Originally posted by JcbasketFor one,
I think that the new record is going to be a mix of all the bands that have come out in the past few years. Adam Edge and Bono is particular always mention that they are listening to the young fresh bands. The ones I can think of off the top of my head are Bloc Party and Arcade Fire a few years back. Bono has been seen at Scissor Sister shows and Adam always talks about young bands. Because HTDAAB was more of a follow up record (to ATYCLB), they didn't really use influence much. I think now that they are sitting all alone at the top of their category as greatest rock back of all time, they can now begin to experiment again. Let me clarify a bit more...
R+H- their take on American music. Had been touring US for years at that point and had been listening to a lot of blues and jazz..hence songs like Angel of Harlem..Jesus Christ..so on so fourth
Pop- had still been living in the non-stop tour party mode long after ZOO TV had ended. They fell in love with that atmosphere (Miami's southbeach and most European countries) and started listening to a lot of dance/trance music. It brought new life into music so they took their shot at it. I just think Pop failed at really getting enough of that in the songs. They were still trying to mix rock and dance but it came out as just "blah". Live they figured some of the songs out and thats because they became more rock...but thats another story for another time
so basically, they are content in the position they are in right now so I don't see why they wouldn't dive into a new innovative project. By listening to some of the new stuff in Morocco...the chanting song with Edge Bono Brian and Daniel reminds me a lot like David Bowie meets Arcade Fire. by the way...it sounds brilliant
So I see a brand new U2 coming out...especially since they plan on releasing the Spiderman musical which they have been talking about forever it seems like.
I need material!!! Does anyone know if they are recording somewhere? Has anyone seen them in Dublin or something? Rumors?? Originally posted by JcbasketFor one,
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So I see a brand new U2 coming out...especially since they plan on releasing the Spiderman musical which they have been talking about forever it seems like.
Although releasing the documentary film Here Is What Is on DVD next month, as well as a CD of the same name, musician and acclaimed producer Daniel Lanois is probably packing his bags now. On Monday, he's off to Dublin to begin recording with U2 on their next studio album, the follow-up to 2004's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.
"I'm going to work with them in a week," Lanois says from Los Angeles.
"We've had a few very successful jam sessions so far, including one in Morocco. I'm very excited about what we're doing. Everyone has an appetite for breaking new ground and everybody wants to make a masterpiece.
"We're not taking anything for granted. We don't think it's going to be easy. In fact, it's always hard work and I like it that way. When the work is hard, you know you're busting through something that hasn't been done before."
As for the direction U2's album is headed, Lanois is brief in describing the record, which should be out this fall.
"I can tell you a little bit about the fundamental quality," he says. "It's very much hand-played but it's also electro."
With the film about to be released the band aren't going back to their rockstar's life of leisure.
They are currently writing and recording their new album, the fellow-up to 2004's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, which is scheduled for release in October this year.
Bono said:"We're having a good time.
"We went to Morocco for a religious music festival in Fez. Even Larry, who sometimes finds it difficult just moving from the north side to the south side of Dublin, believed we had to go there.
"We found a little hotel with a central inner courtyard from where we could hear the muezzin calling for the prayers.
"And there we made our most incredible, radical music of our life.
"It isn't like anyone else's music. It's even different to our music."
It looks like it's going to be an exciting year for U2.
'You feel you are close enough to touch the band and you feel in an intimate space with the musicians'
Originally posted by germcevoycringe moments from Bono's 'radical' comment but Lanois's interests me. This sounds so like another Pop. Hand played electro? I want it
Originally posted by germcevoy This sounds so like another Pop. Hand played electro? I want it
Originally posted by yeah[..]
Sounds to me like nothing. Hand played and electro. That's the 'style' on every album.
Originally posted by drewhiggins
Don't tell me U2 are gonna breakdance in their new videos and at their shows.