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
to great effect
i think now is as an appropriate use of this sentence closer as can ever be, but no she did not know i was in the closet, no homo.
― Marrakesh and Ashley Olsen (m bison), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 03:40 (fifteen years ago) link
when it posted, she listened to the song and called me ridiculous (busting chops, not hateful btw!)
hopefully she sang it to the tune of "magnificent"
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 04:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i am now creating that memory regardless if she did or not
― Marrakesh and Ashley Olsen (m bison), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
"Magnificent (Ridiculous Remix)"
Actually, there IS going to be a remix collection, surely.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Really can't pick my favorite on this. "Breathe" has maybe the best Bono goofing (and a really nice groove!), but I'm also a sucker for the Laurie Anderson flavor of "Stand Up Comedy"...
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Bison, did you masturbate in the closet?
― Still More Goth Than Your Cat's Asshole (Bimble), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 06:55 (fifteen years ago) link
"U2 album! U2 album, lots of etc....do all yr shopping.. AT WAL-MART!"
(srsly, well done all)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 11:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Guys, shall I host this on my helpful webspace?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 11:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm also a sucker for the Laurie Anderson flavor of "Stand Up Comedy"...
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, March 3, 2009 10:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
hey cool, somebody caught the sound i was going for!
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 12:56 (fifteen years ago) link
this is nice! n/a your track is my favorite so far
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 13:16 (fifteen years ago) link
bimble thats not where i handle my business, it is where i store things with a low priority for immediate retrieval
― Marrakesh and Ashley Olsen (m bison), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I nominate "mocking bono" as the new euphemism for handling your business
your roommate's been forever in the bathroom, is he mocking bono in there?
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
you all do understand that ILX is pretty much mandated to subject the forthcoming Limp Bizkit joint to the same treatment, right?
― Beatrix Kiddo, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
the Fügügüffü track sounds like beta band!
― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 13:56 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost to wanking joke: "Hang on, I'm nearly at the Edge ... aargh, it's gone Numb."
Anyway. This is a masterpiece, and I've sent a link to various dudes (including a now-on-a-comeback eighties musician friend; really interested to see what he thinks) and had some incredibly positive responses so far. Me: I just love it to bits.
― Special topics: Disco, The Common Market (grimly fiendish), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Sign me up!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
YES
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 14:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Hell Yea! Sign me up for that! Song titles are bound to be genius.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 14:23 (fifteen 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