They're getting ready to world premiere U2's new song on Irish radio - if you want to listen

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

go here:
http://www.2fm.ie/2fm/

supposed to come on at 5 or 10 minutes after the hour

and if you missed it, you can go to the band's site, where they'll be streaming it shortly after
here;
http://goyb.u2.com/

[Common Sense Party]

1. Is Larry playing the bongos?

It's very different. This may take some getting used to.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

2. definitely a change in direction

supposedly Brian Eno helped them bring back the experimentation for this album

I think this one's going to grow on me

[Common Sense Party]

3. I expect it will for me, too.

But I, for one, do not want a return to the Zooropa/Pop type of experimentation.

I'm waiting until this comes out to use my Christmas iTunes gift card.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. I'm just the opposite

that's my favorite era of the band

you might like this one more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lY7UnL4wqw
skip to the four-minute mark and you'll hear a brief bit of another new song, said to be titled "Breathe"
A bit more classic-sounding.

[Common Sense Party]

5. Ugh. I stopped listening to them and to R.E.M. right around that time.

I could not stand what U2 was up to on the whole ZooTV stuff.

They redeemed themselves at All That You Can't etc.

I still haven't gotten any R.E.M. since Automatic for the People.

To each our own, eh?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

6. you might like the newest REM album

it feels closer to their 80s stuff than their last several CDs worth of stuff

[SoxFan]

8. A wish REM would go back to their jangle roots

The Chronic Town/Murmur/Reckoning/Fables of the Reconstruction run was remarkable. Scott Litt made a mess by trying to make them more radio friendly.

[SoxFan]

7. Oh, shit, not Eno

Every time he shows up, one of the all-time great rock bands degenerates into Bono's Eurotrash Poseur Posse.