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Posted and then taken down from a YouTube page yesterday. Still up on FB.

Absolutely STUNNING capture of Bono’s voice if a.i.

Edge recently said cryptically we’d hear new music “very soon… that’s all I can say”. Bono said they’re making sci-fi folk with Eno. Could this be it??

The Arsonist
 
dan_smee said:
It’s AI. Saw it on YouTube the other day and the description called it new U2 2025 AI
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Yes - that was in my post; it was called A.i.

My suspicion is that U2 is doing artificial artificial intelligence.

Genius marketing we’ll learn about later?

I’ve never heard A.i. make a song that good and represent a voice that well. Ive listened to Bono all the time for more than 40 years - changes and all - and that was absolutely indistinguishable from real Bono.

I was blown away.
 
CedarwoodAWT said:
Yes - that was in my post; it was called A.i.

My suspicion is that U2 is doing artificial artificial intelligence.

Genius marketing we’ll learn about later?

I’ve never heard A.i. make a song that good and represent a voice that well. Ive listened to Bono all the time for more than 40 years - changes and all - and that was absolutely indistinguishable from real Bono.

I was blown away.
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Nonsense. Two things:

- IF they were using AI they would not directly claim it. Artists using AI is absolutely trashed in the industry. When people found out AI was involved in the Beatles releasing Now and Then there was mass outrage even though it was only to separate John’s real voice.

- go to YouTube and type in oasis AI song 2025. There’s plenty and they sound this good. AI is much better than you think at mimicking artists.
 
dan_smee said:
Nonsense. Two things:

- IF they were using AI they would not directly claim it. Artists using AI is absolutely trashed in the industry. When people found out AI was involved in the Beatles releasing Now and Then there was mass outrage even though it was only to separate John’s real voice.

- go to YouTube and type in oasis AI song 2025. There’s plenty and they sound this good. AI is much better than you think at mimicking artists.
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I'll check out Oasis. That would def help convince me. Tho - I'm not too familiar with their stuff.

I didn't mean at all that U2 were using A.i., just that they were sneakily putting something out there and letting it be called A.i.
 
I asked AI to write a U2 song:


Here’s an original U2-inspired song, written with the band’s signature poetic lyrics, soaring emotional themes, and their distinctive blend of introspection and hope.
Title: Wings of the Dawn
(Inspired by U2's style)
[Verse 1]
Under the shadow of a fading sky,
I hear the echoes of a distant cry.
The earth is trembling, the silence loud,
A broken soul lost in the crowd.
But there's a spark, it starts to glow,
In the cracks of a world we used to know.
Through the ashes, a voice takes flight,
A whisper that grows into the night.

[Chorus]
On the wings of the dawn, we’ll rise,
Through the dark, we’ll find our skies.
Love is the fire, the healing light,
Burning through the endless night.

[Verse 2]
I walk the line where oceans meet,
The past and future beneath my feet.
The horizon calls with a siren’s hymn,
Pulling me closer to the edge of sin.
But grace is a rope, it’s pulling me near,
Through the noise, I can finally hear.
A melody ancient, yet so new,
A song that reminds me of you.

[Chorus]
On the wings of the dawn, we’ll rise,
Through the dark, we’ll find our skies.
Love is the fire, the healing light,
Burning through the endless night.

[Bridge]
Oh, the world spins wild in its endless race,
But I found truth in your embrace.
With every fall, I learn to fly,
A million stars ignite the sky.

[Outro]
On the wings of the dawn, we’ll soar,
Through every closed and open door.
The heart of love will never break,
The dawn is ours to awake.
 
Irvine511 said:
I asked AI to write a U2 song:


Here’s an original U2-inspired song, written with the band’s signature poetic lyrics, soaring emotional themes, and their distinctive blend of introspection and hope.
Title: Wings of the Dawn
(Inspired by U2's style)
[Verse 1]
Under the shadow of a fading sky,
I hear the echoes of a distant cry.
The earth is trembling, the silence loud,
A broken soul lost in the crowd.
But there's a spark, it starts to glow,
In the cracks of a world we used to know.
Through the ashes, a voice takes flight,
A whisper that grows into the night.

[Chorus]
On the wings of the dawn, we’ll rise,
Through the dark, we’ll find our skies.
Love is the fire, the healing light,
Burning through the endless night.

