NLOTH: General discussion thread

Originally posted by Yogi:[..]

Did Larry back then say anything like he said to Q about NLOTH?

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

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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.

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.

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]

Nope. And for Larry to say it's good... that carry a lot of weight, with me.

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.

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"

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...

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
They could have scrapped the idea since then. Of course, Q could be wrong, we just can't be sure.

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...?)

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
They could have scrapped the idea since then. Of course, Q could be wrong, we just can't be sure.