t8thgr8, it's good to have someone to back you up like that, huh?
Earnie awesome posts dude, very interesting read! You explain your reasoning very well. I saw but didn't read the other thread re: Pop overcorrection, but now know exactly what it was referring to.
After reading your posts it really does make me wonder now what the next progression would have been, -if- there was going to be one. How would it have sounded, I wonder? You seem pretty certain that initially they were still pushing down that path, hinting at it with songs like Stateless and The Ground Beneath Her Feet, both of which I love btw. However I'm not convinced that they would have been up to the task of making the next progression regardless of the fan influence.
Do you think there comes a point where the band might feel that the sounds that they create might be be moving too far away from the essence of who they are as musicians? Sorry if that's not clear, what I mean is.. hm. Well, you know how for most people you can usually look at their music tastes and also the type of person that they are, and sort of almost say well yes that music clearly suits them.. it's in tune with their soul, in a sense? They can relate to it, it strikes a chord with them, whatever. What if where U2 were initially headed after Pop turned out to be too much of a departure from the essence of who they are as musicians? What if they reached a point where they could still 'relate' to the stripped down, acoustic core of the songs they wrote as they always have, but perhaps no longer the version once the layers of their new progression had been applied? (Sorry if that doesn't make sense)
Also, I guess there's simply the question of creative peak, as in would they have been up to the task even if it they'd wanted to? All artists, not just musicians, seem to have their creative peak. In the case of writers for eg, their writings shift from being sharp and relevant, to vague or irrelevant dotages. Yeah, just like this post. Although, I think in the case of U2.. the last 2 albums are evidence that their songwriting is still very strong. Give me the acoustic versions of those songs over the stripped down, acoustic versions of the songs on Pop anyday.
(Disclaimer: I'm not suggesting U2 will soon slip into their dotage phase, just throwing it out there..)
Earnie awesome posts dude, very interesting read! You explain your reasoning very well. I saw but didn't read the other thread re: Pop overcorrection, but now know exactly what it was referring to.
After reading your posts it really does make me wonder now what the next progression would have been, -if- there was going to be one. How would it have sounded, I wonder? You seem pretty certain that initially they were still pushing down that path, hinting at it with songs like Stateless and The Ground Beneath Her Feet, both of which I love btw. However I'm not convinced that they would have been up to the task of making the next progression regardless of the fan influence.
Do you think there comes a point where the band might feel that the sounds that they create might be be moving too far away from the essence of who they are as musicians? Sorry if that's not clear, what I mean is.. hm. Well, you know how for most people you can usually look at their music tastes and also the type of person that they are, and sort of almost say well yes that music clearly suits them.. it's in tune with their soul, in a sense? They can relate to it, it strikes a chord with them, whatever. What if where U2 were initially headed after Pop turned out to be too much of a departure from the essence of who they are as musicians? What if they reached a point where they could still 'relate' to the stripped down, acoustic core of the songs they wrote as they always have, but perhaps no longer the version once the layers of their new progression had been applied? (Sorry if that doesn't make sense)
Also, I guess there's simply the question of creative peak, as in would they have been up to the task even if it they'd wanted to? All artists, not just musicians, seem to have their creative peak. In the case of writers for eg, their writings shift from being sharp and relevant, to vague or irrelevant dotages. Yeah, just like this post. Although, I think in the case of U2.. the last 2 albums are evidence that their songwriting is still very strong. Give me the acoustic versions of those songs over the stripped down, acoustic versions of the songs on Pop anyday.
(Disclaimer: I'm not suggesting U2 will soon slip into their dotage phase, just throwing it out there..)