Hoodlem said:
The reason we do not care for ATYCLB is not because it is a terrible album (althought it has some annoying moments). The reason people do not care for this album is because we know that U2 is capable of SO MUCH MORE!!! HTDAAB has proven this.
IMO HTDAAB is not perfect but it has the magic that ATYCLB does not. HTDAAB was the album I was expecting 4 years ago. I can barely listen to that album now without feeling embarassed.
Just my thoughts at the moment. Feel free to comment. And I am not trying to offend anyone or tell them they are wrong.
Let me give you my thoughts Mr Hoodlem from Orem Ut.
Song for song ATYCLB knocks the stuffing out of HTDAAB.
Beautiful Days knocks Vertigo outta the water.
New York trounces Love Peace or Else
Elevation eclcipses Crumbs
When I Look at the World sends Sometimes You Cant Make It running for cover.
Lryically speaking HTDATB is a sophmoric joke.
..do I need to go on here?
When U2 started out in the late 70s Bono wanted his band to be a global band.
He said he wanted to evenually capture big ideas, sound as sensitive as Neil Young and be as powerful as the Who. It took them 10 years to do that and with JT they finally reached that ambitious goal.
Thru the 1980s U2 was a niche band until Joshua Tree. They were post punk, had religous roots and made endearing interesting rock and roll music. Very powerful and pasionate.
Now this album appears to be a weak attempt to return to the early 1980s music with weaker lyrics than their 1980s songs.
This new albulm is like a 42 yr old man like myself after having been invited to college swim party showing up in Speedo swimtrunks, trying to fit in and look sexy like the rest of the college kids (mimicking myself from 20 yrs. ago). do you get the analogy?
U2 needed to stay the course, but took a wrong turn.I
don't hate all the songs-
YahWeh and
Crumbs are great and I will always be a diehard fan, but this album is too simple for what theyre capable of.
peace,
db9