bono_212
Blue Crack Distributor
No you're not Chass
And am I just super tired, or is DoctorWho making sense
And am I just super tired, or is DoctorWho making sense
Of course, being alternative only goes so far. U2 realized this and changed directions with ATYCLB. Still, when ATYCLB was released on '00, they were still alternative. Nothing in '00 sounded like ATYCLB. That was still the era of boy bands and pop girls. R&B was huge. Rock was barely noticed - yet U2 broke through. So while we look at ATYCLB as very "mainstream" and "safe", for the time it was released, it really wasn't. The same is true for HTDAAB. Right before that album was released, I recall a comment from Edge where his daughter doubted the album, stating that HTDAAB didn't sound like anything she heard on the radio. Once again, alternative. This was also true way back in 1987 when JT was released. Nothing in '87 sounded like JT. And come '92, when grunge music exploded, we have U2's AB and the ZOO TV tour succeeding brilliantly.