Originally posted by krys:You can watch the interview on Youtube. Thanks to yapeze1 for uploading.
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Originally posted by krys:You can watch the interview on Youtube. Thanks to yapeze1 for uploading.
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It's never a smooth process, finishing off a U2 record, and this seems to have been no exception. Was there much chopping and changing down to the wire?
There was sort of an 11th hour scenario, because we got caught up on the running order towards the end, primarily because we'd all come to the conclusion that How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb had suffered by having a compromised running order, and we didn't want to make the same mistake this time around. So, we pulled White As Snow out of the 'maybe' file, and that seemed to balance some of the up-tempo rock tunes. It gave the listener a break.
We had another track called Every Breaking Wave which, if we'd included it, would have made for a very long record. Anyway, we decided that song just hadn't reached its potential, so, we put it back in the cupboard for the next record (laughs)."
Originally posted by drewhiggins:^ I'd say it was a band decision more than anything.
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So interestingly enough, White As Snow wasn't originally part of the final tracklisting.
Originally posted by dieder:Luckily White as Snow was included. Brilliant song.
Originally posted by dieder:Luckily White as Snow was included. Brilliant song.