ylimeU2
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This is just a sort of generalization regarding all of U2's music, not just looking at the question of sexual messages Vs. religious messages. I think part of why U2 has remained so huge, so inspiring and relevant is because their music can have so many different interpretations. Different people can take away different things from a lot of their songs, and to me that is what makes them so great. I can listen to a song in any given mood and have it mean one thing, while another day, I am in a different mood and interpret it completely different. "Actung Baby" came out around the time my parents got divorced and I have always felt close to the ideas of betrayal and loneliness in the album. Had it dropped during a happier point in my life, I imagine I would hear something completely different.
I hope that makes some sense. I always get a little confused when I try to discuss U2's music and the thoughts and emotions that it inspires. But I really do feel that sometimes these completely opposite ideas of what the lyrics mean is what makes them so great, and is also what gives them such a huge following.
I hope that makes some sense. I always get a little confused when I try to discuss U2's music and the thoughts and emotions that it inspires. But I really do feel that sometimes these completely opposite ideas of what the lyrics mean is what makes them so great, and is also what gives them such a huge following.