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nielsgov said:
I just don't see when they'd release SOA if they release the Danger Mouse in May. When the tour is over? Then it's 2 years after the initial rumoured release date and also after another new album. It isn't very logical.
So I think SOA is dead and that some songs will be reworked onto other albums, including the new album.
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Well if SOA is as meditative and quiet as they've described it then it makes sense, maybe they want to release it but don't know how they would tour it. :shrug:
 
Yeah, I'm thinking they may release either SOA or the club album with no plans to tour, although I could just as easily see SOA mined for its meatiest tracks with the rest held over for a NLOTH special edition 1235669703 years down the road.

I think if it isn't raped for this DM album, they should release it digitally following the tour, maybe with minimal promotion.
 
That would be cool and a whole new concept for U2. That's why I'm sceptical about it. They don't seem the type of band to do something like that. Although, I never thought they'd roadtest songs and look what they're doing now.
 
True, but for the club album at least, I really don't see them putting together a tour in support of that, of course that's assuming it comes to fruition.
 
U2girl said:
Holding on to a song or two from the past, yes, it happens all the time. Taking a full album, worked on by your most trusted producing team, and putting it out to someone you've never worked with before, is another thing.

I still think SOA is out there - and not cancelled - in the back, waiting for DM album and the oonts oonts album to be released. I would guess Mercy is now the new EBW, the song they seem most excited about, given its live performances and especially the release on WAIE. Which of course opens up more questions...is it on the DM album ? Given its release, what is the lead single for DM album ?

U2 mostly tend to have one producer at a time when working on an album (Bomb and Pop being the notable exceptions). They have strayed from other producers, but never from Eno/Lanois. That's why I don't see SOA shifting from their Batman and Robin to anyone else.
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when did u2 ever say that songs of ascent was a completed, finished album?


how to dismantle an atomic bomb was incredibly close to being finished with chris thomas. we know how that ended up. why is the alleged songs of ascent any different?
 
U2 Talk 'Emotional' 360 Tour, Tease New Album - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV

"When we were here last year, we were just getting used to how to play like that," Bono told MTV News. "We did some really good shows, [but] they just keep getting better and better, though, we're getting harder and harder; tougher. More attitude, more punk rock and more emotional, in another way. This strange thing has happened as the tour's went on; we've been playing new songs. We may even have a new album by the end of the tour."

That would presumably be one of the three new albums the band is working on, though Bono wouldn't reveal which would see the light of day first. Instead, in true U2 form, he championed the revelatory nature of the 360 Tour. Because, really — and, in their case, eternally — the show's the thing.
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But he didn't mention "a later date." He mentioned a vague time frame.

I couldn't open the link to read the full article, but I read that quoted blurb several times to see if there was a specific date given.
 
But it also says this:

and will return to the U.S. in May. And when it does, U2's dynamic duo promise that it will be worth the wait. After all, they may even have a new album to promote.

So end of tour means end of New Zealand, Australia tour?
 
... I don't understand why what you just says is contradictory to the assumption of "new album in May."

Will return to US in May ... worth the wait ... may even have a new album.

What am I missing?
 
corianderstem said:
But he didn't mention "a later date." He mentioned a vague time frame.

I couldn't open the link to read the full article, but I read that quoted blurb several times to see if there was a specific date given.
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Sorry, I just meant "end of tour" as later than promoting an album in May, which means it would have to be released right before that.
 
Right, I think now the tour is scheduled to end in the US in July, and there are rumors of it going a few more months beyond that.

I think I see what you're saying now, about Bono's "before the end of the tour" comment.

I don't think there's anything there that should lead us to believe that the speculated May release date is incorrect. :)
 
corianderstem said:
Right, I think now the tour is scheduled to end in the US in July, and there are rumors of it going a few more months beyond that.

I think I see what you're saying now, about Bono's "before the end of the tour" comment.

I don't think there's anything there that should lead us to believe that the speculated May release date is incorrect. :)
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You think so? Do you reckon he just meant the end of the australia/new zealand tour? I really hope he meant that, but then why didn't he say 'after this leg of the tour'?
Saying 'at the end of the tour' makes it sounds like the end of the whole tour :sad:
But the article does imply that they'll be promoting the new album in the US, which would suggest that is what Bono meant! :hmm::hmm::hmm:
 
If he meant the end of Aus/NZ, then wouldn't he have just said "by the end of this month"? We all know that ain't happening.

