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  1. *I’d tell Bono: We won't be able to hear your vocals because the person next me is singing loud and off key
    *I’d tell Edge: Nobody will be able to hear your nuances because walkmans in windbreakers don't pick up nuances
    *I’d tell Adam: Your Bass will sound box-ey in a stadium
    *I’d tell Larry: l hope you aren't like Lars and tolerate illegal recordings
    *I’d be an aynoumous fan taper
  2. Bring in Flood as producer. Everything he was involved with u2 is good.
  3. Originally posted by popmarter:Forget about the album/tour cycle throw out a few EPs,forget about trying to be relevant nobody over 40 in the music industry is ,let Edge run riot on the guitar 🎸 and make a more raw record like War with very little overdubs and production.


    Plus: record the album you want to make, not the the album you feel you need to make.
  4. Not sure if that's a good idea. I'm pretty convinced Bono and Edge genuinely FEEL they NEED to be relevant, make accesible music, reach new audiences.
  5. long post alert

    Let me piggyback on this topic to ask a question, quoting Zooropa:

    What do you want?

    A lot of people saying what they would tell U2, or who they would bring in, or that they want Edge "to go wild on guitar again" (more on this later)...

    But what do you actually want a new U2 record to sound like?

    Because to be honest, I don't really think they're doing what they feel they "need" to do anymore, or abandoning what they "want" at all...I think they're just U2 and they've said what they have to say by now.

    Because be honest with yourself - when was the last time Edge went hard on the guitar? Bomb? Otherwise, maybe one song per album (if even) since like 1997? The last time they actually experimented with their style, they chickened out, and they're shunning it harder than Pop!

    And hey, I really liked Fez - Being Born in the context of NLOTH, because it was a diamond in the (very) rough - but I doubt I'd be constantly jamming to a U2 record full of songs like it. Same with Moment of Surrender. Super cool song, amazing story of how it came together, but the product is nowhere near the magic they've put on tape before.

    I'm just having a hard time envisioning what they can give us anymore. I'm not interested in them doing the huge, anthemic Joshua Tree style material anymore, because we got a bunch of it on Songs of Experience and most of it sucked. Songs of Innocence was their most personal record and for that, it's fine, but I could go without another full album of Bono reliving his entire life.

    I'm not interested in them trying to make another album that sounds like Achtung Baby because they basically tried the same concept with No Line and it completely killed their confidence. Equally not interested in fake revolution songs sung by a guy that is completely out of touch with the issues he used to climb scaffolding and wave white flags over. Can you imagine being on board with a new U2 song, about what's happening today, as angry as Sunday Bloody Sunday? I can't.

    Maybe I'm just entirely too jaded but when I ask myself, "what could U2 do that would really blow me away?" the answer always lies somewhere in the presentation of their old material.

    I'm not saying they need to spend 5 years on a greatest hits tour, but they've got a hell of a catalog of amazing music, and frankly I care so much more about their new interpretations of their past work, that the only reason a new U2 album would move the needle for me is for it to get them back on the road.

    end rant
  6. I hope you still have the phone numbers of : Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite and Flood !
  8. .....And lost Ryan Tedder's phone number!
  9. The first thing I'd do would be to ask the band to commit to having one producer and one engineer for the whole recording process. None of this 9 producer garbage. I'd push them towards making something with the raw energy of their earliest albums mixed with the experimental, generally less structured songwriting of their 90s work. A band of 60 year olds won't have a top 10 single and I don't think their fans don't particularly want one (at least I don't).

    I'd probably rent out a small studio for a month or two to write songs, filling it with various synths, keyboards and interesting instruments as creative stimuli to try to get the band outside of their comfort zones. Something like Wilco's Loft would be ideal - it also wouldn't let the band get too comfortable in some high-end studio. I'd let them direct themselves, only stepping in when Bono/someone tries to structure things too much or make things too much like ATYCLB. After the writing period is over (I wouldn't put much emphasis on getting definitive versions of songs at first), we would sort through the demos and pick the best written songs and finish them up. Then, after a month or two of the band playing together every day and becoming a tight four-piece rock n' roll unit, we'd record the basic tracks live off the floor before supplementing the songs with overdubs. A much simpler record making process with a greater emphasis on the songwriting.

    I also think Jack Antonoff would be a perfect producer for U2. Yes he mainly works on top 40 pop music, but his work on Lana Del Rey's NFR and his own stuff with Bleachers really shows off his versatility. Would be much better than Ryan Tedder
  10. A take I didn’t think I’d see posted here. I’d love to hear Antonoff work with U2. If he can collaborate with Springsteen...
  11. I can't forgive Jack Antonoff for that We Are Young song.
  12. I think it's time to go back to basics with those made the best U2 albums !
    it will be the album of maturity for the band !
    Eno, Lanois, Lillywhite and Flood they know how to bring out the best of the band !
    just have to trust them until the end of the process!