Comments on: U2 To Debut Its New Single In The Name Of Love http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 22:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Willy Foppiano http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-1092002 Willy Foppiano Fri, 07 May 2010 03:01:18 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-1092002 For a small site this website is by far the greatest resource given the topics mentioned. I regularly discover myself returning back and searching for far more things. Not really certain exactly where you come across all this info, but it's fantastic. Many thanks! For a small site this website is by far the greatest resource given the topics mentioned. I regularly discover myself returning back and searching for far more things. Not really certain exactly where you come across all this info, but it’s fantastic. Many thanks!

]]> By: Elmo Keep http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-824922 Elmo Keep Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:10:30 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-824922 <p>Is that the album tracklisting or a McSweeney's list?</p> Is that the album tracklisting or a McSweeney’s list?

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-824952 Anonymous Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:12:45 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-824952 <p>Cover art looks great. Nice minimalism used here.</p> Cover art looks great. Nice minimalism used here.

]]> By: Moff http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-824932 Moff Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:57:23 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-824932 <p>Snippets of "Get on Your Boots," if anyone's interested!</p> <p><a href="http://www.scribblescribblescribble.com/blog/2009/01/16/new-u2-single-get-on-your-boots-snippets-posted/">[www.scribblescribblescribble.com]</a></p> Snippets of “Get on Your Boots,” if anyone’s interested!

[www.scribblescribblescribble.com]

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-824942 Anonymous Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:33:10 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-824942 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love#c10109008">Plague</A>: Buy two; it's not a collector's item once you break the seal.</P> @Plague: Buy two; it’s not a collector’s item once you break the seal.

]]> By: baconfat http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-824962 baconfat Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:31:58 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-824962 <p>@<a href="#c10094135">dyfl</a>: The photograph used for the cover is not the one on the guy's landing page. You want to look <a href="http://www.caborian.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/sugimoto3.jpg">here.</a></p> @

: The photograph used for the cover is not the one on the guy’s landing page. You want to look here.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-824972 Anonymous Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:54:59 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-824972 <p>Add me as another big U2 fan who's less than impressed. I'm sure the actual music will be great, though.</p> Add me as another big U2 fan who’s less than impressed. I’m sure the actual music will be great, though.

]]> By: Plague http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-824982 Plague Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:03:23 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-824982 <p>The bars will be on a sticker on the shrinkwrap.<br> NOT on the art itself.</p> <p>As for why the song isn't going to be available for a while, it's iTunes and the instant grat/pre-sale BS...</p> The bars will be on a sticker on the shrinkwrap.
NOT on the art itself.

As for why the song isn’t going to be available for a while, it’s iTunes and the instant grat/pre-sale BS…

]]> By: Moff http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-824992 Moff Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:53:56 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-824992 <p>@<a href="#c10100609">perfectomix</a>: Yeah, I don't know now. It's definitely all over U2.com with the gray bars. Weird. Weird, weird, weird.</p> <p>I guess I'll get used to it, and then start to like it, and eventually find myself vehemently defending it, as is the case with all things U2-related.</p> @perfectomix: Yeah, I don’t know now. It’s definitely all over U2.com with the gray bars. Weird. Weird, weird, weird.

I guess I’ll get used to it, and then start to like it, and eventually find myself vehemently defending it, as is the case with all things U2-related.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825002 Anonymous Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:24:04 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825002 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love#c10097914">Moff</A>: Oh God, I hope you're right.</P> @Moff: Oh God, I hope you’re right.

]]> By: Cam/ron http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825012 Cam/ron Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:22:52 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825012 <P>It looks like the yellow "Social Equality" symbol that I often see on bumper stickers. It's a decent piece of minimalist design.</P> It looks like the yellow “Social Equality” symbol that I often see on bumper stickers. It’s a decent piece of minimalist design.

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825022 Chris Molanphy Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:20:13 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825022 <p>@<a href="#c10097914">Moff</a>: I figured the equals sign was them jumping on the Chris Martin "Make Trade Fair" bandwagon. I fully expect it to be on the finished cover.</p> @Moff: I figured the equals sign was them jumping on the Chris Martin “Make Trade Fair” bandwagon. I fully expect it to be on the finished cover.

]]> By: Moff http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825032 Moff Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:13:50 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825032 <p>@<a href="#c10095486">perfectomix</a>, <a href="#c10095663">Maura Johnston</a> & <a href="#c10095878">SAShepherd</a>: Wait, do you guys really think the gray bars will be on the finished product? Isn't that just where the band's name and the title will go, and they probably haven't decided on the font yet or something?</p> <p>(Sorry if I'm responding sincerely to snarkiness I missed. Talking about U2 just makes me feel so <i>earnest</i>.)</p> @perfectomix, Maura Johnston & SAShepherd: Wait, do you guys really think the gray bars will be on the finished product? Isn’t that just where the band’s name and the title will go, and they probably haven’t decided on the font yet or something?

