womanfish
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Actually, what speaks volumes is those who feel the need to respond to criticism of U2 with personal attacks and suggestions that fan cards be turned in. U2 is not your mother.
Indeed, there seems to be a certain subset of "fan" here that takes any criticism of U2 personally, and so responds in personal terms...the current favourite being "Maybe it's time for you to move on from U2". And as unnecessary as a comment like this is, it's better than the personal insults that are often dolled out by people who take any criticism of U2 a little too personally. There’s no reason to throw other fans under the bus just because you disagree on a frakking performance for frak’s sake. It's possible to disagree about U2 without taking it as a personal attack, no matter how personally you may feel about U2 and their music. We are all fans here.
Now with regards to the "genuineness" of Bono's theatricality and over the top emotionalism at certain times, we can all provide our own opinions and personal anecdotes on this matter, but given that he said post-360 that on many nights he was just going through the motions, I really don't think there's much to discuss here. He's an entertainer, part of his job is to deliver a performance whether he's really "feeling it" or just, you know, putting on a show. Which again, is his job.
It's the whole reason that while Edge has a fantastic voice, he's not out front leading the band. Imagine Larry!!! LOL.
Bono is one of the great frontmen in history. LIke I said before, he's a salesman by nature. I think he knows how much to give and when, and why more than any of us could understand.
You can't expect for him to be genuinely moved and reflect consistent emotion in every performance of each particular song. I'm sure there are times he has to put on a show just to get through that 127th time of doing the song on a night he feels like shit. I don't think that the EBW performance was one of those. But like I said, he knows what he needed to do for the venue and setting and he killed it.
I mean Perez freaking Hilton posted a glowing review on his gossip site. This is the same guy that only talks about the young and popular actors and musicians, and usually draws dicks on people's foreheads to make fun of them. But he thought the performance was amazing.
I think Bono did well.