Originally posted by Ariees[..]
sometimes is a great song. it's no achtung or joshua tree song though.
Originally posted by stj0691[..]
I love SYCMIOYO, but the band knows JT and AB are their best so far. JT was America, and AB was the 90s, and a reunited Germany. ATYCLB was reapplying for the best band in the world. HTDAAB was a rock record, formed out of the song Vertigo.
Originally posted by rmann83
No, I think Bono's done with the cold, dark and heavy. U2's whole career lyrically seems to arc with life itself. We got the wide-eyed baby 'Boy', the burning coming of age in 'War', adolescent and understanding teens in 'Unforgettable Fire', building, searching and making of oneself in 'Joshua Tree' and the flourescent turbulence, tumble and up-down, static-in-the-airwaves freefall through your adult life with 'Zootopia + Pop' (my current phase thankyaveramuch)
The mid-life understanding, mortality and appreciation that would come with age (I imagine)is where 'ATYCLB' found its voice and 'HTDAAB' was a broad look, not only to the world and what it is but a look back at yourself and what you are and where you came from (giving the album a sense of duality which was nice).
No, Bono has never backtracked lyrically and I wouldn't imagine he would with the next (SUPERNOVA!!!) album. The clues are in where he is with his life and I imagine its the sense of his newfound appreciation with music and what it can do to you and what you can see through it . Africa is no doubt playing on his mind and will surface in one form or another in the next album for sure and despite how everyone else feels about that, for that I couldn't be happier.
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...?
Originally posted by Ariees[..]
sometimes is a great song. it's no achtung or joshua tree song though.
Originally posted by Ali709[..]
I think most of what's been said is just extra fuss and we really just have to wait...but I guess the reason people got excited this time is that it's not Bono saying it's their best, it's Lanois and Lillywhite
Originally posted by yeah[..]
That's pretty normal, a producer would never state that the album he's working on is the same stuff he did the last times.
Oh, and actually it's Tony Fanton saying that Lillywhite said that...
I'm pretty sceptical about the new album. U2 did release nothing really relevant to me in the last 10 years, so my expectations are low.
But then again I expected nothing from the new Coldplay album...
Originally posted by anstratdubh1979THE BEST YET - PER STEVE LILLYWHITE
Sunday Mirror
July 6, 2008
U2's legendary producer, Steve Lillywhite, claims the band's eagerly-
awaited new album will be their BEST ever. He has worked with the
band since their first album, Boy, was released in 1981, and now he
is back in the studio with them as they put the finishing touches to
their latest album prior to its October release.
Veteran DJ Tony Fenton said he met Steve and was struck by how the
told how the famous producer was ranting about the new album. Tony
said: "I met Steve recently and we got talking about the band's new
album. He is so excited about the record and claims it's the best
record they have ever done.
"I know people think he might say that - but that's not the kind of
thing somebody like Steve Lillywhite says easily. Like the rest of
people who love music I'm so looking forward to it."
U2 even missed the recent Nelson Mandela Tribute Concert in London
because they were so caught up in putting the final touches to the
album at their Hanover Quay Studios in Dublin's Docklands.
The group recorded initially recorded a lot of new material in
Morocco - but then scrapped a lot of it and started again because
they didn't think it was up to their high standards.
A source said: "U2 have never put out a dud record and they don't
want to start now. In fact it's got to the stage with them that they
want to put out a classic but still make it fresh and new. They know
they are coming very close but they still have a bit of work to do
yet."
The album is the first studio work the band will released since their
smash hit How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb in 2004.
© Sunday Mirror, 2008.
Originally posted by thefly07[..]
did you see any of the tours from the last 10 years?
Originally posted by AllBecauseOfU2-cha
Originally posted by anstratdubh1979THE BEST YET - PER STEVE LILLYWHITE
Sunday Mirror
July 6, 2008
U2's legendary producer, Steve Lillywhite, claims the band's eagerly-
awaited new album will be their BEST ever. He has worked with the
band since their first album, Boy, was released in 1981, and now he
is back in the studio with them as they put the finishing touches to
their latest album prior to its October release.
Veteran DJ Tony Fenton said he met Steve and was struck by how the
told how the famous producer was ranting about the new album. Tony
said: "I met Steve recently and we got talking about the band's new
album. He is so excited about the record and claims it's the best
record they have ever done.
"I know people think he might say that - but that's not the kind of
thing somebody like Steve Lillywhite says easily. Like the rest of
people who love music I'm so looking forward to it."
U2 even missed the recent Nelson Mandela Tribute Concert in London
because they were so caught up in putting the final touches to the
album at their Hanover Quay Studios in Dublin's Docklands.
The group recorded initially recorded a lot of new material in
Morocco - but then scrapped a lot of it and started again because
they didn't think it was up to their high standards.
A source said: "U2 have never put out a dud record and they don't
want to start now. In fact it's got to the stage with them that they
want to put out a classic but still make it fresh and new. They know
they are coming very close but they still have a bit of work to do
yet."
The album is the first studio work the band will released since their
smash hit How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb in 2004.
© Sunday Mirror, 2008.
Originally posted by yeah[..]
Yep, the Popmart shows in Germany and a handful of Elevation and Vertigo in Germany and France.
Although Popmart was 11 years ago, hope that counts anyway.
