Tonight, as i was not listening to the record, a concept for the whole set of maybe three records u2 will be releasing dawned on me. Well, dave fanning, and some other sources, said they were three, didn't he?
When i first listened to the record, i could hear traces of what u2 used to be, war, uf, joshua tree. The 80's. The lyrics, and the text on the booklet, talk about their childhood, adolescence,... Things and sounds that recall their first records... So, what if:
The second album had sounds and lyrics from the stardom, the 90's, their young maturity, ab, zooropa, pop, or even later. Songs about experience. And then...
A third album (songs of ascent??), about maybe their last years, or something completely different, a break with all that past (well, you know, a real breaking, not just publicity) and a look into the future?
Then, with all that, a mastodontical goodbye tour and a (if it still is possible) decent retirement.
Does it sound so weird???
When i first listened to the record, i could hear traces of what u2 used to be, war, uf, joshua tree. The 80's. The lyrics, and the text on the booklet, talk about their childhood, adolescence,... Things and sounds that recall their first records... So, what if:
The second album had sounds and lyrics from the stardom, the 90's, their young maturity, ab, zooropa, pop, or even later. Songs about experience. And then...
A third album (songs of ascent??), about maybe their last years, or something completely different, a break with all that past (well, you know, a real breaking, not just publicity) and a look into the future?
Then, with all that, a mastodontical goodbye tour and a (if it still is possible) decent retirement.
Does it sound so weird???