mikal
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Whoever was in charge of U2’s image for NLOTH and the promotion should be fired. Remember Bono with the eyeliner and talk of taking on characters for the tour. It seemed U2 wanted to do something different but backed out resorting to the general U2 image/promotion of this decade. Pictures of the band members (see ATYCLB, HTDAAB, and NLOTH), and seen everywhere on TV (Letterman (which was cool), Good Morning America, BBC). Even the last few videos for U2 have been similar. U2 are doing the same poses for GOYB & Vertigo. Crazy Tonight was a welcome to the U2 video formula. Then the release of the 2nd single went totally unnoticed.
The general audience just might be tired of "seeing" U2 the same way every 3-4 years.
Its like U2 had the music for change but didn’t want to take the risk of being too different from the last few albums. I know this is kind of minor but these are thing the general public look at.
i have a friend who generally despises U2, but was really interested in the Bono guyliner image. he really wanted to see if Bono had the guts to go all in on it. most of me is glad Bono didn't, but at the same time, i think it would have been fun if he did go all in with the character.