u2songs.com: Running to Stand Still
Site Related => Discography & Releases => Topic started by: dagobah on September 11, 2011, 03:31:25 AM
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Question #1: Is the U2 covers album made up of songs specifically from Achtung Baby or is it possible a few might be covers of songs from Zooropa? I ask because Zooropa is being re-released with the Achtung Baby box sets and it seems like this era of U2 (early 1990s) is represented by both albums.
Question #2: The U2 covers album was commissioned by Q magazine, correct? How does that affect the U2 covers album availability for purchase?
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The track list hasn't been released, and I guess it's possible that there will be some Zooropa songs, but my gut tells me that this will just be a 12-track CD with each track of Achtung Baby represented.
Q magazine often has CDs mounted on the cover. Although it's published in the UK, usually copies start appearing over here within a week or two at places like Barnes and Noble (and Borders before they went under). I don't think we'll have problems finding this issue of the magazine once it starts shipping to the US.
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It can be a bit pricey, but I have never regretted buying a MOJO comp.
http://www.mojocovercds.com/ (http://www.mojocovercds.com/)
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Sorry for being so uninformed, but I have some follow-up questions.
Question A: What is a "MOJO comp"?
OK, I clicked on the link and read the info about the MOJO magazines, which I just found out is the sister magazine to Q magazine.
Question B: "a bit pricey" - Are you referring to previous Q magazine issues (from the UK) that had a CD attached to the magazine with plastic wrap? I'm trying to envision what to expect. I've never bought anything like this at the Barnes & Noble stores or the Borders stores.
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Zoo Station - Rammstein
Even Better Than The Real Thing - Queens Of The Stone Age
One - Damien Rice
Until the End of the World - Patti Smith
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - Nine Inch Nails
So Cruel - Depeche Mode
The Fly - System Of A Down
Mysterious Ways - Foo Fighters
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms... - Radiohead
Ultra Violet - The Killers
Acrobat - Metallica
Love is Blindness -Jack White
LATEST 100% CERTIFIED SPECULATION ;)
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Zoo Station - Rammstein
Even Better Than The Real Thing - Queens Of The Stone Age
One - Damien Rice
Until the End of the World - Patti Smith
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - Nine Inch Nails
So Cruel - Depeche Mode
The Fly - System Of A Down
Mysterious Ways - Foo Fighters
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms... - Radiohead
Ultra Violet - The Killers
Acrobat - Metallica
Love is Blindness -Jack White
LATEST 100% CERTIFIED SPECULATION ;)
If it's anything like the MOJO promos I've seen, none of the tracks will be by anyone nearly as recognizable as the least of those. And they will all suck.
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First of all, this isn't coming out with MOJO magazine, but rather with Q Magazine. I know they are two sister magazines, but in this case it is Q Magazine that is putting the CD together, and it will be released with Q Magazine in November as far as I know.
If you want to know what it will cost? Check your local bookstores, and magazine stands and see if they cover Q. It is also important to ask whether or not they will get the CD associated with the issue. In some cases the magazines will not ship to North America with the CD included so you may need to order from overseas.
The other option is to buy via:
http://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/
Price for the most recent issue is 5.99GBP, or approximately $9.30US
I'll post the link to the issue with the U2 tribute CD once the issue has been released.
As for the quality of the bands involved in the release, already confirmed is Depeche Mode doing "So Cruel", Patti Smith doing "Until the End of the World", Damien Rice doing "One", and Jack White covering "Love is Blindness". I also heard that Elbow had been approached about doing a cover, but never had confirmation as to whether or not they actually accepted.
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Oh, and for the record, Nine Inch Nails isn't together anymore, so unless they meant How To Destroy Angels, Trent Reznor's new band, I'm calling bunk on that one.
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Oh, and for the record, Nine Inch Nails isn't together anymore, so unless they meant How To Destroy Angels, Trent Reznor's new band, I'm calling bunk on that one.
Slaneman's list above was clearly labeled as speculation. The only artists announced so far are the ones I listed in my post as far as i know...
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Right, right. I just wanted to help pare down the speculation.
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CD should be released with the October 25th issue of Q. Expect it to show up as an import about 2 weeks later in North America.
