New U2 Album Leaked

bono wants to be paid!!!

Bono must be pissed!

I'll take a copy, just let me know when it's ready. :wave:

:floor:...Geo is out breaking the law, once again!

geo, I'm awaiting your insightful, long, dialogue/debate on the pros and cons to online music. :blink:








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geo, I'm awaiting your insightful, long, dialogue/debate on the pros and cons to online music. :blink:

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Nah. How about my long review of the album I illegally downloaded instead-


Take a glance at any recent photo of Bono and it’s obvious he’s aged, er um- matured. Sure, he’s older but Bono is still very much Bono and in many ways he’s just as cool now as he was way back when. In fact, in some ways he’s even cooler. That’s exactly how I’d characterize U2’s latest album No Line on the Horizon.

When it hits the stands, Rolling Stone’s March issue will give the album 5 stars out of a possible 5. And a common sentiment flying around the blogosphere among U2 fanatics is that No Line on the Horizon is the band’s best work since Achtung Baby. To put things into perspective, Rolling Stone gave 1987’s The Joshua Tree 5 stars and 1992’s Achtung Baby 4 and a half stars.

Do I believe this album is as good as either of those masterpieces? No. But let’s be fair- not many albums are or can ever be. But I will say that with each new listen of NLOTH I’m discovering that many of its songs are as solid as (and in some cases even better than) much of what we’ve seen from U2 at least *since* Achtung Baby.

Let’s not confuse this as a small consolation prize. U2’s last album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb sold 9 million records and won 8 Grammys. Prior to that, All That You Can’t Leave Behind sold 12 million records and is the only album in history to have two singles win “Record of the Year” two consecutive years.

As good as U2’s latest is, I predict this album won’t be a blockbuster. And I say without disappointment that the days of U2 competing for chart position with teen princesses are over. We all need to grow up sometime and with this new album, Bono and the boys are showing that they have. Or at least the music has.

I give No Line on the Horizon 4 stars out 5 (but agree with Rolling Stone that Achtung Baby is a 4 and a Half and Joshua Tree is a 5).

-GW


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Bono must be pissed!

I'll take a copy, just let me know when it's ready. :wave:

It's ready now. Come over and get it. Seriously...

well - I'll just download your copy onto my itunes, pretty please.....that way, we aren't really breaking the law.

So, it's really good? They're pretty fun in concert, too. Ever seen 'em live?

Technically, I'm pretty sure you'd be guilty too. But you'd be able to cut a deal with the prosecutor if you give me up...

But I would be worried about the Civil suit by U2 and their record company!

I have seen them many times each every tour since 1987. Even saw them in Dublin on the last tour. I'm one of those dorky hard core U2 fans. Followed them when I was in College.

U2's shows are a sacred experience for me...

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:lolabove:...Geo has the po op plan ready to go!

Wow...U2 in Dublin had to rock! :clap:

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.:wave:

You saw them in Dublin, Ireland? Way cool~~~~~~~

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.:wave:

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? :lol:;-)

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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.

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.:wave:

Perez. Oh boy. :lol:

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.

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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...

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?

O.K. Geo, you can't be all bad. All politics aside, I :wub: me some U2. Any fellow fan has to be a good guy (and yes, I DO overlook Bono's politics). :cool:

O.K. Geo, you can't be all bad. All politics aside, I :wub: me some U2. Any fellow fan has to be a good guy (and yes, I DO overlook Bono's politics). :cool:

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)...

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And here are some shades for Bono-
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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.

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.

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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!!!