It's a relief to hear the Doc will be available as a standalone Blu or DVD, thought it was strange that it was only going to a part of though montrously over priced box sets, I've ordered the vinyl's but I can't justify lashing that much out on one album despite it being my all time fav and the Doc would have been my main motivation anyway and I much rather have it on Blu than standard DVD anyway. I've laid down for the new Smiths vinyl boxset but that's much better value.
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I'll be getting Showtime quick just for that...or just buy the Blu-ray.
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
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wait until after Christmas, lot of boxed sets are on sale then.
That's what I'm planning on doing.
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I am actually planning on not getting it or maybe ask for one of the lesser versions as a present. Its just way over the top for me - all that stuff I would look through once or twice then on the shelf it would go and stay there.
Why Every Music Fan Should Watch U2's From The Sky Down
There's a fantastic moment in From The Sky Down, the new Davis Guggenheim-directed documentary about the making of U2's 1991 album 'Achtung Baby', when you get to see the Irish band in the process of creating the song 'One'.
It is, in my mind, the single most interesting example of the songwriting process caught on film.
With the benefit of hindsight, it's very easy to take a song like 'One' for granted, even though, as the band's manager Paul McGuinness noted at a Q&A about the movie I attended in London last night, it long ago earned the status of being a “classic”. It's one of those songs that's ingrained on the musical memory of every music fan, whether they like U2 or not.
But during footage in the film showing U2 at the Hansa Studios in Berlin at the end of 1990, we see it in its rawest, most unadulterated form, with a different second bridge to the one on the album and before Bono had even formulated the lyrics. Indeed, it's not even called 'One'.
The reasons it's so interesting are two-fold.
Firstly, it's genuinely thrilling and absorbing to be so closely exposed to the craft of songwriting. The process, in all honestly, looks painfully destructive and frustrating. But as a music journalist who has never held an ambition to be in a band (and believe me, that's quite a rare thing), to watch a song like 'One' being crafted as meticulously as an artist working on a painting, it's capitvating; as parts get taken out and then put back in, until the finished song we are all familiar with begins to emerge, as Bono says in the movie, “from the sky down”.
Secondly, 'One', it transpires in From The Sky Down, was integral in the creation of 'Achtung Baby'. Still tired from touring 1987's 'The Joshua Tree', which took U2 from arenas to stadiums, and rocked by the critical backlash thrown at their road movie, Rattle And Hum, the Irish band looked like a shadow of their former selves as they arrived in Berlin to start work on the album with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
In the film, Guggenheim captures this turmoil – and McGuinness stressed last night that it was actual turmoil – beautifully. We see Bono unable to write lyrics, The Edge struggling to write his guitar parts through the break-up of his marriage, and Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr wondering whether they're even in the band any more.
And then they make 'One', and it's like a lighter fuel of creativity is sparked within all four members.
I don't want to reveal any more, because you can watch From The Sky Down when it airs on BBC on October 9 as part of the Imagine series. But If you take one thing away from From The Sky Down, it should be this: if it wasn't for 'Achtung Baby', you wouldn't have U2, and whatever you think of the band and their personal ideologies, that would be a tragedy.
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Damn this album for being too good! One of the best in rock history. To me, it's the 'perfect' album; tracks 1-12 are all great. No filler songs on the album at all. It's tough for me to decide what my favorite song on the album is because they're all great.
unless you count the 3-5 minutes till most songs start
I think the more I listen to The Fly, it's slowly becoming my favorite song of all-time. It's cracked the top 5.
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I think the more I listen to The Fly, it's slowly becoming my favorite song of all-time. It's cracked the top 5.
you must experience it live.
I know. The live versions I have make me love it more, but nothing like seeing it in person.
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Here we go. Still, the biggest disappointment in this set is the live DVD. They could've made the set much more better if they included an arena tour DVD. Luckily the album has been remastered.
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rick1zoo2
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Here we go. Still, the biggest disappointment in this set is the live DVD. They could've made the set much more better if they included an arena tour DVD. Luckily the album has been remastered.
yeah, that is a disspointment, already have that DVD, plus all of the other DVD content too. Also have just about all of the bonus tracks, except for a few and the "Baby" remixes, which I will wait to see if they are worth having. So I really don't see too much here other than repackaging.
and that is the first time that I have seen it referred to as a "remaster". And it doesn't say that Zooropa is remastered.
Sydney dvd is the most scandalous thing in the set .. it was already released in every way .. i have a vhs recorded from tv, the official vhs and dvd release .. this will be my 4th copy of that show. :shock:
it could have had some sense if it was in blu-ray at least
yeah you're right it would have been far better from the first 3 leg such as Washington or Stockholm for example.
another point that disappoint me a bit is the treatment of Zooropa like a sort of b-sides/rarities cd.
i'm willing of the 6-7 unpublished songs and of the Baby Achtung Baby .. and From The SKy Down too of course
Anyone find the times for Zoo Station and Love Is Blindess longer on the Baby album?