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::: Already managed a trade with a good friend from Great Britain to obtain my copy! ::)
I hope don't be a disappointing performance of certain musicians that I like.
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Full tracklisting has been announced at u2.com:
Nine Inch Nails – Zoo Station
U2 (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) – Even Better Than The Real Thing
Damien Rice – One
Patti Smith – Until The End Of The World
Garbage – Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Depeche Mode – So Cruel
Snow Patrol – Mysterious Ways
The Fray – Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
Gavin Friday – The Fly
The Killers – Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Glasvegas – Acrobat
Jack White – Love Is Blindness.
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Gavin Friday!
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and Gavin is working with 1/2 of the duo that has produced the "Fish out of Water" remixes. That excites me as well.
http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/check-out-jack-white-covers-u2s-love-is-blindness/
has the Jack White track up now - his cover of "Love is Blindness".
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Nice.
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http://soundcloud.com/u2mexico/one-1 here's the damo cover. well done, but a bit more straightforward, and unsurprisingly a bit more self-flagellating and depressing.
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haha. was just coming over here to post the same thing. I really like it. So far two for two on tracks I enjoy. And I know I'll likely love whatever DM is doing...that's the one I'm really waiting for...Snow Patrol on Mysterious Ways? That one is the one leaving me worried.
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Assumption #1: The music on the U2 covers album will only be legally available immediately by acquiring the specific issue of Q magazine that the CD comes with.
Assumption #2: This music is not the kind of release that would eventually be available for purchase on iTunes (US) or Amazon (US).
Are my assumptions probably correct?
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3) The tracks will show up on a U2 Fan Club CD five years from now.
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I've seen the prices being charged on eBay and some people are buying them! I've listed some at a reasonable price and I'll ship them at cost.
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nvh65:
Has the issue of Q magazine (that includes the U2 covers album) already become available to buy at news-stands in the United Kingdom?
How much (in US dollars) would I pay if I were buying it at a news-stand in the United Kingdom? If you only know the amount in British pounds, tell me that and I can do the conversion using the Internet.
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It's on the news stand on the 25th and the standard cover price is £3.99
I've preordered 50 of them and I might be able to get a few more. I sold 27 of them yesterday afternoon. I'm now being asked to source other magazines - not overly surprised looking at the prices being charged.
I've commented elsewhere about crazy prices. I'm covering my cost and making a couple of pounds to spend on other stuff, I have my Achtung Baby Deluxe to pay for, but I just don't get £16.99 plus postage.
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Three tracks streaming: Zoo Station by Nine Inch Nails, So Cruel by Depeche Mode, and Ultra Violet by The Killers.
http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/check-out-nine-inch-nails-depeche-mode-the-killers-cover-u2/
The article says the whole album is streaming on Q's website, but has no link and I couldn't find it.
The only track on this album that's had me intrigued was NIN's Zoo Station cover, and having listened to the preview I'm disappointed. It's an okay cover of Zoo Station, but very uninteresting as a Nine Inch Nails song.
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Available now on the u2.com shop. Sensible price - not sure on delivery costs. Costs for delivering eBay sales are insane. Postage to Chile is unbelievably expensive.
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Available now on the u2.com shop. Sensible price - not sure on delivery costs. Costs for delivering eBay sales are insane. Postage to Chile is unbelievably expensive.
I don't see it. Is it gone already? :[
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Available now on the u2.com shop. Sensible price - not sure on delivery costs. Costs for delivering eBay sales are insane. Postage to Chile is unbelievably expensive.
I don't see it. Is it gone already? :[
It seems that way. Annoying.
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I ordered mine from U2.com 3 weeks ago and got an immediate invoice but nothing since. I've heard that some who ordered theirs got an email from Live Nation saying they were out due to high demand and more would not be available for 14 weeks.
I'm wondering if 'more' will ever show up.
Now, as far as buying it from a store in the US. I originally had gone to 3 stores in DC that carried Q magazine and even had seen copies of Mojo with CDs attached and even a Mofo with a 12-inch Pink Floyd vinyl. Those are still available. It seemed reasonable to expect the Q Mag with a CD might appear there as well.
However, one store has the latest Q with Bono on the cover but no CD. The others got nothing yet. It was easier getting WAIE.
