Originally posted by germcevoy:What age is his son? To me, the obvious concept seems to be Larry as the older person getting on in life trying to hold on to the innocence of youth which is symbolised through his son here.
It has clear connotations with the Boy cover.
I'll await the barrage of twitter users lambasting is as 'gay'.
Originally posted by bruno_handler:He also said, that invisible will be on the physical release of the album. So, we might hear the non-red-edit-version of it. Could be exciting.
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I was just going to post it.
On the other hand, I think Invisible will be part of the acoustic session.
Originally posted by RUMMY:Will the other three band members be on subsequent covers? Will the final album (assuming there is four altogether) feature Bono in at a retirement home in a wheel chair facing his inevitable demise?
Originally posted by RUMMY:Will the other three band members be on subsequent covers? Will the final album (assuming there is four altogether) feature Bono in at a retirement home in a wheel chair facing his inevitable demise?
well played Originally posted by max_thehitman:I do think the new album cover is an artistic style photo (if this is really the new album cover), but I also do think its just a little too controversial.. I know U2 throughout their career have cause some controversy with some of their songs and off-stage stuff, but the younger generation might not understand this album cover and that this is Larry´s son.
I am not sure how many people out there hug their son in such a fashion.
We all know that Larry is one of the more serious guys in the band, so he must
have a very good reason for such a photograph. Right?
I really do not know what to make of it myself.
Perhaps something like this image I am posting, I would be more comfortable
to look at as an album cover.
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Or perhaps bring back the same kid from the first album and photograph his face
and show him how he looks like after all these years since the "Boy" album.
A grown up and aged man, which is exactly what has happened to the U2 band. They have all grown up from being a punk kids band from the north-side of Dublin to become a famous band and citizens of the world. A little more aged and a little more wiser.
Originally posted by max_thehitman:Yes, indeed.
All it really matters is the MUSIC. The songs by themselves and lyrics.
This is an exceptional album and its well recorded.
I am a long time fan of U2, but I have only listened to this new album a few times since it came out on the web. . All I needed was a second listen to know this was a great album.
The melodies linger in the mind for a long time after you stop listening to the song, so its a great thing.
Whatever album cover they come out with does not really matter.
What matters is the MUSIC
Originally posted by max_thehitman:Yes, indeed.
All it really matters is the MUSIC. The songs by themselves and lyrics.
This is an exceptional album and its well recorded.
I am a long time fan of U2, but I have only listened to this new album a few times since it came out on the web. . All I needed was a second listen to know this was a great album.
The melodies linger in the mind for a long time after you stop listening to the song, so its a great thing.
Whatever album cover they come out with does not really matter.
What matters is the MUSIC