In an online interview, Bono [pictured] has revealed that Chris Martin called him up and gave him advice on what songs to release on U2's new album. The excerpt from the interview, courtesy of Rolling Stone magazine, goes a something a bit like this... [thanks Osaka Sun]
We have Songs of Ascent, which is the meditative work that was meant to complement No Line on the Horizon. We've got a rock album. We also have a club-sounding album. And then we have the Spider-Man [musical] stuff. Across those four, there are 25-30 songs. Now we have to decide how we go about releasing them? Do we release them in their groups? Chris Martin [of Coldplay] called me and said, "I hear you've got all these albums going. I have a great idea. Why not just pick the best songs from all of them and put them out now?" And I'm like, "Hmm . . . " [strokes his chin].
Because we don't think like that. It's a bit mad. In that sense, we're not as 21st Century as we think we are, because we'd be putting out more new songs online, involving our audience in the choice – if we were really modern. We're just sitting here arguing about them, except no one else knows about them. The people on the beach here probably know them, because we keep playing them, like we did last night [smiles].
Discussion on this is here at the Coldplay forum. If you're interested in U2 and what their latest music releases and tour entails, you can read the full interview here at Rolling Stone online.
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