Age is just a number. For hard evidence of that saying, look no further than the current releases from both of U2's peers: R.E.M.'s Accelerate and the B-52s' Funplex. The members of the B-52's are much older than Larry, Adam, The Edge, And Bono. Mike, Michael, and Peter of R.E.M. are are the same age as U2.
Now, this my opinion, and I know I'm going to get alot of slack for this, but each song from the respective new releases sound more fresh, vivacious, hard rocking, and youthful than all the songs from How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb combined.
On Accelerate, there is hardly a ballad in there. Mostly hard, fast, and loud rock n' roll.
And there is more guitar on, get this, A B-52's ALBUM FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD(!?) than Edge has tried to muster on, say, All That You Can't Leave Behind. So the moral of the story is, Edge needs to REALLY be "on fire" for the next album. From now on, if I hear a member of U2 imply the 'as you get older you mellow out' cliche, than that is just bullshit.
Now, this my opinion, and I know I'm going to get alot of slack for this, but each song from the respective new releases sound more fresh, vivacious, hard rocking, and youthful than all the songs from How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb combined.
On Accelerate, there is hardly a ballad in there. Mostly hard, fast, and loud rock n' roll.
And there is more guitar on, get this, A B-52's ALBUM FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD(!?) than Edge has tried to muster on, say, All That You Can't Leave Behind. So the moral of the story is, Edge needs to REALLY be "on fire" for the next album. From now on, if I hear a member of U2 imply the 'as you get older you mellow out' cliche, than that is just bullshit.