Originally posted by theedge123[..]
No, that's Holi, a Japanese singer that Brian Eno knew and he called her for singing on the track
Rats! I was going to say that would be something amazing to hear!!!
Originally posted by theedge123[..]
No, that's Holi, a Japanese singer that Brian Eno knew and he called her for singing on the track
Originally posted by Ali709[..]
Theme from let's go native, instrumental.
Originally posted by yeahTo go back to the inital question: To me it counts as a U2 release for a simple reason: Miss Sarajevo and Your blue room both made it on the Best of 1990-2000 release, so the band seems to view it as a U2 release. I'm with U2wanderer there.
This is a U2 album in disguise, credited to “Passengers,” a make-believe group consisting of the four members of U2, Brian Eno, and guests Howie B, Luciano Pavarotti, and Holi.
The project came out of U2’s desire to start a project from the very beginning with Brian Eno.
U2 generated new material with Brian Eno for Passengers. U2 tends to work backwards, beginning songs not with words and melody but with instrumentals born out of band jam sessions.
When the group finished ZOOROPA, they had a large inventory of good music with no vocals.
They set out to find a motion picture in need of a soundtrack, with an eye toward matching some of their
music to a film. A succession of Hollywood producers showed the band their upcoming movies, but U2 did not find one they felt worked with their tracks. They did not want to marry their music to the wrong film, but neither did they want to leave the tracks gathering dust. Unsatisfied with those two options, U2 came up with a third – they would release their instrumental music as the soundtrack album to an imaginary movie. Unbound by any restrictions, the band continued to play with the tracks, in collaboration with their frequent producer Brian Eno.
A few proper songs emerged, as well as a Bono poem (“Elvis Ate America”) and the spoken mood piece “Your Blue Room” (with vocal by Adam Clayton). “Miss Sarajevo,” released as a single and video, moved from verses sung by Bono to a counter-song by opera legend Pavarotti.
When the album was done, Larry Mullen put his foot down about one important point. He said that to release this experimental project under the name U2 would be a disservice to the band’s fans, many of whom might not care to come along for so strange a ride. Larry wanted the record branded as something apart from U2. So was born the Passengers.
Originally posted by germcevoypretty decisive there i'd say. It is but it isn't
Originally posted by dieder:masterpiece
Originally posted by Yogi:[..]
I heard that they wanted to publish it under U2 name, but Island Records didn't let them do that.
Originally posted by germcevoy:pretty decisive there i'd say. It is but it isn't