[Verse 2]
I walk the line where oceans meet,
The past and future beneath my feet.
The horizon calls with a siren’s hymn,
Pulling me closer to the edge of sin.
But grace is a rope, it’s pulling me near,
Through the noise, I can finally hear.
A melody ancient, yet so new,
A song that reminds me of you.

[Chorus]
On the wings of the dawn, we’ll rise,
Through the dark, we’ll find our skies.
Love is the fire, the healing light,
Burning through the endless night.

[Bridge]
Oh, the world spins wild in its endless race,
But I found truth in your embrace.
With every fall, I learn to fly,
A million stars ignite the sky.

[Outro]
On the wings of the dawn, we’ll soar,
Through every closed and open door.
The heart of love will never break,
The dawn is ours to awake.
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That actually does read a lot like the lyrics to “The Arsonist”.

Apart from the vacuous, vague, semi focused “tanscendy-like” lyrics - I can’t find much else to be suspicious of.

Ive listened enough times to get used to the melodies and dynamics and I flat out dig the song.

The chorus melody is straight up compelling to me.
 
(Opening with a shimmering, echoing guitar delay, reminiscent of "Where the Streets Have No Name")

(Verse 1)
Streetlights paint the alleyway, a cold and dirty gleam
Lance walks on, head held high, lost inside a dream
Of a life beyond these walls, where shadows twist and turn
Where shame is just a word, a lesson never learned

(Chorus)
Born into this neon world, a secret in his soul
His mother's love, a whispered lie, a story left untold
He carries her upon his back, the weight of what she's done
Lance, the son of a scarlet woman, searching for the sun

(Verse 2)
He hears the whispers in the dark, the laughter and the scorn
Sees the judgment in their eyes, a life already torn

But Lance, he builds a wall of pride, a fortress made of stone
To hide the pain, the burning rage, that he has always known

(Chorus)
Born into this neon world, a secret in his soul
His mother's love, a whispered lie, a story left untold
He carries her upon his back, the weight of what she's done
Lance, the son of a scarlet woman, searching for the sun

(Bridge)
With every step, the city sleeps, a symphony of sin
He walks alone, a silhouette, against the pale moon's grin
And in the silence of the night, a question cries out loud
Can innocence survive the fall, beneath the crimson shroud?

(Guitar solo - soaring, passionate, with Edge-like delay and sustain)

(Chorus)
Born into this neon world, a secret in his soul
His mother's love, a whispered lie, a story left untold
He carries her upon his back, the weight of what she's done
Lance, the son of a scarlet woman, searching for the sun

(Outro)
Searching for the sun...
Lance...
(The music fades slowly, leaving a lingering echo of the guitar)
 
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(Opening with a driving guitar riff reminiscent of "Vertigo" with a soaring synth line in the background)

(Verse 1)
Sunrise over Dublin, the city wakes below
Another day is dawning, another seed to sow
But in a quiet corner, a shadow starts to grow
A boy named Leo, with nowhere else to go

(Pre-Chorus)
He walks the cobbled streets, a face among the crowd
Invisible, unnoticed, his voice is never loud
But in his heart a fire, a burning, yearning sound
For the father that he lost, the love he never found

(Chorus)
Leo, oh Leo, the bastard son they say
Born in the shadows, where the secrets hide away
With a voice that echoes, like a distant melody
Searching for the father, who set his spirit free

(Verse 2)
He hears the music playing, on the radio waves
A familiar voice is singing, of glory and of graves
The words cut like a knife, a memory that craves
The man who gave him life, the one he never saves

(Pre-Chorus)
He sees the posters plastered, on every city wall
A rock star with a message, answering freedom's call
But behind the painted smile, a secret starts to crawl
The truth behind the legend, a story yet to fall

(Chorus)
Leo, oh Leo, the bastard son they say
Born in the shadows, where the secrets hide away
With a voice that echoes, like a distant melody
Searching for the father, who set his spirit free

(Bridge)
With a guitar on his shoulder, and a song inside his soul
He takes the stage one evening, to lose all control
The music flows like water, a story to unfold
Of a boy named Leo, a tale yet to be told

(Guitar solo with delay and reverb, building to a crescendo)

(Chorus)
Leo, oh Leo, the bastard son they say
Born in the shadows, where the secrets hide away
With a voice that echoes, like a distant melody
Searching for the father, who set his spirit free

(Outro)
Oh, set him free, set him free
Leo, oh Leo, set him free…

(The music fades out with a final echoing synth line)
 
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(Opening with a shimmering, echoing guitar delay, reminiscent of "Bad")

(Verse 1)
Keyboard warrior, fingers flyin', fire in his words
Spittin' venom, cross the wires, ain't no peace accord
Another forum, battleground, for the righteous and the wrong
He typed a screed, a hateful seed, where did it all go wrong?

