ozeeko
Refugee
U2 can just do what every other veteran band does and simply release an album every once and a while and go on tour, and there would be nothing wrong with this, every fucking band does this. It's just that U2 wants to be on top of the world every time they release something. Every album since Joshua Tree (with the exception of Zooropa and Passengers) has been about staying on top. That takes precedence over everything. They don't know how to do something less than huge. And it's gotten to the point where the press can't expect something less than huge for U2. It's a debilitating position that they're in, but truth is they built their own prison. They can't win unless they really win, that is, take over the world and the media and win awards. They can't just release a critically acclaimed album. It has to be acclaimed by EVERYONE.
It is perhaps the worst position to be in. And I wish this wasn't the case. But now that U2 are nearing retirement, it places even MORE pressure on them to deliver, not only another world winning musical statement, but also an album that would appropriately wrap up their entire career. I think they are pretty much screwed. All this biggest band in the world shit has limited them creatively. In a perfect world, U2 could just be artists again and let the post-album media circus do what it's going to do anyway instead of trying to run the circus from the album's inception.
It is perhaps the worst position to be in. And I wish this wasn't the case. But now that U2 are nearing retirement, it places even MORE pressure on them to deliver, not only another world winning musical statement, but also an album that would appropriately wrap up their entire career. I think they are pretty much screwed. All this biggest band in the world shit has limited them creatively. In a perfect world, U2 could just be artists again and let the post-album media circus do what it's going to do anyway instead of trying to run the circus from the album's inception.
