U2Fan101
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Before I met my friend in 1999, he liked U2 a lot. Not nearly as much as me, but a lot none the less. He thought that Pop was just amazing, despite it's chart failure and critics' reviews. I tend to agree.
He said when All That You Can't Leave Behind came out, he called in sick to work and went to Borders right when it opened to pick it up. Upon listening to it, he said he felt let down with the weakness of the album. Again, I tend to agree.
However, I did try to explain to him, that in a sense, the band thought Pop was while not a failure, didn't succeed as much as they would have liked, and thuse ATYCLB was a safe album.
Still today, it is his least favorite album. The only track he liked off of it was Elevation, and even then, he said that the "wooo hooo hooo's" were mixed way too high and made the song almost unenjoyable. He was going to see them on Elevation but after listening to the album decided not to.
He said if this new album is weak like ATYCLB, he will never buy another U2 again. And to him, this is sad because U2 is one of his favorite bands. It's all personal opinion, I told him. Some think U2 lost it when Joshua Tree came out (well, I only know one - Tal Bachman. He said Joshua Tree scared him and U2 was his favorite band). Some say U2 lost it with Achtung, or with Pop. My friend thinks they lost it with ATYCLB.
He would love another Pop sounding album, as I would too. While I see his point, I also tried to explain to him that U2 albums generally work in threes in terms of style. Boy-War, UF-R&H, AB - Pop, and ATYCLB - present. So more than likely, this new album will sound similar to ATYCLB.
Even if this is another ATYCLB, I will still see them on tour and probably listen to the album 3 million times in a row. ATYCLB is finally starting to grow on me four years later, and it's possible that if this new one I dislike, that it too will grow on me.
He said he read the Blender article and is very skepticle. All of the previous album descriptions of it sounding "angry guitars" seemed false when he read the song descriptions in Blender. To him, it sounds like another ATYCLB. He'll still buy the album the day it is released, but is skeptical.
He said when All That You Can't Leave Behind came out, he called in sick to work and went to Borders right when it opened to pick it up. Upon listening to it, he said he felt let down with the weakness of the album. Again, I tend to agree.
However, I did try to explain to him, that in a sense, the band thought Pop was while not a failure, didn't succeed as much as they would have liked, and thuse ATYCLB was a safe album.
Still today, it is his least favorite album. The only track he liked off of it was Elevation, and even then, he said that the "wooo hooo hooo's" were mixed way too high and made the song almost unenjoyable. He was going to see them on Elevation but after listening to the album decided not to.
He said if this new album is weak like ATYCLB, he will never buy another U2 again. And to him, this is sad because U2 is one of his favorite bands. It's all personal opinion, I told him. Some think U2 lost it when Joshua Tree came out (well, I only know one - Tal Bachman. He said Joshua Tree scared him and U2 was his favorite band). Some say U2 lost it with Achtung, or with Pop. My friend thinks they lost it with ATYCLB.
He would love another Pop sounding album, as I would too. While I see his point, I also tried to explain to him that U2 albums generally work in threes in terms of style. Boy-War, UF-R&H, AB - Pop, and ATYCLB - present. So more than likely, this new album will sound similar to ATYCLB.
Even if this is another ATYCLB, I will still see them on tour and probably listen to the album 3 million times in a row. ATYCLB is finally starting to grow on me four years later, and it's possible that if this new one I dislike, that it too will grow on me.
He said he read the Blender article and is very skepticle. All of the previous album descriptions of it sounding "angry guitars" seemed false when he read the song descriptions in Blender. To him, it sounds like another ATYCLB. He'll still buy the album the day it is released, but is skeptical.