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One guy on another list i'm on are reporting that the CD was never cleared for release in the US, and stores are being asked to strip the CD from the magazine before putting it on sale. If that is the case, I expect that some copies will slip out at places which just don't care and put it out anyway. But you may have to check a few locations...the 'excuse' being used is some sort of copywrite issue in the US with selling this CD...retailers are being told to send people who request the CD to u2.com
So far no luck finding a copy here in Canada. I'm waiting patiently for them to start to show but the previous issue is still on the racks.
As for u2.com - people are reporting ordering other items with the Q CD, and only the other items arriving, with no note on when to expect the CD. I expect they are backordered and not filling orders.
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I ordered the Q Magazine (with the U2 covers album CD) on October 24. I went to U2.com, which provided a link to fanfire.com. I did a print screen of each screen in my purchase process and saved them in a WORD document. I always do this with online purchases. I just checked it to confirm the following info => For this item product screen, it states: Release Date: Late November
After I completed my online purchase on October 24, I received one email confirming my purchase. As of today (November 13), I haven't received the Q Magazine nor have I received any other communication. And that's what I expect because the release date was listed as late November. If I don't receive the Q Magazine nor any communication by . . . . oh say . . . . . December 15, then I will be concerned. Until then, I'm hoping that my online purchase will be honored.
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(Ǎhk-to͝ong Bāy-Bi) is now available in iTunes in many regions, for those who have decided they don't need a physical CD. :-)
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And it's now a charity release
http://www.concern.net/news-blogs/concern-blog/u2-covers-album-help-east-africa
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Well, there it is. $7.99 on the iTunes Store (US). I thought maybe this was a joke. If I knew this was going to available on iTunes, I would not have bought it for $15+ from U2.com/fanfire.com
I don't need a physical CD. I wonder if I can cancel my order at U2.com/fanfire.com
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I called 800-615-1324 (fanfire.com) and canceled my October 24 online order for the Q Magazine (with the U2 covers CD). It was easier than I thought it would be. They told me it was on back-order and that there was no problem with canceling the order.
It's weird. After all this anxiety about whether or not I would ever have affordable access to the tracks on the covers album . . . . . and now it's available on iTunes for $7.99!!! I don't mind that it's ALBUM ONLY. The physical CD just isn't important to me.
As far as this album being available on iTunes in certain countries only, I wonder how they kept this info a secret. If we had known, some of us wouldn't have been so worried about . . . . . . how the hell we were going to acquire a copy of the Q Magazine with the physical CD.
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If we had known, some of us wouldn't have been so worried about . . . . . . how the hell we were going to acquire a copy of the Q Magazine with the physical CD.
Even if I had known about this, I still would have been worried about how the hell I was going to acquire a copy of the magazine/cd. :) I collect all of my U2 in CD form unless there's absolutely no other option available. That said, I'm glad you were able to cancel your order and I'm glad the album is available in both formats.
That said, my Q order from U2.com is also on backorder. I was told a week ago that they should have more copies available "in 1 to 4 weeks." I'm not super-optimistic that I'll ever receive this. Maybe I'll have to settle for the iTunes version as well!
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As far as this album being available on iTunes in certain countries only, I wonder how they kept this info a secret. If we had known, some of us wouldn't have been so worried about . . . . . . how the hell we were going to acquire a copy of the Q Magazine with the physical CD.
It wasn't kept a secret. It wasn't available in iTunes until November 14/15th. They just added it. Before Monday it was not available in iTunes period.
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As far as this album being available on iTunes in certain countries only, I wonder how they kept this info a secret. If we had known, some of us wouldn't have been so worried about . . . . . . how the hell we were going to acquire a copy of the Q Magazine with the physical CD.
It wasn't kept a secret. It wasn't available in iTunes until November 14/15th. They just added it. Before Monday it was not available in iTunes period.
I think he meant the fact that when this project was first announced, there was no indication that it would be available on iTunes later down the line. Indeed, there was no indication that this would appear on iTunes until this week. I don't think that usually happens with Q magazine cover CDs. It sort of eliminates the "exclusive" idea, although in this case I guess the physical CD is still a Q "exclusive."
