BonoVoxSupastar said:
Well that was my original point... Good music spans over demographics. Now if they had said the Celine Dion crowd that would have been another statement all together.
Why? They're almost the exact same demographic (we are talking musical writing Elton John here remember). Anyway, you're talking about making great music that naturally crosses demographic boundaries, while ahittle is talking about specificaly aiming music towards a particular demographic - in this case the older, 'adult contemporary' demographic that laps that shit up.
Anyway, I don't think that will be a problem in this case - Spiderman as a brand/subject matter does not lend itself to a huge crossover anyway. I don't think there's any threat of U2 going for a big "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" or "My Heart Will Go On" cheese-tastic moment over this.
I'm in two minds overall about this. I've been saying for years that I really wanted U2 to do a side project of some sort where they are able to release a bit more of their creative side, seeing as their on-album work at the moment is being done to such a formula. Something like a soundtrack would be perfect. This, of course, could be that to some degree. I just really want them to do something with some depth to go alongside the light and soft and shallow stuff they are choosing to do for their albums.
Not so buzzed over some of the kind of songs necessary in musicals, and U2 doing them, and the fact that it is of course kinda tacky, being just another arm of Spiderman money making and all.
Maybe the reports are overblowing their role. They could of course write one killer song for it, kind of as a theme, and that tune/riff/whatever could be used and stretched out as a theme throughout the whole thing, as often happens in musicals (and film scores).