Utoo said:Yeah, let's get back to talking about Rick Rubin.
ponkine said:
Yes, you're right
Well, talking about Rubin, I really don't see what good U2 can be released from his hands I mean, he's a US producer heavily oriented to US bands and corporate industry.
Just to name Nu Metal calls to mind the crap he can produce. Also, he is famous for having "stripped-down" sound, I mean, the stupid excuse about being "direct, emotional, etc" to sound rough, lack of arrangements, dry, flat, and often with too much compression and clipping...
If you can think about his style, you can notice his sound could be exactly as ATYCLB
I can see Rubin leaving all the cheap and fake "emotional" Bono takes as Sometimes You Can't Make It, In A Little While, A Man And A Woman, etc for the final master take of each song. That's exactly what Bono wants, surely. He won't even try to sing decent and he will keep drinking and smoking while he's recording the album, because Rubin like that s*** sound in the voice because it's "emotional". Meanwhile Bono will be allowed to travel around the world, and then "sing" overnight with raspy rough voice a couple of takes per song, and that's all!
U2 have been recording songs intended just for US market since 2000, that's nothing new. With Rubin the situation won't be different at all: A US coporate producer producing "songs" by a US band (let's face it, U2 aren't an Irish band anymore) who write songs for the Super Bowl, Grammy, MTV and all that US money machine industry.
Finally, Rubin is working with such sellouts as Metallica and Linkin Park ... what good U2 could expect from him?
In case you don't know, Rubin has produced Justin Timberlake, Courtney Love, Weezer, Limp Biskit, South Park, etc ...
Agreed. That sounds very interesting. Do you have access to that thread under your subscribed threads? If so, could you post the link? Thanks!jinn77 said:I remember when rubin originally stated he wanted to work with U2, I started a thread on it. I'm recollecting from memory but he said something along the lines of "it will be different, but it will still be U2"
That's good enough for me.
LyricalDrug said:It's gonna be a punk record, I bet. Stripped-down, bare, and raw. Lots of Vertigo, Last Night On Earth, Elevation, and All Because of You - style songs.
LemonMelon said:
Mmm...
But really, are you calling Elevation stripped down? The album version sounds like Britney Spears' cover of I Want Rock N' Roll sped up.
Headache in a Suitcase said:am i the only one who wants eno and lanois to not have their hands on any of this whatsoever?
Reggie Thee Dog said:
No Headache, I'm with you on this one. I'm ready for something different. Especially if they working with a 'sellout'!!! I mean Eno and Lanois never made music that was consider 'sellout' did they? Think about the 'little' bands they work with...some group called the Talking Heads (did they ever sell many records?) Some guy named Bob Dylan. Who's this Peter Gabriel dude Lanois produced? Some nancy-boy named David Bowie. I mean look at that motley crew. Eno and Lanois would never produce some big named star's album. They're not sellouts...no way!!!
Marko said:Difference between these bands is that those produced by Eno will be remembered 20 years from now, while some of rubins projects are already forgoten...
Headache in a Suitcase said:
but hey, eno created the start up sound for microsoft windows... so he can never be accused of selling out.