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

[TinKnight]

I would love to see the sales of this so called Holiday Jumper. Gotta be less than 100.

 

[ferball415]

Nobody is buying those things.

That’s what I thought but it’s already sold out.

 

[mikal]

That’s what I thought but it’s already sold out.

Inventory sold - 1 of 1

 

[MrPryck2U]

I run hot. I'd die in a sweater. Lol! Even a U2 jumper.

 

[DeVaul]

Inventory sold - 1 of 1

Well tonight thank god it’s them instead of you

 

[Hewson]

That’s what I thought but it’s already sold out.

I should amend.
No sane person is buying these things.

(DeVaul, tell me how comfy it is when it arrives)

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

The holiday jumper will keep you warm during your shift with The List during the next U2 tour.

 

[mikal]

The holiday jumper will keep you warm during your shift with The List during the next U2 tour.

Speaking of, if they ever tour again, I do want to make it a point to heckle these individuals.

 

[Hewson]

Speaking of, if they ever tour again, I do want to make it a point to heckle these individuals.

The fans wearing their holiday jumpers?

 

[mikal]

The fans wearing their holiday jumpers?

No, the weird creepy list people.

 

[Irvine511]

jumpers are for babies.

 

[david]

I’m going to win the ugly Christmas sweater contest at work I guess.

 

[Dragonfave]

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From our previously reliable sources it looks like the band are on track for a Fall 2026 release of the album, with a single released next summer to kick things off. We are told that work is nearing completion on the album, and that the band are pretty confident they are in the final stretch. By this time next year we should have a new album, have seen a number of promotional appearances to promote that album, and should have news of a new tour. We’re getting closer.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

No, the weird creepy list people.

They're the same people

 

[vaz020202]

So a tour likely in 2027. Bono will be pushing 70 when it finishes

 

[ascender_RS]

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Thanks for the update, things seem to be panning out as we realistically expected rather than what we optimistically hoped-for.

 

[super fly guy]

Thanks for the update, things seem to be panning out as we realistically expected rather than what we optimistically hoped-for.

Still time for a change of direction or producer.

 

[monkeyskin]

If someone had told me back in 2002 during the Best of 1990-2000 release that in the next 23 years we’d only have 4 new albums of original material and they’d all be worse than the 10 we already had, I’d have called them a damn dirty liar.

Edit: Instead of paring Dublin ‘93 down to an EP, why not embrace the limitations of the format for Best of 2004-2020?

 

[Hewson]

Still time for a change of direction or producer.

A few years of Edge tinkering

 

[ascender_RS]

If someone had told me back in 2002 during the Best of 1990-2000 release that in the next 23 years we’d only have 4 new albums of original material and they’d all be worse than the 10 we already had, I’d have called them a damn dirty liar.

Edit: Instead of paring Dublin ‘93 down to an EP, why not embrace the limitations of the format for Best of 2004-2020?

Wow, it really has just been those four albums in that time.

Pretty lean pickings for a best-of during that period and I can only imagine how they'd pad out the second disc with some truly horrendous remixes.

 

[Rich79]

My other thought is how the first two compilations truly feel like a "Best of" from those time periods (other than maybe the Hedges mixes), but a Best of 2000-2020 would be much more off-the-mark, as we all seem in agreeance about their shaky (at best) selection of singles post-Bomb.

Just picture it: Boots, Crazy Tonight, and GOOYOW, all in one illustrious package bound straight for the value bin at your local shop!

 

[Registered Dude]

I dont seem them doing another compilation.. wasn't 18 Singles supposed to address some contractual obligation?

also, yay new album. 50 years! old farts

 

[ferball415]

I dont seem them doing another compilation.. wasn't 18 Singles supposed to address some contractual obligation?

18 turned 19 (!) on the 20th.

 

[DeVaul]

Just picture it: Boots, Crazy Tonight, and GOOYOW, all in one illustrious package bound straight for the value bin at your local shop

That’s enough to result in a jumper of an entirely different variety…

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

The next album will be their 6th since 2000. 7th if you could SOS.

 

[DeVaul]

The next album will be their 6th since 2000. 7th if you could SOS.

“The kids are going to think we’re cool again.”

 

[MattD]

Okay, what do we expect their lead single to be like, if it transpires it comes out in the summer? Another watered down Vertigo?

By the way, what was the honest reaction here to Get On Your Boots when it debuted in January 2009? I think my initial reaction still holds - I don't hate it, but it's the most confused tangled mess of a tune. To this day. I don't know whether it's trying to be generic rawk or experimental it's that banal.

 

[ferball415]

A few years of Edge tinkering

“Eahmm, l don’t even call him the Edge anymore, actually—he’s the Tin Man—now, the Tin Man is an idea, but it’s also the Edge, eahmm…but let me tell you, because I think it’s fair to say: he’s all oiled up for this next album.”

 

[vaz020202]

Okay, what do we expect their lead single to be like, if it transpires it comes out in the summer? Another watered down Vertigo?

By the way, what was the honest reaction here to Get On Your Boots when it debuted in January 2009? I think my initial reaction still holds - I don't hate it, but it's the most confused tangled mess of a tune. To this day. I don't know whether it's trying to be generic rawk or experimental it's that banal.

I liked the energy. I loved the riff.
I hated the video. It was dreadful and I cringed. There was a shambolic Grammy performance but it recovered at The Brits. The audience reaction to both performances was underwhelming. It felt like they were confused or the scene had left them behind.

It’s been a few years since I last heard it but I still play the riff in my head.

 

[ChurchBay]

I liked the energy. I loved the riff.
I hated the video. It was dreadful and I cringed. There was a shambolic Grammy performance but it recovered at The Brits. The audience reaction to both performances was underwhelming. It felt like they were confused or the scene had left them behind.

It’s been a few years since I last heard it but I still play the riff in my head.

I just rewatched those performances for the first time since they were performed in 2009. My opinion has never shifted on that song and what I thought then is as I think now. It just fails to ignite despite the efforts of all 4 of them.

It can't even fall back on the 'it comes alive on stage' that has done for so many of their songs and in fairness a lot of their post ATYCLB output. Watch the Brits performance - you can almost see the 4 of them desperately willing the song into flight with all their performative powers zoned in. That is a band that is working hard and it's great to see. But the song trails limply in their wake. That kite just won't fly.

It doesn't turn me off and leave me a bit sour like a Stand Up Conedy or American Soul. Not at all. It's got some good stuff in it, but good stuff that you feel were parts of other songs.