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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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...

  6. 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)
  7. 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...
  8. North Star sounds also promising as a tribute to Johnny Cash, hope it makes the album.
  9. 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...
  10. 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


    I voted for Moment of Surrender. Mr. Eno said it is the best song he has ever done with boys, didn't he?
  11. I say 'North Star'. You know: The Nordic Tour.
    Doesn't sound that bad...
    I think this a kind of The Fly/Vertigo/Elevation song
  12. Originally posted by markp91I say 'North Star'. You know: The Nordic Tour.
    Doesn't sound that bad...
    I think this a kind of The Fly/Vertigo/Elevation song

    So, a blend of 3 fairly different songs lol?

    The stuff about Brain Eno and Moment of Surrender - don't forget that thing he did before he linked up with the boys for TUF, where he got a load of bird noises and just said the names of them, which scared the shit out of Chris Blackwell because he thought Eno would turn U2 into some kind of avant garde nonsense...?

    That said, Blackwell got it wrong by thinking so BUT that's what I mean about Eno

    And don't get me wrong, I think Eno's been terrific as producer of U2 with Danny Lanois BUT...what he may think to be the best stuff etc. may not necessarily be everyone else's perception...
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