Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
If you're going to quote Macphisto, do it well:
"Goodbye Squidgy, I hope they give you Wales.
Goodbye Michael.
Goodbye all you neonazis... I hope they give you Auschwitz."
Originally posted by guykirk9:[..]
which concert is that one? Wembley or Copenhagen maybe? It’s a pretty awesome quote
Originally posted by Cgmorgan1986:[..]
Isn’t it from the macphisto speech on the Sydney concert 1993?
Originally posted by felix2:[image]
Another one.
Originally posted by u2wanderer1:[..]
Why is anyone surprised U2 is marketing the album with these coloured discs?
* In 1982 they sold the U2 4 Play packs in Ireland. And pressed them in multiple colours of vinyl to try to make people interested. Orange, yellow and white.
* In 1987 they made a big deal about how there were three different cover photos being used on the album, a different photo for the cassette, CD and LP.
* In the 90s they started producing multiple singles with different artwork, different song choices, and the like.
* They started adding bonus tracks in certain countries to increase domestic sales in the late 1990s, including Australia, Japan and the UK.
* All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000 had multiple pack in discs. You could get it with "Always" as a bonus in one store, "Summer Rain" in another, "Big Girls are Best" in another.
* Achtung Baby came in two formats upon release, the digipack and the jewel case. The digipack was limited.
* Achtung Baby, Zooropa, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, No Line on the Horizon all had unique limited slipcases produced, numbered in some areas, in an attempt to drive more first week sales.
U2 has been participating in these types of attempts to increase sales from the start. In 1979 the first pressing of Three was hand numbered in an effort to show it was limited and increase sales to get them some hype in Ireland.
Yes, 7 different colours of vinyl is new. But if the record industry were doing 7 colours of vinyl in 1997 we would have had 7 colours of "Pop". But the nice thing about 7 colours of vinyl is it's the exact same tracks on each version (except the clear one) and if you just want a copy for the music, then you only need to buy one version. There's no need to track down 5 different copies for the extra tracks like we had to do in the mid-00's for some artists.
And for those who do buy one of everything...it's still easier to pick up the 7 vinyl, then it was to pick up all the worldwide variations. Even 15 years ago, each country was producing their own variations of albums. Now a days everything is centralized, so there's only going to be production in one country.
Originally posted by u2wanderer1:[..]
Why is anyone surprised U2 is marketing the album with these coloured discs?
* In 1982 they sold the U2 4 Play packs in Ireland. And pressed them in multiple colours of vinyl to try to make people interested. Orange, yellow and white.
* In 1987 they made a big deal about how there were three different cover photos being used on the album, a different photo for the cassette, CD and LP.
* In the 90s they started producing multiple singles with different artwork, different song choices, and the like.
* They started adding bonus tracks in certain countries to increase domestic sales in the late 1990s, including Australia, Japan and the UK.
* All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000 had multiple pack in discs. You could get it with "Always" as a bonus in one store, "Summer Rain" in another, "Big Girls are Best" in another.
* Achtung Baby came in two formats upon release, the digipack and the jewel case. The digipack was limited.
* Achtung Baby, Zooropa, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, No Line on the Horizon all had unique limited slipcases produced, numbered in some areas, in an attempt to drive more first week sales.
U2 has been participating in these types of attempts to increase sales from the start. In 1979 the first pressing of Three was hand numbered in an effort to show it was limited and increase sales to get them some hype in Ireland.
Yes, 7 different colours of vinyl is new. But if the record industry were doing 7 colours of vinyl in 1997 we would have had 7 colours of "Pop". But the nice thing about 7 colours of vinyl is it's the exact same tracks on each version (except the clear one) and if you just want a copy for the music, then you only need to buy one version. There's no need to track down 5 different copies for the extra tracks like we had to do in the mid-00's for some artists.
And for those who do buy one of everything...it's still easier to pick up the 7 vinyl, then it was to pick up all the worldwide variations. Even 15 years ago, each country was producing their own variations of albums. Now a days everything is centralized, so there's only going to be production in one country.