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Think Nothing ...I know it for a fact.Originally Posted by NeilMcD
It's not rocket science -I don't read the mags, don't watch the music channels, don't listen to music radio. I make magnanimous exceptions in all those but by and large that's the size of it. I do have a "default setting" of contrarian I suppose so I don't expect to like much pop music and am therefore not often pleasantly surprised. But how bad.
...nnnnnow your putting words in my mouth. U2 have many, many fans. By and large it's safe to say most of them will be pre-disposed to liking new U2 product as ...well they're U2 fans. Many will like the record, enough to make it a big hit. Others within that rump of U2 fans may even buy it for other reasons instead or as well ...sentimental, loyalty, completeness. They're not invalid reasons ...I'm sure I've done so myself with a couple of my own personal favourites.
But without reference to U2 fans at all I stand by my belief that there is a huge rump within the target market of the record buying public who consistently buy what they're told to buy. It's an established if imperfect science that involves an amount of product positioning bought with an inordinate amount of cash. X pretty much guarantees a top 30 placing, X+Y guarantees top 20, XX+YY guarantees top 10. These days only X-Factor guarantees No. 1 -and that's only for a week at Christmas. There is of course an error margin in all this as well ...which is why record companies will tell you they can only afford to pay bands 10% of their own money.
But more often than not ...if a bunch of the right suits sitting around a conference table decide their going to make you a famous pop-starlet -it's on.
I refer the honourable member to my previous answer.
Last edited by Lionel Ritchie; 02/02/2009 at 4:11 PM.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
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The video is now on the Irish Independent's website. Watch it!
Not bad, but its still a video. Production of the song is great but melody is not great.
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Y'see ...we might be at least in the same hymnbook if not quite on the same page after all.
Though I saw 20 seconds of the video and didn't think it was much cop at all in truth. A big moon motif that reminded me of Enyas Orinoco Flow and also of Echo & The Bunnymen. 30 years on and still pilfering ideas from the Bunnymen. Tut Tut.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Check out Get On Your Boots live at the 2009 grammys
here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmDi_AsRbks
Brilliant!
The song is growing on me and i'm in severe danger of liking it.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Good God it's rubbish. And as someone mentioned earlier, the verse is the most blatant rip off of "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello. (A far,far superior song btw) I hope he gets his lawyers on the case.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Same here. I'm U2 fan but I actually want to hate the song...
title track No Line On The Horizon:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/555044351bfaf19f
I'm nearly certain that this is a different version than the album track.
This is the version that you will find on the b-side to GOYB.
it reminds me of "Lady With The Spinning Head" whic is the b-side of "One"
oh right, its the version that was played on 2XM, yesterday morining, they said it was an exclusive off NLOTH
Agree with you does sound like 'Lady With TSH'. Reminds me of the tracks they left out of Atomic Bomb, Levetate and Flower Child. They all seem to sound the same unfortunately, great tracks though!
isnt that just a rip off of subteranean homesick blues?
Subteranean Homesick Blues and Pump It Up use different time signatures. Frankly there's a stronger line of connection to Mambo No.5
Pump It Up and U2s new single however ...myih ...it's about as close to the wind as Bono usually sails -which is pretty close.
...and besides -it rips off We Didn't Start the Fire
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Its really just an awful song, sounds like something that was written for Sesame Street to encourage kids to dress properly beforeheading out in snow
You show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser - Vince Lombardi
To anyone interested the album leaked about nearly 24 hours ago.
I have it.
It's their third masterpiece, definately their most complete album since Achtung Baby.
I highly recommend you buy it!
I got a copy yesterday and without been biased(cos i'm a fan)its a great album.There's some really big songs on it.Stand out tracks for me would be "I'll Go Crazy..","Unknown Caller","Stand Up Comedy" and "Moment Of Surrender"
Opening Song, No Line on the Horizon has a very Kings of Leon feel to it in my opinion.
I also get a big Daniel Lanois influence on this record too more so than any other album I suppose that is obvious as he shares writing credits with the rest of the band and Eno. Some songs sound like Lanois's album and bits of Million Dollar Hotel etc, esp Cedars of Lebanon.
Finally the single is not representative of the album at all and I don't think any song sounds like Boots at all.
Last edited by NeilMcD; 21/02/2009 at 4:23 PM.
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where have ye heard this stuff lads?
There is a gentle and subtle Arabic influence on the album also.
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