i know it's a controversial subject here ;) and a love-hate thing to some, but what about the new U2 album? what do you think/expect?
you can listen to the new single, 'get on your boots', here:
http://goyb.u2.com/?utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EMLU2COS_20090119_single_annoumcement_GetOnYourBoots
there's been talk about U2 getting a bit more experimental again on this album, personally i'm surprising myself by finding myself quite interested in hearing it in its entirety.
and... to be perfectly honest, i've actually been thinking that perhaps it's partially the disappointment of '4:13 dream' that has made me think of much more highly of the music of U2 (old and new) once again.
so far at least i do like the art work:
(http://www.u2.com/site_highlights/images/517_main1.jpg)
I wasn't all that impressed after the first listen, but then my attention was divided since I was busy working. After giving it a proper listen (actually several), I like it quite a bit. :rocker Glad to hear Bono threw in some "Yeahs" :P It definitely has me curious what the rest of the album will sound like.
and whereas i'm generally tired of all these all sorts of special editions with photos, stickers, books, whatever, i do find this the corbijn film an interesting addition:
The digipak includes an extended booklet and the album's companion film "Linear" by Anton Corbijn.
Quote from: crowbi_wan on January 22, 2009, 10:41:07
Glad to hear Bono threw in some "Yeahs" :P
yeah yeah yeah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNPSzLwcghE
:smth043
Have you seen who is producing their new album among others? Brian Eno
Just to see this guy's name there give me a guarantee of something good. I just wonder why The Cure don't hire him instead of those crappy producers from crappy music like Korn, etc...
Ok baby, I am going to listen and will back with my thoughts...
Quote from: dsanchez on January 22, 2009, 10:49:57
Have you seen who is producing their new album among others? Brian Eno
Just to see this guy's name there give me a guarantee of something good. I just wonder why The Cure don't hire him instead of those crappy producers from crappy music like Korn, etc...
exactly. i've been really completely out of touch with all things U2 for quite some time but i was just reading the interview on Q mag yesterday, and it looks like they got the whole "old team" assembled together:
brian eno, daniel lanois, steve lillywhite.
robert should read that and be green with envy.
(and if it should turn out that the production on 'no line..' will sound like crap, despite all those names, at least then we'll know that all hope is lost...)
by the way (if one is bound to make some comparisons), am i the only one who'd think that on this new track bono sounds a lot better than robert does on 4:13? imo robert's voice has changed a lot more over the years, he simply sounds... old(er)? bono sounds just like he did the last time i heard him. or...?
(or perhaps i'm just not listening just as carefully/bound to pay much more closer attention to details of robert's voice?)
this damm pc here does not play the audio so I will give it a try tonight at home, really curious to hear this one...
Thanks for this thread, eheh!!! :-D
I think it's a very unusual song for u2, not just for the music, but also for the lyrics...I still can't say if it's a very good song or not, anyway I'm waiting for the album, 'cos I know Brian Eno can do great things.... :roll:
...and of course I'm waiting for the tour (nothing official yet, but this summer maybe they'll be there, yuhu!!!! :-D )
About Bono's voice: imho it was amazing and more emotional during the joshua tree period (the best period for Bono's voice for me). In these last years he's having some problems, but who cares? He can still touch our hearts.... :smth049
i like get on your boots...saw video on youtube but when i checked back few hours later, it was disabled :smth011
aaaa, it's back. so here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ7zKeYhU_8
Do they ever age? I mean, Larry Mullen looks the same to me as he did on the Joshua Tree tour. Wish I could only be so lucky! Although, I think Adam should go back to the big glasses/blond afro look from the old days
Quote from: j on February 13, 2009, 02:54:12
Do they ever age? I mean, Larry Mullen looks the same to me as he did on the Joshua Tree tour.
He's the "Simon Gallup" of the band. Guess they have a devil pact or something to look so young always :P
I sampled a few songs and I liked a few of them. Just not all of them. But I'm still a huge U2 fan so I think maybe it needs to grow on people first.
Quote from: dsanchez on February 13, 2009, 09:45:44
Quote from: j on February 13, 2009, 02:54:12
Do they ever age? I mean, Larry Mullen looks the same to me as he did on the Joshua Tree tour.
