allbecauseofu2
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was listening to a show from popmart earlier today. Popmart was like the sequel to your fav movie that didn't feature some characters from the first movie. At first it felt like zoo tv but minus the surprise and awe and the groundbreaking atmosphere. But after a while i have found the charm in it. And please into streets is great, almost as good as RTST into streets. Part of it is the the first half 90's had alot of bands cut from the same cloth. (nirvana,pearl jam ,stp,alice in chains etc). and u2 was the band from the 80's that found a place among them. Maybe because that world was just the right time to do a AB. The second half of the 90's was kinda, scattered empty,devoid of anything worth the time.. u2 didn't fit as much now. I think pop is better then NLOTH by a decent margin . Plus the end of popmart is a very crucial point in u2. The band was uncertain. I think they remember what being u2 was all about. The return of 40 toward the end was the bono saying its time to dream it up again or whatever without saying those words. Pop was still a respectable hit and the tour a success on paper. It just took em half way through to get the show firing on all cylinders. The journey from the start of and to the end of the popmart tour is a fascinating one. This is what separates u2 from rem who never recovered their early 90's success. (in the us anyway).