Rebel Yell
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1. Achtung Baby
2. The Joshua Tree
3. No Line On The Horizon
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U.S. radio is going to be on "Magnificent" like a fat kid on a cupcake. And rightfully so.
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The whole fucking album has leaked.
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Is another single supposed to be released before the album drops or not?
I doubt they'll have another physical single out before March 2, but it's certainly possible that a new single could have a radio impact date before then. Speaking of singles, U2Swisshome.com is reporting that that "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" and "Magnificent" are set to be the next two singles from the album.
Also, U2 are performing "Get On Your Boots" at the Grammys Sunday night.
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30 seconds of every song on the new album!
Yanked by Universal it seems. Here's a youtube link:
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Get On Your Boots will premiere on U2.com tomorrow (late tonight if you live on the left coast) just minutes after it hits the air for the first time on Dave Fanning's radio show. So that means no listening to crappy radio rips!
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Tomorrow:
Click here to watch it on HBO.com
Today (Saturday), U2 rehearsed "Pride" and "City of Blinding Lights."
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The keyboardist has also left the band. Here's what JMJ had to say about it:
Q: What about a replacement for Alessandro?
A: What we came to realize is that ultimately, it was not superfluous, but something that all three of us - myself Robin (Finck) and Trent - can all cover. Because there is a lot of keyboard work in Nine Inch Nails that is all incidental and lies very much in the background and sometimes lies very much in the foreground. For those moments in the foreground, Trent thought it would be okay for him to play them. So you can expect to see him more on instruments than in the past. So basically what we're doing is, and Australia was the inspiration for it, experimenting with a very different NIN live format - more raw, more rugged a little bit more alive. It's a bit more guitaristic. With only four people onstage in terms of layout and lighting. We are going through that right now - all the possibilities on how to light it, how much more intimate it will be. It's a work in progress. We are also going to be playing songs that haven't been heard for a while, songs that have been put on the backburner due to limitations of the very high production value of the previous tour.
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Get On Your Boots, the first single from U2’s new album No Line On The Horizon, will be released as a digital download on February 15th with a physical format to follow on February 16 through Mercury/Universal.
Produced by Brian Eno, Danny Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, sessions for No Line On The Horizon began in Fez, Morocco, and continued at the band’s Dublin studio, New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and London's Olympic Studios.
Released on March 2nd (March 3rd in the US), the album will come in a standard format with 24 page booklet and in digipak format. The digipak includes an extended booklet and the album’s companion film “Linear” by Anton Corbijn. A limited edition 64 page magazine will also be available, featuring the band in conversation with artist Catherine Owens, and new Anton Corbijn photographs. No Line On The Horizon will be released on 180gm vinyl. (More on the formats below)
The album cover artwork (click left to enlarge) is an image of the sea meeting the sky by Japanese artist and photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Here's the full track listing:
1. No Line On The Horizon
2. Magnificent
3. Moment of Surrender
4. Unknown Caller
5. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
6. Get On Your Boots
7. Stand Up Comedy
8. Fez – Being Born
9. White As Snow
10. Breathe
11. Cedars Of Lebanon
No Line On The Horizon will be available in five formats;
- Standard jewel case - with album CD and 24 page booklet
- Digipak format - limited edition with album CD, 32 page colour booklet and fold out poster. Features access to exclusive downloadable Anton Corbijn film.
- Magazine format – limited edition with album CD, with 64 page magazine. Features access to exclusive downloadable Anton Corbijn film.
- Box format - limited edition bespoke box containing digipak format album CD, DVD of Anton Corbijn’s exclusive film, 64 page hardback book, plus a fold out poster.
- LP vinyl – limited edition with 2 black vinyl discs, gatefold sleeve, and a 16 page booklet.
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you'll have a great time, but you may be too close to see all of the visuals clearly
They're not doing the same production on this leg. From the sound of things, they want to do something minimalistic.
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atu2.com says the first single should hit the radio January 19.
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Achtung Baby
The Joshua Tree
All That You Can't Leave Behind
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Anyone gotten their hands on the bonus disc yet? I saw the deluxe edition at Best Buy when I was buying Chinese Democracy, so there's really no excuse for it to not be online.
I got it pre-ordered. It says it's processing still on the Best Buy website, so hopefully I'll get my hands on it in the next few days.
Did you get it while you were at BB?
No. I thought about it though.
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Anyone gotten their hands on the bonus disc yet? I saw the deluxe edition at Best Buy when I was buying Chinese Democracy, so there's really no excuse for it to not be online.
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Bono's daughters are hot:
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http://www.theninhotline.net/news/index.php#1222178775
Looks like they're playing in Australia next year:
Saturday 21 February - Brisbane - RNA Showgrounds
Sunday 22 February - Sydney - Sydney Showgrounds
Friday 27 February - Melbourne - Melbourne Showgrounds
Saturday 28 February - Adelaide - Bonython Park
Monday 2 March - Perth - Steel Blue Oval
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From NME:
U2's The Edge has told NME.COM that his band are still writing songs for their next album.The band recently decided to push back the release date of the follow-up to 2004's 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb', declaring they wanted "2009 to be our year".
