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  2. you might have a point there...

  3. you might have a point there...
  4. Originally posted by germcevoy:The fact that Stingray, North Star, EBW etc etc got played live makes me certain that they will never make it on to a record. The live outings was their release. Shelve and move on.


    Can't agree more!
  6. How could you not want Mercy on the new album.. I didn't think there was a U2 fan that existed that didn't like or want to see that song!
  7. Originally posted by dylbagz:How could you not want Mercy on the new album.. I didn't think there was a U2 fan that existed that didn't like or want to see that song!

    Because we already have it in a studio version. That version is just amazing, the live version sucked (The lyrics were horrible) And I prefer to have a new album with totally new songs.
  8. Originally posted by bartajax:[..]

    Because we already have it in a studio version. That version is just amazing, the live version sucked (The lyrics were horrible) And I prefer to have a new album with totally new songs.

    Yep.

    I don't see why some of you would be more excited to see hear something you've already heard over something completely new. You'd really rather 7 new songs and 4 you've heard already? Honestly if that's what we get I'll wonder what the hell they've been up to for the past two years,
  9. They could do an EP with the 'new' 2010 songs. I wouldn't mind EBW on the new record, but yes, I would probably mind Mercy. It's a great B-side, but we've got three versions already - do we need a third?
  10. Maybe it's just me, but I've kind of moved on from those songs. In fact I moved on from them in 2011 when they stopped playing them, they just kind of seemed like a blip that stopped meaning much to the band even. I dunno I'll be really surprised if those ever get released.
  11. I moved on a long time ago. I echo Bart's comments on Mercy, North Star was probably the best out of the new songs played on that tour, and Every Breaking Wave - I know I've emphasised this enough before - was just terrible.

    I agree with Gerard. An album entirely of new songs, please.
  12. forgive me for interjecting, but from listening to reliable sources like Lanois and Larry, they've probably reworked, rewritten or even trashed some of the material that was road tested on the last tour.
    Some material was clearly in the sketch phase or embryonic stage. Only Mercy could be regarded as 'complete' and that did get an albeit limited release already.
    Lanois told that Canadian journalist that he recognised some of the material that Bono played him recently. Every Breaking Wave would likely fit into that category.
    Didn't Larry tell Dave Fanning, around the time of The Man On the Train screening that they have rewritten the likes of Glastonbury and Stingray.
    This approach is entirely consistent with U2's modus operandi in the past.
    They rework, re-edit and rerecord and have been known to mix things to within an inch of their lives too - Hawkmoon 269 anyone?
    I reckon that based on past performance, parts of the 2010/11 material will resurface in some form on the new album. Hasn't Brian Eno remarked in the past that Bono is like the Mother Teresa of orphan songs or lost causes and finds it hard to give up on some material.
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