bvs/u2 take "hollow" criticism personally, fire "hot" producers; no new album till 2014
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bvs/u2 take "hollow" criticism personally, fire "hot" producers; no new album till 2014
I think they've always wanted hits. I just don't like them trying to write what people want to hear as opposed to making the music they want to make as best as they can. There's a difference. Thinking Pop wasn't fully realized because you're rushed is one thing. Thinking NLOTH was "too complex" or whatever for the audience is another thing, and it's a horrible thing.
Yeah, it's really insulting. I remember when Pop came out and they'd talk about how smart their fans were, how they were into a lot of different music and wanted to be challenged. Do they not have those fans anymore?
I don't buy that Pop was rushed, either. I think they took too long with it. It was the start of a destructive trend of taking a long time and then panicking and making poor decisions at the end.
To Mrs Garrison: I hope you're right! I love how you and "U2" over there ignore what I'm actually saying.
To Mrs Garrison: I hope you're right! I love how you and "U2" over there ignore what I'm actually saying.
What their choice of "club" producers indicates, and what you are ignoring, is that their approach has changed. I'm not going to start attacking your knowledge of the band, because it is intimidating in its depth, but if you think about the way they've talked about hits over the years, it has changed.
They used to have the attitude, "Hit's are great but we're not going to chase them" to "We need hits, let's put Stand Up Comedy on the album...and not release it as a singe!" They are open about chasing hits, whereas before they did their thing, wrote great songs that BECAME hits.
Ok, that's your opinion, we've read it plenty of times for the last days, we don't need you to shout, we don't need to accept any sad truth, I knew the band members' age before you told us they are old and I don't find it so sad to be 50 and being for more than 20 years at the top of the world's musical panorama if you allow me to say that. I think it is you who must accept the truth: that many people don't agree with you here. What are you going to do? Keep posting it till we say we agree? Frankly, I can't understand your position.
i just farted in the wind, does that count for anything?
I hear willdotidotam is really good with farts.
What was your motivation?
So let me get this straight... you think they put SUC on there because they thought it would be a non-single hit? And this whole argument is based on the fact that they may or may not be doing some club album with some producers? We have no clue what the album would sound like or what kind of project it even is, OR if it really exists. This sounds very familiar to U2 fans back in 96 when they found out U2 was working with Howie B.
I don't know if U2 is "chasing the hits" for the first time, but I do know you're chasing the wind.
Is Thom okay?
During a recent video shoot, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke suffered what appears to be a very serious seizure. What makes this all the more stunning was that it was all caught on tape! Whereas most other people would have put down the camera and come to the aid of a suffering individual, the fine folks within the Radiohead organization did the wise thing by keeping things rolling and staying the fuck out of Thom’s way until his seizure subsided.