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  1. Nope. And for Larry to say it's good... that carry a lot of weight, with me.
  2. Originally posted by yeah:Another rumour:

    A friend of a user on u2achtung claims to have been to a listening session for the irish press today.
    His impression:

    1st single pretty similar to Vertigo
    Musically in the same line as the last 2 albums
    Standout tracks: Breathe, Stand Up
    Edge playing the same riffs as 4 years ago.
    12 tracks

    ...


    Let's rewrite Yeah's words in another perspective:

    1st single pretty similar to The Fly
    Musically in the same line as Achtung Baby
    Standout tracks:Breathe, Stand Up
    Edge playing awesome riffs, last heard on AB/POP
    12 tracks

    What Yeah posted is against our expectations and therefore we don't believe it. If the positive part was posted, we would believe it. That guy might be true...I surely hope not, but albumhype is album hype..it doesn't say anything.
  3. Originally posted by 17s:What do you think about this table? It came in my mind while I was in the tub.

    1st U2 era: Rock
    1980 - Boy
    1981 - October
    1983 - War
    Result: Basic success with the first two albums, but War brought the real breakthrough.
    2nd U2 era: Blues and roots rock
    1984 - The Unforgettable Fire
    1987 - The Joshua Tree
    1988 - Rattle And Hum
    Result: complete world success, but Rattle And Hum (movie) fails and the band retire for a while.
    3rd U2 era: Electro
    1991 - Achtung Baby!
    1993 - Zooropa
    1997 - Pop
    Result: another breakthrough, U2 map a new musical direction, but Pop fails and the tour gets 20 million USD downside.
    4th U2 era: Electronic and alternate rock
    2000 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
    2004 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    2009 - No Line On The Horizon
    Result: ???

    So, what do you think?
    Of course if anyone's got some ideas, or anyone has found an error, the table will change.



    I wouldn't see the 4th 'era' as Electronic nor Alternative. To me, it seemed more like a return to basics and the concept of songwriting.
  4. Originally posted by 17s:What do you think about this table? It came in my mind while I was in the tub.

    4th U2 era: Electronic and alternate rock
    2000 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
    2004 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    2009 - No Line On The Horizon
    Result: ???

    So, what do you think?
    Of course if anyone's got some ideas, or anyone has found an error, the table will change.


    I think of this era as a combination of the 80's and 90's. Politcal anthems meet humor and sunglasses.
  6. Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

    Let's rewrite Yeah's words in another perspective:

    1st single pretty similar to The Fly
    Musically in the same line as Achtung Baby
    Standout tracks:Breathe, Stand Up
    Edge playing awesome riffs, last heard on AB/POP
    12 tracks

    What Yeah posted is against our expectations and therefore we don't believe it. If the positive part was posted, we would believe it. That guy might be true...I surely hope not, but albumhype is album hype..it doesn't say anything.


    Great point, Casper.
    This analysis from this person, whoever he/she is, will stay in the back of my mind until the new single is released, but at the same time, it won't dominate my anticipation of the new music either negatively or postiviely. In essence, I will take it with a grain of salt, but I'll still take it (if that makes sense).
  7. Originally posted by djrlewis:

    Album Tracks

    1. Stand Up
    Rousing, groove-based rocker. "Be careful of small men with big ideas' warns Bono.

    2. Magnificent
    Slow-building anthem with the ambience of The Unforgettable Fire and edged with wide-eyed wonder of the earlier work. Edge here is at his most dynamic.

    3. Get On Your Boots
    This demented electro-grunge track employs a proto-rock'n'roll riff, but propelled into the future, before taking a sudden hip-hop twist midway through.

    4. Moment of Surrender
    Gorgeously melodic seven-minute song that already has the air of a U2 classic about it. Recorded in one take. This album's One

    5. Unknown Caller
    opens with the sound of birdsong recorded live in Fez. A middle-Eastern flavoured percussion loop drives this one.

    6. No Line on The Horizon
    Began life as a slow-paced Eno-esque ambient treatment, before being recently dramatically reworked in the Olympic sessions into an abrasive punk-rock tune akin to Vertigo.

    7. Crazy Tonight
    Upbeat pop track.

    8. Every Breaking Wave
    With Or Without You-style pulser that builds layers of guitars before...., ultimately, exploding into an ecstatic coda.

    9. Breathe
    Ranting verse over rolling tom-tom rhythm and Arabic cello gives way to a joyful chorus. Surely set to be a highlight of U2's upcoming shows. "Brian says it's our best ever song", Edge points out.

    10. Winter
    Echoes of Simon & Garfunkel in this poignant, acoustic string-laden ballad about a soldier in the snow of Afghanistan.

    11. Cedars of Lebanon
    Closer that finds Bono imagining himself as a weary, lovetorn war correspondent. Ends with the possibly telling line "Choose your enemies carefully cos they will define you"




    Wait... Didn't Bono talk about a song called Tripoli... ?
    I don't get it
    EDIT
    And i don't see one of these songs looking like the description of Bono...
  8. Originally posted by BelgianBono:Wait... Didn't Bono talk about a song called Tripoli... ?
    I don't get it
    EDIT
    And i don't see one of these songs looking like the description of Bono...

    They could have scrapped the idea since then. Of course, Q could be wrong, we just can't be sure.


  9. That was what i thought too,
    But the strange thing is that both (the list and Bono's quote) are from Q...

    This is the quote :
    "And then there's this song that is called 'Tripoli' at the moment, which is this guy on a motorcycle, a Moroccan French cop, who's going Awol. He drives through France and Spain down to this village outside of Cadiz where you can actually see the fires of Africa burning..."

    So "at the moment is the time" of the Q interview, right...?
    The same time of the list i gues...

    Ok maybe i'm nagging about details, so sorry if you think so
    But i just think sometimes there's some wrong info about the album (maybe on purpose...?)
  10. Originally posted by BelgianBono:[..]

    That was what i thought too,
    But the strange thing is that both (the list and Bono's quote) are from Q...

    This is the quote :
    "And then there's this song that is called 'Tripoli' at the moment, which is this guy on a motorcycle, a Moroccan French cop, who's going Awol. He drives through France and Spain down to this village outside of Cadiz where you can actually see the fires of Africa burning..."

    So "at the moment is the time" of the Q interview, right...?
    The same time of the list i gues...

    Ok maybe i'm nagging about details, so sorry if you think so
    But i just think sometimes there's some wrong info about the album (maybe on purpose...?)


    yeh we got 11 songs on the tracklist from Q, but then theres 'Tripoli' that would make it 12 songs, which is what someone said earlier whos freind was getting a preview for some paper


  11. Could be that it's not on the album or it's a bonus track on the deluxe or super-deluxe packages.

    Also, could have been planned for the album, sounds like Anton made a video for it, so maybe it is on the deluxe version DVD only?

    Time will tell.

    2 months to go!
  12. Several DVD-only audio tracks? They're probably good songs but not worthy of the core album itself.

    You can only judge something from listening to it yourself, not from some other person!
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