Serious kudos to all involved, listening now. Snoball's GOYB sounds like some mid eighties Residents nightmare track meets early Rough Trade, grrreat!
― MaresNest, Monday, 2 March 2009 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
For some reason, that was the straw on the camel's back that got me to register for Digg. It has been Dugg.
― I shall always respect my elders (Z S), Monday, 2 March 2009 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Snoball's GOYB sounds like some mid eighties Residents nightmare track meets early Rough Trade, grrreat!
Utterly brilliant. I'm reminded of the song used in the "Private Enterprise" episode of The Comic Strip.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 2 March 2009 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Will DL this tonite when I get home.
BTW this reminds me: are we doing a general ILX comp this year? Cuz I finally have my shit together music wise and want in.
― one art, please (Trayce), Monday, 2 March 2009 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
streaming version here:
http://fairtilizer.com/playlists/12270
here is embed code if you want to add the player to yr lolblog
<iframe name="fairplayer" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" width="220" height="380" src="http://fairtilizer.com/playlist/12270?fairplayer=large";></iframe>
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 2 March 2009 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Listening to it again, and I'm impressed at how well it all flows together (think someone mentioned something similar on the other thread, but I just wanted to agree). There aren't really any jarring stylistic changes. ILX hive mind strikes again!
― Vulgar Display of Flowers (J3ff T.), Monday, 2 March 2009 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Lovely!
― f. hazel, Monday, 2 March 2009 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
ok, this is the most ridiculously awesome thing ever. especially 'magnificent' and 'stand up comedy'. well done talented ilxers.
― bay bay (a hoy hoy), Monday, 2 March 2009 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
This really is, like, genuinely amazing, all the way through, on various different levels
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Monday, 2 March 2009 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Hats off to everyone. I promise to remember to nominate this for the year end polls in 10 months or so.
― Chesney Freemanwater Revival (maciej recognizing trill), Monday, 2 March 2009 23:46 (fifteen years ago) link
"Breathe" is hilarious
― 51 things I hate about you (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 01:56 (fifteen years ago) link
falsetto guitar entry and "oh coz it's too late tonight to forget to breathe" = real genuine IRL lolz
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I love the off-the-rails mad scientist feel of "Get On Your Boots"! "Breathe" is really funny, too. I keep wondering if "White As Snow" was meant to sound like U2 because instrumentally it really does, or at least like they sounded back when I used to like them!
― Still More Goth Than Your Cat's Asshole (Bimble), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 03:18 (fifteen years ago) link
So good!
― f. hazel, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 03:55 (fifteen years ago) link
YSI?
(LOL)
― Live from the Witch Trials (SeekAltRoute), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 04:40 (fifteen years ago) link
DLing now and already kicking myself for not joining in when I first saw the IMM thread, but more than that I am excited!
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 04:49 (fifteen years ago) link
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Monday, March 2, 2009 6:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:24 (fifteen years ago) link
excellent work all around guys!!
― Roz, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
NO ESTEBAN BUTTEZ, NO CREDIBILITY
― Non-Homosexual Male Fan Of Kate Bush (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 08:39 (fifteen years ago) link
looooool <3 <3 <3 errybudy
― been HOOS, where yyyou steene!? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 08:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Waiting for a Flac rip to get it !
― Snowballing, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 09:03 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome from the first moment
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
This is very cool.
― WmC, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
here's the funny thing - if the above were a link to the actual U2 album i'd have no interest whatsoever. because it's y'all, i'm DLing it now - will report back!
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
btw
http://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/81q5e/u2s_no_line_on_the_horizon_preinterpreted/
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
nice job y'all. m bison and alextc in particular killed it, imo.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
was listening to it again this morning and was struck by how thematically cohesive it is - internet age referendum / reflection on fame, pop music, social justice, stunna shades. maybe that's what makes it seem more aurally cohesive, the riffing on topic?
also wanna give a shoutout to "stand up comedy", the chewy off-center center of our tootsie roll pop clusterfuck
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/kudos.gif
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link
still have not heard actual U2 album lol
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
lol, from The Ideal Copy newsletter sent out today:
The new U2 album is out today and we are bewildered that only one customer has ordered it from us. Many ordered the single which only results in more head-scratching about the album. (Speaking of the single, Get On Your Boots, we are attempting to track down the 3-Track CD single and will hopefully have that next week.)It's tough to compete one price with the retail giants, but we're pretty sure we have the lowest price on the Vinyl release, plus we've finally activated and confirmed the Japanese Edition which does have one Bonus Track.
It's tough to compete one price with the retail giants, but we're pretty sure we have the lowest price on the Vinyl release, plus we've finally activated and confirmed the Japanese Edition which does have one Bonus Track.
lol should we forward them our link, see if they do any better
― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
oh good, when the album flops they can blame us
Universal Music Group today announced a Q1 earnings impairment due to a surreptitious copycat release of U2's latest album which caused mass consumer confusion. Said one befuddled music fan, "I listened to what I thought was an Internet stream of the new U2 album, and it sounded like Bono's idea of a sick joke. I was so paralyzed by fear and loathing, I couldn't bring myself to buy it at Wal-mart. Also, the economy."
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
oh my god that is classic.
― Roz, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
HAHAHAHAHAH is that real??
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link
uh
― just sayin, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I was so paralyzed by fear and loathing, I couldn't bring myself to buy it at Wal-mart.
