June 25, 200718 yr U2.COM: MORE FROM MOROCCO June 24, 2007 U2.com has posted the second in what appears to be a series of articles based on U2's recording sessions in Morocco in late May and early June. The article is for subscribers only, but here are a few highlights and quotes. -Edge on why they went to Morocco: "The Festival of Sacred Music was a big lure for us and for Brian who has been very interested in Arabic music for years. We felt we might meet some interesting musicians while here – and we certainly have." -Eno on the uniqueness of Arabic music: "...in a typical pop song you will have 'A B A B A B C A B B' or something like that but in Arabic music you might have 'A B C F B G F' or something like that. Basically it just goes off, and what we've been doing here these past few days is enjoying things like that more and more, moving away from the simply cyclic way of writing things." -Eno on the influence of Arabic music on U2's sessions: "It is not a question of sounds so much but of different structural decisions about how things are made." -Edge is said to be "tuning a mandolin." -Bono is said to be reading Minds at War, "an anthology of First World War poetry."
June 26, 200718 yr Sounds really interesting. I can't see them repeating any of the 90's electro style of music, nor will they be doing anything like their past 2 albums. I can't wait to hear it :D
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