womanfish
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Does anyone else feel a backlash brewing?? I don't know for sure, but everything was great in the press, on the net, etc... for the last year and a half. But after the Superbowl there seems to be a slight shift.
While there is still tons of positive views and opinions on the band and what a great job they did, there is now this little ball of people that are saying U2 "sold out" (Entertainment Weekly), there are newspapers like the Chicago Tribune who have always been supportive of the band that are allowing horrible, barely coherent, name-calling articles on the band. The Onion satire newspaper says Bono needs a punch in the crotch! Many threads on the net praise their performance but with a minority starting to make their negative voice heard.
this small ball of people could start to roll and gather steam. Does anyone else see U2's higher exposure causing a backlash in the near future. I hope not. But it's possible. The only way I can see the grammy awards really helping them is if they win maybe 3 or 4. If they win REALLY big, they are forced into the spotlight again and people will say "Oh great not U2 again" If they go away with 2 or fewer awards, people will say "I knew that they didn't deserve all those nominations, they are so over-rated"
Just my thoughts at the moment. Anyone else?
[This message has been edited by womanfish (edited 02-07-2002).]
While there is still tons of positive views and opinions on the band and what a great job they did, there is now this little ball of people that are saying U2 "sold out" (Entertainment Weekly), there are newspapers like the Chicago Tribune who have always been supportive of the band that are allowing horrible, barely coherent, name-calling articles on the band. The Onion satire newspaper says Bono needs a punch in the crotch! Many threads on the net praise their performance but with a minority starting to make their negative voice heard.
this small ball of people could start to roll and gather steam. Does anyone else see U2's higher exposure causing a backlash in the near future. I hope not. But it's possible. The only way I can see the grammy awards really helping them is if they win maybe 3 or 4. If they win REALLY big, they are forced into the spotlight again and people will say "Oh great not U2 again" If they go away with 2 or fewer awards, people will say "I knew that they didn't deserve all those nominations, they are so over-rated"
Just my thoughts at the moment. Anyone else?
[This message has been edited by womanfish (edited 02-07-2002).]