere moment at the end. Really wonder where the band is going to go next...
Loved the press conference. That last moment at the end was, in my opinion, deep. We shall see what will happen, eventually. It just made me feel uncertain, though.
mr_perfect
The Fly
Loved the press conference. That last moment at the end was, in my opinion, deep. We shall see what will happen, eventually. It just made me feel uncertain, though.
i just watched entertainment tonight canada and on the red carpet last night bono said pretty much the same thing and whether they can come up with something extraordinary or should they end the band. so my belief at this point is hes just playing it up.
mellow moog
War Child
Sheer bloody ego!!!!
How the feck can the guy say they are on the 'edge of irrelevance' when they made some of their best music NOW such as Magnificent, No Line , unknown Caller and Moment of Surrender.
I'm sorry but Bono ROYALLY piusses me off sometimes. He might be an incredible spokesman and campaigner for Africa's and the World's poorest peple but by Christ he doesn't speak for U2 fans!!!!!
How the feck can the guy say they are on the 'edge of irrelevance' when they made some of their best music NOW such as Magnificent, No Line , unknown Caller and Moment of Surrender.I'm sorry but Bono ROYALLY piusses me off sometimes. He might be an incredible spokesman and campaigner for Africa's and the World's poorest peple but by Christ he doesn't speak for U2 fans!!!!!
canedge
Refugee
Sheer bloody ego!!!!
I think sometimes Bono worries to much what the far artistic left say. To hold himself prisoner to something such as 'relevance' is too wide-ranging.
OP
OP
powerhour24
ONE love, blood, life
Someone that specializes in "film footage research" contacted me through YouTube and once I knew a bit more about it, and how much they were offering (Not that that really mattered) and I got a contract, I transfered the original tape to a DV file and sent them the footage. Got the check quite quickly.
The person did mention that the "Editor" REALLLY wanted my footage so she was excited that I was willing to sell it. So fingers crossed that it makes it in...and I get in the credits
That is so awesome, I hope it makes the cut.
oktobergirl
Refugee
Sheer bloody ego!!!!
Because he equates success w how many records they sell and if they do get played on the radio. I understand wanting to get played, they want more people to hear the music. But he goes about explaining it in the wrong way. I also agree w you on the ego part.
Who knows if all of the band agree on this. I think to a point, they do agree on being relevant, but maybe they all have different ideas on what they deem relevant?
OP
OP
powerhour24
ONE love, blood, life
You hit the nail on the head with 'they want more people to hear the music', they also seek to please the fans they've had/made over the course of every era, on top of an insecurity/perfectionism that's always been there, we're blowing the ego out of proportion here. If he was only coasting on ego he wouldn't be flying the 'edge of irrelevance flag', he'd just go on and on about how they just finished the biggest tour in history, and go on about the massive success of AB.
OP
OP
powerhour24
ONE love, blood, life
This review says that it spends frustratingly little time on the actual creative process, which is all Guggenheim and the band talked about while making it, I understand putting things into context and discussing legacy, but I'm hoping we get more footage on the home release.
TIFF ‘11 Review: ‘From The Sky Down’ A Disappointingly Incomplete Look At U2’s “Achtung Baby” > The Playlist
TIFF ‘11 Review: ‘From The Sky Down’ A Disappointingly Incomplete Look At U2’s “Achtung Baby” > The Playlist
dstalksalot
Acrobat
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2001
- Messages
- 320
The reviews I have been reading today all kind of elude that the film feels incomplete. I loved "it might get loud" so that kind of makes me sad.
I'm actually quite concerned by his "edge of irrelevance" remark. Clearly he has taken the perceived failure of NLOTH badly. It makes me think if the next album (studio album number THIRTEEN btw) doesn't sell 9 million and win a few Grammys, that could be IT for U2. If Bono and Edge decides to throw in the towel, there's not much Larry and Adam can do. This is probably just a big over-reaction to a single off-the-cuff comment, I certainly hope so, but there's a feeling of the next record will be their most important since AB.
chrissybaby
Refugee
Goodness. That review is depressing.
On the plus side the last 4 mins of that press conference are the most honest words Bono has spoken since 2004 IMO.
No more punk rock from venus, Edge is on fire bullshit. Just the fucking truth. And it makes me proud of him.
Plus, all the SoA talk etc now makes sense to me. They need to do something properly "new" as a band, as I understand it..
He said the R word...
but really, that is correct. This is their most important album since ATYCLB. They need a reinvention to get relevance (and it's not about sales or radio at all). I think SOA won't cut it. But Danger Mouse might.
An Cat Gav
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
It's a big shame if they really have neglected to talk about the other songs on the album. The Fly is almost as important to Achtung Baby as One.
Oh well, let's wait and see.
Oh well, let's wait and see.
An Cat Gav
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Agreed. If NLOTH had been more of a hit in their eyes I think we would have seen SoA in some form by now.
brooklynmike
Refugee
Just watched the interview. Good stuff. You can tell that Bono had that last part rehearsed and was trying to find a way to sneak it in before the end.
The takeaway message is that we've proven we can blow people away live, and we make some huge songs once in a while, but now we need to make a record that matches JT or AB- something people will listen to all the way through and feel greatness.
The takeaway message is that we've proven we can blow people away live, and we make some huge songs once in a while, but now we need to make a record that matches JT or AB- something people will listen to all the way through and feel greatness.
purpleoscar
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
gherman
New Yorker
I'm glad Bono feels this way and I agree 100% with him. It think the band feels the vulnerable again and need to make something that out of their comfort zone again.
"After some great footage of the band reworking the Achtung songs for Glastonbury this past summer (including an absolutely stunning solo Edge performance of "Love Is Blindness"), the band completes the backstage embrace that opened the film, and takes the stage with a defiantly triumphant version of "Even Better Than The Real Thing" that soars over the end credits."
I cannot wait to see that version of LIB
I cannot wait to see that version of LIB
Similar threads
Latest posts
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ongoing Mass Shooting Thread #3... that's right, a third thread. Because 'Murica.
- Latest: MrsSpringsteen
-
-