No problem! I always appreciate and admire your positivity on this board.
As it turns out, I'm a critical person so I had mixed reactions to the interview. I always love to see new footage from the lads, but some of the tired stories and replies have been heard so many times.
Zane, to me, comes across as insincere and disingenuous. It's hard to place, exactly, but I think he exaggerates his fandom in order to garner favor. He called both Coldplay and U2 the biggest band in the world in their respective interviews (for a start). Maybe it's the brown-nosing that turns me off.
This may sound delusional, but sometimes I wish I could interview them. Someone has to dig deeper and ask more probing and less sycophantic questions.
I was also disappointed in Edge trotting out the line about the "sudden relevance" of JT. Even Bono and Edge seemed to contradict each other on this point. That, to me, also rings of dishonesty.
So, the interview had a lot of insincerity, IMO.
I did enjoy hearing about Bullet and Adam getting praised for the bassline (as well he should). I never knew that Eno thought so highly of it.
The other enjoyable bit was when they talked about Paul M. The band hasn't been the same since he left, IMO. Often regarded as the 5th member by some, they just aren't the same without his "steady hand". I do believe the iPhone debacle would have been handled better, for one thing. I'll never forget the moment I met him and shook his hand. He was watching from behind a gate near the floor and had such a look of pride on his face. The look was so heartfelt that I was in awe...that he could still get such satisfaction from it after all those years.
So, in short:
Insincere and stale = bad.
Honest and fresh = good.
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