Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]
I guess they weren't expecting fans to be sitting on the beach with a phone recorder though. Great free promotion.
Originally posted by yeah[..]
If they don't expect that, they must have slept on trees the last 5 years.
The guy who recorded the latest clips even mentions that Bono watched him while he listened to the songs...
Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]
I'll bet. Remember, after last time, they're guarding these songs like their life depends on it.
Originally posted by yeah[..]
I think, if they were really afraid about people recording their in-work songs, they wouldn't let fans hang out in front of the studio, the wouldn't play tracks to fans, they wouldn't play new songs at a volume easily audible by passing tourists...
What they worry about imo is that copies of the masters or other studio quality outtakes might leak. And they're right about that.
Originally posted by MacphistflyWho would spoil the first release of a song by listening to a version recorded by a dutch guy in shorts vacationing in France? From his phone no less?
Originally posted by yeah[..]
They probably also played it to some journalist in Bono's car, to Jay-Z and a hairdresser, so why not in a beach-house? They did that in the past, too. It's a good way to keep fans interested and it's free promotion...
Whether the people were really there is another question...
Originally posted by thefly07what is this Montgomery's Visit that has been mentioned?
Originally posted by yeah[..]
That's a working title/early version of Trying to throw your arms,
Originally posted by thefly07[..]
ah, so that's not on any of the Salome outtakes?