Damien on Achtung Baby Covers Album

Joyful · 09-10-2011, 12:19 AM

From the news page of EF...

Bono disclosed that Damien is one of a number of great artists to be included on an Achtung Baby covers album commissioned by Q magazine.

Damien has recorded U2’s “One” for the album, which will be made available to mark the 20th anniversary of Achtung Baby’s release.

Other artists on the album include Depeche Mode, Patti Smith and Jack White.

I think that "one" is the perfect song for Damien to cover. I think that he sang part of it at one of the more recent Christmas eve busking nights. No?

borneoman · 09-10-2011, 06:55 AM

great news, cannot wait!!!!!

yes, he did One during the Xmas busking... I remember he knew the lyrics better than Bono

borneoman · 09-10-2011, 12:58 PM

more info from NME.com:

Jack White, Depeche Mode, Patti Smith and Damien Rice have been lined up to cover U2 on a 20th anniversary tribute to the Irish band's 1991 LP 'Achtung Baby'.

The quartet have covered 'Love Is Blindness', 'So Cruel', 'Until The End Of The World' and 'One' respectively on the album, which has been commissioned by Q magazine.

Frontman Bono revealed details of the LP during a press conference to promote new U2 documentary From The Sky Down', which is opening the Toronto International Film Festival.

Joyful · 09-10-2011, 01:27 PM

^^ Yes, I remember that too. Bono was fumbling and Damien corrected him.

verenita · 09-10-2011, 02:41 PM

^lol i remember that too

i read that bono also says that damien is one of his favourite artist of the new generation (?).

cool news. thanks joy. i think that "one" is a perfect song for damien too.

according to an articule i just read, the album would be release on october 31th.

Rai · 09-11-2011, 09:46 AM

The Fly would have been a much ballsier choice. I guess he wants to stay in his comfort zone.

borneoman · 09-11-2011, 11:45 AM

^probably Bono decided who was covering what

and I guess this is not a proper release but one of those CDs that Q give away for free every now and then??

Rai · 09-11-2011, 11:54 AM

^In that case, Bono would be covering all songs :P

borneoman · 09-11-2011, 12:12 PM

^haha very true

verenita · 09-11-2011, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rai

The Fly would have been a much ballsier choice. I guess he wants to stay in his comfort zone.

i do not think so, but you´re probably right... maybe it´s the song damien likes the most... or you´re probably right again

verenita · 10-10-2011, 09:32 AM

here´s the songs covered list:
'Zoo Station' (Nine Inch Nails), 'Even Better Than The Real Thing (U2, Jacques Lu Cont Mix), 'One' (Damien Rice), 'Until the End of the World' (Patti Smith), 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' (Garbage), So Cruel' (Depeche Mode), Ya en la cara b, 'The Fly' (Gavin Friday), 'Misterious Ways' (Snow Patrol), 'Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World' (The Fray), 'Ultraviolet' (The Killers), 'Acrobat' (Glasvegas), 'Love is Blindness' (Jack White).

cmigliaccio · 10-10-2011, 07:39 PM

Pretty cool honor that Damien got easily the biggest song off that album. Looking forward to hearing this.

verenita · 10-11-2011, 12:04 AM

borneoman · 10-11-2011, 10:33 AM

so do we know when this is out??? is it properly released or a freebie with Q???

verenita · 10-11-2011, 10:59 AM

Quote:

"Q is proud to announce our next issue, out on 25 October, will come with a unique new album, based around the work of U2."

