let's release the U2 album before U2 releases the U2 album

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i think the cover should remain the same, just with a "/=" instead of an "="

the gush of yesterday (omar little), Monday, 26 January 2009 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link

release it asap cuz you know this record's gonna leak pretty soon and you got to beat that shit to market.

ambassador of france (jergins), Monday, 26 January 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link

it'd be awesome if this got seeded to the p2p and torrent sites as the actual u2 album

naus, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 07:50 (fifteen years ago) link

well, if any of you ever wondered what the hell a fez has to do with being born, nick's got the sonic logic in his inbox

TOMBOT, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 08:38 (fifteen years ago) link

^^STOKED 4 THE MADNESS

gr8080, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 09:09 (fifteen years ago) link

tom i didn't get it, don't see it in spam either ... did you use naamme at gmail? i got snoball's tune though, good stuff.

congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 12:56 (fifteen years ago) link

i think i will whip this up dis weequend i think it will be mad-dash 1-minute song

Lucian, this guy with diamonds (m bison), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 04:29 (fifteen years ago) link

this is an excellent exercise; if by chance a bit of motivation hits, i hope to have something to link up- Ned, that was grander than grand...

natlawdp, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Thanks!

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link

right, so they are all taken?

Hmmm...

Mark G, Thursday, 29 January 2009 22:09 (fifteen years ago) link

What happens if you run Ned's vocals upthread through MS Songsmith? It's be funny if the result sounded exactly like U2...

snoball, Thursday, 29 January 2009 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link

Ned's spoken words definitely have to be the closing of the album with some background music or something (eheh, I've just imagined it with a funky synth track a la "thriller"'s vincent price's rap !)

AleXTC, Friday, 30 January 2009 12:58 (fifteen years ago) link

mark you can have the one i signed up for, or you and ned can fight for it, i don't think im gnona have time :(

roxymuzak, Friday, 30 January 2009 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link

can we get the ilx pitchforkers to build some internet frenzy over this?

baaderonixx, Monday, 2 February 2009 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link

eheh, ilx global domination !

AleXTC, Monday, 2 February 2009 11:54 (fifteen years ago) link

havin' this weird vision of fez - being born chorus w/ chuck D voice saying 'fezzzzzzz' like he says 'BASSSSS' on 'bring the noise' and then 'bein born, bein born' sung 'stayin alive' style

6335, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 00:28 (fifteen years ago) link

sorry don't let me cloud your vision with my visions

6335, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link

mark you can have the one i signed up for, or you and ned can fight for it, i don't think im gnona have time :(

― roxymuzak, Friday, 30 January 2009 17:11 (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

No worries, me neither.

Mark G, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 11:46 (fifteen years ago) link

just saw this thread and thought I was too late to the party... but maybe not?

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 9 February 2009 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link

I will do cedars of lebanon if roxy is dropping out

don't want to leave omar hanging out there

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 9 February 2009 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link

just know that I will be singing the line "SINGLE STRING GUITAR SOLO" and there will be no guitars

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 9 February 2009 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link

oh i got AleXTC's song the other day. so now i have his, tom's, and snoball's, i think. the music for mine has been done for a couple of weeks but i haven't figured out the lyrics

so far there's a surprising aural cohesion across the songs, the whole album has kind of a creepy synthpop thing going on

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 9 February 2009 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link

the whole album has kind of a creepy synthpop thing going on

ahah, can't wait for the release (or leaks) !
so, shouldn't we start to build the hype ? (actually, I have a friend who might be able to pass the album to... u2 !)

AleXTC, Monday, 9 February 2009 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link

o wait ned did cedars of lebanon? help me I'm confused at the internets

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 9 February 2009 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link

yup, he did a brilliant spoken words take on it (we're still looking for someone to do the background music though).

AleXTC, Monday, 9 February 2009 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link

n/a did you let the poem2song crew know about this??? great idea, btw

i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Monday, 9 February 2009 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link

I can take a crack at background music if ned is into it

that yousendit link is expired though so I need a reup

鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 9 February 2009 16:30 (fifteen years ago) link

ah, I don't have it at the office. If no one can send it to you in the meantime, I'll try to do it once I'm at home.

AleXTC, Monday, 9 February 2009 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link

I can take a crack at background music if ned is into it

Go for it -- here's a new upload link:

https://www.yousendit.com/download/U0d6TkFwMHdkMnZIRGc9PQ

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:58 (fifteen years ago) link

this is like my *~~dream~~*, i feel like desmond child

John Hyman (misspelled intentionally) (omar little), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link

hotly anticipating this

a q khan *released* (jergins), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link

Worked on it some over the weekend and expect to finish this week. Somewhat annoyingly, I think I've written a song about U2.

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:10 (fifteen years ago) link

got it, ned, thanks

hey have you guys ever heard of this band called negativland? nah, didn't think so...

鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 05:07 (fifteen years ago) link

hey have you guys ever heard of this band called negativland? nah, didn't think so...

I got a big laugh out of this:
http://www.quartzcity.net/2009/01/23/these-guys-are-from-england-and-who-gives-a-shit/

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 09:07 (fifteen years ago) link

Preview tracks of 'the real thing' are coming out:

http://u2.thefanpage.net/2009/02/preview-u2s-no-line-on-the-horizon-download-or-%20stream/

Hop to!

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 04:27 (fifteen years ago) link

I won't listen to u2's album until I've listened to ours !
So when are we releasing it, already ?

AleXTC, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 10:52 (fifteen years ago) link

well since we only have three tracks at the moment it's kind of a moot point

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 12:47 (fifteen years ago) link

yeah but that will set the deadline for the rest of the tracks !

AleXTC, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 13:04 (fifteen years ago) link

leak already!

baaderonixx, Friday, 13 February 2009 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link

01 No Line on the Horizon - Curt1s
02 Magnificent - m bison
03 Moment of Surrender - gr8080
04 Unknown Caller - 6335
05 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - AleXTC ***
06 Get on Your Boots - snoball ***
07 Stand Up Comedy - n/a ***
08 Fez - Being Born- TOMBOT ***
09 White as Snow - Elvis Telecom
10 Breathe - nabisco
11 Cedars of Lebanon - ned/? *

mine is done so the *** are the ones that are done and i have in my email. i don't know what's going with ned's vocals, is someone adding music?

any ideas for to how present these, where to upload them etc? i hate organizing stuff

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 16 February 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link

Mixing again tonight.

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 16 February 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link

i don't know what's going with ned's vocals, is someone adding music?

I think Edward III is.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link

so for the release, will someone work on the cover or do we leave that out ? n/a, if you don't know/want to deal with the upload/leaking of the album and if no one here wants to, I'll ask a friend.
It would be good if we could release this before the end of Feb : would everybody be ok with that ?

AleXTC, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link

I might be screwed on this due to houseguests, but I have something written and can hopefully throw it together before they arrive

nabisco, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link

u2 album has leaked btw :/

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link

lol

we can at least confuse ppl anyway

lol (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link

get on it

memo from norv turner (omar little), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link

i don't know what's going with ned's vocals, is someone adding music?

I think Edward III is.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:56 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

"music" might be a stretch but yeah I'm planning to work on this tomorrow

鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link

okay, mine's done. just got a little mixing to do...

鬼の手 (Edward III), Sunday, 22 February 2009 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link

ned, there is a thing in yr inbox

can we set a deadline for tracks? everybody in by this friday?

鬼の手 (Edward III), Sunday, 22 February 2009 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link


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