Anticipation!

Originally posted by ArtVandelayI also remember the build up and recording of POP, the band had a webcam in the recording studio

Originally posted by iTimThis is the first I'm really looking forward too. I was only 9 when ATYCLB was released, just hit the shelves for me and that was it. With HTDAAB I knew there was a release coming but I wasn't really watching with a lot of interest because I didn't spend much time on the net and didn't really keep up to date with things. Now however, I just can't wait.I know where my priorities lie now. Can't wait.

Originally posted by AllBecauseOfU2[..]

This my second pre-album anticipation--but the first to share with Internet fans! I became a lukewarm fan when Beautiful Day came out, then evolved to an huge fan in the summer of '03 when I completed my album collection. I remember being on the Internet one day and accidentally coming across Interference. I think it was through them that I found out VH1.com was going to be streaming HTDAAB one week before it hit shelves. That entire week, I'd come home from classes and listen to it on repeat. The day it was released, I went to the store at 10am and bought the super deluxe edition. It was a great feeling.

Originally posted by gavinfridayI guess I'm getting old since I can clearly remember some anticipation before The Unforgettable Fire, the first I saw the video of Pride played on television was also the first time I heard the song. The video was great and impressive at that time (I was 8 years old, my older brother 13 got me into U2 and 'forged' me more or less to listen to War and UABRS). The video was amazing, as was the song. We (my brother and I) heard that the song was of the new U2 record called Unforgettable Fire, which existence we didn't know.

the anticipation for The Joshua Tree is more vividly in my memories, my brother was 16 and very keen on this new record, bought the LP on the day of release, but had already bought the vinyl single of WOWY before. The sound of WOWY was so new and so great, everyone was talking/buzzing about it and knew this would be their best. But also the 'new' looks of the band, longer hair of Bono and Edge, the cowboy hat and Adam's glasses made them look more mature. So in that sense, Joshua Tree was quite a radical step from TUF, and everybody was surprised by that, almost equally in my memory to the radical shift in the Achtung Baby era.

Originally posted by gavinfridayI guess I'm getting old since I can clearly remember some anticipation before The Unforgettable Fire, the first I saw the video of Pride played on television was also the first time I heard the song. The video was great and impressive at that time (I was 8 years old, my older brother 13 got me into U2 and 'forged' me more or less to listen to War and UABRS). The video was amazing, as was the song. We (my brother and I) heard that the song was of the new U2 record called Unforgettable Fire, which existence we didn't know.

the anticipation for The Joshua Tree is more vividly in my memories, my brother was 16 and very keen on this new record, bought the LP on the day of release, but had already bought the vinyl single of WOWY before. The sound of WOWY was so new and so great, everyone was talking/buzzing about it and knew this would be their best. But also the 'new' looks of the band, longer hair of Bono and Edge, the cowboy hat and Adam's glasses made them look more mature. So in that sense, Joshua Tree was quite a radical step from TUF, and everybody was surprised by that, almost equally in my memory to the radical shift in the Achtung Baby era.

Originally posted by AllBecauseOfU2Has anyone here ever been to a U2 dress rehersal? I'd love to try and get into one next tour. (That, and, you know, an actual concert.)

Originally posted by KaiserJoseBeing relatively young (and possibly/probably naive) I've taken notice to the hype about 'No Line On The Horizon' to which many radio hosts as well as the album producers have described as 'innovative' and more importantly; 'their best work'.

While I realize the average age of fanatic on this forum is quite young I was pondering as to whether anyone could tell me what the so-called 'hype' preceding the previous two albums was like.

Were they viewed in the same light as the same forthcoming album? I know HTDAAB was praised highly enough beforehand and while I like the album a lot I would agree with Bono that the sum of the parts were stronger than the whole as a sum. Basically the view changed a bit after it came out, so far as I know. That said it is still and forever will be a great listen.

Do other people worry that this current album is being built up too much? After the long wait I gather fans want something a bit special so would a 'solid' production be too little to put up with?

Anyway best of luck for 2009 - may you all get tickets!

Originally posted by mat76:I remember Simon Mayo playing tracks from Zooropa on his Radio 1 Breakfast show, not sure if Radio 1 will back U2 as much for this new album. Jo Whiley is a big fan, maybe she will have them on her show.