(Sorry if I’m responding sincerely to snarkiness I missed. Talking about U2 just makes me feel so earnest.)

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825042 Maura Johnston Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:56:05 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825042 <p>@<a href="#c10097155">Chris Molanphy</a>: hahaha</p> @Chris Molanphy: hahaha

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825052 Chris Molanphy Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:51:34 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825052 <p>I think I'll write a song about the new U2 single being debuted to the world early in the morning on MLK Day.</p> <p>But, just because it'll make the meter sound better, I'll write, "Late afternoon, Jan Nineteen/Song rings out in a Dublin sky-y."</p> I think I’ll write a song about the new U2 single being debuted to the world early in the morning on MLK Day.

But, just because it’ll make the meter sound better, I’ll write, “Late afternoon, Jan Nineteen/Song rings out in a Dublin sky-y.”

]]> By: Ned Raggett http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825062 Ned Raggett Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:40:30 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825062 <p>Perhaps the noncolor scheme is to make it easier on our eyes, as he didn't want to BUG us.</p> Perhaps the noncolor scheme is to make it easier on our eyes, as he didn’t want to BUG us.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825072 Anonymous Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:38:06 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825072 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love#c10095663">Maura Johnston</A>: OK, so I guess Bono IS excited about Obama's rise to power, cuz if you turn it 90 degrees counterclockwise, we get a color shift from the pale (Bush=old white dude) to a more multicultural hue, and the pause button means we should stop to savor this wonderful moment. Hmm. They're clearly getting all playful and postmodern again. :|</P> <P>BTW, I'm sure the lack of color will be rectified in 2010's Super-Deluxe-Collector's-Edition-That's-Cooler-Than-The-First-Five-Frickin'-Versions-Of-This-Damn-Thing, which will include a Lite Brite compatible cover. (First 500 copies to be bundled with a fly-shades-equipped Mr. Potato Head)</P> @Maura Johnston: OK, so I guess Bono IS excited about Obama’s rise to power, cuz if you turn it 90 degrees counterclockwise, we get a color shift from the pale (Bush=old white dude) to a more multicultural hue, and the pause button means we should stop to savor this wonderful moment. Hmm. They’re clearly getting all playful and postmodern again. :|

BTW, I’m sure the lack of color will be rectified in 2010′s Super-Deluxe-Collector’s-Edition-That’s-Cooler-Than-The-First-Five-Frickin’-Versions-Of-This-Damn-Thing, which will include a Lite Brite compatible cover. (First 500 copies to be bundled with a fly-shades-equipped Mr. Potato Head)

]]> By: SAShepherd http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825082 SAShepherd Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:14:25 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825082 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love#c10095663">Maura Johnston</A>: Ha!</P> <P>Makes you wonder how many will be turned upside down on the few shelves left?</P> <P>I'm with perfectomix -- I'm a big U2 fan, but that cover (the equal sign specifically) is just ugly.</P> @Maura Johnston: Ha!

Makes you wonder how many will be turned upside down on the few shelves left?

I’m with perfectomix — I’m a big U2 fan, but that cover (the equal sign specifically) is just ugly.

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825092 Maura Johnston Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:07:13 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825092 <p>@<a href="#c10095486">perfectomix</a>: if you turn it 90 degrees, it becomes a pause button?</p> @perfectomix: if you turn it 90 degrees, it becomes a pause button?

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5132867/u2-to-debut-its-new-single-in-the-name-of-love/comment-page-1#comment-825102 Anonymous Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:01:27 +0000 http://fed6897f52b6dbc3f643f916467768d8#comment-825102 <P>Wow. I'm a huge U2 fan, but that's one of the worst album covers I've ever seen.</P> <P>"Hey, let's take a not-too-bad photograph and stick a giant equals sign on top of it!" *</P> <P>At least they had the smarts to keep their name off it, so casual shoppers won't know who to blame when they see it on a shelf...</P> <P>*(Speaking of which...what the hell am I supposed to make of an equals sign that's just sitting there all alone? Nothing equals nothing? Ooo! I know! It's a sly reference to that classic Who lyric "Meet the new boss / Same as the old boss" ... so I guess Bono's not as jazzed about Obama as it seems?)</P> Wow. I’m a huge U2 fan, but that’s one of the worst album covers I’ve ever seen.

“Hey, let’s take a not-too-bad photograph and stick a giant equals sign on top of it!” *

At least they had the smarts to keep their name off it, so casual shoppers won’t know who to blame when they see it on a shelf…

*(Speaking of which…what the hell am I supposed to make of an equals sign that’s just sitting there all alone? Nothing equals nothing? Ooo! I know! It’s a sly reference to that classic Who lyric “Meet the new boss / Same as the old boss” … so I guess Bono’s not as jazzed about Obama as it seems?)

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