(Verse 2)
He countered back, a verbal attack, no saint in this fight
They traded blows, the tension grows, under the pale moonlight
He saw his name, a flicker of shame, a church group in his bio
A wicked thought, a battle fought, with tactics low and sly, oh

(Chorus)
He called his church, a whispered search, for someone in control
To spread the word, her online curse, to condemn his wayward soul

"He's filled with hate, it's not too late, to bring him back to grace"
But all they found, was hollow ground, and a smile upon his face

(Verse 3)
The pastor called, his name enthralled, in his concerned tone
"Brother, dear, what's this I hear? Have you strayed so far from home?"
He laughed out loud, the pious crowd, their judgment swift and sure
"Forgive me, sir, I lost my blur, in that digital sewer"

(Verse 4)
He raged online, his anger blind, his righteousness betrayed
His weaponized faith, a bitter taste, a losing charade
He walked away, into the day, the sunlight on her face
No need to hide, no place inside, for judgment and disgrace

(Chorus)
He called his church, a whispered search, for someone in control
To spread the word, his online curse, to condemn his wayward soul
"He's filled with hate, it's not too late, to bring him back to grace"
But all they found, was hollow ground, and a smile upon his face

(Bridge)
(With a soaring Bono-esque vocal)
Oh, the irony, the hypocrisy, of judging hearts unseen
He built his cage, in digital rage, a prisoner of the screen
He found his peace, his soul released, from the shackles of the fight
In the real world, his colors unfurled, bathed in the morning light

(Instrumental break - Edge-like guitar solo with delay and reverb building to a crescendo)

(Chorus)
He called his church, a whispered search, for someone in control
To spread the word, his online curse, to condemn his wayward soul
"He's filled with hate, it's not too late, to bring him back to grace"
But all they found, was hollow ground, and a smile upon his face

(Outro)
(Fading out with echoing guitar and a final, drawn-out vocalization)
Oooooh, the smile upon
his face...
Oooooh, a smile upon his face...
 
Sounds bloody awful, like Bono has lost all his melodic and melancholic touch and descended into the grim hellish world of Rag n Bone Man or Tom Grennan. Good lord, the future is a terrible fright!
 
Headache in a Suitcase said:
(Opening with a shimmering, echoing guitar delay, reminiscent of "Bad")

(Verse 1)
Keyboard warrior, fingers flyin', fire in his words
Spittin' venom, cross the wires, ain't no peace accord
Another forum, battleground, for the righteous and the wrong
He typed a screed, a hateful seed, where did it all go wrong?

(Verse 2)
He countered back, a verbal attack, no saint in this fight
They traded blows, the tension grows, under the pale moonlight
He saw his name, a flicker of shame, a church group in his bio
A wicked thought, a battle fought, with tactics low and sly, oh

(Chorus)
He called his church, a whispered search, for someone in control
To spread the word, her online curse, to condemn his wayward soul

"He's filled with hate, it's not too late, to bring him back to grace"
But all they found, was hollow ground, and a smile upon his face

(Verse 3)
The pastor called, his name enthralled, in his concerned tone
"Brother, dear, what's this I hear? Have you strayed so far from home?"
He laughed out loud, the pious crowd, their judgment swift and sure
"Forgive me, sir, I lost my blur, in that digital sewer"

(Verse 4)
He raged online, his anger blind, his righteousness betrayed
His weaponized faith, a bitter taste, a losing charade
He walked away, into the day, the sunlight on her face
No need to hide, no place inside, for judgment and disgrace

(Chorus)
He called his church, a whispered search, for someone in control
To spread the word, his online curse, to condemn his wayward soul
"He's filled with hate, it's not too late, to bring him back to grace"
But all they found, was hollow ground, and a smile upon his face

(Bridge)
(With a soaring Bono-esque vocal)
Oh, the irony, the hypocrisy, of judging hearts unseen
He built his cage, in digital rage, a prisoner of the screen
He found his peace, his soul released, from the shackles of the fight
In the real world, his colors unfurled, bathed in the morning light

(Instrumental break - Edge-like guitar solo with delay and reverb building to a crescendo)

(Chorus)
He called his church, a whispered search, for someone in control
To spread the word, his online curse, to condemn his wayward soul
"He's filled with hate, it's not too late, to bring him back to grace"
But all they found, was hollow ground, and a smile upon his face

(Outro)
(Fading out with echoing guitar and a final, drawn-out vocalization)
Oooooh, the smile upon
his face...
Oooooh, a smile upon his face...
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Please stop.

