Classic or Dud: U2

Maybe this was the Macklemore?

http://www.avclub.com/article/al-madrigal-on-why-he-abhors-macklemore-ryan-lewis-98825

So ... there's a new album out.

01 The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
02 Every Breaking Wave
03 California (There Is No End To Love)
04 Song For Someone
05 Iris (Hold Me Close)
06 Volcano
07 Raised By Wolves
08 Cedarwood Road
09 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
10 This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
11 The Troubles.

I love this tracklisting so much I almost want to hear the album

Sounds fine so far.

Snap reaction: the fact that this is the real Bono and not any of a few dozen not-Bonos is a benefit to an album that's trying (albeit not too hard) to sound like all the bands fronted by not-Bonos.

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

Jesus fucking

Haha are those really the song titles? Those are great.

track-by-track at rolling stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/u2-songs-of-innocence-surprise-album-guide-20140909

The amazing song titles on "No Line on the Horizon" are what sparked the ILX precovers concept.

However "Songs of Innocence" is a terrible album name.

the next album is called Songs of Experience

Sex of Songperience

the tedderization of everything is complete

Dongs of Senecense

I guess there was a proposed album called Songs of Ascent that was never released?

Please tell me there isnt a song on this thing called The Troubles

jesus

Not about the IRA! But an earlier song is.

the mIRAcle (of joey ramone) right?

The Miracle (Of the Troubles)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/09/09/u2-makes-history-offers-new-album-for-free-on-itunes-during-apple-event/

U2′s new album being automatically added to our iTunes library is the most disgusting invasion of personal space by technology in history

the mIRAcle (of joey ramone) right?

lol

when I got my first Mac in 2001 it came with some songs preloaded, including New Order's "Age of Consent", and I guess Apple did that? so not unprecedented ... though still it's 2010s we're talking about here

Wait, is this getting downloaded to our computers without us asking for it or do you have to click download to get it in your iTunes?

You have to click download. (Note: you do not have to click download. No one is forcing you to listen to U2.)

some folks on twitter exaggerating a bit, and quoted in that Post article

some folks on twitter exaggerating a bit

nothing new to ILX there tbf

I remember that my sister's macbook has Nick Cave's 'Into My Arms' preloaded sometime in the early 2000s

Free album? When is Bono gonna come through with some fuckin' free t-shirts, man?

Is there really supposed to be a period after Troubles?

The Troubles.

WTF man

That is so fucking precious

So everyone who bought a MacBook in the early 2000s was greeted with "I DON'T BELIEVE IN AN INTERVENTIONIST GOD"
xpost

Sonic Cathedral @soniccathedral

U2 are already in my music library are they? no they're not *deletes itunes*

http://perfectedpixels.weebly.com/uploads/4/5/9/3/459344/5939044.png

The Miracle (Of Joey From Friends)

apparently, iTunes was bundled with all of the following songs when first launched in 2001:

Amanda Ghost, Idol
Amanda Ghost, Cellophane
Andreas Johnson, Glorious
Arkarna, Life Is Free
Arkarna, Insecurity
Arkarna, House On Fire
Barenaked Ladies, If I Had A $1,000,000
Barenaked Ladies, Jane
Barenaked Ladies, One Week
Belly, Feed The Tree
Bob James, Raise The Roof
Boney James, All Night Long
Boney James, R.S.V.P.
Brad Mehldau, Madrid
Dave Ralph, Max Graham "Airtight"
Dave Ralph, Tea Freaks "Arms of Orion"
Depeche Mode, Strangelove
Euge Groove, Romeo & Juliet
Holly Palmer, Come Lie With Me
Infected Mushroom, Symphonatic
Joshua Redman, Neverend
Kenny Garrett, G.T.D.S
Kevin Mahogany, Still Swingin'
Lang, K.D., When We Collide
Lang, K.D., Only Love
Larry Carlton, Fingerprints
The Living End, Roll on
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Into My Arms
Pat Metheny, Follow Me
Pat Metheny, James
Paul Oakenfold, Ascension "Someone" (Slacker Mix)
Penelope Houston, Sweetheart
Penelope Houston, Grand Prix
Phish, Heavy Things
Phish, Sample In A Jar
Phish, Limb By Limb
Randy Newman, The World Isn't Fair
Randy Newman, Can't Keep A Good Man Down
Sasha & John Digweed, Breeder 'Tyrantanic' (Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix)
Submarine, Sunbeam (Deepsky's Desert Sunset Mix)
Total Eclipse, Psychedelic Terrorist
Wilco, Monday
Wilco, A Shot In The Arm
8 Stops 7, Question Everything

A lot of harsh zings of a band that literally every adult has liked at some point in their lives.

Is there really supposed to be a period after Troubles?

The Troubles.

WTF man

― Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis)

please god, we'll be living in it soon enough

every adult

speaking of exaggerations

Not an exaggeration.

xxxxpost a poll that has to happen

If you're over 20 years old, you have liked U2 at some point.

U2′s new album being automatically added to our iTunes library is the most disgusting invasion of personal space by technology in history

the public should probably sue these fuckers but apparently a lot of the lawyers involved would be pro bono

They should have a hidden track on this called Fuck REM

If you're over 20 years old, you have liked U2 at some point.

woah sell it to grantland, don't give it away for free

I'm trying to think of any other band that I rallied around in the early 80s where I just do not care about a new release any more. REM got there too at the end, but I think I cared about them longer.

If you're over 20 years old, you have liked U2 at some point.

― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, September 9, 2014 5:51 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

44 and nope

the public should probably sue these fuckers but apparently a lot of the lawyers involved would be pro bono
i'm definitely mullen over some legal action

lololol

can the latest update of imovie come bundled with the bono tinariwen video?

woah sell it to grantland, don't give it away for free

― da croupier, Tuesday, September 9, 2014 3:53 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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