DaveC
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sure, this band wasn't lazy in the past, but when they spend more time on vacation than they do in the studio for years, either they don't have to work ethic to start and finish a product in an efficient amount of time, or they don't care to put in the work ethic. this was a gift wrapped marketing opportunity for anything and it seems like they didn't even bother. it's not like there's no precedent for them playing new songs live, they've done performances where they do a song they've never played before ("American Prayer" and that one for the "46664" concert were both within the last decade or so, and of course glastonbury).
great, so they played an awesome version of desire. so bono's voice turned to shit and he fucked up the lyrics. who cares. both things have happened many times before.
my point is, outside of this forum, nobody gives a fuck about any of that. nobody other than us is talking about the performance last night.
u2 had the opportunity last night to have people outside of this circle talking about them today on a goddam tee. so freaking what if they played it and it wasn't absolutely perfect? they couldn't even play the songs they've done a million times perfectly! but with something they haven't done before, people would be talking about u2. they want relevancy? they absolutely need to take advantage every single fucking time they can. they're a bunch of rock stars pushing 60 who were last in the position they want to be in today, fifteen years ago. they're recording and promoting albums like it's still the 80s and 90s and that ship sailed once the dread pirate ship SS Napster showed up just off the coast. you can't do that and be famous anymore and nearly every single person/band who tried that in the 00s and early part of this decade and never adapted to the new reality of social media and internet streaming don't have music careers anymore. u2 say they still want relevancy, they still want to write hits, and then do everything to the fucking contrary.
i'm not mad, despite the fact that i'm sure some people will feel the need to tell me otherwise. in fact i expected more or less exactly what happened, and posted it before the fact in one of these threads if anyone wants to try and call my bluff. i know they still have the talent. we can hear it in demo versions of songs and we can hear it in songs that don't get overcooked or written as "rawk anthem for the teenz". these men are still phenomenal musicians, but as rock stars they are completely in over their head in this decade. i'm frustrated as a long term fan of the band that was to see this band that now is making baffling decisions based on an unattainable goal, and whiffing badly on things that could be sure home runs. just like the one that could have been last night.
today?
nobody gives a fuck about what u2 did last night except us.
they had the power to make it otherwise and decided to play it as safe as possible.
that is indeed what i call a failure. especially for a band that literally built its career on taking big risks.
great, so they played an awesome version of desire. so bono's voice turned to shit and he fucked up the lyrics. who cares. both things have happened many times before.
my point is, outside of this forum, nobody gives a fuck about any of that. nobody other than us is talking about the performance last night.
u2 had the opportunity last night to have people outside of this circle talking about them today on a goddam tee. so freaking what if they played it and it wasn't absolutely perfect? they couldn't even play the songs they've done a million times perfectly! but with something they haven't done before, people would be talking about u2. they want relevancy? they absolutely need to take advantage every single fucking time they can. they're a bunch of rock stars pushing 60 who were last in the position they want to be in today, fifteen years ago. they're recording and promoting albums like it's still the 80s and 90s and that ship sailed once the dread pirate ship SS Napster showed up just off the coast. you can't do that and be famous anymore and nearly every single person/band who tried that in the 00s and early part of this decade and never adapted to the new reality of social media and internet streaming don't have music careers anymore. u2 say they still want relevancy, they still want to write hits, and then do everything to the fucking contrary.
i'm not mad, despite the fact that i'm sure some people will feel the need to tell me otherwise. in fact i expected more or less exactly what happened, and posted it before the fact in one of these threads if anyone wants to try and call my bluff. i know they still have the talent. we can hear it in demo versions of songs and we can hear it in songs that don't get overcooked or written as "rawk anthem for the teenz". these men are still phenomenal musicians, but as rock stars they are completely in over their head in this decade. i'm frustrated as a long term fan of the band that was to see this band that now is making baffling decisions based on an unattainable goal, and whiffing badly on things that could be sure home runs. just like the one that could have been last night.
today?
nobody gives a fuck about what u2 did last night except us.
they had the power to make it otherwise and decided to play it as safe as possible.
that is indeed what i call a failure. especially for a band that literally built its career on taking big risks.
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