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 17:43 (fifteen years ago) link
ahahahaha!
well done ilx
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Guys, think about it for more than a second. Edward III made that up. (Funny but in no way true.)
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
no I think that's an official press release from the future
― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
All press releases from the future will end "Also, the economy"...
― snoball, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll just add to the chorus of this is totally awesome.
― thunda lightning (clotpoll), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
"stunner shades on/social justice/appearing on magazine stands"
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i put a post up on my blog about this, too
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
http://voguingtodanzig.blogspot.com/2009/03/stunner-shades-onsocial.html#links
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Two songs that directly parody U2 seems like just the right amount.
― the most disgusting savage on earth imo (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I like a lot of this! I think the Elvis Telecom track before it goes noizy is the high point (I like it after that as well, just not as much)
― Luka ModReq (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
all i can say is it was awesome to contribute a jam to this, and that i am glad i bothered recording the vocal because it had to be done in one take in a closet while my wife was asleep and sick
― Marrakesh and Ashley Olsen (m bison), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 02:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Now that's dedication!
― Still More Goth Than Your Cat's Asshole (Bimble), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 03:13 (fifteen years ago) link
And to such great effect!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 03:13 (fifteen years ago) link
did your wife know you were in the closet?
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 03:25 (fifteen years ago) link
oops that sounds like a personal question
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 03:26 (fifteen years ago) link
honey, if you need me I'll just be over here in the closet, mocking bono
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
best album of the year
― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Sunday, 29 March 2009 09:14 (fifteen years ago) link
ok biggest lol @ "ohhhh don't forget to RECYCLE"
― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Sunday, 29 March 2009 09:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Co-incidentally I had a dream about U2 last night. We were standing on a beach, and they were showing me the lyrics sheet that was going to be included with the next album. But it was printed on a rubber bedsheet.
― snoball, Sunday, 29 March 2009 11:10 (fifteen years ago) link
guys i think i might have found a way to get this into the hands of u2 themselves
― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Sunday, 29 March 2009 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I think that would be a great idea. Even if it's unlikely that Bono will listen to it and suddenly jump up wailing "oh no! I've been a pompous buffoon all these years!"
― snoball, Sunday, 29 March 2009 12:42 (fifteen years ago) link
they were showing me the lyrics sheet that was going to be included with the next album. But it was printed on a rubber bedsheet.
― snoball, Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:10 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest
LOLOLOLOLOL
― Soda Paint Cans (Bimble), Sunday, 29 March 2009 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
A friend of mine will make a homemade video for my contribution during our holidays in May : youtube, here we come !
― AleXTC, Monday, 30 March 2009 11:12 (fifteen years ago) link
guys i think i might have found a way to get this into the hands of u2 themselves― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Sunday, 29 March 2009 11:11 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Sunday, 29 March 2009 11:11 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Now I am TOTALY JEALOUS I didn't geet my contrib in in time.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 March 2009 11:16 (fifteen years ago) link
c
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
(xpost) if your track is done now, you could link to it and it can be released on the Super Deluxe Cash-in Collector's Edition...
― snoball, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
ghost track !
― AleXTC, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ lolalso in 20 years we can all be interviewed for an episode of "Classic Albums"
― snoball, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
each one of us interviewed seating in front of his cpu.in hawaian shirt.
― AleXTC, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 16:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Holy shit MaresNest yr close but it's Ata Tak Ron Johnson! Laughing head off from AWE here + I shall buy your first album if it exists snoball.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 18 April 2009 00:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Best song named "Get On Your Boots" EVER!
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 18 April 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
so this holds up, it does
― j0rdslovesomedude (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
has it rly been a year etc etc
― butt pirates of the caribbean (m bison), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
this is excellent, well done everyone
― fisherspwner (braveclub), Friday, 11 June 2010 09:24 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, good memories !so there's no album worth doing it again in the pipe ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 11 June 2010 10:27 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a very individual situation.
Oasis are gorn, all the other bands that might have qualified for this kind of 'tribute' are not exactly superpremier league anymore (Stones, REM) and no-one else 'winds up' the select few like U2.
Or Coldplay.
― Mark G, Friday, 11 June 2010 10:30 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Line_on_the_Horizon#Songs_of_Ascent
Supposedly an album of tracks discarded from NLotH. Also according to some rumours it has a reggae theme!
― Fat Dog Franklin (snoball), Friday, 11 June 2010 10:40 (thirteen years ago) link
haha get to work ilxorz!
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 11 June 2010 10:42 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a partial and totally speculative tracklisting here, but it's not enough to go on. Also half of the tracks they list are out-takes from "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", so probably won't be on "Songs of Ascent" anyway. The only confirmed song is "Every Breaking Wave".
― Fat Dog Franklin (snoball), Friday, 11 June 2010 10:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Bono indicated that he had become "tired of [writing in] the first-person"
end of the world.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 11 June 2010 11:27 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, good memories !so there's no album worth doing it again in the pipe ?― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 11 June 2010 11:27 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 11 June 2010 11:27 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
vote The Suburbs
― name (a hoy hoy), Friday, 11 June 2010 11:29 (thirteen years ago) link
the next Strokes album could be a candidate
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 11 June 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Defintely the new Arcade Fire album, although preferrably the joke tracklisting that was floating around. In fact, I volunteer to be the midwife that brings Neighborhood #5 (Hockey) kicking and screaming into the world.
― Veðrafjǫrðr heimamaður (ecuador_with_a_c), Saturday, 12 June 2010 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link