Talk:Boy (album)
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[edit] Live songs
"Interestingly, this is the only U2 album from which every song (as well as every B-side) has been performed live at least once." Isn't that always the case with debut albums? /Hugoflug 18:45, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, I guess it isn't that extrordinary from that perspective, but it's unique among U2 albums with that distinction, so I think it's worth a mention. --typhoon 20:30, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
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- Well, the fact that U2 had been touring prior to the release of their debut album and played other non-album songs (11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Another Day, Boy/Girl, Inside Out, Father Is an Elephant, etc.), I also think it's worth mentioning.
[edit] Bono quote
There's a Bono quote where he says something like, "Most rock albums are about losing your virginity, but Boy is about your virginity." I don't remember where I read or heard it (might've been on one of the DVDs?). Does anyone have the full quote (ideally with a link to an article that quotes it, so we have a cite)? I think it says a lot about why this album is so different. --typhoon 20:30, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
- In Bono's interview with Rolling Stone's Jann S. Wenner, he states, "...extraordinary themes; the same theme as our recent album [How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb]: innocence vs. experience...it's being savored before it's let go...it's not about losing your virginity, it's about your virginity." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.203.59.120 (talk) 02:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart combined
"Early compact disc releases (identified by being West German-pressed and in a digipak) combined the two songs into a single track at 8:14."
My copy of the album also has these songs combined (iTunes clocks it at 8:15 in length), but mine doesn't seem to have anything to do with West Germany. Rather, mine was "MADE IN CANADA BY CINRAM LTD." and came with a standard jewel case, with the American album art. Is this variant worth mention? Heep (talk) 19:16, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
- It should definitely be changed from just West German at the very least. My copy is exactly the same. MelicansMatkin (talk) 19:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
- So then, so far we know the West German and the Canadian pressings combined these tracks (though oddly, they're not combined in the track listing on the back of the case). I wonder if any other pressings combined the tracks? Heep (talk) 15:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
