Ladies and gentlemen, October has to be U2's last album. It's such a step down from Boy, and it's got those farewell vibes of a band who have given their all but have found the music industry too tough to bear. Is That All? really says everything. U2 will vanish into nothing and no-one will remember them in a decade.
War is going to be U2's last album. This band is going out with a bang, leaving a huge political statement to resonate through the ages. 40 is a fitting and solemn prayer to end their career. Bono has even been talking about how this is the end of U2, and the beginning of a new phase. Maybe they have conflicting musical interests and are creating new bands as we speak?
U2 will never make another album after The Unforgettable Fire. They have experimented, proven they are not a one-trick pony, and will finish on top, leaving their most accomplished artistic statement as their last. MLK just sounds like a goodbye, wishing the best for the future.
How could U2 ever top The Joshua Tree? It is the most incredible album ever made. U2 has hit the peak of music and there is nothing left to achieve. This will naturally be their final album. Can't you feel the vibes? No band could continue past this point without turning into a miserable shadow of themselves.
Yuck, Rattle And Hum is the end of U2, and what a sad end! They should never have tried to top the brilliance of The Joshua Tree! Didn't they know they would suffer this ferocious backlash? Well, I'm sure they have been shamed into hiding now. We will never hear another note from these Irish lads.
Achtung Baby has killed U2's fanbase even more than Rattle And Hum did. They've released two albums that have totally failed and lost multitudes of fans. I doubt their record company will even sign them for another album. Once they go on tour and play to half-empty arenas, they'll want to quit anyway.
I can state that Zooropa is definitely U2's farewell album. They have done what many bands failed to do: they entered the nineties with a bang, embracing new sounds and taking audiences by storm. Zooropa is a creative zenith. The Wanderer is obviously their way of looking back at themselves as wanderers through the world, and now they will part and go their separate ways.
What I said about Zooropa two years ago has been proven by Passengers! U2 will announce their formal cessation any day now. They have forsaken the U2 moniker as they have other pathways to pursue. They have taken on a new guise and new interests. U2 ended with Zooropa.
Pop will be the end for U2. Listen to how depressed Bono sounds on Please and Wake Up Dead Man; you can almost hear 'goodbye' being sung between the lines. This band does not want to be in the music industry any more. And the way this album and tour has bombed, they wouldn't want to keep making music anyway.
All That You Can't Leave Behind is U2's final statement as a band. It's a radical departure from Pop; it is the sounds U2 had to make and release before they disband - the sounds they could not leave behind. But now that they have released this album, they have achieved all they wish to achieve and will finish their careers on a high. Doesn't Beautiful Day just say it all about their career anyway?
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is the end for U2. They're not getting any younger, they're running out of ideas, and Bono is clearly so committed to Africa that the band is just a side project and he will leave U2 to pursue a career in social activism. The Vertigo Tour is U2's farewell tour, so make sure you catch it when it comes to your town! Just look at the way they're covering the world - this is definitely the end.
The forthcoming album will be U2's last. They want to spend time with their families and settle down. Their career has spanned three decades, and the beach clips have such a strong farewell vibe that this is really the only conclusion that can be reached. U2 will end before any of them turn 50, so they avoid becoming cliche "rock dinosaurs".
That last line totally cracks me up!
