this is not "No Line on the Horizon" by U2

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01 No Line on the Horizon - Curt1s
02 Magnificent - m bison
03 Moment of Surrender - HI DERE
04 Unknown Caller - 6335
05 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - AleXTC
06 Get on Your Boots - snoball
07 Stand Up Comedy - n/a
08 Fez - Being Born- TOMBOT
09 White as Snow - Elvis Telecom
10 Breathe - nabisco
11 Cedars of Lebanon - omar little/ned raggett/edward iii

download here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/krjbh4

it would be awesome if various music people on this board would each claim one of these song titles, then write and record a song with that title, then put a link to it on this board. the songs don't have to sound like U2 or have anything to do with U2 at all. the u2 album comes out march 3, if we could get this all done before then, it would be awesome. anyone interested?

YES. dl'ing now

hang on so is 6335 actually MES or a very good impressionist

lol I just put this in my Facebook status

I do hope someone's done some 'Donk'.

hah, i thought it was a pretty bad MES impression, but thanks

03 Moment of Surrender - HI DERE

this is dope

DLing now.

E, thanks!

Elvis Telecom's drugged-out slow burner is really fucking great. It reminds me of Robyn's "With Every Heartbeat" on Quaaludes.

6335 -- It made me think of Iggy, actually! That track is terrific.

aw thanks nabisco <3

Thanks Dan!

Are any of these tracks streaming anywhere? I don't want to download a whole album at work.

Also, someone should mention the album here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2's_twelfth_studio_album

I don't want to download a whole album at work.

Screw it, I'm downloading it anyway.

lol

Edward III is working on a streaming version; I presume he'll post a link here once he's done with it.

diggin 'white as snow'

elvis telecom is ILX's resident dronepop heavengaze specialist, damn right he's delivered ;)

Also posted on my blog (w/Rapidshare link) here:
http://www.quartzcity.net/2009/03/02/no-line-on-the-horizon-preinterpreted/

"White As Snow" is fab!

Also:

http://digg.com/music/No_Line_On_The_Horizon_preinterpreted

kudos to all involved

Serious kudos to all involved, listening now. Snoball's GOYB sounds like some mid eighties Residents nightmare track meets early Rough Trade, grrreat!

For some reason, that was the straw on the camel's back that got me to register for Digg. It has been Dugg.

Snoball's GOYB sounds like some mid eighties Residents nightmare track meets early Rough Trade, grrreat!

Utterly brilliant. I'm reminded of the song used in the "Private Enterprise" episode of The Comic Strip.

Will DL this tonite when I get home.

BTW this reminds me: are we doing a general ILX comp this year? Cuz I finally have my shit together music wise and want in.

streaming version here:

http://fairtilizer.com/playlists/12270

here is embed code if you want to add the player to yr lolblog

<iframe name="fairplayer" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" width="220" height="380" src="http://fairtilizer.com/playlist/12270?fairplayer=large";;></iframe>

Listening to it again, and I'm impressed at how well it all flows together (think someone mentioned something similar on the other thread, but I just wanted to agree). There aren't really any jarring stylistic changes. ILX hive mind strikes again!

Lovely!

ok, this is the most ridiculously awesome thing ever. especially 'magnificent' and 'stand up comedy'. well done talented ilxers.

This really is, like, genuinely amazing, all the way through, on various different levels

Hats off to everyone. I promise to remember to nominate this for the year end polls in 10 months or so.

"Breathe" is hilarious

falsetto guitar entry and "oh coz it's too late tonight to forget to breathe" = real genuine IRL lolz

I love the off-the-rails mad scientist feel of "Get On Your Boots"! "Breathe" is really funny, too. I keep wondering if "White As Snow" was meant to sound like U2 because instrumentally it really does, or at least like they sounded back when I used to like them!

So good!

YSI?

(LOL)

DLing now and already kicking myself for not joining in when I first saw the IMM thread, but more than that I am excited!

This really is, like, genuinely amazing, all the way through, on various different levels

― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Monday, March 2, 2009 6:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

excellent work all around guys!!

NO ESTEBAN BUTTEZ, NO CREDIBILITY

looooool <3 <3 <3 errybudy

Waiting for a Flac rip to get it !

awesome from the first moment

This is very cool.

here's the funny thing - if the above were a link to the actual U2 album i'd have no interest whatsoever. because it's y'all, i'm DLing it now - will report back!

btw

http://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/81q5e/u2s_no_line_on_the_horizon_preinterpreted/

nice job y'all. m bison and alextc in particular killed it, imo.

was listening to it again this morning and was struck by how thematically cohesive it is - internet age referendum / reflection on fame, pop music, social justice, stunna shades. maybe that's what makes it seem more aurally cohesive, the riffing on topic?

also wanna give a shoutout to "stand up comedy", the chewy off-center center of our tootsie roll pop clusterfuck

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/kudos.gif

this is what i get for posting the sendspace link to this masterpiece on my blog:

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Affected URLs:

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I once got that same message for my blog. But nothing since then.

this is what i get for posting the sendspace link to this masterpiece on my blog:

All the more reason to send something indignant to some site like Boing Boing who make a living of getting bent out of shape about the DCMA

^^

The send space link in the first post no longer works. The streaming version is up. I've enjoyed "Unknown Caller" the most.