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I'm wondering if iTunes wasn't an afterthought - oh hey, a ton of people are interested in it and distribution can't handle things. Let's toss it online!
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morgan1098:
Yes, that's what I meant.
I've had a chance to listen to the U2 covers album twice. So far, I'm impressed. And I got to thinking about where in my iTunes library would I put these songs. Most people will probably put this album into the U2 section. But the problem with that is . . . . . this music is not being played by U2. All the other cover songs in my iTunes library are with the musician who is doing the cover. The only track from the U2 covers album I would put into the U2 section would be the Jacques Lu Cont Mix of Even Better Than The Real Thing. The rest would be split up and put with the musician who did the cover. But I'm currently thinking about changing that. I think I will put all the covers in my iTunes library together. For example, here is how I might categorize the Info Screen for the Depeche Mode cover of the U2 track So Cruel
The "Track" category would obviously be So Cruel
The "Artist" category would be Covers
The "Album" category might be Depeche Mode covers U2
I admit, it's an unusual way to categorize, but the "Artist" category is the main category I refer to in my iTunes library . . . . and so that's why I'm thinking of using the word Covers for it. My iTunes library lists only 40 Artists because many are grouped into categories such as Hip Hop, Jazz, R&B/Soul, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, etc.
The only other info I would put into the track's Info Screen would be the name of the release that the cover came from. I would put that info in the "Comments" category. I wouldn't even number the cover songs. iTunes would just alphabetize the cover songs within the "Artist" category Covers since I'm not numbering the tracks. I still have to find all these other cover songs in my iTunes library. A few of the cover songs will be from Peter Gabriel's cover album Scratch My Back, which means those songs would obviously be removed from the "Artist" category Peter Gabriel. I'm looking forward to seeing how many cover songs are actually in my iTunes library.
It's just an idea at this point.
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I usually list them by the cover artists under Artist, but put the band being covered under Album Artist. I've also played with putting things in the Composer field if I have no other place that works.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about the "Composer" category. After looking for cover songs in my iTunes library, the "Composer" category on the Info Screen is what clues me in that the track is a cover. It always has people's names rather than the name of the band.
Well, I found more cover songs in my iTunes library than I thought I would find. And it's possible I didn't even find them all. If I include the U2/Achtung Baby covers, it looks like I have between 60 and 70 cover songs. And it's interesting, some cover songs are more associated (in my mind) with the artist doing the cover rather than the artist who wrote the original song. Examples include:
- Led Zeppelin covers Willie Dixon/L.B. Lenoir [You Shook Me]
- Led Zeppelin covers Willie Dixon [I Can't Quit You Baby]
- The Doors cover Willie Dixon [Back Door Man]
- Jimi Hendrix Experience covers Billy Roberts [Hey Joe]
- Jimi Hendrix Experience covers Bob Dylan [All Along The Watchtower]
- Pearl Jam covers Buzz Cason/Tony Moon [Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)]
- Rage Against The Machine covers Bruce Springsteen [The Ghost Of Tom Joad]
After thinking about this situation, I don't think I'm going to create a Covers category in my iTunes library. But I found this "cover song/iTunes organization" project interesting.
Concerning the Achtung Baby covers album, I still haven't decided if I'm going to keep it with the U2 section or split it up. What's weird is . . . . I don't have any music from most of the musicians doing these Achtung Baby covers. Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails are the only ones. Sorry for going off-topic, but I must admit, the Achtung Baby covers album is all at fault. :D
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For compilation albums, I always list the performing artist under Artist and "Various Artists" for Album Artist; and I tic the "Part of a Compilation" box under options. That keeps all of the files in a single folder.
I just make playlists when I want to group tracks together in certain ways.
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For compilations, I always tick the box, "Part of a compilation". I also always keep the artist tag as the name of the actual performer.
For tribute albums, like in this case, I use the "album artist" tag for the artist for whom the tribute is for (in this case, U2). So for the "We're A Happy Family" compilation, each track has a different artist, but all tracks have the album artist "The Ramones". This way all the tracks appear together as an album under the album artist (The Ramones) and the individual tracks also appear with their respective artists, so long as you have at least one other non-compilation track by that artist. So Beat On The Brat and Havana Affair both appear under U2 and Red Hot Chili Peppers, respectively, as well as under The Ramones, but Marilyn Manson's "The KKK Took My Baby Away" only appears under The Ramones but not under Marilyn Manson (as I don't own any of his stuff).
