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Live Music New U2 Album Leaked
- Thread starter Geo
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where did i read a review...hmm possibly perez said it was not good at all, but i trust ya geo, i'm sure it's good.
yes, I do believe one has to be a die-hard U2 fan, of which there are many. I am curious to see how RS & other outlets, rates it.
I happen to be a hard core listener of most music and I have always thought U2 was over-rated. But there is a massive following. So, whatever it takes for Bono to get people involved in his humanitarian work, that's a positive for sure.
I will definitely give it a listen. No doubt a few of the cuts will be played to death on the radio.
And of course, what does perez know about music?
;-).
Lake View Too
SoWal Insider
I pre-ordered the disc and I'm going to wait for it to come in the mail and I will not read any reviews and I will listen to it in it's entirety undisturbed. U2 is a bit of a sacred experience. I have a somewhat rare video tape of U2 in concert during the ZooTV era (not the one you can buy) and I've probably watched it thirty times, sometimes with the sound REAL LOUD!! Bono says they are still working on being the greatest rock and roll band, but I think they have done it.
Geo
Beach Fanatic
where did i read a review...hmm possibly perez said it was not good at all, but i trust ya geo, i'm sure it's good.
Perez. Oh boy.
You are the second person today who mentioned this "review" to me. The first was my wife who seemed surprised when I told her I really liked the new album "because Perez reviewed it and said it was really bad".
So I looked for myself out of morbid curiouslity and the Queen of All Media didn't review it or say it was bad but rather-
In late January when U2 prereleased the album's first single Perez posted saying that the single debuted at No 22 and only sold 57,000 copies at that point compared to Kelly Clarkson's single selling 270,000 during the same period and debuting at No 1. He made the point that this is proof that they are finished.
Then last week he posted again when it was announced that U2's album had leaked and said something like it didn't matter that it leaked because no one is going to buy it anyway and he linked to his own previous post (of the single not selling as well as KC) as proof.
Judge it for yourself after a listen with headphones. About my least favorite song on it is the single Perez referred to. Like I said in my own review, it is a more grown up release from a more grown up band. I wouldn't expect U2 to compete on the charts anymore with teeny bopper music and regardless of how it ends up charting- this isn't necessarily correlated with quality...
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butterbean
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I've also seen them in Dublin, WOW! I thought that the version of ' Get on your boots' at the Grammy's rocked, more so than the albums version, but that's the way it's supposed to be, huh?
Camp Creek Kid
Christini Zambini
O.K. Geo, you can't be all bad. All politics aside, I 
me some U2. Any fellow fan has to be a good guy (and yes, I DO overlook Bono's politics). 
me some U2. Any fellow fan has to be a good guy (and yes, I DO overlook Bono's politics).
Geo
Beach Fanatic
O.K. Geo, you can't be all bad. All politics aside, I
Oh boy, oh boy. I knew there was some way, somehow that I could eventually win you over. Had I known it was by sharing my love for U2 I would have thrown in some lyrics or some other reference a LONG LONG time ago (or just changed my sig file or avatar)...
And here are some shades for Bono-
Can't wait for the next tour!
G
ok Geo, on my drive in to my staff meeting this morning, I heard a song by U2. It had to be new because I had never heard it before. I of course I thought of you, and instead of changing the station as fast as I could ;-) I listened. I will admit it was pretty good. It did have the very recognizable U2 guitars. So has the new album not had any airplay yet? I'm curious to know if this was new.
Anyway, jsut wanted you to know...
OK, I checked the radio station's history and what I heard was "Magnificent" off their "No Line on the Horizon."
It was good.
Anyway, jsut wanted you to know...
OK, I checked the radio station's history and what I heard was "Magnificent" off their "No Line on the Horizon."
It was good.
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Geo
Beach Fanatic
ok Geo, on my drive in to my staff meeting this morning, I heard a song by U2. It had to be new because I had never heard it before. I of course I thought of you, and instead of changing the station as fast as I could ;-) I listened. I will admit it was pretty good. It did have the very recognizable U2 guitars. So has the new album not had any airplay yet? I'm curious to know if this was new.
Anyway, jsut wanted you to know...
OK, I checked the radio station's history and what I heard was "Magnificent" off their "No Line on the Horizon."
It was good.
Let me guess- you are in Chicago and it was on WXRT?
Very few radio stations are able to play the unreleased stuff but for some reason I heard XRT has been playing the new stuff despite the fact that the album doesn't come out until March 3rd...
Magnificent (what you heard) is Track 2- one of my favorites off the new album. I would imagine this will be released as a single along with "I'll go Crazy if I don't go Crazy tonight" (Track 5)...
The first 5 songs are quite good. I don't care for the only single released so far (Track 6- Get on your Boots). The other songs (tracks 7-11) are a mix of mediocre filler or good stuff that seems out of place, IMHO).
But my thought is if an album has 2 or 3 great songs, 4 decent songs and the rest filler then it is a hit or at lest well worth buying. This album is one of those.
Listen to more of the album and report back!!!
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