GEN
Active topics


  1. Be glad for this album Akon and Co. isn't producing it. As a huge Michael Jackson fan, I was disappointed by the remix that he did for Thriller25. Add to that the other four remixes that happened to be on that disc, and you have 25 minutes of utter disappointments and boredom.

    Good points. I agree about the good possibility of a concept album. I wonder if the band were too concerned that the new album might turn out to be another Bomb--great songs but no cohesion--that they went completely the opposite direction and emphasized the cohesion to the point of making a full concept album.


    They are great songs, but Bomb sounded like a mess of songs and that they didn't know where to put them. The old quote ''saving the best for last'' didn't apply on that album, or even on ATYCLB. Yahweh and Grace - not the greatest U2 songs ever released. Heavy messages and great concept, but executed like crap. It's a pity it didn't go the way of Mercy - in that style, and six-minute songs. Ten songs of brilliance.

    If it were me, I would have put City of Blinding Lights first.
  2. Originally posted by AllBecauseOfU2:[..]

    Good points. I agree about the good possibility of a concept album. I wonder if the band were too concerned that the new album might turn out to be another Bomb--great songs but no cohesion--that they went completely the opposite direction and emphasized the cohesion to the point of making a full concept album.


    i just hope they aren't doing too many big overhauls. Fine tuning is fine I think, a little tinkering here and there to better the songs. I'm sure it will all turn out ok*fingers crossed*
  3. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    Be glad for this album Akon and Co. isn't producing it. As a huge Michael Jackson fan, I was disappointed by the remix that he did for Thriller25. Add to that the other four remixes that happened to be on that disc, and you have 25 minutes of utter disappointments and boredom.


    haha. yeah i wouldn't like that as i'm not the biggest MJ fan though I know Thriller is objectively one of the best albums of all time. Not a big fan of remixes either, I think they work ok as b-sides, but I hardly listen to them
  4. Originally posted by thefly07:[..]

    haha. yeah i wouldn't like that as i'm not the biggest MJ fan though I know Thriller is objectively one of the best albums of all time. Not a big fan of remixes either, I think they work ok as b-sides, but I hardly listen to them


    A reason not to bother with the second disc on Best of 1990-2000. North and South of The River and Your Blue Room make it worthwhile to have it, though. I'm not a huge fan of Thriller. Overrated album, but some real great tunes on it. Anyway, have U2 ever released something truly terrible (album-wise)?

    Originally posted by thefly07i just hope they aren't doing too many big overhauls. Fine tuning is fine I think, a little tinkering here and there to better the songs. I'm sure it will all turn out ok*fingers crossed*


    I hope it hasn't been the mixing that's taken this long, and trying to get a perfect sound. They may have recorded 50-60 songs (that we know of) but how many of those are any good, potentially, and live? 45 of those could be complete crap, or even just simple riffs or drum loops. They left Pop as it was - not overly mixed, rough as sandpaper, but look at how immensely popular that record is. But the problem is, to appeal to the young crowd, you have to overproduce your music and fine-tune it to a point where it is no longer fine.

    Do U2 need a massive chart-topper? They've had enough of them and people know that their work is going to be decent, no matter if they make a critically-panned record - you don't spend three years in a studio, and have it be a complete piece of crap. It's no longer sufficient enough to spend a few months in a studio. How would an album like Boy stand up today? Granted, pretty well, but how would it sell (which is the whole point of recording and the music industry)?
  5. A concept album gets my vote too, but I just hope the quality of the songs improve. Listen to the B-sides of HTDAAB. The majority of these B-sides, like Smile and Xanax and Wine are better than the material listed on HTDAAB.

    And was JT seen as a concept-album? Because they let some woman decide about the order of the songs. (dunno who it was, maybe Edge's mother. It's in U2byU2.)
  6. Originally posted by MWSAH:A concept album gets my vote too, but I just hope the quality of the songs improve. Listen to the B-sides of HTDAAB. The majority of these B-sides, like Smile and Xanax and Wine are better than the material listed on HTDAAB.

    And was JT seen as a concept-album? Because they let some woman decide about the order of the songs. (dunno who it was, maybe Edge's mother. It's in U2byU2.)


    Smile is a great tune.


  7. For sure...I still don't understand why they put the weakest songs on the album. I only like COBL, SYCMIOYO, All Because Of You and Original of the Species.

    The rest are fillers in my opinion.
    Native Son beats Vertigo, Yahweh Alternate Version beats Yahweh Album Version, Smile beats One Step Closer, Xanax and Wine beats Fast Cars (which I didn't get with the album), Mercy beats Miracle Drug etc. It could and should have been much better. And maybe U2 are doing this now with the new album. Reworking/re-ordering the songs before it's too late.
  9. Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

    For sure...I still don't understand why they put the weakest songs on the album. I only like COBL, SYCMIOYO, All Because Of You and Original of the Species.

    The rest are fillers in my opinion.
    Native Son beats Vertigo, Yahweh Alternate Version beats Yahweh Album Version, Smile beats One Step Closer, Xanax and Wine beats Fast Cars (which I didn't get with the album), Mercy beats Miracle Drug etc. It could and should have been much better. And maybe U2 are doing this now with the new album. Reworking/re-ordering the songs before it's too late.


    Exactly my choice. I didn't like the Yahweh alternate. You didn't get Fast Cars on yours?

    I quite like One Step Closer.
  10. Originally posted by MWSAH:A concept album gets my vote too, but I just hope the quality of the songs improve. Listen to the B-sides of HTDAAB. The majority of these B-sides, like Smile and Xanax and Wine are better than the material listed on HTDAAB.

    And was JT seen as a concept-album? Because they let some woman decide about the order of the songs. (dunno who it was, maybe Edge's mother. It's in U2byU2.)


    I believe it was Brian Eno's wife.
  11. Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

    For sure...I still don't understand why they put the weakest songs on the album. I only like COBL, SYCMIOYO, All Because Of You and Original of the Species.

    The rest are fillers in my opinion.
    Native Son beats Vertigo, Yahweh Alternate Version beats Yahweh Album Version, Smile beats One Step Closer, Xanax and Wine beats Fast Cars (which I didn't get with the album), Mercy beats Miracle Drug etc. It could and should have been much better. And maybe U2 are doing this now with the new album. Reworking/re-ordering the songs before it's too late.


    You don't rate Love and Peace...? No way Miracle Drug should get bumped off the album. One of Bomb's best and one of the Vertigo Tour's highlights.


  12. Nope, probably an European version. It stops with Yahweh.
Contribute to the U2 community with uploading photos or by telling us which shows you have visited.
Contribute to the U2 community with uploading photos or by telling us which shows you have visited.
Contribute to the U2 community with uploading photos or by telling us which shows you have visited.
Contribute to the U2 community with uploading photos or by telling us which shows you have visited.