However, while many were anticipating that the record would come out this year, U2's guitarist explained the band were still hard at work on the album.
"We're still writing and we're trying to take it to the next level," said The Edge. "Its taking a while, but I'm told there's no short cut to greatness!"
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Straight from U2.com:
'We want 2009 to be our year''We’ve hit a rich songwriting vein and we don’t want to stop.' Bono has been talking to U2.Com about how the songs are shaping up for the new record and plans for 2009 to be their year.
‘This is our chance for us to defy gravity once again, ‘ explains Bono, calling in from a break in recording sessions in the south of France. ‘ We have what it takes, we have the songs, new rhythms and a guitar player who is not ready to re-enter earth's atmosphere until he's taken a slice of the moon!
'It's been fun, it's been maddening... there have been injuries and recoveries, no babies born that I know of, but this one is nearly ready for the new year of 2009.'
The band have been writing and recording the follow-up to ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’ since last year, and the feeling is that they’ve hit a creative groove so there are no plans to stop. Everyone, he says, is excited about where the recording is taking them.
‘When we set out on this record it was Larry who came up with the plan not to have a plan. He put up this idea that wouldn’t it be great just to make music for its own sake, not for the purpose of a live show or on album but just to see what we’re capable of…’
It’s an idea that’s paid off. Following sessions in Morocco, in Dublin and through the summer in France, the band have written ‘fifty or sixty’ tracks. And counting.
‘We’ve hit a rich songwriting vein,’ he explains. ‘It gets a bit dark down here but looks like we've found diamonds not coal. I thought a while back we might have the album wrapped by now, but why come up above ground now if there's more priceless stuff to be found?
For now, they’re keeping a promise they made to themselves when they started writing: ‘We said to each other that if we got to the great place then we wouldn’t stop…’
So the writing and recording continues and while they now know what shape most of the album will take, they're not leaving the studio just yet.
‘We know we have to emerge soon but we also know that people don’t want another U2 album unless it is our best ever album. It has to be our most innovative, our most challenging … or what’s the point ?’
They have no doubts that it will be as important a release for U2 as any. ‘It’s a brand new chapter for us, and everyone we’ve played the tracks to has said that musically it feels like another departure.
‘The last two records were very personal, with a kind of three piece at their heart, the primary colours of rock - bass, guitars and drum. But what we’re about now is of the same order as the transition that took us from The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby.’
He also mentions that the recording in Morocco was the first time the band have worked in a studio open to the sky: ‘On that track you can hear the sound of a swallows nest close to the building - it’s beautiful.’
Longtime collaborators Danny Lanois and Brian Eno have joined the band at different times, and, more recently, Steve Lillywhite – usually a tell-tale sign that a record is nearly done. ‘Steve has that ear for a top line melody and a good hook.’
But while Bono is itching to get the music out he says it’s going to be early 2009 when we first get to hear the songs.
‘I’m always the one who underestimates how easy it is to simply 'put out the songs now', if it was just up to me they’d be out already! But early next year people will be able to start hearing what we’ve been doing. We want 2009 to be our year, so we’re going to start making an impression very early on …’
This link has some useful information as well.
Sounds like "Sexy Boots" is actually "Get On Your Boots."
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This is how you right click if you don't want to use a mouse.
Personally, I like to do it this way.
This is how you scroll. Far more intuitive than any of the Dell or HP trackpads I've attempted to use.
By the way, the only mouse Apple currently sells allows you to right click.
Was it a bad idea to have one-button mice? Yes, but they're not doing that anymore.
The claim that OSX is unstable and that most browsers "run like crap" is completely baseless. I've had a Macbook for well over a year and I haven't had any issues with stability or with web browsing. Yes, if you go to a public library and use a 10 year old iMac, you're not going to have a very good experience, just as you won't have a good experience with any 10 year old PC trying to run modern applications it was never designed to run in the first place.
Macs aren't for everyone, and you should never buy one without extensively researching the pros and cons and trying out the OS first hand. Yes, there are many video games I can't play on my Macbook, but I understood that when I bought it. It's all about where your priorities lie. Using OSX 10.5, I can complete my daily computer routine in less clicks and with much less hassle than I could on a PC running Windows (especially Vista). I don't have to worry about viruses or spyware, and thanks to Time Machine, if anything does go wrong, I can restore my computer to a working state with great ease.
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You can use any mouse you want on a Mac. I've used a two-button mouse with a scroll wheel for my Macbook since day one.
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I've always liked this one:
Brian Eno is icing on the cake.
No line on the horizon.
in MY WORLD
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe Bono's ever "preached" at his fans to donate money to charity. During his routine on the Vertigo tour where he'd tell the audience to text the ONE campaign, he would say "we're not looking for your money, we're looking for your voice." I suppose you could argue that the money he's lobbied Washington to give to Africa (from our tax dollars) is charity, but I think Bono would argue that it's an investment. At a time when so many nations have a negative view the U.S., it certainly doesn't hurt to plant the seeds of friendship on the African continent.