But how about the return to rock roots decade of 2000? At first I loved ATYCLB, looking back on it now, some of the songs I "grew" to love, I realize maybe are just crap songs. I still love New York, Grace, Beautiful Day, Elevation, Kite, In a Little While.
HTDAAB- this album was awesome for the first six songs, then fell horribly flat with the exception of one step closer to knowing- that song saved me from deleting everything after song 6.
No Line On The Horizon- Good music, but starting to be a bit bland or something is missing. I like a lot of individual songs, but the main reason I love U2 is they could make an album with little or no filler, over and over again IMO. This decade it seems like they have failed to do that, especially with these last two albums.
I am glad they didn't release Songs of Ascent and am interested in what they will do next.
Not only have they been together with the same line up since 1976, but they just played the highest attended tour ever: 7,268,430
I always liked Rejoice, but that's a good song too. Of course, Gloria is on that album too. Yeah. October is kind of underrated, isn't it? There are some strong religious undertones on that album. 3/4 of the band are Christian or were, and I guess around that time in their career, Adam Clayton's lack of religious persuasion almost broke up the band.
I think that U2 have definitely suffered from having a generation of potential fans only being subjected to their post 2000 output, as opposed to when they were still a relevant alternative rock band. I'm only 18 but my parents are both big U2 fans so I've had more of a chance to listen to them before they got a bit stale.
Early U2 (first 3 albums) is great! Songs like 'I Will Follow', 'New Years Day' and 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' still rank alongside my favourite U2 songs and are very different to their pretty bland sound over the last decade.
Unforgettable Fire was a bit of a change and a sign of things to come, then Joshua Tree was released and U2 became a kind of a big deal. It also signalled their arrival on the mainstream rock scene, although that's not a criticism. It's still a good album with some great songs, but for me it just doesn't have the same appeal as their earlier work. Early U2 were a cool alt-rock band and, although you'll gain a significant following, you'll always lose a bit of credibility in the eyes of the cool crowd when you suddenly become the biggest band in the world.
Then came the backlash. They let it go to their head and Rattle and Hum was when Bono started to disappear up his own arse. Thankfully he crawled out at the start of the nineties (not for long).
Achtung Baby will always be my favourite U2 album. Different from anything else they'd done, it's still regarded as a classic and was the last time that U2 did something really adventurous that paid off. They delved further into dance and electronic music as the decade went on and had varying degrees of success. Zooropa had its moments and Pop was a noble failure, but at least they were doing something different.
The turn of the decade saw yet another change in style and it paid off (kind of). Mainstream success was plentiful but the world were starting to fall out of love with U2, they were seen as rock dinosaurs in the eyes of many. The songs were good but we'd seen it all before, U2 had found a tried and tested recipe and were sticking to it. This coincided with Bono trying to change the world, something that nobody wants their rock stars doing.
NLOTH is my favourite U2 album since Achtung Baby and I think it was unfairly criticised by many, but U2 (mainly Bono) were becoming a bit annoying and their relevance on the music scene was not what it used to be. I saw them when they came to Glasgow in 2009 and I loved it, they were my favourite band then but they wouldn't even make the top 10 now. That's mainly down to me getting older and discovering new music, but I'm not the only one who's lost interest in them over the past few years.
I don't know where they go from here. They definitely need to release something soon and, if they want to remain relevant, they'll need to think outside the box. I really want them to, I want to fall in love with U2 again. If they release something special this year then they could be right back at the top.
If not, they've had a good run anyway. _________________ No-one writes them like they used to, so it may as well be me.
I think that U2 have definitely suffered from having a generation of potential fans only being subjected to their post 2000 output, as opposed to when they were still a relevant alternative rock band. I'm only 18 but my parents are both big U2 fans so I've had more of a chance to listen to them before they got a bit stale.
Early U2 (first 3 albums) is great! Songs like 'I Will Follow', 'New Years Day' and 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' still rank alongside my favourite U2 songs and are very different to their pretty bland sound over the last decade.
Unforgettable Fire was a bit of a change and a sign of things to come, then Joshua Tree was released and U2 became a kind of a big deal. It also signalled their arrival on the mainstream rock scene, although that's not a criticism. It's still a good album with some great songs, but for me it just doesn't have the same appeal as their earlier work. Early U2 were a cool alt-rock band and, although you'll gain a significant following, you'll always lose a bit of credibility in the eyes of the cool crowd when you suddenly become the biggest band in the world.
