Originally posted by kris_smith87:I really don't get why people are so against this relevant thing... if you aren't relevant there is no need to make music in my opinion.
Honestly, I don't even believe in the term "relevant." It's a 100% opinion not based in any facts. I want a good album with the best songs that they have. I don't care if it hits #1 or #84. I want to like it. I love NLOTH, but rank it just above October and Passengers as my least favorite U2 albums. Just thinking about it, when your least favorite albums by your favorite group are this good, there's not too much to complain about!!!
Thoughts on the next album. They could likely become even more "relevant" by doing something nobody has ever done. Instead of waiting 2-10 years to do a deluxe release of the album, just release it that way to begin with.
Make the usual one disc standard edition with the best songs from every session...Rick Rubin, Danger Mouse, Red whoever, Will I Am, etc. A 70-79 minute disc of the absolute best. They don't have to have a cohesive theme, just the best songs.
Then take the unprecedented step of releasing the Deluxe Version in the maddest, most ridiculous fashion ever....Release it the SAME DAY as the Standard Album. The standard 1 CD version could be $15 or whatever, but the 7CD 1DVD version could be $75 or so, as a nice gift to the fans.
Make the Deluxe Version 7 CDs and 1 DVD with the original album, and make 6 of the discs full of the album demos and include many songs not on the album. You could see the entire evolution of the Album with maybe 3-5 takes of each song on the album revealing the entire evolution of how the songs transformed from rough demos to the finished songs.
This would be a groundbreaking and awesome gift for the Die-Hards, and would likely make history. The Beach Boys released a Box Set of multiple takes from their Pet Sounds Album 30 years after the fact. U2 would be doing it in real time. This is a great idea, and I know U2 don't have the balls to do it. Even if the Album sucked, it would still be fascinating, and I'd love it.
I know they are scared of making a "Crap Album." But even a crap album full of "Wild Honey," and "One Step Closer," level songs would be ok with me. And it would be MAGNIFICENT to have 3-5 demos of each track, and all the outtakes in a huge Deluxe Edition.
I know most of my U2 and Prince Ideas are Pipe Dreams, but they are Pipe Dreams that would be loved by many fans of the band.