There's a Rapidshare link on my blog
http://www.quartzcity.net/2009/03/02/no-line-on-the-horizon-preinterpreted/

I uploaded a new version to mediafire. this one has 320kbs versions of the "magnificent", "moment of surrender", "get on yr boots", and "white as snow".

http://www.mediafire.com/?mkjcx2mmyln

hey guys,
sorry I didn't answer last week, especially about the 320kb versions, but I was on holidays without an internet access (yeah, that still exists in 2009...).
So I just got to discover our album a couple days ago and I love it !
I agree with everything that's been said, especially how surprisingly cohesive it is.
So far, my favorite track might be "stand up comedy" but the whole thing is great (also the kanye/autotune part on "magnificent" kills me everytime).
It's an honour to be a part of this !
I haven't listened to the U2 one yet (and wonder if I will) but there's no way it can be as great as this !

http://www.go-quick.com/NoLine.html

Nice page. (OK, if I say so myself...)

hey alextc, if you get a chance, send me a 320kbs version of yr song and I will add it to the fairtilizer stream

ok, I will send it "tonight" (on the melody of "if I don't go crazy" !).
could you just give me your e-mail address, please (I don't remember if it's somewhere on this or the other thread) ?

edward dot thurd at gmail

thx

someone dl'ed Superhuman Troglodyte vs. the Spanish Nun feat. Ned Raggett's "Cedars of Lebanon" from me on slsk last night

probably some ned completist/groupie/stalker

Yay oh wait.

Elvis Telecom's drugged-out slow burner is really fucking great. It reminds me of Robyn's "With Every Heartbeat" on Quaaludes.

OTM. Really awesome

enjoying this (even the dodgy vocals here and there) bless all you talented sorts

Tombot's is v Orby

you all do understand that ILX is pretty much mandated to subject the forthcoming Limp Bizkit joint to the same treatment, right?

Sign me up!

definitely up for joining in on this one. please say it's a double album lol.

there's a chance it'd get d/l'ded more than the original though...

Edward, I've sent you the 320kb version.

thanks, got the link, will grab the file tonight

someone dl'ed Superhuman Troglodyte vs. the Spanish Nun feat. Ned Raggett's "Cedars of Lebanon" from me on slsk last night

lol caveat dl'or

320kbs version of AleXTC's "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" is available at fairtilizer for streaming or download now

http://fairtilizer.com/playlists/12270

ive only just now listened to this

O_O

Oh good.

best album of the year

ok biggest lol @ "ohhhh don't forget to RECYCLE"

Co-incidentally I had a dream about U2 last night. We were standing on a beach, and they were showing me the lyrics sheet that was going to be included with the next album. But it was printed on a rubber bedsheet.

guys i think i might have found a way to get this into the hands of u2 themselves

I think that would be a great idea. Even if it's unlikely that Bono will listen to it and suddenly jump up wailing "oh no! I've been a pompous buffoon all these years!"

they were showing me the lyrics sheet that was going to be included with the next album. But it was printed on a rubber bedsheet.

― snoball, Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:10 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest

LOLOLOLOLOL

A friend of mine will make a homemade video for my contribution during our holidays in May : youtube, here we come !

guys i think i might have found a way to get this into the hands of u2 themselves

― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Sunday, 29 March 2009 11:11 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Now I am TOTALY JEALOUS I didn't geet my contrib in in time.

c

(xpost) if your track is done now, you could link to it and it can be released on the Super Deluxe Cash-in Collector's Edition...

ghost track !

^^^ lol
also in 20 years we can all be interviewed for an episode of "Classic Albums"

each one of us interviewed seating in front of his cpu.
in hawaian shirt.

Snoball's GOYB sounds like some mid eighties Residents nightmare track meets early Rough Trade, grrreat!

Holy shit MaresNest yr close but it's Ata Tak Ron Johnson! Laughing head off from AWE here + I shall buy your first album if it exists snoball.

Best song named "Get On Your Boots" EVER!

so this holds up, it does

has it rly been a year etc etc

this is excellent, well done everyone

ah, good memories !
so there's no album worth doing it again in the pipe ?

It's a very individual situation.

Oasis are gorn, all the other bands that might have qualified for this kind of 'tribute' are not exactly superpremier league anymore (Stones, REM) and no-one else 'winds up' the select few like U2.

Or Coldplay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Line_on_the_Horizon#Songs_of_Ascent

Supposedly an album of tracks discarded from NLotH. Also according to some rumours it has a reggae theme!

haha get to work ilxorz!

There's a partial and totally speculative tracklisting here, but it's not enough to go on. Also half of the tracks they list are out-takes from "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", so probably won't be on "Songs of Ascent" anyway. The only confirmed song is "Every Breaking Wave".

Bono indicated that he had become "tired of [writing in] the first-person"

end of the world.

ah, good memories !
so there's no album worth doing it again in the pipe ?

― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 11 June 2010 11:27 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

vote The Suburbs

the next Strokes album could be a candidate

Defintely the new Arcade Fire album, although preferrably the joke tracklisting that was floating around. In fact, I volunteer to be the midwife that brings Neighborhood #5 (Hockey) kicking and screaming into the world.