You can pre-order your copy of our next issue from Greatmagazines.co.uk/QU2. The link will go live soon.

more details: http://news.qthemusic.com/2011/10/q_..._of_u2s_a.html

dawno · 10-11-2011, 11:46 PM

you can hear Damo's cover of One here for the next 7 days...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0156mrx

in my excitement to share, i posted something that i probably shouldn't have...have removed it, but this link is ok!

verenita · 10-12-2011, 12:09 AM

i´m not sure if we can share this kind of information (since it hasn´t been officially released yet), but thanks

and i will listen to it, to be honest

dawno · 10-12-2011, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verenita

i´m not sure if we can share this kind of information (since it hasn´t been officially released yet), but thanks

and i will listen to it, to be honest

You're right Vere, I took it down and off my FB page too... but the new BBC link is good for 7 days.

verenita · 10-12-2011, 12:15 AM

as i said, i´m listening (didn´t download it though) and i love it too

so delicate... i was thinking of buying the magazine/cd... now, i will for sure (i´d like to hear snow patrol cover too).

dawno · 10-12-2011, 12:19 AM

i always intended to buy the magazine since I'm a bit of a U2 collector

i heard the Jack White cover today which was, IMHO, just awful, even though I am a big fan of a great deal of his music.

Looking forward to the Depeche Mode cover as well.

borneoman · 10-12-2011, 07:52 AM

wowowowowowow just listened... goosebumps!!!!!! what an amazing version, so quiet, so beautiful!!! this is really the anti-Mary J Blige version

Roberta · 10-12-2011, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by borneoman

what an amazing version, so quiet, so beautiful!!! this is really the anti-Mary J Blige version

that's exactly what I thought too

eva_arg · 10-12-2011, 08:19 PM

it's featured today on the RS Argentina website as something like "the track of the day"
http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/14140...-%E2%80%93-one

Mort · 10-12-2011, 09:32 PM

The cover of 'One' is awesome! By the way, who is the backing vocalist? It sounds like Lisa to me - if it's her, it's surprising.

ElephantMan · 10-12-2011, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by borneoman

great news, cannot wait!!!!!

yes, he did One during the Xmas busking... I remember he knew the lyrics better than Bono

it's on all over youtube FWIW...rather boring i'd say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFJDWGrGKjA

verenita · 10-12-2011, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eva_arg

it's featured today on the RS Argentina website as something like "the track of the day"
http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/14140...-%E2%80%93-one

i read that and i got

so, is it an official launch of the song or is everybody doing the wrong thing? i just wonder...

verenita · 10-12-2011, 11:00 PM

who is the female doing backing vocals? is it vyv? since there´s a cello, it occurs to me that it might be her.

borneoman · 10-13-2011, 06:10 AM

it's probably that Julia

verenita · 10-13-2011, 08:27 AM

i thought of her too... well, we will know it eventually, he.

verenita · 10-13-2011, 12:18 PM

i haven´t noticed that damien changed the lyrics. he made it "self-referential" (by saying "i" insted of "you" all the time). i wonder why...

09-10-2011, 12:19 AM	#1
Joyful Eskimama Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,276	Damien on Achtung Baby Covers Album From the news page of EF... Bono disclosed that Damien is one of a number of great artists to be included on an Achtung Baby covers album commissioned by Q magazine. Damien has recorded U2’s “One” for the album, which will be made available to mark the 20th anniversary of Achtung Baby’s release. Other artists on the album include Depeche Mode, Patti Smith and Jack White. I think that "one" is the perfect song for Damien to cover. I think that he sang part of it at one of the more recent Christmas eve busking nights. No? __________________ "It's not perfect, but it's mine."

09-10-2011, 06:55 AM	#2
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	great news, cannot wait!!!!! yes, he did One during the Xmas busking... I remember he knew the lyrics better than Bono __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

09-10-2011, 12:58 PM	#3
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	more info from NME.com: Jack White, Depeche Mode, Patti Smith and Damien Rice have been lined up to cover U2 on a 20th anniversary tribute to the Irish band's 1991 LP 'Achtung Baby'. The quartet have covered 'Love Is Blindness', 'So Cruel', 'Until The End Of The World' and 'One' respectively on the album, which has been commissioned by Q magazine. Frontman Bono revealed details of the LP during a press conference to promote new U2 documentary From The Sky Down', which is opening the Toronto International Film Festival. __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

09-10-2011, 01:27 PM	#4
Joyful Eskimama Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,276	^^ Yes, I remember that too. Bono was fumbling and Damien corrected him. __________________ "It's not perfect, but it's mine."

