Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Bowie is one guy, U2 are four. Not to mention it's likely they're not the exact same people with the exact same goals.
Originally posted by JuJuman:[..]
Sure they're different people. But isn't their (common) goal to make great music?
If you think it'll help to keep talking about irrelevance etc., then be my guest. Bono speaks as if the next record can only be the next JT or AB. While I certainly appreciate U2's constant desire to always do better, I cannot help thinking that they're making their life harder. And what if it isn't a JT or an AB after 5 + n years? It's true we know very little about what's going on. But it certainly looks like very big songs aren't exactly flowing. As someone pointed out, if they had the song, we'd have already seen an album. And yes, we are turning round in circles...
By themenk on Mar 10, 2014 4:55 am
jamesy wrote:
Is Brian Eno not involved with U2 these days producing ?
I'm not sure if he is still with them, at least on this album. The whole Rick Rubin to Eno and back to Rubin seems to be going on. I just wonder if the slow release of the album is just a stall tactic with Live Nation. They signed that huge deal with them 6 years ago where basically Live Nation owns much of what U2 does (promotion, merch, etc) until 2020 and they may be unhappy with how it has turned out. Maybe a bit similar to when Springsteen was trying to get away from Appel