A U2 Thread (1 Viewer)

[rettucs]

I was driving around some part of Dublin in the past week and saw a pub or restaurant called the Joshua Tree. True story.

Edit, yeah, there you go
https://www.zomato.com/dublin/the-joshua-tree-harolds-cross/menu

 

[therealjohnny]

I came across the work of this photographer yesterday and thought "this looks familiar"

AS it turns out U2 hired a photographer to capture the exact same shot, same angle, same filters etc for the cover of The Unforgettable Fire

He sued them and won.

 

[pete]

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[Anthony]

Vedder doing One. I can hear it in my head and I don't like it.

 

[Deadmanposting]

Bono's interview with Brendan there before the Christmas was pretty interesting

I mean he's still up his own hole a bit, but honestly who isn't?

Brendan is a light enough hand though

 

[rettucs]

can't wait

oh wait, I can

U2 / Songs of Surrender – SuperDeluxeEdition

superdeluxeedition.com

 

[rettucs]

compiled by the edge. I wonder did he tell bongo

 

[rettucs]

Produced and compiled by The Edge the super deluxe edition of Songs of Surrender is available as a 4CD or 4LP vinylS box set and features 40 tracks arranged into individual band volumes (presumably their favourite tracks) including ‘With Or Without You’, ‘Beautiful Day’, ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’, ‘One’, ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’, ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’, alongside fan favourites such as ‘Stories For Boys’, ‘Bad’, & ‘Desire’. Both super deluxe editions are numbered.

This release is also available as a single CD edition, of which there are two: a 20-track deluxe and a 16-track standard version. The 16-track selection is also repeated on a 2LP vinylS version.

jesus

 

[JohnnyRaz]

can't wait

oh wait, I can

U2 / Songs of Surrender – SuperDeluxeEdition

superdeluxeedition.com

2023 Albums of interest

Came out in December 2022... lookit... Unwound style hardcore from Norwich.

thumped.com

yep - one to look forward to for sure.
a big box of vinyls

 

[pete]

a big box of vinyls

 

[Lili Marlene]

Read this book the other day, it's a little tiresome in places, and of course a decade old, but still a good laugh. Would like to get around to Surrender at some point

The Frontman: Bono (In The Name of Power) by Harry Browne – review | Politics books | The Guardian

<p>Bono the philanthropist is nothing but a crony of bankers and neocons, argues <strong>Terry Eagleton</strong></p>

amp.theguardian.com

I still like the bits of U2 that I like but can't be bothered with albums.

 

[ernesto]

jesus

So nothing new?
Just existing material moved around on to different parts of different records

 

[sleepy]

So nothing new?
Just existing material moved around on to different parts of different records

I think it’s acoustic versions and the like.

 

[Deadmanposting]

I think it’s acoustic versions and the like.

Thank you
I was wondering

I almost feel for them, in that they kind of have nothing left to say musically

 

[sleepy]

Thank you
I was wondering

I almost feel for them, in that they kind of have nothing left to say musically

Sure they’ve been releasing music for forty years or more at this stage and no one really has an appetite for new material by them. Could see them retiring in the next few years

 

[rettucs]

Sure they’ve been releasing music for forty years or more at this stage and no one really has an appetite for new material by them. Could see them retiring in the next few years

bongo's ego will not allow that

 

[Anthony]

That album cover is fucking ridic. 2023 photos on the lads. 1982 photo of Bongo. Only one person looks stupid here.

 

[Deadmanposting]

Sure they’ve been releasing music for forty years or more at this stage and no one really has an appetite for new material by them. Could see them retiring in the next few years

Yeah, for sure

Like in fairness to them, they went away after almost every record and thought about who they were and what they had to say
I mean they weren't exactly Bowie on the reinvention scale, but it's how they came up with Rattle & Hum, Zooropa and all that gear. How do we keep people interested in us?
What do people want from us?
And they have had that convo after a few failed reboots and the answer is clearly "they just want us to play the hits"

 

[Lili Marlene]

They had a good 25 years of people being into the new stuff, easily as late as How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, which is more than almost any group or artist at that worldwide scale. That's Paul McCartney levels of success.

It must feel awful to get to that place, especially when you're probably convinced you beat it.

 

[ernesto]

Sure they’ve been releasing music for forty years or more at this stage and no one really has an appetite for new material by them. Could see them retiring in the next few years
Should have done that 25 years ago