You guys, the tour is scheduled (right now, anyway) to end in 2011. I don't think there are any substantial rumors of planned dates beyond fall 2011 (and nothing firmly scheduled beyond July 2011).

I thought that was the whole idea of the May release anyway, that they would be promoting that as the tour headed to that neck of the woods (South and North America).
 
U2girl said:
Holding on to a song or two from the past, yes, it happens all the time. Taking a full album, worked on by your most trusted producing team, and putting it out to someone you've never worked with before, is another thing.

I still think SOA is out there - and not cancelled - in the back, waiting for DM album and the oonts oonts album to be released. I would guess Mercy is now the new EBW, the song they seem most excited about, given its live performances and especially the release on WAIE. Which of course opens up more questions...is it on the DM album ? Given its release, what is the lead single for DM album ?

U2 mostly tend to have one producer at a time when working on an album (Bomb and Pop being the notable exceptions). They have strayed from other producers, but never from Eno/Lanois. That's why I don't see SOA shifting from their Batman and Robin to anyone else.
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You're assuming Songs of Ascent is a complete, finished album. That they nailed down 10 or so tracks, finished them to a satisfactory point, said "Right, this is Songs of Ascent. It will always be Songs of Ascent. It is finished, and it is good." and then they just decided to put it up on a shelf for some other day. I don't think that would be the case, in several ways.

But, regardless, even if something similar to that were the case, I still don't think anything would be off limits. Take all the tracks (the 'album') and rework them all with another producer just for shits and giggles? No. But if there was something from then that they really loved or thought really fit with what they were doing now, or something from then they thought could work with something new, I don't think anyone would be going "Woah, hold on, we started that with Brian and Danny... it would be a bit rude to look at it again, certainly would be to change it, don't you think? Put that chorus down Bono! I'm talking to you..."

So of course a Danger Mouse produced album could end up with nothing that originated from the No Line leftover/Songs of Ascent material. Or it could be littered with links to that material, large and small. Or whole songs from then could have been given another look, perhaps continually returned to in the time in between. You might actually never know. Probably won't ever know. But my bet is some of it carries over, and has continually carried over through each fresh session and look since then.
 
corianderstem said:
If he meant the end of Aus/NZ, then wouldn't he have just said "by the end of this month"? We all know that ain't happening.

You guys, the tour is scheduled (right now, anyway) to end in 2011. I don't think there are any substantial rumors of planned dates beyond fall 2011 (and nothing firmly scheduled beyond July 2011).

I thought that was the whole idea of the May release anyway, that they would be promoting that as the tour headed to that neck of the woods (South and North America).
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Hey, I think, what confused me, was that, in my mind "end of tour" meant when it was all over, and what it really means, is what you are saying: North America/South America, that whole time frame.

I feel better now, cori :wink:
 
Yeah, that's it. I'm saying there isn't much of a gap between "by the end of the tour" and "May 2011," so there's no reason to panic based on this vague quote from Bono.

:)
 
corianderstem said:
If he meant the end of Aus/NZ, then wouldn't he have just said "by the end of this month"? We all know that ain't happening.

You guys, the tour is scheduled (right now, anyway) to end in 2011. I don't think there are any substantial rumors of planned dates beyond fall 2011 (and nothing firmly scheduled beyond July 2011).

I thought that was the whole idea of the May release anyway, that they would be promoting that as the tour headed to that neck of the woods (South and North America).
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So do you believe that the album will be released at the 2011 end of the tour?
Because if there's two options to what Bono's saying (either a: end of the current leg or b: end of tour), and option a would mean Bono just saying "in a month" (i agree with you on this btw), doesn't that imply he means end of the whole tour?
 
I'm saying that "by the end of the tour" includes May, which is when we're thinking the album is coming out. There's not a huge gap between May and the end of either the US leg (July) or fall 2011. May is not too far off from the end of the tour.

I'm saying that there's no reason to read "it's being pushed back" out of what he said.

He's just saying "by the end of the tour" - that covers a lot of bases, meaning it could come out any time between now and fall 2011 ... but there's no reason, based on that vague quote, to think that it's going to be later than May.
 
there's no way there's going to be a u2 album out in the next 20 days. by the end of the tour i took to mean anytime between now and pittsburgh (at this stage). all he's done is go from the original article and give themselves more time to fuck with it over the tour break.
 
He's talking about the tour, not the album, so its in the context of The tour is going great, it will continue to go great, because fuck, between now and the end of the tour, we'll have a new album to add to it.
 
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