U2 gets the ever more worthless pat on the back from RollingStone with their Album of the Year title the same week U2 announces it’s tour/tickets on sale.
Obviously not an accident.
I think the first half of Songs Of Innocence is decent, but I’m a fan of U2 so I’m gonna give them the benefit anyway. There’s just no smash on the album. Miracle was kinda close, but it needs to be faster and Larry should have just bashed the drums through the chorus instead of making it complicated.
But I’m glad they had the guts to do the Apple thing. Do you think they didn’t know they would get tons of backlash?
That’s the thing about U2. They’re willing to be bold enough to kick people off the fence, one way or the other. People have an opinion about U2, and after the Apple thing it was actually impressive how many people got upset about it. They really reacted.
If you’ve read about Bono at all, he’s having a laugh cause getting a reaction is on the top of his priority list. For all the people hating U2 or the new album or that they’re too old or that they try too hard, there are enough people that buy tickets and sell out a worldwide tour for the band. There are that many people who LOVE U2.
U2 found a way, after all these years, to stir the pot. When is the last time your band did something so bold as to make people fall in love with you or completely hate you?
But I am surprised their PR rep went after the RollingStone thing. I would have thought the band was a bit more savvy than that. Cause they don’t have the album of the year.
I’ve heard Bono say that if the band releases “2 crap albums in a row” that they’d pack it up and be done. No Line On The Horizon didn’t exactly sparkle, but the corresponding 360 tour did. So is Songs of Innocence a the second crap album? I wouldn’t go that far.
The band still sounds good enough to be inspiring. Bono’s voice is still in good enough shape to make an impact, he can still nail those notes that make you levitate. And with enough perceived failure, they might even get hungry enough to eek out one more great song.
I hope so.
