‘Brian Eno would like to talk about this’
New on U2.com (subscribers only), a video of Gavin Friday explaining what the symbols on U2′s whiteboard mean. Friday, as U2 fans will know, is the band’s preferred ‘midwife’, and helped deliver U2′s new baby via caesarian.
We’re amused by the note on ‘Moment of Surrender’ at the top of the board. It reads ‘Brian would like to talk about this’. From what we’ve heard, Eno – not a fan of brevity, perhaps – fought for a 9-minute version of the mix, instead of the 7’12″ version the band preferred. That might be what the note referred to.
Daily U2 News Digest for 2008-12-23
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8:40pm | U2 – Los Angeles Times |
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3:57am | How U2′s $25 Million Payday from Live Nation Will Affect the Company – Seeking Alpha |
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4:49am | Planetarium light show features music of U2 – Carson Times |
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6:52am | U2′s Bono invests £100m in Palm smartphones – Telegraph.co.uk |
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9:17am | Bookmarked a link on Delicious. |
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11:07am | A Christmas Special for U2.Com Subscribers – U2 France |
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12:01pm | Posted a tweet on Twitter.
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12:03pm | U2′s album oblivious to downturn, arriving in five big versions – Prefixmag |
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3:52pm | Last-minute gifts? Give ’em Cash, Elton, U2 – Oshkosh Northwestern |
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4:23pm | U2 To Release Deluxe Versions of New Album – Exclaim! |
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4:28pm | New U2 album due in March – SheKnows.com |
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5:46pm | Arts, Briefly Springsteen and U2 Deliver Even More Cds – New York Times |
New searchable Windows in the Skies video
Remember the all star Window in the skies promo? We had a go at listing all the artists featured in it, but for a definitive answer you can now find out from the video’s creators, Boston’s Modernista agency, themselves.
U2.com have posted (subscribers only) a version of the Windows in the Skies video that is searchable on subtitles and lyrics. This way you can search on performer and be taken to his or hers cameo in the clip, or type in part of the lyric and be shown the artist that goes with it. Cool!
You’ll also see this searchable version is different from the one we posted about back when it was first released. It’s got different Bowie footage.
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