It is actually pretty amazing that the album is at a 3.5 star rating after all the 1 star reviews that the new album has gotton there and there is a few comments I would like to make about them since they all have the same general idea about rating the album as low as they can.
1. To the idea of U2 sounding mainstream:
- When were bands that most people idolize such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Nirvana not mainstream? The answer is they wearnt so why should U2 be judged under a different set of standards?
2. To the idea of U2 sounding like U2:
- When did it become a crime to sound like yourself especially when that sound that made you famous is very unique in the music industry?
3. To the idea of U2 selling out:
- Every band that has ever released a CD or done any type of advertising of their music could theoretically be seen as selling out so why is it that U2 again is slammed for wanting as many people as possible to be exposed to their music? I guess it is also a crime to have drive and ambition too.
Basically I am just tired of people judging U2 by a different set of standards just because they feel like it. Did the Beatles join a band because they just wanted a personal and private experience, no...so why should U2 suffer a very unfair stigma around them?
I think its time for many people in this world to get in touch with reality, and take a good long hard look objectively at bands in the past that were popular and liked and you will see that being popular and being liked equates to being in the mainstream whether you like it or not it is just a fact of life.
1. To the idea of U2 sounding mainstream:
- When were bands that most people idolize such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Nirvana not mainstream? The answer is they wearnt so why should U2 be judged under a different set of standards?
2. To the idea of U2 sounding like U2:
- When did it become a crime to sound like yourself especially when that sound that made you famous is very unique in the music industry?
3. To the idea of U2 selling out:
- Every band that has ever released a CD or done any type of advertising of their music could theoretically be seen as selling out so why is it that U2 again is slammed for wanting as many people as possible to be exposed to their music? I guess it is also a crime to have drive and ambition too.
Basically I am just tired of people judging U2 by a different set of standards just because they feel like it. Did the Beatles join a band because they just wanted a personal and private experience, no...so why should U2 suffer a very unfair stigma around them?
I think its time for many people in this world to get in touch with reality, and take a good long hard look objectively at bands in the past that were popular and liked and you will see that being popular and being liked equates to being in the mainstream whether you like it or not it is just a fact of life.