/U2/ general

>>72370101
>The 2017 mix of Red Hill Mining Town is on Spotify now
This did not need to be a thing.

what's everyone's thoughts on RHMT 2017? I really like it. don't like the echo on bono's vocal during the chorus but the horns add a lot to the track and the production is super crisp

>>72370306
I hate it. love the joshua tree and the song but the mix sucks ass. You can clearly tell the vocals in the chorus are from the 80's and the verses are new, and the echo on the verses compared to the choruses doesn't blend well

also here's a great fixed version of NLOTH from an anon in one of the previous threads for those who missed it


https://mega.nz/#!cPBhSKRA!zbatUKZC-WTKfI_xzs4DOFYQuZG1WN8aXvi7QBWeJxc

album rankings?

Achtung Baby
The Unforgettable Fire
The Joshua Tree
Zooropa
Pop
War
Rattle and Hum
Boy
No Line on the Horizon
All That You Can't Leave Behind
How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb
Songs of Innocence
October

I like Pop, sue me

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You guys like U2 huh?

>>72370700
>>>/r/southpark is that way

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>>72370700
Unbelievable
2nage

>>72370306
I agree with this anon >>72370372
it wasn't necessary, The original superior.

>>72370390
I'll check this out later. thanks

>>72370700
I do easter poster

>>72370611
1. Achtung
2. Zooropa
3. Unforgettable Fire
4. War
5. Joshua Tree
6. Boy
7. ATYCLB
8. October
9. Rattle and Hum
10. Innocence
11. Pop
12. HTDAAB
13. No Line

I don't like Pop

>>72370939
as long as they're remixing things why not fix Pop? I don't mind the new mix of RHMT but tinkering with anything on the Joshua Tree just seems pointless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-XgdWdbvRs

fav live video of my favorite achtung baby song

>>72371003
almost everything on Pop has already been remixed. all the singles that came out after the album were different mixes (Please single mix is god tier) and a lot of other songs got redone on the 1990-2000 bestof

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can we all agree that they have to open the show with Streets?

https://youtu.be/6yzojvZwzQo

>>72371871
I'm thinking they'll save The Joshua Tree for the end of the main set.

It'll be 10-12 early songs mixed with a few SOI tracks then TJT to end the set. The encore will be later stuff

though it would be incredible if they just walked out and started playing streets

>>72371871
Everyone says rattle and hum is shit but this is pretty great

>>72372100
Rattle and Hum is shit because of the horrible documentary parts where the band just act like a bunch of prententious fools.

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>>72372039
I'm hoping that they do what Springsteen did. play the TJT than play hits

>>72372192
yeah, I don't think anyone has problems with the performances, it's the weird banter like 'edge play the blues' and stuff like visiting sun studios

I think the situation with the album is pretty similar actually, most of the roots rock songs are pretty damn good, but there's all sorts of weird distractions like the helter skelter cover, god part 2, and fucking hendrix's performance of star spangled banner

>>72372298
Right? Like the studio stuff is mostly fine, still the weakest material since October, but not bad. It's just the shoe-horned live tracks (some of which are quite good) that shouldn't be there.

Yeah, like Helter Skelter and All Along the Watchtower were mediocre, the weird Freedom for My People/Hendrix woodstock snippets are pointless. Plus them working with Dylan and BB King was way too presumptuous for the band's status at the time.

>>72372973
>the weakest material since October
Gloria is their best 80s song, but as far as the rest of the album goes you're right.

>>72373058
Gloria was great and Tomorrow and October are pretty good, but the rest of the album is just a bunch of half-baked songs with some great guitar work.

>>72372973
Rattle and Hum is like 3 albums smashed together. it's 73 minutes long.

if they had put out a short LP with the studio cuts and a live LP like Under a Blood Red Sky with the good live cuts they both would have been recieved fine

As it is the album is totally non-cohesive. Why am I listening to 4 year old songs on what's ostensibly a new studio album?

>>72373145
I have a soft spot for the kind of quiet moody atmosphere on side 2, but yeah, the songwriting just isn't there

probably my least favorite U2 album

>>72371871
I want them to open with Streets and close with Bad/40

>>72373286
>the songwriting just isn't there
It's a shame since the instrumentation is top notch.
But yeah, if Bono's suitcase of new material hadn't gotten stolen, it could have been great. Or if they only they had spent a few months working on it.

Or hell just scrapped the whole thing and continuing touring and just releasing standalone singles (like A Celebration) and then go to work on what would become War.

what's the opinion on Original Soundtracks?

>>72373478
Some great songs, some interesting experiments, some real dogshit.

>>72370611
1. Achtung
2. War
3. Unforgettable Fire
4. Joshua Tree
5. Zooropa
6. Pop
7. Boy
8. Rattle and Hum
9. ATYCLB
10. October
11. No Line
12. Innocence
13. HTDAAB

I kinda like pop

>>72373478
>>72373494
Elvis Ate America is the worst track they ever did, Miss Sarajevo might be the best

>>72374439
pretty much this. U2/Bono have a terrible track record involving anything Elvis.

>>72370101
Is this /Meme/ general?