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Thanks for the links and heads up post. I have been watching the uber too and when I originally saw it in the $600 range I couldn't believe it. $400 for it now is a considerable drop I guess. I would just like for it to come down some ( a lot) more before I would purchase it. That's just me though.
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http://www.atu2.com/news/video-from-the ... ailer.html
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
:thumbup: :thumbup:
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Yeah, I think someone said it was initially $600+!!
That looks awesome! So expensive though.....
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FV ... irect=true
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
wait until after Christmas, lot of boxed sets are on sale then.
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
I am actually planning on not getting it or maybe ask for one of the lesser versions as a present. Its just way over the top for me - all that stuff I would look through once or twice then on the shelf it would go and stay there.
Why Every Music Fan Should Watch U2's From The Sky Down
There's a fantastic moment in From The Sky Down, the new Davis Guggenheim-directed documentary about the making of U2's 1991 album 'Achtung Baby', when you get to see the Irish band in the process of creating the song 'One'.
It is, in my mind, the single most interesting example of the songwriting process caught on film.
With the benefit of hindsight, it's very easy to take a song like 'One' for granted, even though, as the band's manager Paul McGuinness noted at a Q&A about the movie I attended in London last night, it long ago earned the status of being a “classic”. It's one of those songs that's ingrained on the musical memory of every music fan, whether they like U2 or not.
But during footage in the film showing U2 at the Hansa Studios in Berlin at the end of 1990, we see it in its rawest, most unadulterated form, with a different second bridge to the one on the album and before Bono had even formulated the lyrics. Indeed, it's not even called 'One'.
The reasons it's so interesting are two-fold.
Firstly, it's genuinely thrilling and absorbing to be so closely exposed to the craft of songwriting. The process, in all honestly, looks painfully destructive and frustrating. But as a music journalist who has never held an ambition to be in a band (and believe me, that's quite a rare thing), to watch a song like 'One' being crafted as meticulously as an artist working on a painting, it's capitvating; as parts get taken out and then put back in, until the finished song we are all familiar with begins to emerge, as Bono says in the movie, “from the sky down”.
Secondly, 'One', it transpires in From The Sky Down, was integral in the creation of 'Achtung Baby'. Still tired from touring 1987's 'The Joshua Tree', which took U2 from arenas to stadiums, and rocked by the critical backlash thrown at their road movie, Rattle And Hum, the Irish band looked like a shadow of their former selves as they arrived in Berlin to start work on the album with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
In the film, Guggenheim captures this turmoil – and McGuinness stressed last night that it was actual turmoil – beautifully. We see Bono unable to write lyrics, The Edge struggling to write his guitar parts through the break-up of his marriage, and Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr wondering whether they're even in the band any more.
And then they make 'One', and it's like a lighter fuel of creativity is sparked within all four members.
I don't want to reveal any more, because you can watch From The Sky Down when it airs on BBC on October 9 as part of the Imagine series. But If you take one thing away from From The Sky Down, it should be this: if it wasn't for 'Achtung Baby', you wouldn't have U2, and whatever you think of the band and their personal ideologies, that would be a tragedy.
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
http://www.atu2.com/news/q-magazines-ac ... er-25.html
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
you must experience it live.
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
i will wait for my uber to taste it like it deserves though
http://www.u2.com/news/title/achtung-ba ... g-revealed
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
yeah, that is a disspointment, already have that DVD, plus all of the other DVD content too. Also have just about all of the bonus tracks, except for a few and the "Baby" remixes, which I will wait to see if they are worth having. So I really don't see too much here other than repackaging.
and that is the first time that I have seen it referred to as a "remaster". And it doesn't say that Zooropa is remastered.
it could have had some sense if it was in blu-ray at least
yeah you're right it would have been far better from the first 3 leg such as Washington or Stockholm for example.
another point that disappoint me a bit is the treatment of Zooropa like a sort of b-sides/rarities cd.
i'm willing of the 6-7 unpublished songs and of the Baby Achtung Baby .. and From The SKy Down too of course
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Assuming that Zooropa is remastered, of course.
Achtung Baby (Uber Deluxe) $420.49
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FV ... 001&sr=1-4
Achtung Baby (Super Deluxe Edition) $117.02
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FV ... 001&sr=1-1
Prices need to come down quite a bit more I think for those two sets. Keep going with the price breaks U2, please!
the uber was $640 when I first saw it
Vinyl $117.95
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FW ... 001&sr=1-5
Thanks for the links and heads up post. I have been watching the uber too and when I originally saw it in the $600 range I couldn't believe it. $400 for it now is a considerable drop I guess. I would just like for it to come down some ( a lot) more before I would purchase it. That's just me though.
That's comforting to know!