The Edge: ‘It’s totally frantic’

Q magazine talks to – a very busy – The Edge about U2’s new album. The guitarist sheds some light on the album’s sound and confirms some of the song titles that have floated around the web for some time.

“‘We wanted to give it some variety. There is some dark, heavy stuff but there are also some lighter things. Some we’ve really had to sweat to get and some just came so easily.” Work-in-progress highlights include “f—k-off live rocker” “Breathe”; “For Your Love,” which Edge says is one of his best-ever riffs; and the aforementioned “Get On Your Boots” (“Eddie Cochran with barbershop harmonies”). Other notable tracks include the eight-minute-long “Moment Of Surrender” and “No Line On The Horizon,” inspired by a distortion box called Death By Audio recommended by ex-Secret Machines guitarist Ben Curtis.”

The article suggests the band is still unsure whether to release the album pre- or post Christmas.

Read the full story at U2france.com.

18 thoughts on “The Edge: ‘It’s totally frantic’”

  1. That article is months old…..doesn’t anyone realize that information placed in current magazines is at least two months old??….if you want current Sept 2nd news in a magazine you have to buy November’s edition or speak directly to the source…in this case,The Edge…he’ll be appearing at the Toronto Film Festival this Friday for the film he’s in with Jimmy Page and Jack White called “It might Get Loud”….maybe someone can as they say “bend his ear” and tell him the U2 fans don’t want the band overdeliberating about whether they should drop songs and overproduce the new album….like they did with the last one.

  2. That article is months old…..doesn’t anyone realize that information placed in current magazines is at least two months old??….if you want current Sept 2nd news in a magazine you have to buy November’s edition or speak directly to the source…in this case,The Edge…he’ll be appearing at the Toronto Film Festival this Friday for the film he’s in with Jimmy Page and Jack White called “It might Get Loud”….maybe someone can as they say “bend his ear” and tell him the U2 fans don’t want the band overdeliberating about whether they should drop songs and overproduce the new album….like they did with the last one.

  3. I very much agree, I pointed this out somewhere else already, plus, f*** off live rocker was edge’s description for a song’s mood/style, not the song title itself, Q didn’t get that quite right.

    but let’s wait and see. I also hope for a pre christmas release, for the same reasons pointed out above. If they are not able to make a quick record, they should at least settle with sth. like “half quick” or so…

  4. I very much agree, I pointed this out somewhere else already, plus, f*** off live rocker was edge’s description for a song’s mood/style, not the song title itself, Q didn’t get that quite right.

    but let’s wait and see. I also hope for a pre christmas release, for the same reasons pointed out above. If they are not able to make a quick record, they should at least settle with sth. like “half quick” or so…

  7. I really hope that it’s out in November. I’ve been looking forward to it for such a long time. Somebody ask Edge or someone else who knows if they are still undecided about the release date! This interview really is not very recent, so things could be decided by now.

    At least we have some more titles to analyze. 😉

  8. I really hope that it’s out in November. I’ve been looking forward to it for such a long time. Somebody ask Edge or someone else who knows if they are still undecided about the release date! This interview really is not very recent, so things could be decided by now.

    At least we have some more titles to analyze. 😉

  17. I’d heard. Unfortunately, I can’t always publish what I hear until there’s some official confirmation.

  18. I’d heard. Unfortunately, I can’t always publish what I hear until there’s some official confirmation.

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