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  1. I waited for someone to post it here.

    What else is he gonna say about a yet to be released album?
    Especially if you keep in mind that he's more involved than ever... "It's okay" - "Some nice stuff but it can't reach JT or AB" - "Some great tracks, some weak stuff" - "Shit"?

    We still need a 20 pages topic about submarine/gasoline. Anyone wanna open it?
  2. Originally posted by yeah:[..]

    I waited for someone to post it here.

    What else is he gonna say about a yet to be released album?
    Especially if you keep in mind that he's more involved than ever... "It's okay" - "Some nice stuff but it can't reach JT or AB" - "Some great tracks, some weak stuff" - "Shit"?

    We still need a 20 pages topic about submarine/gasoline. Anyone wanna open it?


    Haha I get it, they will always say positive things, even if it's worse than Original Soundtracks.

    Yeah, why don't you open a thread about submarine/gasoline, tell us everything about it


  3. Let's open a new Beach Clip topic instead.

    Seriously, he didn't HAVE to say it's the best thing they've ever done either.
  4. Originally posted by aussiemofo:[..]

    Let's open a new Beach Clip topic instead.

    Seriously, he didn't HAVE to say it's the best thing they've ever done either.


    Sure, but I guess he knows what's going on on U2 boards these days and he can imagine what would happen if he just said "Let your own ears be the judge".

    Apart from that, I'm sure he doesn't only say that it's their best work but truly feels it. What motivation would an artist like Eno (or U2 btw.) have other than making his best work. Also, if you put such an effort into something over such a long time with the same guys, there'll be some kind of group dynamics - a flow experience that will give you the impression that you're doing something great.

    In a year or two we will know if that impression was right.


  5. Well, it's kind of hard for him to criticise his own work now is it? Or even objectively evaluate it for that matter.

    And if it wasn't the 'best album they've done', the question would be, why is he working with them?

    But you know, if Eno and the rest of the band and management, say that NLOTH is their best ever album enough times, it might become a self-fullfilling prophecy as people buy into the hype and truly believe that what they're listening to is the best album ever.
    That's the power of suggestion, which (as any stage magician) will tell you is incredibly potent.

    PS: if anyone is interested on Eno's thoughts on the Gaza situation there's an opinion piece by him in the politics thread.
  6. Oh, I just remembered something, what happened to the 'dance floor shock' that was supposed to be on the new album? It's totally absent in all the Q and RS info.

    And I was actually looking forward to it, to make a dance song, that actually appeals to non-u2 fans would be a real challenge for them. Much harder than making another rock or pop hit.

    If they've taken it out, they seem to have lowered their ambition for this album.
  7. Originally posted by vanquish:Oh, I just remembered something, what happened to the 'dance floor shock' that was supposed to be on the new album? It's totally absent in all the Q and RS info.

    And I was actually looking forward to it, to make a dance song, that actually appeals to non-u2 fans would be a real challenge for them. Much harder than making another rock or pop hit.

    If they've taken it out, they seem to have lowered their ambition for this album.


    Maybe the Rubin-material...or it's there afterall.


  8. Nah, I don't think Rubin with his focus on "stripped down sound" and hard rock/rap is much into dance. Probably an Eno thing (or maybe HowieB/Flood if they were involved with the album at some point)

    And I don't think Q would miss reporting on a 'dancefloor shock' from a 30 year old band. (neither would the band miss showing it off to press for that matter)
  9. Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    Nah, I don't think Rubin with his focus on "stripped down sound" and hard rock/rap is much into dance. Probably an Eno thing.
    And I don't think Q would miss reporting on a 'dancefloor shock' from a 30 year old band. (neither would the band miss showing it off to press for that matter)


    Then we can say it was a rumour, maybe slightly exaggerated


  10. Not a rumour, it was a statement by Bono.
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    Now, he says, they are trying to get their heads around what they recorded. "World music this is not," he says, though U2 fans will "feel the difference". Polyrhythmic is the word he chooses with a self-deprecating laugh. "U2 in dancefloor shock. Normally when you play a U2 tune, it clears the dancefloor. And that may not be true of this. There's some trance influences
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  11. Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    Nah, I don't think Rubin with his focus on "stripped down sound" and hard rock/rap is much into dance. Probably an Eno thing (or maybe HowieB/Flood if they were involved with the album at some point)

    And I don't think Q would miss reporting on a 'dancefloor shock' from a 30 year old band. (neither would the band miss showing it off to press for that matter)


    The closest I've heard Eno come to for dance would be Tutti Forgotti. If U2 did anything remotely similar to that for dance, I wouldn't want to admit it either.

    I don't think it was a rumour. Bono himself said it - which is another reason to not believe it.


  12. It was a statement by Bono. And you should have learned by now that Bono talking about a U2 album is as reliable as my weather forecast for the 32nd of February 2634. Not to mention that it was a joke.

    Six weeks only, buddy. You'll make it.
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