LP13/Invisible. The Hope! The Trauma. Who's lying next?

[digitize]

I find this quote really interesting:

I think 'Invisible' is a great song, but I don't know how accessible it is. We'll find out if we're irrelevant. I'm perfectly prepared for people to try and blow us off the stage. We're just not going to make it easy.

 

[purpleoscar]

It just verifies how they are testing the waters.

 

[corianderstem]

I find it baffling that anyone would find Invisible to be an inaccessible U2 song.

 

[AndrewCowley]

It just verifies how they are testing the waters.

What are the stakes I wonder? If their feeling of irrelevance is insurmountable then what, break up tomorrow? Or would they not release the album and just accept the fact that the new tour is going to be greatest hits?

 

[purpleoscar]

I'm pretty sure the cold reception of NLOTH threw them for a loop. Circles around them were talking about it being their best album but the general public didn't respond.

They've made statements in the past that they want to give time and space to songs to see if it is really as good as they originally thought it was.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I find it baffling that anyone would find Invisible to be an inaccessible U2 song.

Bono lies.

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[purpleoscar]

What are the stakes I wonder? If their feeling of irrelevance is insurmountable then what, break up tomorrow? Or would they not release the album and just accept the fact that the new tour is going to be greatest hits?

They might. They made fun of "heritage acts" and don't want to become one. I certainly hope they don't. They are competing against themselves.

Bono lies.

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He is a salesman

 

[AndrewCowley]

You also wonder what magic barometer are they using to test whether Invisible has done what they want? Would it just be number of downloads and radio play?

 

[popacrobat]

while there's certainly plenty of truth to his relevancy stuff, it's clearly the "biggest band in the world job" 14 years later, phrased differently. it's just his mantra, and that's what he's feeding to the media.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

They might. They made fun of "heritage acts" and don't want to become one. I certainly hope they don't. They are competing against themselves.

Usually after this argument is made a certain poster who will go nameless, although her name does rhyme with U2Whirl, will come in and mock you for even suggesting that.

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[AndrewCowley]

while there's certainly plenty of truth to his relevancy stuff, it's clearly the "biggest band in the world job" 14 years later, phrased differently. it's just his mantra, and that's what he's feeding to the media.

So true. They are at least savvy enough to realise that 'biggest band in the world' carries little relevance these days.

I haven't been to a Pearl Jam concert for years. Their new album is pretty good in my view. What's the crowd reaction to those songs like? Do PJ even care?

It's weird for U2 to be so transparent about this stuff. Makes them look like anal retards a bit.

 

[purpleoscar]

Usually after this argument is made a certain poster who will go nameless, although her name does rhyme with U2Whirl, will come in and mock you for even suggesting that.

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Ya well, if the Rolling Stones could come up with something half as good as NLOTH I would be interested.

 

[powerhour24]

I'm pretty sure the cold reception of NLOTH threw them for a loop. Circles around them were talking about it being their best album but the general public didn't respond.

They've made statements in the past that they want to give time and space to songs to see if it is really as good as they originally thought it was.

Or they want to do what befell NLOTH, fuck it up even further from what impressed people a year prior to release with new people in the studio (as we've seen quotes from U2's friends all the way back to last summer about hearing some very finished sounding material).

 

[ClaytonsKitten]

Bono lies.

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[Irvine511]

Bono is NOT in-ac-cess-able!

 

[Yahweh]

Can't say I disagree with the premise of this video.

http://youtu.be/2-8gAUfWeto

 

[jeevey]

It's weird for U2 to be so transparent about this stuff. Makes them look like anal retards a bit.

What it makes them look like is uncool for caring so much---which, ironically, is exactly what they have always been.

 

[gvox]

From Wikipedia...

"Let Me Know" contains an interpolation of "Love Is Blindness" by U2

Interpolation has been used by one artist to refer to the addition of new material in a performance or recording of a previously existing piece of music.[5][6][7]

In hip hop music <collapse-section>

In hip hop music, interpolation refers to using a melody – or portions of a melody (often with modified lyrics) – from a previously recorded song, but re-recording the melody instead of sampling it.

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Let Me Know by who?

 

[Zoo Lemon]

The Edge with Jo Whiley on BBC 2 - the show is on air now. I tuned in just now, though.

BBC - Radio 2 Steve Wright in the Afternoon - Jo Whiley sits in

 

[last unicorn]

^ Listening now.

Elbow

 

[rennowba]

Invisible is 235 on the uk itunes chart

 

[Registered Dude]

Invisible is 235 on the uk itunes chart

I read this this as "ukulele chart"

 

[Registered Dude]

burnin' up the uke charts..

 

[Salome]

I don't think European itunes charts will be much relevant
since the only real promotion was the Super Bowl

 

[powerhour24]

Can't say I disagree with the premise of this video.

Hitler upset about latest U2 album news - YouTube

God just agreed with Hitler...

 

[Registered Dude]

here comes de Edge!
BBC - Radio 2 Steve Wright in the Afternoon - Jo Whiley sits in

 

[Registered Dude]

Elevation playing...

 

[Registered Dude]

"working so long" on the record..

"out in the glare of public scrutiny now.. it's like WHOA"

 

[Registered Dude]

trying to make "intellectually hard" record.

Invisible is representative of the album which is: "raw, guitar driven" - "krautrock influenced"

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

guitar driven...raw...german...