Achtung Baby!

Newch91

tremors wrote:

rick1zoo2 wrote:

tremors wrote:

I just love all the shimmering rhythm guitar - so central to what gives that album it's unique feel. The guitars and the bass.... they manage to create such an amazing mood across the whole album. I think I gotta listen to that right now! That's the trouble with coming into the other music section, I always end up having to log off and play something!

exactly! I have been listening to U2 for a very long time, and each album has its own 'mood' and places me in a certain setting when I listen to it. Joshua Tree is very much about America, especially the desert out west. Unforgettable Fire is the USA. Achtung Baby and Zooropa are Europe, Berlin, very edgy. Pop for me is a very hot humid day, No Line on The Horizon is Morroco, Noth Africa, Mediterranean. I could go on. But a lot of the mood and feel for each album is created by Edge's guitar along with the lyrics.

Cool thing about U2 is that they do not try to do the same album each time. They purposely move on to new things and Edge is a major part of that.

I love Pearl Jam, but I did not get to know PJ music by listening to the albums, I listen mainly to live bootlegs, so I don't get the same sense of placing each song in it's album, nor do I equate an album with a certain mood or setting. I can't tell which album a song comes from because PJ's sound is similar throughout their albums (for the most part). And there is nothing wrong with that at all.

I don't prize all of the U2 output as much as you do - but I own a lot of records, and love great albums - (I rarely watch tv or movies, I spend most of my spare time listening to albums), but for me both Achtung Baby and Joshua Tree are up there with the best albums I have heard. I am curious about people that run down U2, because I would say that any music lover that takes the time to listen to these albums should be able to find some great inspiration in them. I just listened to side 1 of Joshua Tree, and it was out of this world - it literally takes you to a whole other place.

Whilst I don't have the same deep appreciation for some of the other U2 albums (although I know Unforgettable Fire and Pop pretty well) - I do agree with you about them creating a very different sound and mood with each record. I'm going back to side 2 of Joshua Tree now, but I really find it hard to see how any music lover wouldn't appreciate it - I find Bono irritating, and kind of dislike the 'brand' of U2 - but Joshua Tree is right up there amongst the greatest records I own!

Rant over.

Side 1 on The Joshua Tree is perfect; my favorite side of any album. I really want to go to Joshua Tree and see what inspired them to make that masterpiece. Hopefully I go out to California this summer to visit my cousins and take a trip to Joshua Tree for a day and take it all in.

That's what I love about U2...they also change the mood and sound with album. They're not afraid to try new things on each album (like Achtung Baby after riding on the success of their sound on The Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum).

restlesssoul

i think the actually tree is dead. didnt it die like 10 years ago?

Newch91

restlesssoul wrote:

i think the actually tree is dead. didnt it die like 10 years ago?

Yes it did but I'm talking about the Joshua Tree National Park.

http://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm

rick1zoo2

I remembered posting about the song The Fly and mentioning that Lady With The Spinning Head sounds very similar, they share the same guitar riff. Check out the title song from the latest album, No Line On The Horizon. It too, sounds very similar to The Fly.

Newch91

rick1zoo2 wrote:

I remembered posting about the song The Fly and mentioning that Lady With The Spinning Head sounds very similar, they share the same guitar riff. Check out the title song from the latest album, No Line On The Horizon. It too, sounds very similar to The Fly.

There's another version I heard of "Lady With the Spinning Head" and you hear the intro to Ultraviolet as the middle section.

Newch91

Forgot to post this:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... e-20110623

U2 Go Back to the Nineties With Massive 'Achtung Baby' Reissue
'I'm blown away listening to some of the outtakes,' says the Edge

On the most recent dates of U2's 360° Tour, the band members have been showing grainy footage of themselves hanging out in Berlin during the recording of Achtung Baby — a rare moment of unabashed nostalgia that also hints at what's next from U2. This fall, the band will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album that hit the reset button on its sound — along with the LP's accompanying Zoo TV Tour and its 1993 follow-up, Zooropa — with ambitious reissues, complete with unseen video footage and rare recordings.

"I'm blown away listening to some of the rough mixes and the outtakes," says the Edge. "There's some very interesting alternative versions that we discovered of songs that wouldn't have seen the light of day, alternative lyrics, different arrangement styles — it's like Achtung Baby out of focus."

It's likely there will be separate reissues of Achtung Baby and Zooropa, along with a deluxe box set that incorporates both albums as well as video and/or audio from Zoo TV. "There will be multiple formats," says U2's manager, Paul McGuinness. "If you pile a lot of extra material and packaging and design work into a super-duper box set, there are people who will pay quite a lot for it, so you can budget it at a very high level and pump up the value." The band is also working on a U2 app for the iPad and other tablets that could be involved with the releases.

The group recently filmed a new performance of songs from the period in a Canadian theater, reportedly for use in a documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim, who worked with the Edge on the guitar doc It Might Get Loud. The band has also discovered substantial unseen footage from the early Nineties. "We were filming everything," says McGuinness. "There's a lot of material that has never really been seen, and seeing it will be quite startling."
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Anyone hoping for a DVD or an arena tour, since we already have a stadium show? I'm dying to see what the arena version was like. I can't wait for this reissue!!! I might go with the mega box set.

snow_board_rider

U2 es no bueno

jamburger

snow_board_rider wrote:

U2 es no bueno

su opinión no tiene ninguna consecuencia

BALLBOY

Definatley there best & so lucky to be in Dublin when it was released at midnight.

