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  1. Originally posted by thefly07[..]

    it'd be great to have an album chocked full of songs but i'm guessing it will be a record of 11 or 12 great songs. i'd love to be proven wrong though

    As long as you're proved wrong on the numbers alone, rather than the songs not being great
  2. Originally posted by Arieesi don't get it.. when i see interviews edge says "we're trying to figure out what songs will make it on the album" ... put as many as you can on! u2 certainly know what they are doing but i mean come on. if you have 11-12 great songs and 2 "so-so" songs who cares?? i'd rather hear the 2 so so songs as well rather to just be left behind and found out years later.


    the band is so meticulous when it comes to their track lists. i know we don't care what they put on it (slight exaggeration) but the band obviously pines away to find the songs that need to be on the album, according to them, I trust them so I will be happy with however many tracks there are
  3. Originally posted by thefly07[..]

    the band is so meticulous when it comes to their track lists. i know we don't care what they put on it (slight exaggeration) but the band obviously pines away to find the songs that need to be on the album, according to them, I trust them so I will be happy with however many tracks there are

    Well, you say meticulous, just look at JT - Kirsty MacColl came up with the tracklist there; the only guidelines they said were that Streets was first and Mothers was last - that doesn't exactly suggest extreme pickiness
  4. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    Well, you say meticulous, just look at JT - Kirsty MacColl came up with the tracklist there; the only guidelines they said were that Streets was first and Mothers was last - that doesn't exactly suggest extreme pickiness


    touche! i seem to recall hearing about difficulty for the HTDAAB tracklist and maybe ATYCLB, maybe they have just gotten more meticulous? hence why it takes them 3 1/2 years to make an album
  5. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    Well, you say meticulous, just look at JT - Kirsty MacColl came up with the tracklist there; the only guidelines they said were that Streets was first and Mothers was last - that doesn't exactly suggest extreme pickiness


    that was back then they probably got some higher standards now, I guess.
    (and besides, what could you do wrong with the JT tracklist? lol)

    I'd rather want them to think twice about what to put on their album though.. and I'm glad they do.
  6. Originally posted by thefly07[..]

    touche! i seem to recall hearing about difficulty for the HTDAAB tracklist and maybe ATYCLB, maybe they have just gotten more meticulous? hence why it takes them 3 1/2 years to make an album

    Aha, yeah I get you, I was just being the Devil's advocate, you might say

    I have to say, I'm not overly keen on the whole tracklist for HTDAAB, perhaps it was just one they could never quite get whichever way they twisted it - well, that's how I see it
    Originally posted by flowerchild[..]

    that was back then they probably got some higher standards now, I guess.
    (and besides, what could you do wrong with the JT tracklist? lol)

    I'd rather want them to think twice about what to put on their album though.. and I'm glad they do.

    Indeed, good points you make there
  7. Just added a new poll on the U2start frontpage:

    Which of the following rumoured song titles of the new album sounds the most promising?

    Moment of Surrender
    North Star
    Love Is All We Have Left
    No Line On The Horizon
    If I Could Live My Life Again

    My vote is for Moment of Surrender, which Brian Eno called "the best thing" he had recorded with U2
  8. Originally posted by RemyJust added a new poll on the U2start frontpage:

    Which of the following rumoured song titles of the new album sounds the most promising?

    Moment of Surrender
    North Star
    Love Is All We Have Left
    No Line On The Horizon
    If I Could Live My Life Again

    My vote is for Moment of Surrender, which Brian Eno called "the best thing" he had recorded with U2

    No Line On The Horizon got my vote, I think the name itself sounds epic and reeks of U2, and not to mention all the stuff we've been told about it in various interviews on a music level...

  9. I voted for 'no line on the horizon' because, as already mentioned, the title sounds awesome already

    'love is all we have left' sounds the kitchiest to me,
    but who knows... in the end this turns out to be my fav track on the album (if it exists)
  10. Originally posted by flowerchildI voted for 'no line on the horizon' because, as already mentioned, the title sounds awesome already

    'love is all we have left' sounds the kitchiest to me,
    but who knows... in the end this turns out to be my fav track on the album (if it exists)

    Yeah, that and "If I Could Live My Life Again" sound a bit soppy to me lol...
  11. North Star sounds also promising as a tribute to Johnny Cash, hope it makes the album.
  12. Originally posted by RemyNorth Star sounds also promising as a tribute to Johnny Cash, hope it makes the album.

    As long as Bono doesn't try and imitate Herr Cash lol...
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