Quite like that Woppit! Reminds me (In a good way) of Echo and the Bunnymen – I like Echo and the Bunnymen!
I have been a long-term U2 fan – to a lesser extent now. Like many of their fans, I feel they have lost consistency and a lot of ‘spark’ since Zooropa. They have made reasonable albums e.g. Pop, AYCLB and the last record – which is a good pop rock album IMHO. However, I honestly think they are past their best and won’t ever be what they were in the early to mid ’90’s. As a result, I don’t expect to much from them and am comfortable with the idea that they have given me records I will play always.
I don’t get the hate behind their music. They have a great drummer, a guitarist who is very curious and has helped expand the accepted sound of guitar and who incidentally can play guitar in a traditional way pretty damn well. As a band they spent the first 15 years of their careers evolving their sound album to album – more than most bands ever do… I think a lot of the dislike is actually because it’s not ‘OK’ to like them and because of the public persona of Bono in particular…
I can understand disliking the band members because of perceived hypocrisy regarding tax, development (Things frankly I can’t see as right either) etc… Let’s face it though, they have given more and used their position more than most to promote great causes. Certainly, they have done far more than most of us have.