I feel like U2 is in a tough position. They're not hip enough for the Radiohead/indie crowd, but they're hardly gonna get the kids listening to rap/pop/emo/Nickelback/"alternative" crowd, and of course they're not technically proficient enough for the metalheads. I suppose their main audience is Coldplay fans
seriously, I know there's a ton of U2 fans, but I wonder where the hell they are. My friend lives on the East Coast and says there's a ton of fans there, so maybe that's it? Very few people I know like U2 and pretty much no one is a fanatic like me... college hipsters
It will be interesting to see how this album does. Honestly, I have no idea. It will certainly sell millions because it's U2, but it could be a "failure" like Pop. With 5 star reviews though, hopefully not. I doubt reviews are the main reasons album sell though.
I LOVE Get On Your Boots but I think they should have went with Magnificent as a first single...I feel like that song would have been a big hit. Hopefully when it is a single it will do well
oh and people may be opposed to this but, I wish U2 would do another iPod ad. It worked for Vertigo, and it worked for Viva La Vida ... the people who would be most annoyed by it would be the people who hate U2 anyway, and there's not much of a chance of getting them to buy a U2 album, ever.