Because you touch yourself at night
Because it sucks?
Edge keeps losing the CDs which is why they haven't released anything.
Because you touch yourself at night
U2 currently has at least 4 unfinished album projects - possibly upto 8 depending upon how you look at it.
But they don't seem to be releasing the new material commercially.
Why is this?
It seems they suffer from perfectionism and ego! And perfectionism is form of procrastination.
.They're striving to create hit singles that will top the global mainstream* charts yet realise the material won't hit the mark and consequentially not release it commerically... Well, till they feel they really have to
An unfortunate circumstance for a band who once claimed not to care what the mainstream thought...
They're scared, they have OCD, they're hoarders, they're perfectionists, they're insecure...
Hey you stole my joke.
Oh well...
Because Iyoutouchyourmyself at night
If that was the case we wouldn't have gotten any new albums after 1992
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Perhaps you're being facetious with your responses but I'll address them seriously.Ity's good to have high levels of work doesn't it? Sloppiness just wouldn't do. Must try your hardest or not at all. Slopppiness is bad.
If U2 weren't lowering themself to a mainstream audience why did they bother to shove three "over produced" tracks in the middle of No Line On the Horizon?NLOTH was a niche album. It's better to maintain dignity rather than lowering yourself to a mainstream audience who spend most of their time listening to music that sound like a buzzing fly trapped in a paper cup!
wut b kind of swing dis new jenk spose ta have, any of dis jenk on da torent yet like to prevu da sounds, mayb inovate sum would be best if not sure bout da direction,
And that's exactly my point!This "shove singles down the middle" theory isn't really convincing, since 1/3 failed at the job, 1/3 was completely reworked and 1/3 has yet to be played live, and was never a single.
There is no Album! ONLY ZUUUUUL!
(sorry again).
And that's exactly my point!
Brian Eno said in an interview after NLOTH was released U2 spent all this additional time trying to perfect their singles [sic], but for the reasons you've highlighted the original intention didn't come into fruition. So the time spent was just procrastion.
Wasn't it officially announced there were going to 4 singles from NLOTH? Surely the fourth was going to be Stand Up Comedy? It sounds over produced like it was engineered to appease the mainstream, but after the album didn't perform as well as expected the fourth single was dropped.
Ok, that's my speculation but SUP to me sounds more in the vein of the tracks released as mainstream singles, rather than something that belongs on a "niche album".
There is no Album! ONLY ZUUUUUL!
(sorry again).
Just because they weren't mainstream successes doesn't mean U2 didn't try to make them mainstream successes.Yet one of the alleged "mainstream singles" songs was completely reworked for the live shows, and one of them was never a single, or even played live. And we all know how well things went for the lead single from NLOTH...
This "shove singles down the middle" theory isn't really convincing, since 1/3 failed at the job, 1/3 was completely reworked and 1/3 has yet to be played live, and was never a single.
PhilsFan said:Just because they weren't mainstream successes doesn't mean U2 didn't try to make them mainstream successes.
SUC was worked on for 16 months, which means it was around for a long time, surely well before they had a sit down to decide which songs will be singles.
This "shove singles down the middle" theory isn't really convincing, since 1/3 failed at the job, 1/3 was completely reworked and 1/3 has yet to be played live, and was never a single.