You can have all my money, my house, certain members of my extended family.

I give up. It’s A.i.

Only please don’t do this anymore.
 
CedarwoodAWT said:
Please stop.

You can have all my money, my house, certain members of my extended family.

I give up. It’s A.i.

Only please don’t do this anymore.
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(Opening with a shimmering guitar arpeggio reminiscent of "Cedarwood Road", with a driving bass line entering shortly after)

(Verse 1)
Scrolling through the forum, late at night
Another thread is burning, shining bright
The subject line, it catches my eye
"AI wrote this song, it's all a lie!"
CedarwoodAWT, he's posting again
His anger's rising, like the howling wind

(Chorus)
He says the algorithm, it has no soul
Can't capture the feeling, take control
Of human emotion, the joy and the pain
A machine can't replicate, the pouring rain

Of Bono's lyrics, Edge's guitar
This digital creation, it's gone too far

(Verse 2)
He remembers the Joshua Tree, the Achtung Baby days
When music was real, in a million ways
No silicon chips, no programmed desire
Just four lads from Dublin, setting hearts on fire
Now the world is changing, technology's reign
But CedarwoodAWT, he feels the strain

(Chorus)
He says the algorithm, it has no soul
Can't capture the feeling, take control
Of human emotion, the joy and the pain
A machine can't replicate, the pouring rain

Of Bono's lyrics, Edge's guitar
This digital creation, it's gone too far

(Bridge)
But I wonder, as I read his words so strong
Does he hear the melody, that flows along?
Can he feel the rhythm, deep inside his heart?
Does this digital music, tear him apart?
Or is it just the fear, of the unknown
That makes him reject, what the future has sown?

(Chorus)
He says the algorithm, it has no soul
Can't capture the feeling, take control
Of human emotion, the joy and the pain
A machine can't replicate, the pouring rain

Of Bono's lyrics, Edge's guitar
This digital creation, it's gone too far

(Outro)
CedarwoodAWT, he's holding on tight
To the music he loves, with all his might
But the world keeps spinning, the times they are a-changin'
And the song of the future, is rearranging
(The music fades out with a final echoing guitar chord)
 
A song about Bono at the all you can eat buffet in Las Vegas, written in U2 style

**Endless Plates in the Neon Light**


(Verse 1)

In the city where the lights never fall,

A rumble in the desert, a siren's call,

I’m walking through the dreamers, the lost and the found,

At a table piled high, where the flavors abound.


(Chorus)

Oh, I’m reaching for the sky,

At the all-you-can-eat buffet,

With a heart full of hunger,

And the night slipping away.

In this feast of promises,

I’ll take what I can hold,

With love on my plate,

In a city of gold.


(Verse 2)

The gluttony of hope, it’s never enough,

But we dance with our shadows, we rise above,

Every bite a reminder of dreams we chase,

In this buffet of life, we find our place.


(Chorus)

Oh, I’m reaching for the sky,

At the all-you-can-eat buffet,

With a heart full of hunger,

And the night slipping away.

In this feast of promises,

I’ll take what I can hold,

With love on my plate,

In a city of gold.


(Bridge)

And the laughter surrounds us,

The music in our veins,

While the stories are whispered,

Like the sound of the rain.

Underneath the neon,

We are wild and we’re free,

Every ounce of our being,

A sweet symphony.


(Chorus)

Oh, I’m reaching for the sky,

At the all-you-can-eat buffet,

With a heart full of hunger,

And the night slipping away.

In this feast of promises,

I’ll take what I can hold,

With love on my plate,

In a city of gold.


(Outro)

So here’s to the people, and the dreams we ignite,

At the all-you-can-eat buffet,

We’ll share in the light.

In the echoes of laughter,

In the warmth of the night,

We’ll break bread together,

Under Vegas skies bright
 
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