If it's as good as With or Without You, Stay, or All I Want is You, I'd have no problem with it.
With or Without You was the Joshua Tree's first single, too.
Hell no.
The last thing U2 needs is to announce their return by showing how inoffensive they are.
It needs to be a challenging song of some kind.
You really think U2 is gonna challenge their listeners in the year 2013? Really? The last challenging single was what... Mofo?
I'm sceptical. It would probably sink without a trace, and I'm not convinced their even their best ballads normally make for ideal lead singles. Second or third single, sure. WOWY was the exception rather than the rule. AIWIY or One, to take two examples, wouldn't have been great lead singles for their respective albums; Desire and The Fly did the job much better.
But they certainly need to avoid the mindset that they need a balls-to-the-wall radio friendly rocker for the first single. Vertigo may have done the job well, but trying to get lightning to strike a second time with Boots was embarrassing. If they do end up having a good quality rocker, go nuts, but trying to force it is a recipe for another Boots flop.
But they certainly need to avoid the mindset that they need a balls-to-the-wall radio friendly rocker for the first single. Vertigo may have done the job well, but trying to get lightning to strike a second time with Boots was embarrassing. If they do end up having a good quality rocker, go nuts, but trying to force it is a recipe for another Boots flop.
And Nick... you really felt that GOYB was challenging?? It was the catchiest freaking song on the album. Magnificent would have been the perfect recognizably U2 song to put out there.
Indeed. It's probably time for U2 to go the Sting route.
Played in Starbucks=relevance.
Starbucks is the ticket. When they're played in Starbucks...when their new album has an "exclusive" bonus track that you can only get at Starbucks (downloaded in the Starbucks store via the Starbucks app)...then you know U2 is finally on top again.
Music to comfortably sip burned coffee to=$ucce$$.
I found it a challenge to listen to.
Indeed. It's probably time for U2 to go the Sting route.
Played in Starbucks=relevance.
Starbucks is the ticket. When they're played in Starbucks...when their new album has an "exclusive" bonus track that you can only get at Starbucks (downloaded in the Starbucks store via the Starbucks app)...then you know U2 is finally on top again.
Music to comfortably sip burned coffee to=$ucce$$.
at this point, I don't give a shiz if the 1st single is a country polka dubstep crossover....just gimme something NEW
Even though Beautiful Day was a simple song it was different. The intro gets your attention enough to realize its something new from U2 but still sounds like U2 (if that makes sense).
Yeah. Looking back, it almost feels like BD's success, and that record's success, was all but assured. In fact it was anything but, and there were real questions about whether U2's time had gone.
BD may just seem like typical 00's U2 to a lot of people now, but in 2000 there was none of that baggage and it sounded completely new, like a breath of fresh air, and most fans, serious and casual, just went through the roof for it. And you're absolutely correct...it sounded like U2 but still managed to sound like something completely vital and contemporary. The song's and that record's infectious optimism is of course mocked now by the worshippers of irony, but back then it was exactly what U2 needed, and obviously what people wanted to hear.
Now, if they can manage to do that trick again, I'll be incredibly impressed and pleasantly surprised.
I will say the most successful rock tunes of the past year have been the more ballad sounding, mid tempoish. We are young, Someone I used to know, I will Wait, Madness, Oh Love, etc have all hit number one on the rock charts so maybe it is time for U2 to try that, who knows. I'm interested to hear what Danger Mouse can do for U2
The one thing I like about Danger Mouse is that alot of his stuff he produces has a very dancey yet garage rock type sound to it. Even some electro mixed it at times. I feel they tried that with GOYB, but failed short. Id be fine with a rocker as a first single as long as its not your typical Vertigo Elevation type rock song.
You really think U2 is gonna challenge their listeners in the year 2013? Really? The last challenging single was what... Mofo?
As Nick put it, "elevation sucks donkey balls". We don't need that kind of song again.
In fact, there was never a need for a song like that.