30 December 2006

bon(o) new(s)

after releasing two albums full of blaze tracks which all sounded the same- following their stellar and maybe greatest record Pop*- bono has once again announced that U2 will be taking a new direction in their follow up to all that you can't leave behind II (aka how to dismantle an atomic bomb)

[note: a live record was released between these two releases with the unfortunate title hasta la vista, baby! if that's not an indicator of mediocrity, i'm not sure what is. tho it was recorded on the pop-mart tour in 1997]

so bono had this to say about the new record:
"We're gonna continue to be a band, but maybe the rock will have to go; maybe the rock has to get a lot harder. But whatever it is, it's not gonna stay where it is."

He said he's like U2 to explore compositions featuring just voice and acoustic guitar. "I would like to do a couple of tunes in that direction, with just a lot of space around the voice," he said. "I'd like to strip things down; that's something I'd be very interested in at the moment."

in other words, bono- already in love with hearing himself talk- wants to get rid of the band and draw even more attention to the Bono Vox of his namesake. as if the heavy handed moments on the last two records, in which the production volume is lowered so as to highlight some poignant line bono wished to deliver wasn't enough.

oh, and did i mention 'vertigo' was originally titled 'gun control.' i'm not making this up.


*[note:i'll be happy to explain the brilliance of pop at a later date. auctung baby is a close second.]

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