>>72370101
U2 sucks. Parent-core music.

>>72374568
no

>>72374674
Yes, and so are their contemporaries like Bruce Springsteen, Depeche Mode, R.E.M., The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, New Order, The Cure, etc. And yet it's okay to talk about them on /mu/...

>>72374682
Are you sure?

>>72374439
I kind of have a soft spot for Elvis Ate America because of how laughably bad it is. It's just funny

>>72374568
>>72374674
>>>/r/southpark

>>72374759
>Depeche Mode, R.E.M., The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, New Order, The Cure
>contemporaries of U2

no. Springsteen maybe. More like The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, etc. and even shit like Creed and Coldplay

>>72370306
I like it. Not sure if it's better, but I still like it

>>72370306
I like it too. Not as much as the original, but I can definitely see me putting it on for variety sometimes.

Love the added guitar

>>72370306
trying to remix anything from the joshua tree is a fucking fool's errand, period.

>>72376113
especially up to 2017 mastering/production standards.

I'd be interested in hearing alternate mixes from the original sessions though.

>>72370101
Who /FedEx Field on June 20th/ here?

Who else /bringing their Dad/ here?

>>72376586
/PapaJohnsStadium/ on the 16th

apparently they STILL haven't sold out of GA tickets so I'm hoping I can get up close to the stage easily

>>72376586
They didn't come to Nevada on the JT 30th Tour. I'm kinda hoping they will do a large stadium tour to support Songs of Experience or do another leg of the JT 30th and add some more cities and dates. Just didn't feel like going to the Rose bowl or to Phoenix.. When I do see them again it will be my 6th time.

>>72376586
Seattle here.

>>72376827
What other times have you seen them? I saw them on the Elevation tour, Vertigo tour, and twice on 360.

>>72375081
...do you not know what the word "contemporaries" means?

>>72376961
ZOOTV, Pop Mart. Elevation, Vertigo, and 360

>>72376827
what up 57 year old dude, what you listening to today

>>72370700
lol

>>72377065
would that be the first PopMart show where they hadn't rehearsed and had to redo Staring at the Sun?

>>72377129
yes...the first performance of Pop Mart was in Las Vegas. I was at the at show.

>>72376827
>>72377065
Oh shit it's that dude. What's up, old timer?

>>72377094
Just finished playing an MMO with my wife. Currently just listening to the sounds of the game in the back ground.

>>72377129
They also fucked up Discotheque too because of all the smoke from the smoke machines.

>>72377175
The show was interesting but truthfully paled compared to ZOOTV. I did get to hear "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me" live for the first time and the animation from the music video looked beyond awesome on that huge projection screen.

>>72377238
Nothing could compare to ZooTV honestly

What are some albums like all that you can't leave behind or has an identical sound

>>72377543
Indeed. I have seen many concerts from the 70's to the present and ZOOTV is by far the best live musical performance i ever witnessed.

>>72377594
I'm really hoping they do an Achtung Baby 30th, I would kill to see Zoo TV. I can only imagine the energy from 50,000 people seeing Bono come out dressed as the Devil and calling George Bush

>>72377144
damn dude, that's U2 history

>>72378140
Damn right

>>72378140
>>72378952
I guess . I waited to long to get tickets to this one and ended up paying more then I should have. Also, This was the first concert I attended "solo". I much prefer going with friends. The opener was Rage Against the Machine.

Just listened to the 2017 Mix of Red Hill Mining Town. Its a different spin on the song for sure. I most assuredly prefer the original mix on JT though.

>>72377144
did you know it the time that they messed it up? I can never tell if the crowd knew what was up

>>72381003
It was pretty obvious really. Have you seen it?
jump to 52:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzCkiAqFjWg

>>72370306
They use fucking autotune on the new vocals

completely ruins it

drums also sound lifeless now too

>>72377732
You and me both. Would love to see ZOOTV 30th anniversary tour. But with an Internet focus. ZOOWeB. Although that is probably to old of a concept now.

>>72381101
yeah drums are too compressed and a bit too bright sounding in the cymbals, while all the toms and kick and any real bass presence is completely buried in the mix.

>>72381124
which is ironic because on the classic albums drums are the one area where lillywhite blew eno/lanois out of the water production-wise

>>72381367
Absolutely. The drums on TUF and parts of TJT always sounded way too tame and buried in the mix. Post-punk era U2 always had them more up front sounding. IIRC, Lillywhite recorded the drums on Boy after hours in the hallway of the studio next to the receptionist's desk.

>>72370611
The Unforgettable Fire
Joshua Tree
Achtung Baby
Rattle and Hum
Zooropa
War
All that you can't leave behind
October
Boy
Pop
How to dismantle an atomic bomb
no line on the horizon
songs of innocence

>>72381739
>Rattle and Hum above Zooropa and War
kys

>>72370390
thanks

>>72382251
this

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Do you remember when ATYCLB was widely rated as a top 3 album alongside Joshua and Achtung? Do you remember that the band received near-universal praise for the more earnest and stripped-down approach they took for the album and the Elevation tour?

>>72385558
Yes. And in retrospect it was not deserved.

The Fly is a fucking great song.