Then came the backlash. They let it go to their head and Rattle and Hum was when Bono started to disappear up his own arse. Thankfully he crawled out at the start of the nineties (not for long).
Achtung Baby will always be my favourite U2 album. Different from anything else they'd done, it's still regarded as a classic and was the last time that U2 did something really adventurous that paid off. They delved further into dance and electronic music as the decade went on and had varying degrees of success. Zooropa had its moments and Pop was a noble failure, but at least they were doing something different.
The turn of the decade saw yet another change in style and it paid off (kind of). Mainstream success was plentiful but the world were starting to fall out of love with U2, they were seen as rock dinosaurs in the eyes of many. The songs were good but we'd seen it all before, U2 had found a tried and tested recipe and were sticking to it. This coincided with Bono trying to change the world, something that nobody wants their rock stars doing.
NLOTH is my favourite U2 album since Achtung Baby and I think it was unfairly criticised by many, but U2 (mainly Bono) were becoming a bit annoying and their relevance on the music scene was not what it used to be. I saw them when they came to Glasgow in 2009 and I loved it, they were my favourite band then but they wouldn't even make the top 10 now. That's mainly down to me getting older and discovering new music, but I'm not the only one who's lost interest in them over the past few years.
I don't know where they go from here. They definitely need to release something soon and, if they want to remain relevant, they'll need to think outside the box. I really want them to, I want to fall in love with U2 again. If they release something special this year then they could be right back at the top.
If not, they've had a good run anyway.
Well said RyanF1
Personally I never underestimate U2. And I think the 4 guys from Ireland still have some great music left in em.
And Bono still has a few tricks up his sleeve
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I owe $100,000 and wasted 4 years of my life.
I think that U2 have definitely suffered from having a generation of potential fans only being subjected to their post 2000 output, as opposed to when they were still a relevant alternative rock band. I'm only 18 but my parents are both big U2 fans so I've had more of a chance to listen to them before they got a bit stale.
Early U2 (first 3 albums) is great! Songs like 'I Will Follow', 'New Years Day' and 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' still rank alongside my favourite U2 songs and are very different to their pretty bland sound over the last decade.
Unforgettable Fire was a bit of a change and a sign of things to come, then Joshua Tree was released and U2 became a kind of a big deal. It also signalled their arrival on the mainstream rock scene, although that's not a criticism. It's still a good album with some great songs, but for me it just doesn't have the same appeal as their earlier work. Early U2 were a cool alt-rock band and, although you'll gain a significant following, you'll always lose a bit of credibility in the eyes of the cool crowd when you suddenly become the biggest band in the world.
Then came the backlash. They let it go to their head and Rattle and Hum was when Bono started to disappear up his own arse. Thankfully he crawled out at the start of the nineties (not for long).
Achtung Baby will always be my favourite U2 album. Different from anything else they'd done, it's still regarded as a classic and was the last time that U2 did something really adventurous that paid off. They delved further into dance and electronic music as the decade went on and had varying degrees of success. Zooropa had its moments and Pop was a noble failure, but at least they were doing something different.
The turn of the decade saw yet another change in style and it paid off (kind of). Mainstream success was plentiful but the world were starting to fall out of love with U2, they were seen as rock dinosaurs in the eyes of many. The songs were good but we'd seen it all before, U2 had found a tried and tested recipe and were sticking to it. This coincided with Bono trying to change the world, something that nobody wants their rock stars doing.
NLOTH is my favourite U2 album since Achtung Baby and I think it was unfairly criticised by many, but U2 (mainly Bono) were becoming a bit annoying and their relevance on the music scene was not what it used to be. I saw them when they came to Glasgow in 2009 and I loved it, they were my favourite band then but they wouldn't even make the top 10 now. That's mainly down to me getting older and discovering new music, but I'm not the only one who's lost interest in them over the past few years.
I don't know where they go from here. They definitely need to release something soon and, if they want to remain relevant, they'll need to think outside the box. I really want them to, I want to fall in love with U2 again. If they release something special this year then they could be right back at the top.
If not, they've had a good run anyway.
Well said RyanF1
Personally I never underestimate U2. And I think the 4 guys from Ireland still have some great music left in em.
And Bono still has a few tricks up his sleeve
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Definitely, wouldn't surprise me at all if they came out with a classic _________________ No-one writes them like they used to, so it may as well be me.
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