Scattered Thoughts: So Far, So Good
Sometimes when I spend too much time on the Internet reading what U2 fans think (myself included), I want to stab myself in the neck have to laugh.
When it comes to what type of music the band is “possibly” making, you hear a lot of “U2 should do this” and “U2 should do that” and “Larry needs to play some adventurous samba beats” or something … as if U2 doing exactly what YOU want them to do is going to make the music come out just the way you like it.
I’m pretty sure a month or so ago, nobody was saying “U2 should head to North Africa for a few weeks with Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, an oud, some Sufi and Gnawa musicians, take in some Parissa, and get inspired by Tinariwen.”
But all of a sudden that kind of seems like exactly what we all knew they should be doing all along. Something nobody expected. One of the hardest thing for the band to do as musicians at this point is not only to surprise us, but also to surprise themselves. And they sure seem to be trying on that front.
Of course, we have no idea what the end result will be. Isn’t that the point? Maybe it’s just me, but so far so good, boys.
On a related note: did anyone else notice that Bono makes more sense when translated from English to French and back again than when his quotes are just straight from the source English?
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Beth said,
June 20, 2007 @ 5:03 pm
re: “Bono makes more sense when…..”
Heee!
caravox said,
June 21, 2007 @ 6:23 am
Bono should appoint you as his official English to French to English translator, Beth.
sherry said,
June 23, 2007 @ 5:29 pm
What I find to be most surprising is that we’ve had similar sounding music from U2 before with The Ground Beneath Her Feet…should be fun to hear where some of this stuff may or may not be going.
What *is* nice so far is that these sessions haven’t leaked on the ‘net yet (that I know of) and they’ve been able to keep the music to themselves. Think about it - they were recording in an outdoor garden area…no one really knew they were there, so no one was outside the facility trying to record from the outdoor fence. Now, if Bono is smart, he won’t blast the music from his house in France so the sunbathers on the beach can hear as we all know what happens when he does that…