mikal
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Like I met a girl at a bar 6 years ago that said it was a human rights issue. Lol.
Like I met a girl at a bar 6 years ago that said it was a human rights issue. Lol.
Welcome, doxxer - I'd warn you about pun threads/Leo jokes/etc. but if you've been lurking for so long, you're probably pretty ready for this place. Also, I'm right there with you about SOI being my favorite post-2000 album.
I was in a not-great place (financially/mentally/soul-sucking job/etc) during the SOI and SOE era, so I missed both tours. It was partly on me for not preparing for onsales and whatnot, but it was also the first time I had major difficulty getting tickets for any of the markets around me, so I kinda just gave up. Following along, especially on opening night like you mentioned, was actually really... therapeutic, in a way, for me.
I was able to make it to JT30, though, in between all the weird personal madness. It was amazing, but I'll be honest in saying that if that's the last time I ever see U2 (having seen every tour since Popmart, excluding the i/E/e/I era), I'll be bummed. The (ambilvalent-towards-U2) girl I was dating at the time came with me and she loved it! She (happy) cried during Ultraviolet, and had similar reactions throughout the show. I didn't want to ruin her enthusiasm, but my internal reaction to the show was basically, "Screen looks great, guys sound great, I GOT TO SEE EXIT!!!! I wish I hadn't missed the arena tours..."
Anyway, as I approach 40 I guess I'm now in a position to drop $400+ on nosebleeds for Genesis (though will be reimbursed for 3/4 of that ) so the next time U2 tickets go on sale? I'm pulling out all the stops.
Good grief it's not even top half of the album it's on, and I can't remember what half that album sounds like (that's the better half).
Bono will appear on DMX's posthumous album, "Exodus". He will sing on the track called "Skyscrapers".
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/dmxs-album-exodus-jay-z-nas-bono-1234973748/
i wonder who is going to get custody of Bono after Bill and Melinda's divorce hearing
Having a think about who should produce the next record... I hope they continue what they started with the Andy Barlow sessions.
I know lot's of people are hoping for U2 to get back together with Eno & Lanois, but I think that ship already sailed a long time ago & those guys are fast approaching their 70's now anyway, it's just doesn't seem very realistic, & they probably wouldn't want to be put through that amount of strain again..
Things just don't bode well for them working together again, I believe the last time the band mentioned them was during the SOI promo tour, when Larry said something about their relationship having run it's course/the well-running dry. And, having listened to NLOTH yesterday, I have to agree - that album has not aged well at all. It's ambitious, experimental feel is admirable, but to me it sounds extremely direction-less, weird for the sake of weird, and just doesn't resonate at all with me the same way all the other Eno & Lanois-produced albums have in the past.
I think the best move at this stage would to commit to an album entirely produced by Andy Barlow, with Declan Gaffney & Barry Gorey (aka St Francis Hotel) as co-producers. This would make sense since Barlow & Gorey went on tour with U2 and were responsible for the live sound design & arrangements for the 2017 JT-30 & 2018 E+I tour. They also produced the Europa EP & did the Gotham Experience remix of 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me'.
All three of these guys are firmly in the U2 camp, have the band's trust, & most importantly - will have a good understanding of how the band operate by now, so (at this point) they are in the best position of anyone as in being the most qualified to be producing the next U2 album. I would refrain from bringing in any new flavor-of-the-month producers who are unfamiliar with U2's unorthodox recording process in studio. Barlow, Gaffney, & Gorey would probably be the best move at this stage I think.
Maybe he's trying to carry Edge since he clearly can't come up with a decent riff in years. Play the damn guitar!!!
I personally think it is finally time for The Adam Clayton Band iteration of U2.
I don't hate "Get Out" either. Interference always has its whipping boys, and this just happened to be the one from the album. But I will say that my biggest complaint about the song is again....TOO MANY FUCKING WORDS!
Why does Bono do this all the time??!?!
agree x1000
Think it's quite likely they'll feature in the next sessions.
What's probable is that the next album, like the last 4-5, will the product of a smallish group (5 or 6?) of different producers.
Gone are the days when they work with 1-2 guys for the whole record. Their approach to recording doesn't allow for it.. they last tried with Danger Mouse but wouldn't commit to his vision alone. Band isn't keen to abandon families for months on end to live in a basement somewhere exotic. The answer of course is to commit to starting and finishing something in a limited timeframe - go record in like, Kingston Jamaica or something, for 6 weeks, and release whatever comes of it. But they don't trust themselves enough for this.
Recording sessions will be scattered over the next couple years, working from wherever they happen to be, with whoever is available/captures their muse at that point in time.
Think we just hope for some fruitful, inspired sessions, and that they get out of their own way (without recording another get out of your own way)
If U2 ever got back with Danger Mouse to make another album, this time they should really let him produce the whole album himself. And allow him to have writing credits because that's the space he thrives, the fully-involved collaboration. I could only see it working if U2 approached it in a similar way to NLOTH, where on that occasion they allowed Eno and Lanois to take full control of the artistic direction.
I'm pretty certain that on SOI the likes of Tedder and Epworth left only left Sleep Like A Baby Tonight and The Troubles unspoiled - and those were the two best tracks on the album by far!
There was actually one poster at the atu2 forum that I used to be a member of who had a line into Danger Mouse - and from conversations with that person I would say the chances of U2 and him working together again are extremely slim unfortunately.