He's the "Simon Gallup" of the band. Guess they have a devil pact or something to look so young always :P
hehe, you're right.
here's a cool review of No Line On The Horizon -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/feb/13/u2-white-as-snow
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/feb/13/u2-white-as-snow)
AND ALL LONDONERS WATCH OUT:
U2 to play secret street gig
U2 will reportedly play a secret street gig in central London on Friday night.
The Irish rock band, whose upcoming album No Line On The Horizon leaked last week, are said to be planning an "unusual outdoor performance".
The gig will take place at Upper Regent Street near Oxford Circus between 6pm and 6.15pm, an insider told DS.
U2 release No Line On The Horizon, their 12th studio album, on Monday.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a147862/u2-to-play-secret-street-gig.html (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a147862/u2-to-play-secret-street-gig.html)
I bought the new album yesterday! :D
By the first listening I find some songs very "unusual" and alternative, sometimes it's hard to believe it's a U2's album! :-D
Anyway I think it's a good work, especially for the arrangements (the edge is a god! :smth083 )
And imo MAGNIFICENT is not just the best song of this album, but also one of the best u2songs of the last 20 years! It reminds me of joshua tree.......this song IS U2...great! :smth048 :smth049 :smth020
Hope to read your comments soon! :smth023
Can't wait to see them live in july! :smth055 :smth026
the secret gig in london last night was great, you can all regret! :smth047 ... or not...it's actually here: h
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7915370.stm
5000 people!
anyway, yeah, i like the new album a lot, and agree, Magnificent is the BEST!
interesting reviews here:
http://u2.com/news/article/4593
Quote from: alt.end on March 01, 2009, 01:14:14
the secret gig in london last night was great, you can all regret! :smth047 ... or not...it's actually here: h
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7915370.stm
imo they could have chosen a slightly less high building though. ;)
Quote from: Lady on February 28, 2009, 12:12:18
Can't wait to see them live in july! :smth055 :smth026
Are they touring in Europe? :shock:
It's confirmed? Where?
Quote from: Lady on February 28, 2009, 12:12:18
And imo MAGNIFICENT is not just the best song of this album, but also one of the best u2songs of the last 20 years! It reminds me of joshua tree.......this song IS U2...great!
Magnificent is really magnificent!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBJqWPv7IGo
Eno's hand there? Really cool song!
Quote from: dsanchez on March 04, 2009, 22:31:24
Quote from: Lady on February 28, 2009, 12:12:18
And imo MAGNIFICENT is not just the best song of this album, but also one of the best u2songs of the last 20 years! It reminds me of joshua tree.......this song IS U2...great!
Magnificent is really magnificent!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBJqWPv7IGo
Eno's hand there? Really cool song!
Of course! Eno is a genius! :roll:
I'm sure it will be a great experience to listen to this song live!
finally got my copy...
so far i really like this album. :D
more comments to follow... but at the moment i'm totally hooked on 'breathe'.
i've been feeling quite low and worn for quite some time, yet this song had strange magic to lift me up:
16th of June, nine 0 five, door bell rings
Man at the door says if I want to stay alive a bit longer
There's a few things I need you to know...
...These days are better than that
These days are better than that
Every day I die again, and again I'm reborn
Every day I have to find the courage
To walk out into the street
With arms out
Got a love you can't defeat
Neither down or out
There's nothing you have that I need
I can breathe
Breathe now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIDGE7NJEkM&ft=18
hmm i think i have to change my view about this album. at first it did sound like a really good album to me. ok there were some tracks i didn't like (like 'moment of surrender' which i pretty instantly disliked a lot) but otherwise.... but then it wore itself out really fast. which is not something that U2 albums are supposed to do, imo. at least this has never happened to me with any other U2 album (not even with 'how to dismantle...' which i didn't consider quite that good at all).
when i listen to this albu now, i wonder what some reviewers mean when they've said this album is U2 exploring new grounds, the band renewing itself. suddenly i don't hear that.
before giving it a listen to myself, i remember reading an album review where it said that "U2 in 2009 is undoubtedly the best U2 cover band in the world". that's pretty mch how i feel now. still, it's a very professional band and a band i like much more than i am sometimes willing to adit - so i will say not bad word about them in that respect. but this album sounds like a pretty generic U2 album.
i agree now, too. i liked the album since hearing it for the first time, but then i realized it's not very creative and brave. they stayed in a comfort zone this time.