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  1. Originally posted by yeah[..]

    I don't need an experimental album, just a good one.
    I for one love the Pop-Album. A lot of people would call that one experimental while I find a lot of Boy and War sounds in it - mixed with some new influences. So experimental is pretty relative...

    Worst case scenario for me would be a "Window in the skies" album. Awful vision.


    totally agreed concerning the pop album and 'experimental' being relative, which is why I asked to define it first next time someone mentions it


    window in the skies - I liked that one, maybe exactly because it was so cheery and had that bit of beatles influence. a whole album full of 'window' though?
  2. Originally posted by yeah[..]

    I don't need an experimental album, just a good one.
    I for one love the Pop-Album. A lot of people would call that one experimental while I find a lot of Boy and War sounds in it - mixed with some new influences. So experimental is pretty relative...

    Worst case scenario for me would be a "Window in the skies" album. Awful vision.

    I wouldn't say it's a worst case scenario, but I pretty much agree with what you've said

    I don't care whether it's groundbreaking, heart-stopping or anything else, I just want quality U2 music at its best, i.e. something that'll be genuinely worth forking out something around £10-15 for!

    That said, I'd buy it anyway, regardless of the cost. But I'd want it to recoup some of the fee lol...
  3. Originally posted by aussiemofo[..]

    How about the sax..


    How about mandolin? Losing My Religion is just brilliant.
  4. Originally posted by zooTV4all[..]

    What hell would he think be relevant then?? That person "yeah" is a very very demanding person.
    More irritating than an insect.



    Watch it there...I actually respect the man for his opinions...it's all logical and he sticks to them, which is pretty damn good
  5. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    Watch it there...I actually respect the man for his opinions...it's all logical and he sticks to them, which is pretty damn good


    I respect him too, I just don't want a new Pop-flop.
  6. Originally posted by zooTV4all[..]

    How about mandolin? Losing My Religion is just brilliant.



    its great song But i think Studo verison of COBL has mandolin on it. At least my mother and I do LOL.
  7. Originally posted by yeah[..]

    Worst case scenario for me would be a "Window in the skies" album. Awful vision.


    Agreed. Bono's mention of "psychedelic pop" a few months back still has me worried.
  8. Originally posted by zooTV4all[..]

    How about mandolin? Losing My Religion is just brilliant.



    Even better example is "Rise" - song by Eddie Vedder.
  9. hey guys guess what.....the album is finished. in the can.

    this isn't supposed to be revelatory....im just excited
  10. This album is very influenced by what 60s artists did. They vacationed out in Morocco (I think).

    The Beatles..... not the cheesy crap from 1963-1965. I'm talking about Revolver's George Harrison stuff. Fuck Eleanor Rigby. Her time was in ATYCLB.

    This album, if anything will be largely influenced by later 60s stuff, the better half of the 60s.

    Jimi Hendrix style stuff? That would be crazy. If anything, can Edge do what Pete Townshend did and start smashing guitars? THAT, would be awesome.

    So sure, Bono wants to be like John Lennon more and more each album. Whatever. Edge is still from the future. Larry will drum like Mitch Mitchell (JImi Hendrix stuff). Adam, will still play the way he does, but I see that he will be more featured in this album.

    If I have learned anything, its that deserts produce the best music:

    Where the Streets Have No Name
    Paint It Black

    ok, maybe thats all I can come up with for now, but I know that they know what they're doing:

    It will be a U2 album, nothing like what we've seen, ever. Thats what U2 does. I'm pretty sure they are sick of stereotypical rock stuff.

    As for the Achtung 2 idea.... NO. We want the same level of innovation as Achtung, which I think will definitely happen.

    Why? Because U2 isn't the kind of band to keep doing the same thing. Thats what the Rolling Stones and the Who and the Beatles and every other band did. They all wanted to have a trademark sound. U2 has no history, which is why they have come up with everything awesome. The Joshua Tree, Achtung, and Pop are their innovative successes. The Joshua Tree - taking a look at American music. Not the 80s shit, but REAL american music like R&B and the blues, which created rock to begin with. Achtung, where they decided to make a new sound..... that sound which BECAME the 90s. Pop, the underrated Pop, now being hailed because the club scene is now bigger than ever. The ideas which were their own, what they wanted to exemplify in their albums made them who they are today. Whatever they are making has some sort of theme. If its as big as the three I've mentioned, we have a winner.
  11. Originally posted by stj0691
    Pop, the underrated Pop, now being hailed because the club scene is now bigger than ever.



    to defend electronic/club music.. it was my first love and it came out well before u2's pop.

    as far as the individual songs go for pop.. i dont hear techno influences at all. period. on achtung baby! yes, definately techno influenced.

    yes u2's popmart was the "rave" rock n roll show, but raves and club music was along well before the POP album. paul oakenfold, sasha, digweed, paul van dyk, pete tong, dj icey, frankie bones, danny teneglia, ralph rosario, BT, Keoki, Prodigy, Chemical Bros, etc.. these guys made the club scene what it is today.

    u2 was the only rock band i think that took a stab at electronic music.

    being heavily involved in the club music scene and seeing how dead it is (at least here in tampa) i don't think trance influences will go over well. probably in europe though.

    my .02

  12. Originally posted by Ariees[..]


    to defend electronic/club music.. it was my first love and it came out well before u2's pop.

    as far as the individual songs go for pop.. i dont hear techno influences at all. period. on achtung baby! yes, definately techno influenced.

    yes u2's popmart was the "rave" rock n roll show, but raves and club music was along well before the POP album. paul oakenfold, sasha, digweed, paul van dyk, pete tong, dj icey, frankie bones, danny teneglia, ralph rosario, BT, Keoki, Prodigy, Chemical Bros, etc.. these guys made the club scene what it is today.

    u2 was the only rock band i think that took a stab at electronic music.

    being heavily involved in the club music scene and seeing how dead it is (at least here in tampa) i don't think trance influences will go over well. probably in europe though.

    my .02




    woah.... what an awesome post I must say. all those artists that I might like, very awesome list!

    my post was meant to say something along the lines of "U2 has made their own sound with highly respected influences, and their most innovative comes from the cream of the crop."

    and up here in the northeast the club scene... i have no idea lol.
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