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  1. Originally posted by yeah[..]

    I'm Guggi.


    Hahaha..
  2. Originally posted by thefly07I love these slow periods we're in right now (excluding news of the re-issue release dates), I usually attribute this silence to the fact that the boys are holed up in the studio doing their work! Kind of nice not seeing Bono's face everywhere with everybody, looks like he's put this album at the very top of his to do list, anybody else get excited from the silence?


    I was excited back a few weeeks ago when they were at Hanover Quay. I think if we get another clip (unlikely, but I suppose we can dream), the exictement will build.

    I wasn't aware of U2 fandom on the Internet right before Bomb came out, or when the beach clips came out, so i don't really have any other pre-release time period to compare it to, but I'm pretty damn impatient right now.
  3. Aha! U2 never really has been a jam band, with a few exceptions. It all makes sense. We already have the new sound, the fingerboard continuum. But what was boggling my mind was how they intended to use it. Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. These guys who partly influenced U2 all jammed when playing live. Most notoriously was Led Zeppelin. Now as you may know, I love the Who. Jimi Hendrix was somewhat a good friend of theirs as well. In the 30 Years of Maximum R&B Pete Townshend states Hendrix tries to capture his live sound on record (in the studio). Now, perhaps let's look at Led Zeppelin. Probably one of the greatest rock bands ever, but is never called a jam band (like Phish or the Grateful Dead). Now imagine if they captured their live sound in studio (maybe they have, idk).

    Now, let's look at U2. Let's say they capture their live sound on record. Now fuse that sound with the the fingerboard continuum and U2's influences (The Who, Hendrix, etc.). My new prediction is U2 will have a lot jamming, a lot. We're looking at 2:00 min. plus solos. Not boring ones either, I can ensure that. Maybe an instrumental by U2 (has this ever been done)? We could see a concept piece in this too, but I really doubt that. All I know is this album is definitely innovative in every nook and cranny, and may or may not satisfy every U2 fan out there. Fans have been alienated by their work from Achtung and so on. U2's sound at the time was the classic rock sound, then came Achtung. People were not ready for an electro-soaked U2. This would last until ATYCLB. They went back to their roots, just as the Stones did with Beggar's Banquet, and were looked upon as a rock band again, challenged only by the Who and the Beatles (at the time).
  4. Originally posted by stj0691Maybe an instrumental by U2 (has this ever been done)?


    Things To Make and Do
    4th Of July

    I like what you're saying aswell btw. I think for better or worse we're going to hear something very different this time.
  5. I like how the Edge mentioned that they're "very serious" about the making of the new album. So, are they in the studio? I hope so...
  6. Originally posted by stj0691I like how the Edge mentioned that they're "very serious" about the making of the new album. So, are they in the studio? I hope so...


    it appears they have been quite diligent with this album, seems Bono's been behaving himself and is following through with his "wanting to get back in the studio and serving these men"

    God I can feel that this album is going to be a masterpiece, transcendent, brilliant, I can't help but believe them especially when Daniel Lanois says they are breaking new musical ground, listening to Mercy I'm about to explode with excitement!


    Love is come again!
  7. just had a slight epiphany.


    listening to Levitate and Smile....do you think these songs show a direction for the new album? I'm not thinking too much into it, but upon listening to Levitate it dawned on me that it is a bit "hand played but electro"

    any thoughts?
  8. Originally posted by thefly07just had a slight epiphany.


    listening to Levitate and Smile....do you think these songs show a direction for the new album? I'm not thinking too much into it, but upon listening to Levitate it dawned on me that it is a bit "hand played but electro"

    any thoughts?


    Levitate, to me, captures the essence of ATYCLB. I think this album will, like Achtung, be ahead of its time. Although if the new album were to be like Levitate, that would be awesome!
  9. Originally posted by stj0691Levitate, to me, captures the essence of ATYCLB. I think this album will, like Achtung, be ahead of its time. Although if the new album were to be like Levitate, that would be awesome!


    I think if it was anything like Levitate, as brilliant a song as it is, it would be another Pop. But hand-played electro? So think of it:

    Hand-played: Guitar, bass....
    Electro: Techno, beats...

    So maybe it's gonna be a mix of Achtung Baby and earlier guitar/bass/drums stuff.
  10. has U2 ever done anything psychedelic?
  11. Originally posted by stj0691[..]

    Levitate, to me, captures the essence of ATYCLB. I think this album will, like Achtung, be ahead of its time. Although if the new album were to be like Levitate, that would be awesome!


    yeah like I said I wasn't really trying to analyze just a brief thought about the style of the song
  12. Originally posted by stj0691has U2 ever done anything psychedelic?


    Not really. The closest to it would be something like Slug (Passengers) and was a large(ish) hint as to what would come next: Pop. Zooropa (the song, not the album) and Some Days Are Better Than Others could also be counted as being psychedelic with the different sounds.
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