GirlsAloudFan
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I'm glad you're back in the mix here in this part of the forum, Laz. Stick around. We need you.
All of a sudden? This is a new album discussion thread. Drunkenness and stupidity are how we roll.why are people being drunk and stupid all of a sudden?
All of a sudden? This is a new album discussion thread. Drunkenness and stupidity are how we roll.
All of a sudden? This is a new album discussion thread. Drunkenness and stupidity are how we roll.
lazarus said:Apparently you missed the part of my post where I said the band was complicit in all of these business moves. All I'm saying is, the band aren't the ones sitting around coming up with this shit.
I don't know what else to tell you, but I certainly don't want to talk about this shit anymore.
lazarus said:And do you have anything to back that up?
The band is there to make music. That's why they exist. Boner has his extracurricular political activities and investments, but when it comes to the Shuttlecock brand, I think he tries to keep it as pure as possible.
McGuinne$$? His job is to make money, and to find new and exciting ways of doing so. I'm sure he's really good at selling those ideas, too.
Now we can go back and forth all day about how naive the band is or isn't, and I'll say once again that ultimately they're responsible for approving whatever has the band's name on it, but at the end of the day you think they're sitting there counting the stacks of gold and trying to figure out how to get more?
That's not what drives them--they're not Mick Jagger. In fact, the band are likely the ones who sat there and said "Hey, is there a way to make the General Admission tickets the cheapest so the people who have the most energy and passion don't have to sell a kidney to see the show?"
Please. For the sake of this forum.
Have we been without news for so long that its presence is causing mass hysteria?
Lol
And do you have anything to back up your thoughts? No, of course not.
What do I have to back up tmy thought that the band is 100% in agreement with pauly mcg?
He's still their manager.
Why do I think they are implicitly involved in all they do, and not just blindly allowing pauly mcg to make all financial decisions?
Because no band can possibly last as long as they have without having a working knowledge of what's going on. Because any band so obsessed with being relevant in the mainstream cares about money. Because this band is not dumb. Because most human beings on earth would want to be as financially successful as they possibly can. Because anytime this band has had even a sniff of commercial failure they've abandoned the road they were on and come back with a new direction.
So do I think u2 are directly involved in all money making decisions? Yea, they'd be the biggest dopes on earth not to be.
If you want to continue to live in a fantasy world where u2 are too righteous to care about making money? Enjoy.
and here I thought the two nuggets of news this week were good enough. we need daily updates, otherwise our minds turn to crap apparently.
It just struck me that he might have said Eire rather than Asia? It would certainly make some sense and could have been mis-heard as Asia at a stretch.
See, bands get formed by accident, but they don't survive by accident. It takes will, intent, a sense of shared purpose, and a tolerance for your friends' fallibilities...and they of yours. And that only evens the odds. U2 has not only evened the odds but they've beaten them by continuing to do their finest work and remaining at the top of their game and the charts for 25 years. I feel a great affinity for these guys as people as well as musicians.
Well...there I was sitting down on the couch in my pajamas with my eldest son. He was watching TV. I was doing one of my favorite things -- I was tallying up all the money I passed up in endorsements over the years (laughter) and thinking of all the fun I could have had with it. Suddenly I hear "Uno, dos, tres, catorce!" I look up. But instead of the silhouettes of the hippie wannabes bouncing around in the iPod commercial, I see my boys!
Oh, my God! They sold out!
Now...what I know about the iPod is this: It is a device that plays music. Of course their new song sounded great, my guys are doing great, but methinks I hear the footsteps of my old tape operator Jimmy Iovine somewhere. Wily. Smart. Now, personally, I live an insanely expensive lifestyle that my wife barely tolerates. I burn money, and that calls for huge amounts of cash flow. But I also have a ludicrous image of myself that keeps me from truly cashing in. (laughter) You can see my problem. Woe is me.
So the next morning, I call up Jon Landau -- or as I refer to him, "the American Paul McGuinness" -- and I say, "Did you see that iPod thing?" And he says, "Yes." And he says, "And I hear they didn't take any money." And I said, "They didn't take any money?!" And he says, "No." I said, "Smart, wily Irish guys." (laughter) Anybody...anybody...can do an ad and take the money. But to do the ad and not take the money...that's smart. That's wily. I say, "Jon, I want you to call up Bill Gates or whoever is behind this thing and float this: A red, white, and blue iPod signed by Bruce "the Boss" Springsteen. Now remember, no matter how much money he offers, don't take it!" (laughter)
What, this one? It's live, but it's just the feed from Bono's (?) IEM feed.
YouTube - U2 Glastonbury Live IEM Recording (HD)
nah, you just need a wireless receiver that can record. And know at what frequency the different feeds are broadcasted at the shows. I'm not sure if they use the same at each show, but I'd assume they do.
What, this one? It's live, but it's just the feed from Bono's (?) IEM feed.
YouTube - U2 Glastonbury Live IEM Recording (HD)
if it were that easy, we'd see more extremely high quality IEM's available.
Anyway, we're only a week away from a show in South Africa. Here's hoping some information comes out via interviews this week. Do wonder if they'd play a new song off the album - assuming they're releasing one - since they're tweaking it. two-show road testing? and then fish the internet for reactions. possible, I suppose.