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U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017)
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  1. Yeah not to keen on what he's saying. No need to try to become too relevant U2!

  2. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:I think this is more appropriate here:
    Put them on physical singles dammit!
  3. ON U2 AND WORKING WITH YOUR HEROES
    Oh, this was the most intimidating. Going in with them was the last wall that I needed to climb to allow me to be fearless. I’ve been working with so many artists for so long that I don’t really get intimidated, but U2 were a different level. I was brought in at the 11th hour on that album, at the very end, to finish some things. The first role that I played was sitting down and listening to everything and critiquing the hell out of it. It was literally like calling a music critic in when you’re not even done with an album and saying, “What’s wrong with it?!” So I sat there with all of them in the room just staring at me. Literally, they had met me five minutes earlier, and they’re going song by song and would hit stop and go, “Ryan, Ryan, what do you think?” I had to sit there and tear their songs apart and give my honest opinion. That was their trial. “If this guy sits here and tells us everything is great, we’re going to kick him out.” I didn’t. I had to quickly identify the songs worth chasing because we had a limited amount of time.

    That was a trial by fire. Now, after working with U2, I am no longer this weirdo kid that was just a fan. As for their new album, Songs of Experience, I’ve already been working with them for a year. We’re roping in some really good remixes that are going to kick an entirely new door wide open for U2 fans. The world right now is listening to such different music that you can’t expect a 20-year-old to gravitate to a U2 record if it’s not put in the context of what they listen to today.
  4. What does the last sentence mean? That the world cannot listen to U2 if it's not a collaboration with Sia?
  5. I think it means that they have to take U2's sound and style and make use of popular current trends to add to it, rather than steamroll it though. Which is maybe fair enough. U2 have always liked to try out things that make them sound different to how they've sounded before. I have pretty high hopes. It'll still be a U2 record after all...
  6. So basically this Ryan Tedder bloke is the reason why U2 decided the album is 'not finished yet'?
  7. A lot of people listen to playlists now. I think playlists are more popular on Spotify than albums themselves. For example, I believe the most popular Coldplay track on Spotify as of late is a remix. It probably appears on tons of playlists so get's plenty of listeners.

    Something along the lines of that, maybe? I don't know.
  8. Hey let's overproduce it with some 'current trents'!
  9. Well as long as they don't work with The Chainsmokers. That'd be terrible.
  10. No its U2. Since they started on SOI they dont feel like they have alot of good creative ideas and they are fustrated. This is also coming from Ryan Tedder. This is what he is telling his band members in One Republic which is where I have a personal connection
  11. I'm pretty optimistic. Songs of Innocence was probably their best-produced album since Pop, and I'm not afraid of U2 incorporating pop trends into their music. They know enough to keep their own heart and soul in it and to make any tricks and trends they employ serve them and not the other way around.
  12. Good news. I love OneRepublic, one of my favorite bands. Ryan is gonna make this album sound great. Who knows, we might see U2 dominate the charts again!
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