Originally posted by bonoschild:I like the clip of One..like a cross between the Pavarotti and Friends version and a lullaby instrumental I used to play for my kids over 20 years ago
Originally posted by j1167198:[..]
You mean the Rockabye Baby version? I used to love that album.
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Originally posted by DMMacdonald:Liking the sound of One personally! Just out of curiosity, might be a daft question but is there a chance that Bono might be playing some guitar on this album? Even if it’s just basic strumming?
Originally posted by Timk68:that's better than anything i've heard off the album so far
Originally posted by miryclay:I am genuinely more interested in the MD, Two Hearts, Stories for Boys.
Originally posted by zbych:[..]
Based on the Audiobook snippets these are way more interesting and releasing them as a single probably would draw more attention as a lot of casual people would consider them as a “new” u2 songs not remakes
Originally posted by u2wanderer1:[..]
If you ask anyone what are U2’s big songs, “With Or Without You”, “One”, “Beautiful Day” and “Pride” are all going to be common answers.
What songs have we heard for promotion of the album so far? I think they are making sure to let people know the biggest hits are all here…
Originally posted by Unodostres123:[..]
It’s a bad strategy because this release isn’t going to appeal to anyone but die hard fans and even a lot of the die hard fans aren’t enjoying the songs so far. It’s like they’ve thought they are playing it safe and in reality it couldn’t be any further from the truth. The safest move would be releasing all the obscure ones first and at least giving themselves half a chance to appeal to the people that either weren’t that interested in the first place (but would still listen because u2 are their band) and appeal to those that love the classics the way they are but see more room for improvement with the obscure stuff, or at least are more open to hearing an alternative of the obscure tracks. I think worldwide the number of casual fans that are going to listen to and like the songs released so far would be less than 4 figures. 4.7k likes for with or without you on YouTube so far, that’s embarrassing for one of their biggest songs. I just hope they don’t hold off the album of brand new material for any reason, I think a lot of us need it right now.