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  1. Originally posted by yeah[..]

    The Philippines aren't what I would call a muslim country (80% catholics).


    My mistake and ignorance then.
  2. Mine as well.
  3. Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

    Any insight as to why U2 keep refusing Glasto?


    Looks like they pissed off Michael Eavis (founder and organiser of Glasto) several times and now he doesn't even want them any more...
  4. Originally posted by yeah[..]

    Looks like they pissed off Michael Eavis (founder and organizer of Glasto) several times and now he doesn't even want them any more...


    he approached them this year tho did he not? At least I read that in a Q mag a few months ago
  5. Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

    he approached them this year tho did he not? At least I read that in a Q mag a few months ago


    I think I remember him saying something like "we don't need U2" when he was asked for this year's headliners. But who knows...
  6. Originally posted by yeah[..]

    I think I remember him saying something like "we don't need U2" when he was asked for this year's headliners. But who knows...


    he was getting questoned about headliners and he said 'I cannot say who we have been talking to but I can say that we will not be putting on U2 or Niel Diamond'. Who knows indeed.
  7. So Monday is almost over (on the east coast of the US that is) so here is hoping that U2 got some good work done today on the new album! Lanois was recently quoted as saying he was to begin work again on the new album, they made it sound like they were starting it all together, which surely isn't the case. Lanois went on to say the sound is, "very much hand-played, but it's also electro." Keep it up boys!
  8. Originally posted by rmann83
    Because does anyone else remember the effect Africa's beautifully rich light and shadow of poverty cast on Bono? Something about desert plains and dust clouds dissappearing...?


    Just that part of your post is brilliant by itself. Post of the week? Post of the fucking milennium, more like.

    http://ie.7digital.com/artists/u2/the-ballad-of-ronnie-drew/ if you want to have half an idea of what the upcoming album might be like.

    Well, maybe not exactly what the album is gonna sound like (I don't know) but they could be making an Irish folk album.
  9. Not sure this song even offers half of an idea of what their new album will sound like, unless of course they are making an Irish folk album!
  10. Excited to hear that they are working in Windmill Lane again for the new album! Such classic history there!!
  11. First off, ny nickname will be MacPhisto's Fly, or any mix if ya want. I feel stj0691 is getting a bit old now. My fav album is Achtung Baby, as you may have guessed by now. ZOO TV, the only thing that keeps me going, my affection.

    Ok, I think I have dug up a hypocracy to all the hype:
    U2 always has sounded hand-played (I think)
    So does the drumming from Hendrix's material. Which has been listened to. Hand played, to me, is defined as the music giving you the feel of the power behind the music.
    Electro music? In Wiki they say this:
    the definition of the electro sound is the use of drum machines as the rhythmic base of a track
    But it also sounds hand played? Stop the music for a sec.
    So the rhythm sounds machine like, set to something, but the drums (half the rhythm) also hand played. Contradiction in sight? Nope.

    So someone did say what Bono says is a joke, ya could be right on there kiddo.

    Zoo Station, my favorite station, oh. Think of that for the coming months. The new album sounds so electro to me, like my album. I see a return to my favorite station, with lighter sounds. It is electro, and it does sound hand driven. Wasn't my love (Zoo TV) the sound of chopping down a tree? The tree hasn't withered in the sand though. The tree that has blocked the shade from my album and has given this innovation new shed light, new direction, new hope. The tree however reminds us all what we're from. The roots go further. I see this album as a celebration of old and new. A tribute to our past and present. A mix of the the tree's roots and the static waves from ten to fifteen years ago. After all, U2's past two works were root based, right I am. But enough about the roots and TV and dance, I must get some rest. As for the new album, more jabber tomorrow. I hear Daft Punk in the back, hmm.

    G'night y'all.
  12. the combination of hand played electro does definitely sound interesting! I'm sure the boys will pull it off like it's never been done before! If Lanois says they are breaking sonic ground, I believe him
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