I was in Dublin this weekend and yesterday, along with some very nice fans spend some time inside the studio with Bono..
The album is being mixed, but as Bono said it only really comes together at the very end (and then the songs come to life on tour). They still don't know if it's "a boy or a girl....or an elephant - which is always a difficult birth!".
The music that I heard sounded amazing. Totally different to ATYCLB. Layers of loud and fast classic edge guitar, but it also felt like when I first heard Acthtung Baby very rhythmic - something really new and different. The section I heard - Bono was also giving it all vocally.
Edge said that there will be only a couple of ballads on the record.
One of the fans had an article from Beligum listing the rumoured song titles. Bono was amused at some of the titles that he has seen to date as they are mostly wrong. From what I remember, the following are NOT songs.
Full Metal jacket
SkyHawk
Songs that WILL be on the album are:
All Because of You
War and Peace or Else (is that right?)
There are others but I can't remember.
American Prayer will not be on the album.
No album title yet for the reasons above - that will come at the very end.
Lastly Bono was looking great and in good spirits, I do think some recent photographs don't really do him credit. Edge was on form too. Larry and Adam arrived later but we didn't meet them.
Lillywhite is in the studio with them.
Gotta run!
Cheers,
Jim
The album is being mixed, but as Bono said it only really comes together at the very end (and then the songs come to life on tour). They still don't know if it's "a boy or a girl....or an elephant - which is always a difficult birth!".
The music that I heard sounded amazing. Totally different to ATYCLB. Layers of loud and fast classic edge guitar, but it also felt like when I first heard Acthtung Baby very rhythmic - something really new and different. The section I heard - Bono was also giving it all vocally.
Edge said that there will be only a couple of ballads on the record.
One of the fans had an article from Beligum listing the rumoured song titles. Bono was amused at some of the titles that he has seen to date as they are mostly wrong. From what I remember, the following are NOT songs.
Full Metal jacket
SkyHawk
Songs that WILL be on the album are:
All Because of You
War and Peace or Else (is that right?)
There are others but I can't remember.
American Prayer will not be on the album.
No album title yet for the reasons above - that will come at the very end.
Lastly Bono was looking great and in good spirits, I do think some recent photographs don't really do him credit. Edge was on form too. Larry and Adam arrived later but we didn't meet them.
Lillywhite is in the studio with them.
Gotta run!
Cheers,
Jim