Originally posted by iTim:U2 did Haim a favour? What?
Originally posted by iTim:U2 did Haim a favour? What?
Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
There is no way in a million years if U2 had released only the strings version of lights of home they would have had to credit Haim. The version on the album with the obvious sampled bit has done Haim a favour with allowing them to be credited in a U2 song, it certainly hasn’t done u2 any favours based on the feedback even though for me personally the album version is still great.
Originally posted by iTim:Well the credit isn’t up for debate, that’s just professional courtesy (and probably legally responsible) from the band. I just don’t see how it has been a favour to Haim. What have they gained from being credited by U2?
Originally posted by miryclay:[..]
If we are talking about social cred, Haim did U2 a favour!
Originally posted by TheRefugee:It’s arguable that the association would do more harm than good to Haim as U2 would be regarded as very uncool and irrelevant in the eyes of the Pitchfork cognoscenti.
Although Bono did Danielle Haim a favour by recommending a doctor and sending her a care package when she lost her voice in Ireland. So that was nice and a tangible benefit to Haim from the association!
Originally posted by TheRefugee:I haven’t seen any evidence of lack of gratitude or acknowledgement by Haim. As my doctor anecdote illustrates, relations between the two bands is very good. In fact Haim contacted Bono asking him to guest vocal on a track on their last album. So reciprocity and good vibes. So ease up on the Haim sisters a little.