I would actually call it the sound of "four men gettin high and shooting the other men while they chop down The Joshua Tree"
Right. That's what I've been telling my buddies. I've basically been saying it's TUF lyrics with AB/Zooropa music.
It is possible, some of the experimental stuff they talk about sounds like it has the power chords of Pop or the thumping sound of Achtung Baby. I would like to see them rock a little more, the ballads and mid tempos have their place, but they need to continue in the direction of rock that HTDAAB started, just make it experimental. HTDAAB had PLENTY of rock, it was not another ATYCLB at all, it was much better: love and peace, COBL, Vertigo, ABOY, Crumbs are all rock. Still, I would like a couple more rockers than that on their next album. It is hard to predict, most albums have been mixes of rockers, ballads, mid tempos, all have some of each on them. The heaviest on rock are War, Boy and AB, but JT has exit, bullet, IGC, Streets, UF wire and Pride, etc, etc. It seems like the next album will be heaviest on elements of UF and AB, so my bet would be it will rock a little harder than Bomb and provide an atmospheric setting for the rock as well as some experimental ballads/mid tempos. That seems to be what I get from listening to the clips/reading Eno and Lanois comments. How about everyone else?
Well, then you've been wrong.
No, but seriously, there's no Zooropa on this at all.
I hear so much HTDAAB in Crazy Tonight.
It's the sound of 6 men remembering the fire.
This is definitely U2 in 2009. So it might be better to say "planting of a Cedar tree".
You sir are the master of your domain
/seinfeld
Well, don't think it's another JT. I don't want you to be disappointed thinking it is. Ultimately, you'll form your own opinion.
...if Achtung Baby was the sound of chopping it down!
^This is a Joshua Tree seed...
I look at this seed, and in no way am I reminded of NLOTH...
How about a picture of a sloth?
...if Achtung Baby was the sound of chopping it down!
Sounds nothing like Joshua Tree to me. More like Zooropa meets Passengers with drops of All That You Can't Leave Behind.
I told my wife last night that it sounds like the Zooropa train hit the UF train head on & ATYCLB showed up to rinse it off
No I actually think I needed your cockatoo avatar.