Classic or Dud: U2

Oh it turns out it's an audiovisual format. BOUND TO SUCCEED.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/09/u2-and-apple-working-on-new-digital-format-that-will-tempt-people-into-buying-music-again/

I downloaded the album to my device today. I didn't realize that I was only streaming it before. So apple invaded my digital space with a few 10s of kBs of metadata.

It depended on the user’s iTunes Match configuration. It automatically downloaded on my Macs.

― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton)

LOL

speaking of bad analogies:

“It’s like everyone’s vomiting whatever their first impression is,” said Clayton at one point.

"Ooh, Betty! Bleurgh!"

oh man just wait until people start vomiting their fully formed opinions
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I'm in a baja fresh right now that is only playing u2. Is this supposed to be part of the push?

The TroubbllLLARGGGHHH

just saw their new ad where they rock out to "the miracle of joey ramone" in vibrant colors while images of patti smith and joey and the clash etc appear in their hearts

Everyone who's being obnoxiously zen about any aspect of this campaign needs to go bake themselves a cookie cuz no one's going to give them one

"i for one took in stride when u2 appeared in my itunes" tell apple they'll appreciate it

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxxHCYDIMAEWiLd.jpg

u gonna get the new U2

was about to vent about how these guys are managing to make the '90s stones look humble and unostentatious but to be fair the stones didn't have the ability to do much more than traipse around the TV and play stadiums, who knows what kind of campaign Bridges to Babylon would have had in our brave new world

the ad in question

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXJz3C12bWs

i was at an extended family gathering back when u2's "vertigo" ipod ad was on tv and some xtian music-loving relatives who knew i was writing rock reviews saw it and said "is this the kind of music you write about?"

can't believe it's been ten years

is this the kind of music you post angrily on the internet about

and ¡quatorze! years since "Beautiful Day"

I knew some born again xtians in wisconsin who hopped off the U2 train around the time of the achtung baby tour bc shit was getting a bit profane. Macphisto really messed them up. They were all pretty happy with "all that you can't leave behind" tho.

yeah i'm sure these guys would have dug "walk on" or whatever, but "vertigo" was definitely too in-yo-face for them

whether that ad is an "alternative rock is dead" moment or a "u2 dug up alternative rock's corpse, fucked it and left it out in the rain" moment it definitely belongs on the timeline

u gonna get the new U2

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:14 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

My Baja Fresh visit earlier, the playlist included Sunday Bloody Sunday, (something I can't remember), Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, One, and then circled back to Sunday Bloody Sunday. I was basically like, "guess I won't stick around and polish off these chips".

could just be the manager's ipod classic

I hate how 'This is Where You Can Reach Me Now' sounds like every Danger Mouse produced track ever, though.

― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, September 17, 2014 10:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is this the one that sounds exactly like "Come Undone"?

who invented the phrase 'Raised By Wolves'? feels like it must have been Izzard in that sketch from around 1992/93. i know it's been the name of a Caitlin Moran-penned TV series since then too but i assumed she was just nicking it from him.

xp I don't think so. it's the one with the theremin synth that danger man puts on every album he produces

it kinda sounds like the black keys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_H1XBnPu0

feels like it must have been Izzard in that sketch from around 1992/93

this phrase is super old

who invented the phrase 'Raised By Wolves'? feels like it must have been Izzard in that sketch from around 1992/93. i know it's been the name of a Caitlin Moran-penned TV series since then too but i assumed she was just nicking it from him.

can't tell if serious

that U2 ad pisses old people off...kinda like Joey Ramone. I see what they're doing.

oh yeah i'm sure the kids love it

Another hour, another PR victory!

“The punk rock thing to do is annoy people and get in their faces...If people have a problem with the way we released the album, I’m sure they’ve read about it online.”

fuckin step up and take a swing at bono! he's in u face! he wants you to (U2)!

all up in yo shit, the fly in your free ointment, he's almost as punk as google+

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowgli

Prepare to buy the White Album... Again

U2's corporate connections:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/after-tough-years-elevation-partners-profits-on-sale-of-forbes-media/
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/in-search-of-star-power-fender-enlists-members-of-u2/

marie antoinette was so punk rock

'let them listen to cake!' she said, and then everyone had 'The Distance' on their phones.

'california, i've seen for myself, there's no end to Greece' - Bono predicts to the rest of the board in California that Greece will remain solvent

No, it's "Grease", it'll be a school production staple for ever!

(full disclosure, Alice has auditioned, will report back)

"California" keeps getting stuck in my head and then turning into Prefab Sprout's "Cars and Girls"

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/u2s_the_edge_could_be_allowed_to_build_fivemansion_clifftop_compound_in_malibu_1.php

One thing we know about U2 in 204 is that they do not care what anyone else wants. They do not care if you want their album, they are going to make you have it, and guitarist The Edge does not care if you want his mansion development on your untouched coastal land, he is going to do whatever it takes to build it. The Edge, aka David Evans, has been trying to build five "eco-friendly" houses—including one for himself—off of Sweetwater Mesa Road in the Santa Monica Mountains since 2006 and, after years of kinda-shady machinations, has gotten the support of the California Coastal Commission staff (they've recommended the CCC approve the project at its meeting in early October, with a few changes).

The Edge submitted plans for the five houses separately, under separate names, which CCC staff originally took as an attempt to skirt environmental rules, according to the LA Times. They also found that the project "would scar a steep, undeveloped ridgeline visible from much of the coastline, cause extensive geological disturbance and destroy environmentally sensitive native vegetation." A few months later, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy suddenly switched their stance on the development from con to neutral after The Edge gave them $750,000 in cash, $250,000 worth of work by a consultant, and 97 acres of land for conservation. Then, in 2012, The Edge's "extensive team" started lobbying for a pro-development, anti-environment state bill that would've helped clear the way for the project. After passing the Assembly, it was rejected by the Senate.

Finally The Edge tried just making the plans more acceptable. Following a year of negotiations with the CCC, the path has been clearcut for a modified version of the 151-acre development; the size has been slightly reduced and plans call for less grading of the hillside; some of the houses are also shorter and together they'll be placed lower on the ridge, so they won't be as visible from below. The five houses range from 8,786 to 14,980 square feet and would be accompanied by a new 20-foot-wide access road.

the edge on the ledge

blueprint of the tunnels underneath the five houses:

http://www.lds-temple.net/6a00ccff9823bf6ea501101675fe6c860d-500pi.png

My Baja Fresh visit earlier, the playlist included Sunday Bloody Sunday, (something I can't remember), Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, One, and then circled back to Sunday Bloody Sunday. I was basically like, "guess I won't stick around and polish off these chips".

― how's life, Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:31 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

always go for the chips first, the salsa bar's better than the burritos anyway

anyway yeah i have no idea how i didn't want to punch them all in the nuts and also the face many many many times in 2002 or whenever the atom bomb album came out. i was 14 and totally into select 80s singles but still, they're essentially the same band now but they've become literally the most punchable group of human beings in existence. whatever they were in the 80s when they had mullets, they're different now, they're inhabited by some other species, i don't wanna say aliens or demons or ghosts or w/e because that's all way too nice, i really need to convey that they are constructed from some sort of compounded anal leakage or like a combination of things used in the second round of fear factor. just seeing bono's face trying to squirm out of his head makes me fearful. how did i ever not want to punch them? but i'm scared.

i still don't know what the other two guys look like

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/12/u2-job-art-divisive-interview

"art"

I've liked waaaaay more from this band than I have ever liked, but this image makes me hate everything about them retroactively:

http://cdn.u2.com/non_secure/images/20150201/news/ie_bed_logo_9002/large.jpg