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Now we know why SHARK was gone for a while ... U2 was jumping over him.

Hockey Gay wrote:

Wuss music

If you die today, I wont be that upset

rogers park bryan wrote:

Hockey Gay wrote:

Wuss music

If you die today, I wont be that upset

Your Mom would be though

U2 is still together?

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

U2 is still together?

Yeah, and thats kind of crazy in and of itself. Same 4 guys for 35 years

rogers park bryan wrote:

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

U2 is still together?

Yeah, and thats kind of crazy in and of itself. Same 4 guys for 35 years

Have they done anything besides annoying commercials and that song about missing field goals since the 90s?

This sounds like it could be a brand new band. Bono's voice is fucking AMAZING!!!!!!
I don't even know what to do with myself right noy

rogers park bryan wrote:

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

U2 is still together?

Yeah, and thats kind of crazy in and of itself. Same 4 guys for 35 years

Have they done anything besides annoying commercials and that song about missing field goals since the 90s?

They're peaking right now. Are you even reading Shirtless?

Don Tiny wrote:

Now we know why SHARK was gone for a while ... U2 was jumping over him.

How dare you

Truth be told, Im about 1/1000th as excited as I was for previous U2 albums. Ill bet its still very good. They're a low floor band (and reached the high ceiling with A.B. too)

at least they realized cd's are advertising and giving them away free will likely draw larger crowds to your show...

IkeSouth wrote:

at least they realized cd's are advertising and giving them away free will likely draw larger crowds to your show...

By its conclusion, U2 360° had set records for the highest-grossing concert tour with $736 million in ticket sales, and for the highest-attended tour with over 7.2 million tickets sold.

You're right, Ike.
Nobody wants to see a U2 show these days anymore.....
:roll:

Author:	rogers park bryan [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:00 pm ]
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...the fuck? U2 surprised the world today by releasing Songs of Innocence, their first album in five years, as a gift from Apple, available for free immediately to anyone with iTunes. The band made the announcement with Apple CEO Tim Cook at a Cupertino press conference for the new iPhone 6, capping the event with a performance of the album's first single, "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)." After a standing ovation, Cook said, "Wasn't that the most incredible single you ever heard? We would love a whole album of that." "With this, we wanted to wait until we had one that was as good as our very best work," Bono said. "The question is now, how do we get it to as many people as possible, because that's what our band is all about. I think you can help us." "I do believe you have over half a billion subscribers to iTunes, so — could you get this to them?" "If we gave it away for free," Cook replied. And five seconds later, the album was released. "We wanted to make a very personal album," Bono told Rolling Stone's Gus Wenner the day before the press conference in an exclusive interview. "Let's try to figure out why we wanted to be in a band, the relationships around the band, our friendships, our lovers, our family. The whole album is first journeys — first journeys geographically, spiritually, sexually. And that's hard. But we went there." The band worked on Innocence for two years with producer Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton), then brought in additional help: Flood, their collaborator since 1987's The Joshua Tree, plus Adele producers Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder. "I think having them around really helped," says Bono, "Some of the music out there now that people call pop, it's not pop – it's just truly great. And we wanted to have the discipline of the Beatles or the Stones in the Sixties, when you had real songs. There's nowhere to hide in them: clear thoughts, clear melodies." To begin, the band went back to its roots: Bono says the group listened to the music they loved in the Seventies, from punk rock to Bowie, glam rock, early electronica and Joy Division. The album kicks off with "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)," a loping pop song laced with distinctly punk-ish power chords. "I found my voice through Joey Ramone," says Bono, "because I wasn't the obvious punk-rock singer, or even rock singer. I sang like a girl — which I'm into now, but when I was 17 or 18, I wasn't sure. And I heard Joey Ramone, who sang like a girl, and that was my way in." The driving, reggae-tinged "This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now," is a tribute to the Clash, with slinky guitars from the Edge that nod to Sandinista!. "After we saw the Clash, it was a sort of blueprint for U2," says Bono. "We knew we couldn't possibly hope to be as cool, and that's proven to be true, but we did think we could get behind a sort of social justice agenda." There is also an intensely personal song about Bono's mother, Iris Hewson, who died when he was 14. "Forty years ago, my mother fell at her own father's funeral, and I never spoke with her again," he says. "Rage always follows grief, and I had a lot of it, and I still have, but I channeled it into music and I still do. I have very few memories of my mother, and I put a few of them in a song called 'Iris.'" The most joyous track on Songs of Innocence is "California (There Is No End to Love)," which unexpectedly nods to the Beach Boys in its intro. "It's like the sun itself," says Bono. "It's about our first trip to Los Angeles." The darkest track, meanwhile, is "Raised by Wolves," which tells of a deadly car bombing in Dublin. "It was a real incident that happened in our country where three car bombs were set to go off at the same time in Dublin on a Friday night, 5:30," says Bono, "On any other Friday I would have been at this record shop, just down the corner, but I cycled to school that day." At times Songs of Innocence feels almost like a concept album about Bono's early years – there's even a track named after the street where the singer grew up, "Cedarwood Road." "It has a lyrical cohesion that I think is unique amongst U2 albums," says Bono, "I don't want it to be a concept album, but the songs come from a place. Edge laughed and said this is our Quadrophenia. We could be so lucky." Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... z3CqYTIDlT Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter \| RollingStone on Facebook

