tommycharles
War Child
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It's not about being cool, though, and it's not even necessarily about young people. Olds don't even have much respect for U2's recent work, and shit like Ahimsa is a big reason why.
See also Pearl Jam, who dropped the lead single from their first new album in 6 years today. They're 10 years younger than U2, but they put out a song that manages to (a) go somewhere new for them musically, (b) sound like it was made in 2019, but crucially also (c) not be awful.
U2 is still capable of this (The Blackout, This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now, Crystal Ballroom, for example), but the problem is that they think The Miracle and Get Out Of Your Own Way hit the mark there, and they don't.