Well, i've been listening to the Bomb for some months now. In fact, i "force" myself to listen to this record to see if i can find the "magic" U2 i could easily find till 99. But no. I can't.
MD, Yahweh, OSC, Fast Cars and Vertigo are the only songs i can hear sparks of that old magic. The rest of the album is pretty mediocre. I don't see songs like ABOY, SYCMIOYO, LAPOE, OOTS etc having a place in future tours (in case there are future tours reserved for U2, other than this new tour - that maybe won't happen either). I'm almost starting to think ATYCLB is a better album... Look how desperate is the situation!
But, well, last night i was listening again to the new album in bed with headphones and i couldn't help but feeling very disappointed with the post-2000 U2. I never felt that way before about U2... But it seems clear to me that a lot has changed since 99... A lot. I think they heavily changed as persons and those last 2 records are reflections of those changes. I think they lost the fire of youth. And you can't make great records without that fire. And you don't need to be young to have that "fire".
I changed too since Pop and MDH. Maybe i'm too conscious now of what i expect from music and my standards are a bit too high now. Maybe internet ruined the new albums experience. Maybe i lost touch with what U2 wants. Maybe i'm a bit too old and i don't get "salvation" anymore in music. Maybe, maybe, maybe...
Not so long ago, i was pissed that ppl in here couldn't see this. And i started to call them "blind-followers" just because they liked ATYCLB and HTDAAB. I was wrong. Now i think they are very fortunate ppl because their fave band didn't disappoint them. I see some kids here, really young kids, and they are the most vocal about how good this album is. Maybe that's because this album represents for them what AB, Zooropa and Pop represented for me when i was their age... Maybe, in the end, i'm the one who can not see anymore... Maybe it wasn't U2 who lost the fire of youth. Maybe i did...
But, at the same time, i listen to songs like Mercy, Xanax and Wine, Native Son, Levitate, Flower Child and the other outtakes from the last 2 albums and i can see myself loving an album with those songs like crazy... Those songs gimme that "old magic" feel again...
So, maybe, and just maybe, in the end, it's all about choices... U2 choices...
MD, Yahweh, OSC, Fast Cars and Vertigo are the only songs i can hear sparks of that old magic. The rest of the album is pretty mediocre. I don't see songs like ABOY, SYCMIOYO, LAPOE, OOTS etc having a place in future tours (in case there are future tours reserved for U2, other than this new tour - that maybe won't happen either). I'm almost starting to think ATYCLB is a better album... Look how desperate is the situation!
But, well, last night i was listening again to the new album in bed with headphones and i couldn't help but feeling very disappointed with the post-2000 U2. I never felt that way before about U2... But it seems clear to me that a lot has changed since 99... A lot. I think they heavily changed as persons and those last 2 records are reflections of those changes. I think they lost the fire of youth. And you can't make great records without that fire. And you don't need to be young to have that "fire".
I changed too since Pop and MDH. Maybe i'm too conscious now of what i expect from music and my standards are a bit too high now. Maybe internet ruined the new albums experience. Maybe i lost touch with what U2 wants. Maybe i'm a bit too old and i don't get "salvation" anymore in music. Maybe, maybe, maybe...
Not so long ago, i was pissed that ppl in here couldn't see this. And i started to call them "blind-followers" just because they liked ATYCLB and HTDAAB. I was wrong. Now i think they are very fortunate ppl because their fave band didn't disappoint them. I see some kids here, really young kids, and they are the most vocal about how good this album is. Maybe that's because this album represents for them what AB, Zooropa and Pop represented for me when i was their age... Maybe, in the end, i'm the one who can not see anymore... Maybe it wasn't U2 who lost the fire of youth. Maybe i did...
But, at the same time, i listen to songs like Mercy, Xanax and Wine, Native Son, Levitate, Flower Child and the other outtakes from the last 2 albums and i can see myself loving an album with those songs like crazy... Those songs gimme that "old magic" feel again...
So, maybe, and just maybe, in the end, it's all about choices... U2 choices...