Clear? ;D
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According to the iTunes digital booklet, 'Who's Gonna Ride' by Garbage contains samples from U2's Zoo Station and Pride.
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According to the iTunes digital booklet, 'Who's Gonna Ride' by Garbage contains samples from U2's Zoo Station and Pride.
Is that information not in the regular insert with the CD?
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Is it possible to have good scans of CD, Front and Back cover and inside the booklet... thanks
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i'll do up some scans, as soon as i get a copy of it. there is still no sign of the import magazine here in Canada, and I hear that stores have been asked not to sell the CD in the US.
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Don't come with CD in France too.... my U2.com copy still not dispatch... I don't know when I will receive it...
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::: I managed some tradesto get up to 3 copies of the Mag. ;)
But, as usual with terrible service at Mexican Postal Office, none of them has arrived, either from USA and UK
A friend of my brother's on holiday in London, and she'll bring us another 4th copy by early 2011 :o
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Don't come with CD in France too.... my U2.com copy still not dispatch... I don't know when I will receive it...
I heard that people have started getting emails from u2.com saying it will dispatch in late November.
I'll believe it when I see it. So far I've heard of no one who has ordered through u2.com getting one at this point.
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So is it going to go through a repressing, because at this point I'm sure Q has pretty much exhausted their stock.
I just had a friend in the UK send me one. Much more reliable than Live Nation.
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Q has been released in The Netherlands last week. Unfortunately without the cd.
I ordered a copy of the magazine with CD from an eBay seller in the UK for about E 20,- (including shipping & handling)
IMO a better deal than ordering from the U2.com webshop and paying pretty much the same amount without even knowing whether your copy will ever be shipped...
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I actually have a subscription to Q, and I just received the December issue with the CD included. I was frankly surprised that they included it. The jewel case is crushed, but the CD and inserts are still in good shape.
It does indeed mention the samples that Garbage used in the liner notes.
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I'm really loving the Achtung Baby covers album. There isn't one song I want to skip when I listen to it. My favorites are:
- Damien Rice cover of One
- Snow Patrol cover of Mysterious Ways
- Depeche Mode cover of So Cruel
- Gavin Friday cover of The Fly
I wish the Jack White cover of Love Is Blindness was twice as long as it is. But I would want the last half of a longer version to be softer and more mellow than the current version.
I wonder what the story is concerning Even Better Than The Real Thing. The track on the covers album is a remix, not a cover, right? I have other remixes done by Jacques Lu Cont so it doesn't seem accurate to consider it a Jacques Lu Cont cover. I wonder if other covers of Even Better Than The Real Thing were submitted, but U2 just didn't feel they were worthy for the covers album.
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I wonder what the story is concerning Even Better Than The Real Thing. The track on the covers album is a remix, not a cover, right? I have other remixes done by Jacques Lu Cont so it doesn't seem accurate to consider it a Jacques Lu Cont cover. I wonder if other covers of Even Better Than The Real Thing were submitted, but U2 just didn't feel they were worthy for the covers album.
I know they were originally looking to do a single for Even Better than the Real thing to promote the new release of Achtung Baby. They went as far as commissioning remixes. This LuCont one and the Fish Out of Water one are both recent I believe...so maybe they knew they had some remixes that would be left lying around and never bothered at all with doing asking people to do that song...
I too love the Snow Patrol version of Mysterious Ways. It's exactly what I expected from them, so wasn't let down at all...
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Aaron, thanks for the feedback.
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::: My Q Mag + Cd arrive today --amazed am I --- in perfect shape!! :o
Not a single bent or tear, cracked case or stolen Cd.
I'm eating my own words: Thanks Mexican Postal Services, Matthieu yours already arrived?
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Not yet... bought one on eBay yesterday... will arrive next week (I hope)
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I've heard that some of the U2.com orders are actually shipping!
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I've heard that some of the U2.com orders are actually shipping!
Yes. I got a shipping confirmation over the weekend. I'm genuinely shocked!