i feel some different things about u2. i see them as the highest selling alterative band ever. i think thier one of the best alterative bands ever (why i love u2 more then say nirvana, nirvana is THE greatest alterative band ever, they are alterative more then anyone before or after) , i feel u2 is overall one the best bands of all time overall. i also feel thier this sorta "classic rock": jr band. JR meaning, while they get some respect and airplay on classic rock raido, they still take a backseat to beatles/zeppelin/doors/bily joel/elton john/pink floyd. Because whiile thier popular stuff is pretty radio friendly, thiers still this like, thing that its still not going get the airplay the above bands get.
Casue u2 still has too many elements of alterative music in thier sound. as someone else said on here, u2 is not realy bluesy music. except for a few songs on RAH, u2 dosn't have the blueprint for thier sound that the classic rocks bands have. the blues. So thier music might not connect to the classic rock audience as much. still a little to weird. Look at u2;s influences. sure thiers beatles,dylan etc. But its realy alt bands like velvet underground and ramones and talking heads that feed thier sound. Thats why thier still a notch below the standard classic rock artirts.
But at the same time, this band gets play on many diffrent kinda radio stations. Classic rock, top 40, underground stuff, adult comtampoary, a 80' s station. etc. The biggest thing here is that, i listen to a dj named vince scelsa who is on public radio here in the new york area. This is a guy who has been on the radio for like 35 years. Back in the day of album orinented rock. back when radio mattered. This guy plays 80% of the time bands you never heard of and won;t outside his show. I mean its in a different dimiesion from top 40 radio. polar oppisite. and even that isn;t enoguh to grt across the difference. But this man dose play and love u2. He plays u2 on a show thats as far away from the real world as posible. but u2 is on thier. At the same time, u2 is on top 40 radio with bands that are only for the here and now and will gone in a couple years. but somehow u2 is on thier. How can a band co exsist in both worlds? thats UNIQUE
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Thier putting out better stuff then bands that are thier age or older.Its bascally, like, thier big enoguh to survive, but not quite big enoguh to fall off the edge after over exporsure like a backstreet boys or soemthing. Witch is good. they have longevity.They appeal to a bit of every demographic so that they still can have success. While they don't appeal to enough of one demographic be in that one demo exclusivley. Thier a classic rock band, yet not as much as like billy joel, but thier a top 40 band, but not as much as nsync, but they might be a alterative band (witch they are). but have enoguh pop sensitbilties in thier music to appeal to other people. They might be like a "80's" band, so they get the nostalga appeal, but YET, they have hits way after 1990 so thier realy not. (unlike duran duran who are a 80's band and havn't mattered since. ) So thier a big band, yet underground dj;s who play odd and weird stuff might still be into them. They experimented with techno/dance alot that they might have even attracted a few of those fans. ( not many buy some. discotuqe has been remixed and on techno complalations, it has a awesome beat ).
And they might be just a good rock band that fans with no prefernces persae might just enjoy. Also, if any band that came out after the late 60's/early 70's , that people of that era should accept and listen to, even through its after thier "time" its u2. (i feel u2 is way better then crosby stills and nash, great band for its time, but what did they do after the 60s?) but then the experimentation of u2 with techno and alterative elements might turn off some old fans of the 60's and 70';s since they have no knowledge of drum machines and punk noises since thier time cuts off at like 1974. Bono has done things to try to help the world that surpass most 1960's artists efforts truth be told.
SO WHAT ONE OF THESE IS THE REAL U2? ALL OF THEM AND NONE OF THEM.
(thats the best it's going get with paragrapghs, i failed outta college
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