U2 Begin Preliminary Work on "Pop" Follow-up

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Let's face it, every day is a vacation for U2. So, what difference does it make whether they spend it on the bleach-white beaches of some Caribbean island, or in a recording studio jamming with legendary producers/musicians Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. It's all good.

That said, U2 have been unofficially reunited with the producing team that helped mold the sound on what are arguably the pop quartet's best albums (1984's The Unforgettable Fire, 1987's The Joshua Tree and 1991's Achtung Baby) in a Dublin, Ireland, studio. According to a source close to the project, no deal is in place between the band and producers, but both sides of the equation began "working on ideas" last week, and "they'll probably get to the record-making parts next year."

The current session follows the Dublin video shoot for the single "Sweetest Thing," which will appear on The Best of 1980-1990, due out November 3.

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“Everyday People”

Sly and the Family Stone | 1968

"Everyday People" managed to trailblaze in two different ways -- it was one of the first pop hits to deal with the subject of racial harmony, and it utilized Larry Graham's "slap" technique on the bass guitar, which would soon be copied by countless other bassists. Graham once said about his pulsating style, "I'd never done that before … that's where the freedom of creativity came in for the band, that we'd be allowed to do that." In 1978, the song's line "Different strokes for different folks" would be borrowed for the title of the hit television show Diff'rent Strokes.

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