Lancemc said:I'd give them an 8. They gave us ATYCLB, their third masterpiece, as well as two fantastic world tours. But at the same time they also gave us A disappointing album (for me), and a couple shitty compilations and collaborations. But overall a great decade so far.
fna692002 said:
I meant just 2006.lol........but yes it is a great decade for U2 so far.
silvrlvr said:Wow, Green Day backlash!
I don't get it -- what so bad about teaming up with a hot younger band? After all, the Stones can barely walk, Bruce plays to half-filled houses on occasion, the Who can't draw an audience younger than 50. Do we want U2 to end up like them, or to appeal to new fans?
U2girl said:Exactly how much younger are GD? They're not exactly young kids on the block themselves...if U2 wanted a younger fanbase, they'd shooting videos full of bling bling, babes and fast cars and collaborating with 50 Cent and the like and using producers like Timbaland or N.E.R.D.
I think U2's fanbase is doing just fine, and I don't think a collaboration with a younger artists will suddenly increase it. It's the die hards that keep up your popularity.
How many MJB fans do you think will get into U2 because they collaborated with her?
Having seen the GD fans reaction on the news on the collaboration, I somehow doubt their fans are about to rush the stores for U2 albums. I don't remember Saints being hyped as the GH single, but always the charity song for MR. (the video seems to support this too)
U2girl said:That said, how many GD fans know about Edge's connection with MR vs U2 fans that know about it? (and how many fans will "listen" and how many will "buy" the single?)
jmccuanu2 said:I know I will sound like a doofus for asking this, but these Beach Clips several of you are referring to, where can I find them and what are they about? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
fna692002 said:
Absolutlely nothing! The plan was to expose U2 to more of a younger fanbase, and it worked. Most GD fans were interested and the video was everywhere. The song stayed in the top 40 of Itunes downloads for wks. and it gave the band a hot 100 hit.
The thing I didnt like was this was supposed to be a charity single, yet it "suprisingly" wound up as the first single for a U2 GH compilation. Granted all proceeds go to MR, but still to some now it looks like U2 were just using this GD thing as a interest grabber for the 18 Singles disk, not that its a bad thing, just takes away its sole purpose.
Earnie Shavers said:The Good:
On the road
In the studio
Saints
ZooTV
Bono finally lost the hair
The Bad:
WITS as a possible indication of a borderline cheesy direction
Contractual compilation
The Summary:
Highly commercial but hardly creative year. U2 the Brand gets 10/10. U2 the Band get 5/10.
Zootlesque said:
Well put! That's pretty much how I feel.