BrittanyNova
The Fly
I was reading that U2 bashing page and a lot of those people called them "dad rock" and "stuff your dad likes." My Dad likes it, but so do I. I don't think there should be an age limit on taste. (I am 19) I have seen some of you post here you think U2 are going adult comtemporary or old and slowing down. Personally I like the stuff they did "old" best. ATYCLB and Electrical Storm, Hands, Summer Rain, those are among my favorites and the ones that really got me interested. But some of you don't like it and think they should be, I dunno, like wild radical kids again? I know they'll never be the angry young men who wrote Sunday Bloody Sunday again and that's okay. They've been though that, they've been through a lot of phases and what they are now tells a lot about their stage of life and their experiences. I would rather hear them doing what they're doing than trying to prove something by acting like one of the young bands. Wouldn't they be out of place singing something like the Atari's "being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up, these are the best days of our lives?" I mean, these guys are over 40 and some have teenager children. I think it's wrong to expect them to be like a younger band. But they still have a lot to give, and a lot to contribute to the music world if we will only listen. There is a place for bands their age and I wouldn't want them any other way.
So my question is, do you feel less connected to U2 because of their age in compared to yours (if they are a lot older that is) and do you think you expect them to be something they really aren't, because they are older than they used to be and you want them on the same level as a band 15 or 20 years younger? Is it really right to be frustrated with them when they aren't? Is this really fair to them? Can't we just love them for what they are, and have been? Just a thought, any comments?
So my question is, do you feel less connected to U2 because of their age in compared to yours (if they are a lot older that is) and do you think you expect them to be something they really aren't, because they are older than they used to be and you want them on the same level as a band 15 or 20 years younger? Is it really right to be frustrated with them when they aren't? Is this really fair to them? Can't we just love them for what they are, and have been? Just a thought, any comments?
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