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New Album Discussion 1 - Songs of..... - Unreasonable guitar album
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I'd like to be
On the Irish sea
In Adam Clayton's garden
In the shade
Bono is there
Eating a pear
In Adam Clayton's garden
In the shade
On the Irish sea
In Adam Clayton's garden
In the shade
Bono is there
Eating a pear
In Adam Clayton's garden
In the shade
The John Tree
War Child
Mark my words, if this Eno project ever does come to fruition, the band’s definition of “sci-fi Irish folk” will sound nothing like what many people are imagining. I’d bet money that “sci-fi Irish folk” just sounds like “U2.”
Given historically the worst people to describe their music are the band members themselves, I REALLY don't get the secrecy, playing coy, generic updates, etc.
AND even if they were good at describing the music, it's still not any big reveal until we hear the recorded material anyway. So, it's really a case of why not just say what the status of it all actually is. Even if it's "Yeah, we tried a few times and don't have anything we don't think is crap." what do they have to lose?
The John Tree
War Child
I think the creative dynamic of the band has changed considerably. What was once a songwriting process driven by four men in a room jamming turned to "Bono and Edge come up with some ideas that Larry and Adam contribute to," which turned into "Bono and Edge come up with some ideas that Larry and Adam agree to," which has apparently become "Edge writes some material, runs it by Bono to see if he likes it, and then Adam and Larry are on a need-to-know basis."
Kinda makes me wish the delays are because Adam & Larry are hearing the ideas coming from the other two and going "Yeah, we're not doing that." Adam seems to be a little more go-with-the-flow though; but I could totally see Larry saying "You guys waited for me to be healthy to work on this?!"
We… are the old people now.
If the weird one is the one for them, it’d probably also be the one for me.
pacemaker
Refugee
Ditto. Weird U2 is my favorite U2.
TinKnight
Refugee
Listening to ZooTV recordings
Oh man, guys, I think this band is good.
Oh man, guys, I think this band is good.
TinKnight
Refugee
Gonna toke up later and write an effort post about how U2 has utterly lost the plot. Ugh they were so fucking good.
ascender_RS
Refugee
Good to hear that Larry is back and playing...
As for the rest of it, it sounds like its business as usual... Edge has a bunch of ideas, presumably shares them around for everyone to do their bit, then after a while they get together in the studio to work up the best of them into songs and then see where they go.
So best case would seem to be a lead single and album in Q1 with tour announced for the rest of the year?
Then another 3/4 years before the final hurrah?
As for the rest of it, it sounds like its business as usual... Edge has a bunch of ideas, presumably shares them around for everyone to do their bit, then after a while they get together in the studio to work up the best of them into songs and then see where they go.
So best case would seem to be a lead single and album in Q1 with tour announced for the rest of the year?
Then another 3/4 years before the final hurrah?
mikal
Blue Crack Addict
You can really hear it in the tempo of their live recordings compared to 20-30 years later. The body slows down.
which comes first... new U2 album or GTA 6?
Mysterious Ways is one that really jumped out at me. Used to have such a funky drum piece and now it’s about as basic of a part anyone can play.
Ultraviolet 360 just rocked. Then on the JT30, and Sphere it slowed way way down.
Obviously they’re not going to play like 25 year olds haha
Hello new album delivery method.
TinKnight
Refugee
bono in smash.
The John Tree
War Child
I'm not so sure if I hear any significant slow down in the tempo, or if that even affects it all that much. U2's songs have never really relied on speed.
Ultraviolet 360 rocked for a few reasons, the first and foremost being Bono really killed it. Taking the second verse up an octave made a major difference. Couple that with the absolute perfect imagery - the laser jacket, the glowing steering wheel mic, Bono literally hanging on as he swung about the stage...it was just pure perfection.
The JT tour, repurposing a breakup song as a celebration of women, just fell flat, perhaps simply because the 360 version set a new standard. The Sphere version, too, surprised me at how basic the visual accompaniment was, and just lacked the energy that 360 had in the vocal. This might be a minor nit to pick, but Bono's fiddled with the melody of the chorus ("baby, baby, baby...") a bit too much for my liking on the Sphere and JT versions. And he needs to double Edge on the "Ultraviolet" line. Little things like that go a long way to elevating a performance from good to great.
Like I said in an earlier post, the 360 tour was the last time I said "holy fuck, that was a religious experience," when seeing the band. They've always been great - even after 360 - but that tour was something else.
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PookaMacP
War Child
Spotted on London's Oxford Street today - seems to check out as a stealth marketing operation ahead of the 28th anniversary tour.
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I saw one of these in New Zealand last year.I'd heard of a Pop Mart chain of stores in some south eastern asian countries, but didn't know they're found elsewhere in the world: Pop Mart
They should totally do another "Kmart" style promotion for POP's anniversary there, right guys?
Again confirming the album/tour was ahead of its time.
PookaMacP
War Child
I had no idea it was a chain. Never saw one before last week. It's a real pity they have t gone with the olive+cocktail stick for their logo.
The Disciple
New Yorker
I’m watching POPMART Santiago as I type.
JamietheEdgefan
Refugee
Bono: ‘I might go to my grave thinking there was that one song I let go of’ | The Observer
Has Bono’s activism been at the expense of his art? How has a brush with death changed him? And what does a friend of George W Bush make of Trump? The U2 singer tells all
observer.co.uk
“The band, it turns out, have recently reconvened in a nearby studio with longtime collaborator Brian Eno to prepare the groundwork for what will be their 16th album. “We’re busy writing another reason to exist as a band,” Bono says. “I still find Brian an extraordinary inspiration and I’m sure he still finds me quite frustrating. But I know he will keep on defending our right to be ecstatic in our music.””
mikal
Blue Crack Addict
If this is their final album, this is the way to go.
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