lazarus
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Stever Lillywhite has only produced some of the best songs of U2's career...('Pride', 'With or Without You', etc). Imagine if he hadn't been around? U2 would have had far less hit singles, far different albums and, as such, would be a totally different band.
So what? Yeah, he was instrumental in crafting the band's early sound. They changed gears (several times), and his work often doesn't rise to the occasion any more.
I don't know what celebrating his contributions from 20 years ago has anything to do with this. Also, he only mixed WOWY (and Streets), and had NOTHING to do with the recording of Pride, so, uhh...you're wrong anyway.