Author:	Hockey Gay [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:06 pm ]
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Wuss music

Author:	Furious Styles [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:12 pm ]
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RPW

Author:	rogers park bryan [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:20 pm ]
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Hockey Gay wrote: Wuss music If you die today, I wont be that upset

Author:	Don Tiny [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:22 pm ]
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Now we know why SHARK was gone for a while ... U2 was jumping over him.

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Author:	Regular Reader [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:23 pm ]
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I'm always surprised at the ongoing anger/disgust/envy U2 inspires.

Author:	shirtless driver [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:31 pm ]
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Anyone who has any passing interest in U2 should be floored by the first 4 songs. Listening now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Author:	Hockey Gay [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:32 pm ]
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rogers park bryan wrote: Hockey Gay wrote: Wuss music If you die today, I wont be that upset Your Mom would be though

Author:	SpiralStairs [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:36 pm ]
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The body is willing!

Author:	Brick [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:38 pm ]
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U2 is still together?

Author:	lipidquadcab [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:43 pm ]
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What's the run time on the album? Gonna have to save it for when I can do a completely uninterrrupted listen.

Author:	Brick [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:45 pm ]
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rogers park bryan wrote: Boilermaker Rick wrote: U2 is still together? Yeah, and thats kind of crazy in and of itself. Same 4 guys for 35 years Have they done anything besides annoying commercials and that song about missing field goals since the 90s?

Author:	IkeSouth [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:47 pm ]
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at least they realized cd's are advertising and giving them away free will likely draw larger crowds to your show...

Author:	Brick [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:47 pm ]
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rogers park bryan wrote: They're peaking right now. Are you even reading Shirtless? I'm on team Hoffy, so no.

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Author:	lipidquadcab [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:48 pm ]
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shirtless driver wrote: approx. 42 minutes That's perfect...maybe a long drive home from work tomorrow...

Author:	Don Tiny [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:56 pm ]
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rogers park bryan wrote: Don Tiny wrote: Now we know why SHARK was gone for a while ... U2 was jumping over him. How dare you Truth be told, Im about 1/1000th as excited as I was for previous U2 albums. Ill bet its still very good. They're a low floor band (and reached the high ceiling with A.B. too) We've done this before. I know it'd be to my benefit if I liked them. I just feel like they're the "Stairway to Heaven" of bands ... amazing when you're first exposed to them, but the road of diminishing returns hits about a 150-degree angle downhill not too long thereafter. Still, a lot better than nearly everything currently out there, and well above average all-time regardless of my personal love.

Author:	Frank Coztansa [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:04 pm ]
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Have they finally put on an album better than Pop?

Author:	Baby McNown [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:32 pm ]
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shirtless driver wrote: IkeSouth wrote: at least they realized cd's are advertising and giving them away free will likely draw larger crowds to your show... By its conclusion, U2 360° had set records for the highest-grossing concert tour with $736 million in ticket sales, and for the highest-attended tour with over 7.2 million tickets sold. You're right, Ike. Nobody wants to see a U2 show these days anymore..... They are way better indoors for some reason these days.

Author:	pittmike [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:39 pm ]
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So the advantage to Apple besides pub on this thing is that only Apple customers can get the album?

Author:	Curious Hair [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:43 pm ]
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I'm downloading it right now and I wouldn't touch an Apple product with a pole.