Recent content by dan_smee

For the boffins, I popped it into the U2torrents forum as well and had this response from Sharebear: You got me curious! I compared a bit to the digital recording from the original Sirius broadcast. The recent U2.com seems to be at a lower bitrate (see more artifacting on the high end). BUT the...

I think every single instrument is crystal clear, has space in the recording and pops really well. The other recordings were quite blended together, and as you say, Bono was buried in the mix

How about, like, now?! Lol - I know we Aussies are futuristic types. FLAC - 1.89 GB file on MEGA Apple Lossless - 2.05 GB file on MEGA MP3 @ 320kpbs - 406.94 MB file on MEGA

Ok. It is SOO MUCH better than the best Sirius rip. I need to split the files etc, will probably be mid morning tomorrow Australian time.

I'm capturing the u2.com rip to see if the sound is better. Will share tomorrow

This isn’t a particularly substantive contribution to the chat, but I do remember when I first got this album that for about a month I only liked the odd numbered tracks and then completely flipped and only like the even numbered tracks. Not being obsessive compulsive about, it just turned out...

I’m a long way behind… are people really complaining about them putting out their b sides? Continuing something they started 18 months ago? Songs not available on streaming? What the actual fuck, you guys. Some people just don’t feel important if they aren’t complaining about u2 on the internet

Last I will say on it because a question was asked then I’m done. Just that the standard for the American left is pretty centrist elsewhere. Even Biden’s healthcare stance is too far right for the right wing of other developed nations. Until someone can leave a hospital after a few days of...

I didn’t read overtly, but I’m not surprised that the tone and context was interpreted that way. I find it interesting that Americans seem fixated on the ages of the candidates. Old people can be quite cogent and valuable. The issue in the country is the prevailing sentiment that puts them...

Ooof. Comin’ in hot. I’m going to go get some popcorn.

lol - no I’m not suggesting that. I mean that they probably were pushed back further than the otherwise would have been because of his surgeries - all of which seemed reasonable and necessary.

7 years and no touring because of Larry. At their age, is it possible they are using this time to queue up lots and lots of work so that when they can tour they don’t have to start another 5 year cycle for the next album? They would be 70 or thereabouts by that stage. There have been so many...

I know we don’t agree fully on the recent material, but I do believe they have found moments of magic in the last couple of albums. Little Things and Book of Your Heart stand up against most of their post-Pop outputs. I feel like they are spiritual cousins to the moodier offerings of this period...

…and I think I enjoyed it? I experienced this with HtDAAB at about the 15 year mark as well. The disappointment of this being the culmination of 5 years work for the band was gone. I actually found myself liking little moments. Fills, melodies, sounds. Things that never really captured my...

This one sounds much better and cleaner. I can actually make out what Danny is playing in One. The little fill from the studio version. It sounds cool. Bono is a bit lower in the mix, and I’ve seen some people complain about that, but I actually think it is a positive sign for how an album...