Thank you. It never dawned on me that U2 would have a message board. I guess that there is a board for everything.

Re: Vertigo by U2
 

Oh, I'm so glad I'm not the only one!

I had a good opinion of Bono and that commercial has managed to ruin it.

I just read somewhere that it's a reference to Steve Lillywhite producing their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 14th albums. I have no idea if that's factual information though.

lol I thought that at first, but--they didn't get paid for the ad and they are splitting the revenues with ipod on the U2 branded ipod.

And they will have their entire song catalog --over 400 songs--avail on Itunes at the end of this month for $149. That, IMO, is a great price and more bands should do this.

And Lillywhite is producing? Really? HOORAY! Loved U2s, 1st, 2nd, 3rd albums. LOVE all the DMB Lillywhites. OOOO this is good news.

Well that's interesting, except I'm pretty sure he's saying "uno, dos, tres."

But actually I did notice today when I heard it on the radio that he does say "unos" and not "uno." I have no clue what the meaning behind all this is though.

There's a great U2 website you might want to check out...it's called @U2, and it's the best one I've come across so far. :)

If that is factual information, that's the best explanation I've heard so far.

U2 gave a free concert near the Brooklyn Bridge last night, but I missed it. :(

I downloaded the album last night from I tunes.
IT IS AMAZING!!! Totally more like early U2, Boy, War, Joshua, etc. I LOVE IT!

yeah me too. I heard about it the night before on Live Journal and was SO mad I couldn't skip work for it. :( But it's still pretty cool to know they were here in our city!!!

From a NYTimes Article on Nov. 19:

A conversation with Bono inevitably takes broad leaps from personal memories to economic theories to music, the state of U2 and the state of the world. More as citations than as name-dropping, Bono mentioned his discussions with, among others, Ethiopia's prime minister; Wim Wenders's cinematographer; Beyoncé Knowles; Johnny Cash; and Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple Computer. Apple is manufacturing a black-and-red U2 iPod with the album stored on it, and later this month its iTunes Music Store is releasing "The Complete U2," a digital album of 400 songs, including 25 previously unreleased. To inaugurate the band's partnership with Apple, U2 and its song "Vertigo" appear in an iPod commercial for which, Bono said, the band was not paid.

"My idea of selling out is when you do naff things for money," he said, going on to define "naff" as very embarrassing. "That's subjective, but I think it's quite clear: don't embarrass your fans, they've given you a good life. Our audience are thrilled about the Apple thing. They can't believe their band has its own iPod.

"I have a very strong sense of survival," he added, "and I know that 'Vertigo' is not the biggest pop song in the world. I know that riff has to be hammered home to become a pop song. With the commercial, we had a rock video coming on during the baseball playoffs in a way a record company could not afford.'"