09-10-2011, 02:41 PM	#5
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	^lol i remember that too i read that bono also says that damien is one of his favourite artist of the new generation (?). cool news. thanks joy. i think that "one" is a perfect song for damien too. according to an articule i just read, the album would be release on october 31th. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."] Last edited by verenita; 09-10-2011 at 02:43 PM.

09-11-2011, 09:46 AM	#6
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	The Fly would have been a much ballsier choice. I guess he wants to stay in his comfort zone. __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

09-11-2011, 11:45 AM	#7
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	^probably Bono decided who was covering what and I guess this is not a proper release but one of those CDs that Q give away for free every now and then?? __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

09-11-2011, 11:54 AM	#8
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	^In that case, Bono would be covering all songs :P __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

09-11-2011, 12:12 PM	#9
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	^haha very true __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

10-10-2011, 09:32 AM	#11
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	here´s the songs covered list: 'Zoo Station' (Nine Inch Nails), 'Even Better Than The Real Thing (U2, Jacques Lu Cont Mix), 'One' (Damien Rice), 'Until the End of the World' (Patti Smith), 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' (Garbage), So Cruel' (Depeche Mode), Ya en la cara b, 'The Fly' (Gavin Friday), 'Misterious Ways' (Snow Patrol), 'Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World' (The Fray), 'Ultraviolet' (The Killers), 'Acrobat' (Glasvegas), 'Love is Blindness' (Jack White). __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-10-2011, 07:39 PM	#12
cmigliaccio Eskimo Regular Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 127	Pretty cool honor that Damien got easily the biggest song off that album. Looking forward to hearing this.

10-11-2011, 12:04 AM	#13
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	__________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-11-2011, 10:33 AM	#14
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	so do we know when this is out??? is it properly released or a freebie with Q??? __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

10-11-2011, 11:46 PM	#16
dawno just mildly free Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: metro nyc Posts: 769	you can hear Damo's cover of One here for the next 7 days... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0156mrx in my excitement to share, i posted something that i probably shouldn't have...have removed it, but this link is ok! Last edited by dawno; 10-12-2011 at 12:12 AM.

10-12-2011, 12:09 AM	#17
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i´m not sure if we can share this kind of information (since it hasn´t been officially released yet), but thanks and i will listen to it, to be honest __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-12-2011, 12:15 AM	#19
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	as i said, i´m listening (didn´t download it though) and i love it too so delicate... i was thinking of buying the magazine/cd... now, i will for sure (i´d like to hear snow patrol cover too). __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-12-2011, 12:19 AM	#20
dawno just mildly free Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: metro nyc Posts: 769	i always intended to buy the magazine since I'm a bit of a U2 collector i heard the Jack White cover today which was, IMHO, just awful, even though I am a big fan of a great deal of his music. Looking forward to the Depeche Mode cover as well.

10-12-2011, 07:52 AM	#21
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	wowowowowowow just listened... goosebumps!!!!!! what an amazing version, so quiet, so beautiful!!! this is really the anti-Mary J Blige version __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

10-12-2011, 08:19 PM	#23
eva_arg Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Argentina Posts: 1,795	it's featured today on the RS Argentina website as something like "the track of the day" http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/14140...-%E2%80%93-one __________________

10-12-2011, 09:32 PM	#24
Mort Czech Eskimo Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 209	The cover of 'One' is awesome! By the way, who is the backing vocalist? It sounds like Lisa to me - if it's her, it's surprising. __________________ Marta Berlin 15/3/07, Dresden 22/7/07, Prague 10/7/12. last.fm

10-12-2011, 11:00 PM	#27
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	who is the female doing backing vocals? is it vyv? since there´s a cello, it occurs to me that it might be her. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-13-2011, 06:10 AM	#28
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	it's probably that Julia __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

10-13-2011, 08:27 AM	#29
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i thought of her too... well, we will know it eventually, he. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

10-13-2011, 12:18 PM	#30
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i haven´t noticed that damien changed the lyrics. he made it "self-referential" (by saying "i" insted of "you" all the time). i wonder why... __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]