Newch91

BALLBOY wrote:

Definatley there best & so lucky to be in Dublin when it was released at midnight.

Oh wow! That must've been something.

force-10

Newch91 wrote:

Forgot to post this:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... e-20110623

U2 Go Back to the Nineties With Massive 'Achtung Baby' Reissue
'I'm blown away listening to some of the outtakes,' says the Edge

On the most recent dates of U2's 360° Tour, the band members have been showing grainy footage of themselves hanging out in Berlin during the recording of Achtung Baby — a rare moment of unabashed nostalgia that also hints at what's next from U2. This fall, the band will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album that hit the reset button on its sound — along with the LP's accompanying Zoo TV Tour and its 1993 follow-up, Zooropa — with ambitious reissues, complete with unseen video footage and rare recordings.

"I'm blown away listening to some of the rough mixes and the outtakes," says the Edge. "There's some very interesting alternative versions that we discovered of songs that wouldn't have seen the light of day, alternative lyrics, different arrangement styles — it's like Achtung Baby out of focus."

It's likely there will be separate reissues of Achtung Baby and Zooropa, along with a deluxe box set that incorporates both albums as well as video and/or audio from Zoo TV. "There will be multiple formats," says U2's manager, Paul McGuinness. "If you pile a lot of extra material and packaging and design work into a super-duper box set, there are people who will pay quite a lot for it, so you can budget it at a very high level and pump up the value." The band is also working on a U2 app for the iPad and other tablets that could be involved with the releases.

The group recently filmed a new performance of songs from the period in a Canadian theater, reportedly for use in a documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim, who worked with the Edge on the guitar doc It Might Get Loud. The band has also discovered substantial unseen footage from the early Nineties. "We were filming everything," says McGuinness. "There's a lot of material that has never really been seen, and seeing it will be quite startling."
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I just want the vinyls!

Newch91

force-10 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Forgot to post this:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... e-20110623

U2 Go Back to the Nineties With Massive 'Achtung Baby' Reissue
'I'm blown away listening to some of the outtakes,' says the Edge

On the most recent dates of U2's 360° Tour, the band members have been showing grainy footage of themselves hanging out in Berlin during the recording of Achtung Baby — a rare moment of unabashed nostalgia that also hints at what's next from U2. This fall, the band will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album that hit the reset button on its sound — along with the LP's accompanying Zoo TV Tour and its 1993 follow-up, Zooropa — with ambitious reissues, complete with unseen video footage and rare recordings.

"I'm blown away listening to some of the rough mixes and the outtakes," says the Edge. "There's some very interesting alternative versions that we discovered of songs that wouldn't have seen the light of day, alternative lyrics, different arrangement styles — it's like Achtung Baby out of focus."

It's likely there will be separate reissues of Achtung Baby and Zooropa, along with a deluxe box set that incorporates both albums as well as video and/or audio from Zoo TV. "There will be multiple formats," says U2's manager, Paul McGuinness. "If you pile a lot of extra material and packaging and design work into a super-duper box set, there are people who will pay quite a lot for it, so you can budget it at a very high level and pump up the value." The band is also working on a U2 app for the iPad and other tablets that could be involved with the releases.

The group recently filmed a new performance of songs from the period in a Canadian theater, reportedly for use in a documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim, who worked with the Edge on the guitar doc It Might Get Loud. The band has also discovered substantial unseen footage from the early Nineties. "We were filming everything," says McGuinness. "There's a lot of material that has never really been seen, and seeing it will be quite startling."
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I just want the vinyls!

I want everything that is in this reissue!!

Newch91

The documentary Davis Guggenheim was making is making it's premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

http://www.atu2.com/news/u2-documentary ... tival.html

ilockyer

Newch91 wrote:

The documentary Davis Guggenheim was making is making it's premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

http://www.atu2.com/news/u2-documentary ... tival.html

Nice find! Hope there'll be a couple of other screenings, wouldn't mind catching this as well as PJ20. Achtung Baby/Zoo TV is awesome... can't get enough!

Newch91

ilockyer wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

The documentary Davis Guggenheim was making is making it's premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

http://www.atu2.com/news/u2-documentary ... tival.html

Nice find! Hope there'll be a couple of other screenings, wouldn't mind catching this as well as PJ20. Achtung Baby/Zoo TV is awesome... can't get enough!

Yep. I think the documentary will also be part of the Achtung Baby/Zooropa anniversary release later this year. I'd love to go to TIFF to see it, but will just wait for the box set release.

force-10

any solid word out on a vinyl reissue?

Newch91

force-10 wrote:

any solid word out on a vinyl reissue?

It's going to be a part of the reissue. They've done the vinyl with the past reissues of the 80s albums.

gabers

Too cool. So is U2 playing their doc at selected theaters across the country also?

Newch91

gabers wrote:

Too cool. So is U2 playing their doc at selected theaters across the country also?

Not sure. I think it would be cool if they did. I hope it'll be released with the reissue.

Newch91

http://www.atu2.com/news/achtung-baby-r ... -2011.html

ACHTUNG BABY REMASTER: NOVEMBER 8, 2011?

Two new album listings have hit Amazon.com and, if the date proves true, both indicate that the Achtung Baby / Zooropa remasters will be released on November 8, 2011. There's one listing that just says Achtung Baby and another that says Achtung Baby: (Deluxe edition). Both listings are sparse-- no images and no details other than the November 8 date. Both also say "1 CD," but we can probably assume that won't be the case on the Deluxe Edition.

Of course, all of this is subject to change.