DevilsShoes
War Child
I know several fm's were dissapointed with the bands decision to go back to basic's with ATYCLB after the percieved failure of Pop, feeling they chose to go the commercial route rather than the genuinely creative one, so what do you think U2's next step should have been at the end of the nineties?
Does anyone think they should have continued with the Pop direction, i.e: pushing themselves creatively in an attempt to break new ground and potentially becoming less commercially successful but remaining innovative.
Does anybody think they made exactly the right decision by stripping back their sound and trying to write straight to the heart pop songs with ATYCLB? Whether you think the songs on this album represent U2 at their best or not, it can't be denied that the record did it's job so far as putting them back in the public eye and giving them a fresh shot in the arm for the 2000's.
For U2 being a big act has always been a primary objective.
Perhaps the main problem some people have with the 2000 albums is not that they made a concerted effort to simplify their sound but that the songs on these records are just uninspired.
I don't know, what do you think?
Does anyone think they should have continued with the Pop direction, i.e: pushing themselves creatively in an attempt to break new ground and potentially becoming less commercially successful but remaining innovative.
Does anybody think they made exactly the right decision by stripping back their sound and trying to write straight to the heart pop songs with ATYCLB? Whether you think the songs on this album represent U2 at their best or not, it can't be denied that the record did it's job so far as putting them back in the public eye and giving them a fresh shot in the arm for the 2000's.
For U2 being a big act has always been a primary objective.
Perhaps the main problem some people have with the 2000 albums is not that they made a concerted effort to simplify their sound but that the songs on these records are just uninspired.
I don't know, what do you think?