New Album Discussion 1 - Songs of..... - Unreasonable guitar album

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U2inUtah said:
Ha yeah I’m gonna delete that. (I also apparently don’t know my CA geography)
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You didn't do anything wrong. I saw the pic before you deleted it and those flames are indeed burning a portion of eastern Malibu. I don't know where the band's homes are exactly but it's not crazy to wonder if they were affected by the fires.
 
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Genuinely fascinated to see where it ends when all parties to an argument simultaneously claim the high road by trying to have the last word.

Let’s see what happens…
 
So anyway… this new song that may be popping up soon. Could it be from a soundtrack to a movie? Wim Wenders and Phil Joanou don’t seem to have anything coming out imminently. Ditto Jim Sheridan.

When was the last time they released a one-off song that wasn’t tied to something else? Everything has been tied to a soundtrack/ compilation/ Sphere residency/ iTunes right?
I do like the idea of non-album releases.

Maybe Edge’s goofy “Pure U2 Drop” line about Reassemble was a nod to things to come and we’ll get a whole new surprise album (yea, right…).
 
Not much tangible going on, so I just figure I'll reiterate my love for Evidence of Life, Luckiest Man in the World, and Treason. The former, in particular, has been stuck in my head the past few days (particularly that lovely lil' bit during the 3rd stanza or whatever).

Carry on...
 
I think we all need to remember that the word "soon" in U2 land means "within the next year or two", so I definitely wouldn't get too excited.
 
Having a flick through the article, I’m going to guess Edge may have production credits on this new song. Sounds like something he was working on for a potential solo album and he may have brought a nearly finished song to the band
 
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That was a really good read. Not much to argue with. I especially agreed with the bit at the end, from the quote from Edge to the summary of it. Spot-on.

“We were absolutely adamant that we didn’t want to sound like U2,” the Edge told a reporter about the making of Pop. “We’re so much better if we don’t know what we’re doing, because if it’s too easy, then that’s what it sounds like—too easy.” In the years after Pop, U2 knew exactly what they were doing, from the soaring chords of “Beautiful Day” to the D.O.A. boogie of “Get on Your Boots.” Pop was hard. The rest sounds easy.
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i love Pop.

i hate the idea that everything that came after Pop is somehow less just because they tried something different on Pop.

All That You Can't Leave Behind does not sound like anything else in the U2 catalog. it's not a "throw back." it doesn't sound like the early albums, or the JT era, or the 90s e

ra. it is unique. in a way, it sounds like a combination of all of their eras.

if you want to argue Bomb sounds close to ATYCLB? ok, you can have an argument there. but i just hate the whole idea that All That You Can't Leave Behind is somehow less than because it wasn't, quote, "experimental"

that line of thought is lazy bullshit. writing a perfect pop song like Beautiful Day is not "easy"
 
Headache in a Suitcase said:
i love Pop.

i hate the idea that everything that came after Pop is somehow less just because they tried something different on Pop.

All That You Can't Leave Behind does not sound like anything else in the U2 catalog. it's not a "throw back." it doesn't sound like the early albums, or the JT era, or the 90s e

ra. it is unique. in a way, it sounds like a combination of all of their eras.

if you want to argue Bomb sounds close to ATYCLB? ok, you can have an argument there. but i just hate the whole idea that All That You Can't Leave Behind is somehow less than because it wasn't, quote, "experimental"

that line of thought is lazy bullshit. writing a perfect pop song like Beautiful Day is not "easy"
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All That You Can't Leave Behind is a better album than Pop, but both are perfect counterpoints to each other. The problem isn't being traditional but being rubbish and selling out to cheap MOR producers from No Line. You can practically pinpoint the steep decline of their creative endeavours and atrocious decision in the autumn of 2008 when they went back to No Line (which by all accounts according to Lanois was 'finished') and hired Will.I.Am and got Lillywhite to water down songs like Breathe.

All That You Can't Leave Behind would be better looked upon by some fans if they didn't pummel our ears with terrible songs like Get Out Your Own Way, Song For Someone or The Miracle (plus many many more awful songs).
 
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