u2songs.com: Running to Stand Still
Site Related => Discography & Releases => Topic started by: Panama Jack on February 22, 2021, 12:50:12 PM
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What, besides the Apollo subscription gift, is on the horizon to be released in 2021?
I know, based on recent comments, that a new album is unlikely. But what else could there be? Will we finally see the Joshua Tree Tour DVD released?
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Will we finally see the Joshua Tree Tour DVD released?
On September 21, 2020, in the ATYCLB Super Deluxe forum topic . . . . . Aaron wrote the following:
The Joshua Tree film is being shown in theaters before they release it on any home video format. And it's not currently scheduled due to the COVID-19 issues and theaters in some countries not even open. I expect we won't see it until next year at the earliest.
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If and when THE JOSHUA TREE 2017 ever sees the home video light of day (and with each passing moment, that seems less likely to me, now that we're four years on down the line), it damn well better be on Blu-ray (4K UHD, preferred) and not this damnable antiquated 480p standard definition crap they foisted on us with the eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE fan club gift. Between that and all the missing tracks from their anniversary release of ATYCLB, U2 let me down on the media front quite a bit last year.
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Personally, I'd love to see SDE releases of either Rattle & Hum, Pop, or both.
Since a lot of artists are releasing experimental "quarantine" albums, this might be a good year to finish and release Songs of Ascent.
Heck, even a cover or two would be something.
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Personally, I'd love to see SDE releases of either Rattle & Hum, Pop, or both.
Now you're talkin'!
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Personally, I'd love to see SDE releases of either Rattle & Hum, Pop, or both.
Since a lot of artists are releasing experimental "quarantine" albums, this might be a good year to finish and release Songs of Ascent.
Heck, even a cover or two would be something.
Rattle and Hum is problematic. Paramount owns the movie. And all the associated footage. U2 owns the album. And all the associate music. Each can release new versions and new formats of what has been previously released, but cannot make substantial changes to it (i.e. new content) without the other party agreeing to it. And it sounds like they haven't been able to reach those agreements in the past.
I'm told we came close to getting a 30th anniversary edition of Rattle and Hum, but at the last minute they couldn't make it work. But that likely explains that weird Rattle and Hum promo we got that year from the fan club anyway.
Right now I wouldn't hold out hope of a new version of Rattle and Hum anytime soon.
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What, besides the Apollo subscription gift, is on the horizon to be released in 2021?
I know, based on recent comments, that a new album is unlikely. But what else could there be? Will we finally see the Joshua Tree Tour DVD released?
Short answer? Nothing. They haven't submitted anything for Record Store Day yet. Universal has nothing in the upcoming releases lists. And my contacts tell me nothing is planned for a physical release at the moment.
The Joshua Tree film will likely happen when theatres start to reopen. Its not scheduled yet though. Still too much chaos in the world. The feeling is that this is the way to sell a musical film these days. Theatre release, promote the film, get the general community interested, and then do a release. It's a new blueprint that's been followed lately by a number of artists including the Cure and Depeche Mode. Anton has confirmed the film is finished, and is with the band. It was originally supposed to be out last June, and would have been supported with a unique audio release (EP) to digital services as well. I'm guessing we'll see it next spring, with a release in the summertime for home video. Which clears up the fall for an album release. And pushing it to next spring means they can tie into the hype surrounding 35 years of The Joshua Tree.
Record Store Day will probably happen. U2 love participating. It's pushed back to June this year. The submission deadline is the end of March, so although U2 hasn't submitted a release yet, they likely will. They are always late to submit.
There is stuff coming in the Fall. A lot of effort is being put into a number of different projects. But what I'm aware of is not audio / video related.
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Oh and maybe we'll get lucky and "Skyscrapers" will finally come out. Bono recorded his bits back in 2011. And it appears the song is now a DMX / Bono / Swizz Beatz song, and Kanye's been dropped out of it. And Larry Mullen just featured on the new Alice Cooper album, "Detroit Stories" although I suspect it too was an older song from the previous Cooper album.
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Gladly purchased "We Are the People" today from Qobuz. Any word if digital retailers will eventually get Bono's Citizen Penn song?
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Gladly purchased "We Are the People" today from Qobuz. Any word if digital retailers will eventually get Bono's Citizen Penn song?
Well . . . . . . how do you like We Are The People, Colby?
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Well . . . . . . how do you like We Are The People, Colby?
I like it. It starts off with a great TJT vibe and then evolves into a more modern pop tune. The lyrics and message are inspiring and uplifting. I'm sure some will say it's just more post-2000 fodder, but I've loved most of the post 2000 stuff, so that's just fine by me. ;)
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Personally, I like “We Are the People” a hundred times more than “Eden: To Find Love”.
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I like it. It starts off with a great TJT vibe and then evolves into a more modern pop tune. The lyrics and message are inspiring and uplifting. I'm sure some will say it's just more post-2000 fodder, but I've loved most of the post 2000 stuff, so that's just fine by me. ;)
Personally, I like “We Are the People” a hundred times more than “Eden: To Find Love”.
Colby, thanks for your feedback.
Travis . . . . . I actually prefer Eden: To Find Love. It reminds of the style of music from Rattle & Hum b-sides like Dancing Barefoot, Hallelujah (Here She Comes) and A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel with the way the percussion instruments sound. I also love the guitars and Bono's singing. I am surprised the Citizen Penn documentary is not mentioned on Sean Penn's Wikipedia page. It's not listed on his Wikipedia filmography page either. If the Citizen Penn soundtrack exists, I can't find it anywhere [at least right now I can't]. And I can't find any place to buy Eden: To Find Love as a digital download.
