True. Maybe he's not the dick, Nick.
haha you guys thought U2's song titles are long? wait until you see this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Red_Heart_Shines_Toward_the_Red_Sun
That at least had a point.
You can't make a short story out of "get out of your own way much more better the blackout American soul little things that give you away you're the best thing about me a boy, Roy".
So one take away, IMO, from Bono's new interview in Rolling Stone is that he confirms what a lot of us already suspected...that the "rewriting SOE because Trump" excuse was bullsh*t....i.e. he's already starting to walk it back a little bit, probably because the lyrical content really isn't going to reflect that.
Except perhaps via creative interpretation of the lyrics which Bono engages in liberally in this interview, and to this end he quotes himself quite a bit.
Finally, truthiness! Now he just has to drop the "political" part, and we'll be 10% of the way there to knowing what really happened!
I don't know why it's so hard to believe both played a part?
Well, I suppose.
But did anyone with knowledge of this bad really believe, given U2's history, that Donald Trump is really the reason the record was "delayed"? They said the record was basically done, and that the election (and Brexit I guess) caused them to reconsider the whole thing.
Gotta love U2, but it's not as if they have the best track record, or most credibility, when it comes to stuff like this.
I'm confused that you felt the need to censor "pussy" and "clam", but not "vagina", Cosma.
It's not that far fetched. From what we had heard at that point U2 had written an album of interpersonal and light hearted songs. The world was changing and even the likes of Depeche Mode were getting political, would people be upset that a band such as U2 weren't talking about it?
Lol....I thought vagina was a more accepted word than clam or pussy which come off as a bit crude.
I removed it all at the risk of offending anyone (this place can erupt at the mention of "avocados") here with my lyrics but I think Vagina and Dinah is a gold rhyme (clam and Pam is pretty solid too)
Really?How could Bono's "near death experience" cause a delay to a record they said was already done?
How could Bono's "near death experience" cause a delay to a record they said was already done?
See Cosmo's salient argument above.
And I don't think there would be a lot of people upset that U2 wasn't being political for once (though I think their reputation as a "political" band is a bit overblown. They haven't been overtly political for almost 20 years, at least in terms of domestic US politics).
Moreover, based on that RS interview, I'm not sure how much of the content of the songs actually changed....Bono's making it sound like it's more a matter of interpretation and perspective. And I frankly think if Bono wants these song to be about "joy", then overtly political is the last thing they should be. If "Stop, In the Name of Love" is an anti-war song, it's that way because of the way it makes you feel, not because the song is about war. So fight Trump by spreading joy. The exuberant defiance of Beautiful Day, for an example, to me is a lot more of an elixir for these troubled times than protest rock. And, to be frank, while I have zero love for the US President, being a rock star or any kind of celebrity against Trump is already a cliche'. I for one wouldn't mind seeing U2 do something different.
Also, Bono lies.
Promotion, touring plans?
Whatever happened put them in a position where they weren't able/comfortable doing the promo circuit
Yeah, but they were doing TJT tour during the period anyway, right? His health was so bad they had to delay the record to....go on a grueling world-wide stadium tour? As I understand it, the record was delayed, then they decided to do the JT tour....probably because of Live Nation commitments.
clearly something happened.
If Bono really did have a health scare then it's worrying news and I hope it was nothing serious, but, it must be said, due to U2's history of cold feet with releasing albums, it is no surprise if people are not buying the story. The boy that cried wolf and all that.
They opted to defer releasing an album at the end of August 2016
JT tour began just shy of eight months later, in May 2017