Salome
you are what you is
I think he might be onto something about losing their balls after Pop. It was truly the last time it felt like they did whatever they wanted to do without worrying about how it would be received.
that's ridiculous
Staring at the Sun, If God .., Last Night ... were all attempts to try and make sure they'd get away with MOFO, Miami and Please
even Achtung has some calculated tracks thrown in there to have a better shot at good reception
U2 is indeed not as adventurous now (in some ways) as they were in the 90s
however, their concern about how their work is received hasn't changed 1 iota
they do seem to have realized (for good or bad) however that their core quality is what 'happens when these 4 guys play together', not experimenting with all different kinds of music, nor the grotesquely abused 'fucking up the mainstream' claim