madcougar

This is sort of discussed in the documentary "From the Sky Down," which details the making of Achtung Baby.

Chrisedge

Which featured some of my footage! (That I got paid for, and a credit for)

Mabuse

In defense of Where The Streets have no name. That video was not staged. What happened occurred spontaneously. What should they have done? Not release the video at all?

Ky-Fi

I'm not a U2 hater by any means, but the vibe from those two videos just didn't appeal to me---that's about as far as I care to debate it.

Mr. Salty

Yeah, you kind of are.

Ky-Fi

Look, I said Unforgettable Fire was my favorite album of all time from anyone---that's the best I can do.

Hokeyboy

You don't like two of their videos? Enough with the Hatorade, Hater!!

Decker

Awesome!

sherm42

I think Rattle and Hum should have been a two disc album. Disc one titled "Rattle" and containing all new studio material, including a some of the stuff left off of Joshua Tree. Disc two titled "Hum" would be a full live album with their actual good live tracks, such as Streets, Bad, With or Without You, etc. if they had done that, I think it would have been very successful.

The album as released sucked. The mix of studio, then live track has no flow. Also, they chose some of the worst live tracks for the album. Suc a missed opportunity.

cdollaz

I'm not a big fan of Rattle And Hum, but I don't consider a regular release, just a novelty. That said, Hawkmoon is one of the best songs in their catalog.

Chrisedge

Even the movie doesn't have some of the best footage they got. I like the rough cut of the movie that is out there. More color footage from Tempe. I would kill for a BR set of the four nights they shot (2 in Denver and 2 in Tempe) and ditch all the off stage footage. Just give me the filmed concert stuff.

dave94

this. Would be amazing.

EddieMoney

This album has real staying power, I think.

Chrisedge

Well, they put Invisible on the Deluxe version as a hidden track attached to Sleeps Like A Baby Tonight Remix. It is a little different than the version they released back in Feb. (longer intro/outro and middle section)

The two new songs are decent, but one Lucifer's Hands is a re-do of "Return Of The Stingray Guitar" which they did as an instrumental to open some of the 2010 360 shows.

I do like the acoustic versions of the existing songs as well.

rexinnih

Finally got around to downloading this, the price was right! Enjoyable album.

arminius

http://news.yahoo.com/apple-reveals-...020036396.html

Apple reveals download stats for the most deleted U2 album of all time



No one can forget the moment they looked on in their iTunes and saw the U2’s Songs of Innocence show up without warning. Many weren’t happy, and many were upset enough to use Apple’s instructions to delete the album. Apple is now saying that more than 81 million people have “experienced” the album with 26 million people downloading it in its entirety.

According to Billboard, Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior VP of internet software and services said that 26 million iTunes users have downloaded Songs of Innocence since the September 9th release exclusive to Apple’s 500 million global iTunes customers. Cue adds that 81 million Apple customers “experienced” songs.

To do the numbers simply: From the 81 million that came into contact with the Innocence album, and the 26 million that actually downloaded it, 55 million chose not to get the full U2 experience.

“Apple is a tech company fighting to get musicians paid,” U2 claimed in a statement to Billboard. “The idea that they wanted to make a gift to the very people that actually purchase music is both beautiful and poetic, and for that we are very grateful.”

Despite Apple paying $100 million for exclusive rights to give away and stream the U2 album from the September 13th release date until the October 13th free download deadline, the fact that such a large number of users opted out of the free album promotion can’t feel too good for anyone involved.

cdollaz

But 26 million didn't opt out. What is the last album that was heard by 26 million people?

stvn1974

Also many of those 26 million people bought other U2 albums from iTunes. The other albums were in the top 10 for several days.

Chrisedge

Plus out of 81 million, "that came in contact" how many didn't understand how to actually download it? Or simply didn't download the whole thing?

madcougar

Anyone heard the new songs from the album yet?

cdollaz

I wish Invisible wasn't attached to another track. I think it is the best song on either disc.

Chrisedge

post 139?

Jason

And it's all Apple's fault. Instead of listing the album as "free" in iTunes, allowing anyone who wants it to just go and get it (like every other free download in the world), they opted to make it "purchased" so that it was automatically in your queue, and for many users, automatically on their device.

I just can't figure out of this is another example of Mother Apple holding our little hands so we don't have to worry our pretty little heads about a single thing, or some sort of accounting trick to offset their taxes by the full retail price of the album for, well, however many iTunes accounts there are.

Mr. Salty

I didn't realize until I read the liner notes tonight that Paul McGuiness is no longer U2's manager. You have to wonder whether the Apple deal would have gone down the way it did had he still been around.

Decker

The Deluxe version with 10 bonus tracks (21 tracks in all) is now free at with Prime Music.