namkcuR said:
Then we disagree as well.
New Year's Day, Two Hearts Beat As One, The Unforgettable Fire(the song), Promenade, Bad, Elvis Presley And America, Still Haven't Found, With Or Without You, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, One Tree Hill, Exit, Zoo Station, Until The End Of The World, The Fly, Mysterious Ways, Ultraviolet, Acrobat, the whole Zooropa record, the whole Pop record, all Alternative. U2 were alternative from 1983-1999 in my book.
U2 is still quite different from what is considered "mainstream."
"A Man and a Woman," not something you hear very often. "I could never take a chance, on losing love to find romance."
Not many rock bands outside "Christian rock" are going to put out a song titled "Yahweh."
"City of blinding lights" it's all about the bass on that one! Granted there's not nearly as many Adam fans as say, Bono and Edge fans, but for him, I think Atomic Bomb was a great album.
U2 doesn't sound like a whole lot of other musical acts out there, lyrically especially, except by those who openly, or it's clear enough U2 was an influence.
U2 doesn't fit many labels. Punk influenced, but tell a hard core punk fan that U2 is punk rock.
Classic rock, when you're first album debuts when you're 19-20, yet you still put out albums in your 40's, yeah you end up on "classic rock" playlists.
Alternative, just because they don't really fit.
"Tomorrow" is the most traditionally "Irish" sounding song of theirs.
(Back on topic)
"Clayton will confess a
personal desire to 'expand the sound of U2 a little bit.
This is the one who said "Pop" was based on his musical style.
Perhaps the part about not being so abstract is referring to the lyrics?
Bono will be even more open and direct, rather than making you wonder what he's on about.