LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
carrotflowers said:
I could name about one hundred albums that are more thought provoking, more innovative, more emotional and just better.
I couldn't.
Take Arcade Fire's 'funeral' for example, this albums walks all over HTDAAB.
.......If the singer could sing instead of just wailing it might have a chance of doing that.
and I'm sorry war child but this generation doesn't respond to those sorts of things. They see through things like that, they see safe, inoffensive things all day on their tv's, they hear it all the time from their politicians.
BWAHAHAHA!!!! This generation responded to Nirvana. Look what sells. That's what they respond to. And it's crap.
I said it before, I'm not after innovation and honestly, I don't mind if a band wants to repeat themselves but if they're going to do it, do it better than before. An album like HTDAAB just sounds like the blueprint for a better U2 album like ummmm, gee, I don't know, The Joshua Tree maybe!!
When people say why they dislike something instead of pinning the issue on some arbitrary attribute (such as lack of innovation), everything is easier. So I applaud you.
I don't know how you can sit back and listen to this album and feel provoked in anyway about the tragedies going on in the world today.
Maybe I don't want to think about those things when I listen to music.
I don't know how you can listen to it without feeling cheap because let's face it, you are accepting average material from a band you have spent probably about 400 to 500 dollars on in the past. They are treating their fans like fools when they release crap like this, they basically think they're are so good and their fan-base is so loyal that they can release anything and we'll all swallow it. I refuse to swallow it, I don't care what the hell Bono is doing for the world, if it's so great then leave U2 and become a politician. Don't release sub-par material and pretend you're so sincere about the whole thing. Mediocrity is terrible when it's marketed as sincerity.
Fantastic rant.
Bono does a lot for the world and that is great, but U2 no longer speak to this generation. I don't go to a concert and think 'yeah!, let's save the world with Bono!' I think 'Yeah, play some of your old stuff when you actually gave a toss about what you sounded like!'.
They speak to me. And I'm part of this generation. They speak to plenty of others too. Just check the sales chart.
Don't sell yourself out just because Bono is a great guy, so what?
Expect more from this band or else they really will think they can release any old crap and we'll swallow it. Search deep within yourself and listen to HTDAAB and tell me you don't feel a little dirty afterwards, a little bit like a corporate hack. After all, all you know is wrong, right?
Nope. I feel fresh as a daisy.