U2's Thirteenth Album: Aimless Uncertainty?

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Hollow Island said:
Imagine if they'd worked with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis or Mutt Lange ... that's basically what they're doing now.
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I can maybe imagine that such a pairing would be unorthodox for them at that time, but I doubt I would worry about it as much. All 3 of those guys made/produced music that I thoroughly enjoyed back then and still do. Bad analogy.
 
Mutt Lange?

Oh the BSB flashbacks. :cute: :up:

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gvox said:
I can maybe imagine that such a pairing would be unorthodox for them at that time, but I doubt I would worry about it as much. All 3 of those guys made/produced music that I thoroughly enjoyed back then and still do. Bad analogy.
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gvox - did I see that you posted something in PLEBA??? for shame :no:
 
The_acrobat said:
Since it was brought up'
Aerosmith toured with
2002- Kid Rock/Run DMC
2003- Kiss
2004- Cheap Trick
2005-6- Lenny Kravitz
2006- Motley Crue
2007- Joan Jett
2009- ZZ Top (only 15/42 shows on this tour happened, due to Steven Tyler falling offstage)
2010- Sammy Hagar
2012- Cheap Trick

For this summer, I've found;
Styx & Foreigner
Def Leppard & Kiss
Journey & Steve Miller Band
Motley Crue & Alice Cooper
Chicago & REO Speedwagon
Goo Goo Dolls & Daughtry
Rod Stewart * Santana
Soundgarden & Nine Inch Nails


U2 and Bon Jovi are the only bands from their era that can still fill arenas on their own, without having to bring in other bands. These bands, together, still can't come close to filling these venues. I saw the Goo Goo Dolls and Counting Crows together in 2006, and they didn't fill HALF of the 20,000 capacity amphitheater they were playing.
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Depeche Mode can. So can the Cure. REM did until they broke up. Soundgarden can, and so can NIN. The last two do on a regular basis. NIN sold out hockey arenas instantly in the fall. Just because bands tour together doesn't mean they have to. Well, it depends on the artist. NIN and Soundgarden want to do something cool (as NIN did with Jane's)...the others on the list are desperate has-beens...though I'm pretty sure Aerosmith could sell out arenas and amphitheatres. But maybe they lost a lot fans when they totally murdered their credibility.
 
gvox said:
I can maybe imagine that such a pairing would be unorthodox for them at that time, but I doubt I would worry about it as much. All 3 of those guys made/produced music that I thoroughly enjoyed back then and still do. Bad analogy.
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I'm sorry, I should have checked to see what pop writer/producers you disliked in the 80s before making my analogy. I forgot that comparisons had to be filtered through the "gvox circle of self absorption" to be valid.

I also enjoy some Jam/Lewis and Lange work - who doesn't? That doesn't mean working with producers from that sphere would have been right for U2.
This band...they've gone from wanting to work with Colin Newman of Wire (in 1984) to the guy from One Republic...tastes change, but isn't this a bit drastic?

The results could be good, but it's a bad idea. Still, working with Lillywhite as the main producer seemed like a good idea (return to War, yeah!), and look how that turned out.
 
man. this lack of new album news has us all so very touchy.. it's interesting to note tha- FUCK THIS! FUCK THAT! FUCK HIM! FUCK HER! FUCK ALL OF YOU!!!!! :angry::angry::angry:
 
Hollow Island said:
Depeche Mode can. So can the Cure. REM did until they broke up. Soundgarden can, and so can NIN. The last two do on a regular basis. NIN sold out hockey arenas instantly in the fall. Just because bands tour together doesn't mean they have to. Well, it depends on the artist. NIN and Soundgarden want to do something cool (as NIN did with Jane's)...the others on the list are desperate has-beens...though I'm pretty sure Aerosmith could sell out arenas and amphitheatres. But maybe they lost a lot fans when they totally murdered their credibility.
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Really depends on timing and market as well. A lot of older rock fans will spend their money on SOMETHING every summer in the sheds so these bands team up and trot it out. I guess the next circuit down the food chain is casinos.

There are very few rock bands that can tour when they want, where they want.
 
Registered Dude said:
y'all remember this, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy4BIQwstlo
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I actually like this version A LOT. I always felt that the "vertigo" feeling was better translated here. [I also liked that little extra-pump in the Jacknife Lee mix of "Fast Cars" - which I'm one of the few who prefers it to "Xanax & Wine"]
I always had some hope, back in 2006-08, that if U2 wanted a dancey uptempo hit single in their next album, it had to be somewhere in this vein.

Plus, I'd love to see U2 working and being produced by Trent Reznor. I think he has already shown a few times that, not only he's a fan of the band, but also that he understands U2's ADN in terms of sound very well. And he has a very creative and distinctive sound, it could be a very interesting collaboration.

...But then I rememberf that U2 is currently working with a producer I quite like too and that I also think it could be a plus (Danger Mouse)... And the two songs produced by him that I already heard are some of the worst, laziest and non-creative things I've heard from U2, and then I think it's not a matter of who produces U2, it's probably U2's fault them selves.
 
mama cass said:
niiiiiiiiiiice! i've never heard that before! :up:

was Artificial Horizon a u2.com thing?
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Yes, Artificial Horizon was a fan club CD.

The Trent Reznor remix can also be found as a b-side on Japanese pressings of the Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own single.
 
morgan1098 said:
Yes, Artificial Horizon was a fan club CD.

The Trent Reznor remix can also be found as a b-side on Japanese pressings of the Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own single.
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:up: cool thanks! i do love a bit of NIN now and again ha :D
 
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