I AGREE!! I hoped all along that they would not throw such a sweet, special tribute to Bono's Da to the wolves like that. The fact is, we love it, we cherish it for the story behind it and the love that they put into it. It will always be special for those reasons.
But, really, it wasn't that great of a radio song
Sure, One was slow, but this is not One, it doesn't flow the way One does. Honestly, "Sometimes" takes over 32 seconds to start sounding like anything at all, and the early lyrics are rather boring and cheesy
I can fully understand how any non U2 fan, or casual fan, would turn the dial.
It deserved better than that.
I CRINGED I mean CRINGED and ached for U2 when I heard it played on a 'modern rock' station that caters to high school kids and boasts they 'rock harder' than anyone in town, then say 'here's the new rock from U2!' and it started up and I was like, NNOOOOOO they didn't do that!
Sometimes is a good song, but sometimes, it can't make it on its own.