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In early December, rollingstone.com‘s Brian Hiatt traveled to London to visit U2 in the studio as Bono and Co. worked on their upcoming “No Line on the Horizon” project. During his time in London he got them to break down and explain the meaning behind every song on this new project that will be in stores in March.
“Get On Your Boots”
The likely first single, this blazing, fuzzed-out rocker picks up where “Vertigo” left off. The Edge recalls…
It started just with me playing and Larry drumming. And we took it from there.
“Stand Up Comedy”
Another hard rock tune, powered by an unexpectedly slinky groove and a riff that lands between the Beatles’ “Come Together” and Led Zep’s “Heartbreaker.” Edge recently hung out with Jimmy Page and Jack White for the upcoming documentary “It Might Get Loud”, and their penchant for blues-based rock rubbed off. Edge wnet on to say…
I was just fascinated with seeing how Jimmy played those riffs so simply, and with Jack as well.
“Crazy Tonight”
Bono said..
It’s kind of like this album’s ‘Beautiful Day’ — it has that kind of joy to it. With the refrain “I know I’ll go crazy/If I don’t go crazy tonight, it’s the band’s most unabashed pop tune since “Sweetest Thing.
“Unknown Caller”
This midtempo track could have fit on “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.” Edge explains it this way…
The idea is that the narrator is in an altered state, and his phone starts talking to him.
“Tripoli”
This strikingly experimental song lurches between disparate styles, including near-operatic choral music, Zooropa-style electronics, and churning arena rock.
“Cedars of Lebanon”
Bono says…
On this album, you can feel what is going on in the world at the window, scratching at the windowpane.
He sings this atmospheric ballad from the point of view of a war correspondent.
“Magnificent”
Bono roars on what sounds like an instant U2 anthem.
Only love can leave such a mark.
Will.i.am has already done what Bono calls “the most extraordinary” remix of this tune.
“Moment of Surrender”
This seven-minute-long track is one of the album’s most ambitious, merging a Joshua Tree-style gospel feel with a hypnotically loping bass line and a syncopated beat.
“Every Breaking Wave”
A swelling soul-pop song, with bright synth sounds influenced by OMD. Bono said…
Early electronica. You don’t hear indie bands doing blue-eyed soul [like this].
“No Line on the Horizon”
The title track’s relentless groove began as a group improvisation. The Edge said…
It’s very raw and very to the point.It’s like rock & roll 2009.
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