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Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:23:38 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/17/2014 01:23

junodog4 wrote:

The BEA community, (which has extremely deep and broad music tastes and a smattering of cynics) has just spent 12+ pages debating the merits of the new album and it's distribution method. If this is indicative of the impact on the general populace, I think that Bono, Universal and Apple would be well pleased.

Not to mention generally favorable reviews from all around and even a few from BEA members.

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

junodog4 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:20:41 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 09/17/2014 01:20

The BEA community, (which has extremely deep and broad music tastes and a smattering of cynics) has just spent 12+ pages debating the merits of the new album and it's distribution method. If this is indicative of the impact on the general populace, I think that Bono, Universal and Apple would be well pleased.

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

junodog4 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:17:21 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 09/17/2014 01:17

Hayden wrote:

Rolling Stone gave it 5 stars....

.....

Of course they did. Rolling Stone comforts themselves with the familiar.

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:43:55 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/16/2014 22:43

Holdenandthejets wrote:

^I thought that was a great response to the criticism, really. Made me laugh. :)

❓

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Searaider2 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:42:51 GMT

Author: Searaider2

Posted: 09/16/2014 04:42

Holdenandthejets wrote:

^I thought that was a great response to the criticism, really. Made me laugh. :)

Agreed

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:29:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/16/2014 04:29

Holdenandthejets wrote:

^I thought that was a great response to the criticism, really. Made me laugh. :)

Link

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

RockyRaccoon — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:40:09 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 09/16/2014 03:40

So I actually got around to listening to this, and it's really not bad. It's a lot better than No Line On The Horizon. While it's not an amazing album, it's not a bad one by any stretch, there's some cool stuff.

I really feel like, in some cases, people are hating this album without even giving it a fair shot because 1. they hate Bono, 2. they hate U2 in general, and/or 3. they hate the way this was released.

I find it interesting that Danger Mouse and Ryan Tedder were so heavily involved in the album

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Necharsian — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:37:40 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 09/16/2014 03:37

Romanelli wrote:

What if it was Neutral Milk Hotel instead of U2?

all free music is not created equally

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:15:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/16/2014 03:15

http://itunes.com/soi-remove

Everyone can be happy now.

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:02:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/16/2014 03:02

^I thought that was a great response to the criticism, really. Made me laugh. 😄

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:26:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/16/2014 01:26

Bono wrote:

for the people out there who have no interest in checking us out, look at it this way… the blood, sweat and tears of some Irish guys are in your junk mail.

🙄

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

RockyRaccoon — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:15:05 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 09/16/2014 00:15

http://pitchfork.com/news/56713-apple-l...ur-itunes/

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:23:23 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/14/2014 04:23

Romanelli wrote:

...and when I said "their", I was referring to the BEA community. Not U2.

As was I.

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:22:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/14/2014 04:22

Romanelli wrote:

What if it was Neutral Milk Hotel instead of U2?

I would still be irritated. It could be a lost fucking Billie Holiday 3-disc compilation and id be irritated at the people who facilitated such an obnoxious publicity stunt as to directly insert an album for distribution bragging rights and exposure.

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Antonio-Pedro — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:51:59 GMT

Author: Antonio-Pedro

Posted: 09/14/2014 00:51

sp4cetiger wrote:

I apologize to truck drivers for likening them to U2 fans. That was pretty mean.

for the drive truckers

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:46:03 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/14/2014 00:46

Searaider2 wrote:

I'm sure you would be wildly successful in life... In fact, you would probably be just as successful as Bono! But, seriously you just likened the entirety of the music listening population to truck drivers in a negative light. In doing so, you offended anyone who has ever bought U2's music and anyone who happens to be a truck driver. Seriously?

I apologize to truck drivers for likening them to U2 fans. That was pretty mean.

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Searaider2 — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:08:40 GMT

Author: Searaider2

Posted: 09/14/2014 00:08

sp4cetiger wrote:

Quote:

Their music isn't shit either... if it was shit, Bono wouldn't be one of the richest musicians on the face of this earth.

I can take a dook, dress it up in a tutu, spray it with perfume, and sell it to lonely truck drivers for a buck a pop, but at the end of the day it's still shit.

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Romanelli — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:56:08 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 09/13/2014 23:56

satiemaniac wrote:

the key phrase is "their music," not "all music." i didn't have any desire to have U2's latest shitshow crammed into my meticulously organized and selected iTunes collection in the name of a distributional stunt.

...and when I said "their", I was referring to the BEA community. Not U2.

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

Romanelli — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:54:07 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 09/13/2014 23:54

satiemaniac wrote:

What if it was Neutral Milk Hotel instead of U2?

Re: New U2 album surprise drop

19loveless91 — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:37:49 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 09/13/2014 20:37

dividesbyzero wrote:

http://pitchfork.com/news/56690-tyler-the-creator-was-not-happy-to-find-u2s-new-album-on-his-phone/

Tyler reenacts this thread on Twitter.

Also I see nothing in my iTunes library. When I "checked for available downloads" it asked me for my Apple ID and I have no idea what that is. I guess that's why.