Red Mosquito

VinylGuy wrote:Their need for cultural relevance is, perhaps, what is driving people crazy about U2 these days.
But, as someone who loves Pop, i remember being really bummed out when they released All that you cant leave behind and began to embrace "America" after 9/11...that approach, and the fact that rolling stone and every mayor magazine was putting them in the spot again, messed up the music to me. I couldnt listen to them, or see their videos...i hated Bono.

With How to dismantle...i guess i began to separate all those things from the music they were doing. Yes, they were awful songs, yes, they seemed to need to record with pretty much every new pop idol around that time; but there was also new and exiting music too.

dimejinky99 wrote:Does anyone remember that Zoo tv special? it had concert footage from Zoo tv and loads of random interviews with people in that confession box and the band here and there..I used to love that film...id love to see it again

dimejinky99 wrote:I'd usually recommend stayin away from the comments section on anything, i'ts always a blackhole of the worlds biggest fucktards, but the average Guardian reader has their head screwed on.

You must be joking? You need to broaden your comparisons my friend! Compare this bono guys so called talents with real, genuine music writers/vocals from the glorious 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s for example.

VinylGuy wrote:Only 5 songs? Im curious about the thad blake remix.

In 2011, U2 were working on three different albums simultaneously: the never-completed Songs of Ascent; a more electronic record with Lady Gaga producer RedOne; and another with Black Keys and Gnarls Barkley producer Danger Mouse. They decided, says Clayton, that they had “run out of road” with their semi-regular collaborators Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois and needed another reboot like 1991’s Achtung Baby or 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind. “We needed to reinvent and revitalise.”

“The easiest thing would be a greatest hits tour,” says Mullen. “We could do that for years. I just wasn’t prepared to go down in flames on the last record. This is not the way to finish your career. Go out with something that you really believe in. There were questions like: can we do this? Is it possible for us?”