I'm not trying to say that people here like anything new simply because it's U2. That's absolutely not what I'm trying to say.
But I AM worried that some people try to trick themselves into liking something simply because it comes from this band. U2 is my favorite band, too, but I admit (loudly) when they do something wrong. And this is one instance, in my eyes, that they've completely slipped up. This new Mercy is not something I'm happy about.
I repeat this only because I DO think the band reads the message boards sometimes (Larry does, anyway.) Larry's made constant mention of the "militant" side of the fanbase, and I can't think of any bigger group of gripers than right here on Interference. So if what the general consensus is here gets back to the band, I surely hope they consider going back to the drawing board (or, more importantly, back to the 2004 version) when it comes to Mercy.