jick
Refugee
Hawkmoon1021 said:
Me too. I have a feeling if POP was a blockbuster saleswise it wouldn't receive as much backlash from the band. I know they say the album was unfinished & they ran out of time, but didn't they take longer working on POP than any other of their records? I guess the more technology you use, the more options you have.
I think you have really low regard for the band when you say they wouldn't backlash the album if it sold well. I think the band's opinion of their past work aren't swayed just by chart success and sales figures. In that same article, Edge said he wasn't too happy about The Fly after re-listening to it, but he uncovered a gem - The First Time - when he listened to it. The Fly was a single and did very well in all the charts, The First Time wasn't even a single and it came out in Zooropa - not exactly a monster seller. But Edge picked the latter over the former for inclusion in the Best Of. So I think the band's low regard for POP is just that they don't like it - period. But I don't really care what they think - it won't change what I think. What makes U2 great is their music, not their opinions about their albums anyway.
Cheers,
J
The King Of POP