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  1. I didn't really like the beach clip of get your boots on, was like 50 year olds trying to sound like 20 year olds, it's incongrous when they aren't acting their age.

    With regards to Will.I.Am producing on the album, perhaps it will be like Coldplays Lost+ with Jay-Z which wasn't bad ( I think Coldplay helped write his lyrics). At least Brian Eno has some experience with rap/hip hop anyway, perhaps its the connection.

    From what we've heard so far I don't really feel that the album will be as 'fantastically innovative' as everyone is saying, the 'best U2 album ever' talk is worriesome, because it creates expectations that are going to be hard to live up to, U2 are not in their prime. I would prefer if they didn't talk up the album to this degree, and be pleasantly surprised by how good it is when it came out, rather than expecting to hear another AB and being dissappointed.
  2. Originally posted by AllBecauseOfU2:[..]

    I'm guessing that he means in terms of innovation...I'm guessing. WITS was part of the 2006 Rock Rubin sessions, and the recent Mojo article with Edge said they shelved those....

    This also means we've now heard from Lanois, Lillywhite, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Edge's mom, and Harry Crosbie about the new album. Quite a list.


    And don't forget Eno told the fans at Hanover Quay Moment of Surrender was the best thing he's recorded with U2.

  3. Jesus Christ
    Alright, I'm gonna call it: Tomorrow President Elect Obama is going to claim this album is the great change U2 needs
  4. Originally posted by katherine94:[..]
    Jesus Christ
    Alright, I'm gonna call it: Tomorrow President Elect Obama is going to claim this album is the great change U2 needs



    Yes we can
  5. So...more WITS then...
    Not sure if I'm happy with it or not...WITS is a nice song, but for a complete album?

    But I'm glad this probably means that the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-snippet in BD will stay!
  6. Originally posted by markp91:So...more WITS then...
    Not sure if I'm happy with it or not...WITS is a nice song, but for a complete album?

    But I'm glad this probably means that the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-snippet in BD will stay!


    Amazing. This is how news get made. It starts with a statement that compares the quality of the creative process on the latest album to the Beatles and ends with "an album sounding like WITS".

  7. Originally posted by yeah:[..]

    Amazing. This is how news get made. It starts with a statement that compares the quality of the creative process on the latest album to the Beatles and ends with "an album sounding like WITS".




    lol
    I thought Beatles+U2=WITS
    Pretty logical IMO...

    EDIT: Oh I see now...he didn't say it was Beatles-like, it just reminded him of it
  8. Originally posted by yeah:[..]

    Amazing. This is how news get made. It starts with a statement that compares the quality of the creative process on the latest album to the Beatles and ends with "an album sounding like WITS".




    As a student of journalism I can just agree with you.

  9. Originally posted by vanquish:I didn't really like the beach clip of get your boots on, was like 50 year olds trying to sound like 20 year olds, it's incongrous when they aren't acting their age.

    With regards to Will.I.Am producing on the album, perhaps it will be like Coldplays Lost+ with Jay-Z which wasn't bad ( I think Coldplay helped write his lyrics). At least Brian Eno has some experience with rap/hip hop anyway, perhaps its the connection.

    From what we've heard so far I don't really feel that the album will be as 'fantastically innovative' as everyone is saying, the 'best U2 album ever' talk is worriesome, because it creates expectations that are going to be hard to live up to, U2 are not in their prime. I would prefer if they didn't talk up the album to this degree, and be pleasantly surprised by how good it is when it came out, rather than expecting to hear another AB and being dissappointed.


    Funny you mention that, altough im not sure I would go that far as of yet
    But out of all 4 clips I heard, the one that is suppose to be the "boots on" one
    It was my least fave of them, I think a possible line from it was " get your boots strapped on"
  10. I give up....I'll assume there is no album coming and be totally surprised when it comes.
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