U2 "POP" : "U2 By U2"

[BVS]

how many of you saw the genius in If You Wear That Velvet Dress the first time you heard it? Me, I was like "speak up Bono!"

My first listen I was like, Oh Bono's finally gotten around to listening to his friend Gavin Friday's records.

 

[monsieur fly]

I think ultimately what hurt Pop was that it was trying too much at one time.

It was completely disjointed, I think it's very much like NLOTH in that aspect, in fact I think both albums have a lot in common.

They were just going in too many directions, I remember Billy Corgan interviewing them at the time of it's release and he said it almost sounds like a U2 greatest hits. It sounded like a compilation from many different eras of U2.

And then not only musically were they trying too much, tourwise they were trying to be ironic, earnest, cartoony, and relevant all at the same time.

You see, I don't agree there. Only on IGWSHA do you hear the 'traditional' Edge guitar sound- on a purely sonic level, I don't think Pop recalls their eighties work at all. As far as themes go, you have a point, but the seedy cynicism wasn't there before the 90s.