According to this story:- http://www.nme.com/news/112435.htm



What do you think? There is definitely room for a few improvements but should an album be left alone once finished, or is re-recording OK?

I actually think it was a great album as is. Don't fuck with the past. Leave well enough alone.

They're so far past the aesthetics and mindset of that album, that I think it would become really watered down done by the current U2.

I mean, what does he expect to accomplish with it anyway - win back the fans they lost with it the first time? They've already done that with their last 2 albums. U2 has always been so thoroughly modern and about NOW, that I don't like the idea of inter-decade U2s mingling.

Bad idea.

GangstaFam said:

Good points, very well made

"Pop" is amazing and I love the whole album!

I don't give a fuck what anybody else thinks!

And the new mixes of "Discothéque", "Gone" & "Staring At The Sun" on the best of album are worse than the originals so this re-record thing is just !!!
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Slash said:

What do you think about it?

...and now I'm listening to the album!

GangstaFam said:

Well, I think it is an album that suffers from comparison with the superior U2 albums that came both before and after it, but there are some definite gems on it - Discotheque is a great single for example - but I agree that once the moment has gone, you should leave it alone and move on.

It reminds me of doing Art at school - no matter how long I worked on a picture, I always stepped back from it and thought "hmm, I just need to add this there ..." and "..Hmm, If I just change that bit a little..." and the final result was always that a piece of work that started off flawed but pretty good became over-worked and spoilt.

Cheek said:

What I don't understand was the critics' perception of that album. They made such a fuss about, "Ooh...U2's gone electronica!" I know that was the big buzzword that year and they had to use it every chance they got, but it's really not that electronically driven. Aside from "Discotheque", "Mofo" and "Miami", it's just another rock record and even those songs had their concessions to rock. It's far less electronic and trippy than Zooropa or Passengers, and no one raised a big stink about those albums. I don't know if U2 would've recoiled from that album with this alleged 're-record' and the silly Best Of remixes and all the bullshit apologizing had the album been a success. It seemed like they were proud of and excited about it at first.
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On a slightly different note, I saw U2 one time and one time only, and that was on the Pomart tour. It is easily one of the highlights of my gig-going life and if the band feel in retrospect that they were operating on autopilot or below-par, I have to disagree

Watching the Live In Mexico video, with the start of MOFO and Bono coming on like a boxer reminds me of what an impact that live show had...Quality stuff!

GangstaFam said:

"Please" & "If God Will Send His Angels" are from the greatest songs they've ever recorded! It's sad that people can't move forward with time...what do they expect? Joshua Tree part 2, 3, 4...???

Slash said:

Pop is the last U2 album I liked. He should leave it as it is. Or remix it. But re-record it? Nah ....

Shapeshifter said:

Don't anybody ever touch the masters of 'Pop'!!!

Cheek said:

Why? You'd have two for the price of...two.
Anyway, as much as I liked that album I think the sound could be cleaner.
I mean. When I buy a CD I want to be able to play it in a good player but also in the car or the computer or a portable device without it sounding like hell.
The sound in this album is dirtied on purpose to make it cooler and I'm not sure I like that

PANDURITO said:

Other...

In your sig - 'Isten' is in Hungarian...

Cheek said:

Is it? I didn't know

PANDURITO said:

It means 'God' but I think you know it...

Not really. This Isten is the orger.
I thought that was his real name
Is my sig blasphemous now?

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/146819
Any thoughts on this topic, U2 fans..?


This thread sank without a trace yesterday

Slash said:

Sorry. I became a fan with the Joshua Tree
I just like some songs before and never have gone backwards in their discography.
But I'm in favour of releasing everything in the highest possible quality

PANDURITO said:

He read a book where he found this town named 'Isten Szék' /Seat of God/. It's in Transylvania (now Romania) but it was a part of Hungary for more than a thousand years (896-1920)!!!

Cheek said:

Yup. The orger's real name is Derek and he lives in Barnsley. He repairs vaccum cleaners for a living and has been happily married to Betty for 39 years. They have just one son, Tommy, who is a bit backward but works on a travelling fairground, operating the dodgems (or "bumper cars" as he prefers to call them).Tommy is not married but he likes "that bird off Corrie with the funny name".

I'm not a fan of U2.. but that is f*cking stupid...


make some new music for your fans, not crap on the past..

if he wasnt satisfied with it in the first place.. he shouldnt have released it..

Slash said:

The Red Rocks concert!

I'd love to see the release of this on DVD + Popmart on DVD too!!!

Cheek said:

Yes please!

Slash said:

Silly! I wasn't joking... As I said earlier - you are simple!

Slash said:

PANDURITO said:

Really???... Okay, I don't know you anymore...

Cheek said:

Yup. hands up to that one, fair cop guv, I'll come quietly...

You (Cheek) like ABBA

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PANDURITO said:

So what...