Aaron, you probably already know this . . . . . but in case you don't, on u2songs.com, on the news webpage titled Bono Contributes song to Citizen Penn Documentary . . . . . . when I tried to play the Song Audio via YouTube, it stated: Video unavailable This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Lakeshore Records on behalf of Island Records and Polydor Records
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I like it. It starts off with a great TJT vibe and then evolves into a more modern pop tune. The lyrics and message are inspiring and uplifting. I'm sure some will say it's just more post-2000 fodder, but I've loved most of the post 2000 stuff, so that's just fine by me. ;)
Personally, I like “We Are the People” a hundred times more than “Eden: To Find Love”.
Colby, thanks for your feedback.
Travis . . . . . I actually prefer Eden: To Find Love. It reminds of the style of music from Rattle & Hum b-sides like Dancing Barefoot, Hallelujah (Here She Comes) and A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel with the way the percussion instruments sound. I also love the guitars and Bono's singing. I am surprised the Citizen Penn documentary is not mentioned on Sean Penn's Wikipedia page. It's not listed on his Wikipedia filmography page either. If the Citizen Penn soundtrack exists, I can't find it anywhere [at least right now I can't]. And I can't find any place to buy Eden: To Find Love as a digital download.
Aaron, you probably already know this . . . . . but in case you don't, on u2songs.com, on the news webpage titled Bono Contributes song to Citizen Penn Documentary . . . . . . when I tried to play the Song Audio via YouTube, it stated: Video unavailable This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Lakeshore Records on behalf of Island Records and Polydor Records
Not much I can do I'm afraid. The song hasn't been released outside of the documentary and no version can be shared direct from that. The record company is shutting down videos of it by itself on YouTube, so at this point I'll probably not replace it...I'll give them a few days to do that...
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The site just put it up on Twitter that Bono's Eden track will be released to digital retailers / streamers tomorrow. So, yay!!
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The site just put it up on Twitter that Bono's Eden track will be released to digital retailers / streamers tomorrow. So, yay!!
I bought it from the iTunes Store . . . . then removed the first 20 seconds from the track because that's essentially when the song starts. I hate it when a track requires this kind of editing.
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I ended up purchasing [from the iTunes Store] 14 of the 40 tracks of the Citizen Penn Soundtrack, including the track that features Bono . . . . . Eden (To Find Love). I throw them into a playlist with a bunch of other music . . . . . and I enjoy them on my hikes in the Yellowstone wilderness.
On a separate note . . . . . concerning the 3 live versions of Gloria on the November 2021 Record Store Day/Black Friday 12-Inch Vinyl Record of Gloria [celebrating the 40th anniversary of its release] . . . . . it got me curious to see if there were any obvious differences in the way Gloria was played in 2005 and in 2015. If there was something appealing to me, then I want to add that live version of Gloria to my iTunes library.
Since one of the live Gloria tracks is from the Boston May 26, 2005 concert [of the Vertigo Tour] . . . . . I decided I would watch the performance of Gloria on my Vertigo 2005 Live From Chicago DVD set. I was shocked to see that Gloria is not on the DVD.
Since one of the other live Gloria tracks is from the London October 29, 2015 concert [of the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour] . . . . . I decided I would watch the performance of Gloria on my iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live In Paris DVD set. Again . . . . . I was shocked to see that Gloria is not on the DVD.
Based on researching my U2 DVD sets, I discovered . . . . . live performances of Gloria are only featured on 2 of the U2 DVD releases:
- Live At Red Rocks: Under A Blood Red Sky
- eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Live In Berlin
For me, the Red Rocks version of Gloria appears to be performed the same way as the one live audio file of Gloria that I have in my iTunes library [which is from London, December 6, 1982]. My audio file was imported from CD#2 of the October re-release and I love it.
For the Berlin version . . . . . . it appears to be performed a little slower, which I love. But then Bono does a few things that annoy me. During the second set of in te domine Gloria exultate lyics . . . . . . he stops singing and lets the crowd sing. What the fuck! I realize it's only for a few seconds, but his voice cuts out . . . . . and it just sounds incomplete.
And then later, while Edge and Adam are playing guitar . . . . . . Bono chimes in with the local Dublin neighborhood info about Edge, Adam and Larry. Yeah, it takes only a few seconds but . . . . . . it distracts from my enjoyment of hearing Edge and Adam playing their guitars. So I'm not going to extract Gloria from the Berlin DVD.
I don't expect to buy the November 2021 Record Store Day/Black Friday Gloria release because I don't collect vinyl records. Even if a record store in Idaho Falls, Idaho [90 minutes away from where I live] gets a copy, which I doubt, I wouldn't have a way to extract the audio from the vinyl record. I guess I can try to find a good audio file of Gloria [from 2005 or 2015] on the u2start website and download it. But this will take some time.
OK, 24 hours later . . . . . . after some time-consuming research . . . . . I finally downloaded [from u2start.com] a great live version of Gloria from the Saitama, Japan Dec 5 2019 concert. The recording sounds great. I love that this performance of Gloria is a little slower than the live versions from the 1980s. And Bono keeps his comments [during the song] to a minimum, which allows me to really enjoy the guitar playing. I have now added it to my iTunes library and I'm so happy.
Good luck to anyone searching for the November 2021 Record Store Day/Black Friday 12-Inch Vinyl Record of Gloria.