U2

[richardp]

You and I are in the minority I guess I too enjoyed the song and look forward to a new album by the end of the year


And with all of this talk about them becoming a corporate rock band, are you guys being serious or just joking? What's wrong with them hooking up with current producers to help change their sound once again? Are you telling everyone that you would rather have them dish out TJT pt.2 (which I'm sure the same people would bitch about how they managed to release a rehash of a previous album) instead of branching out and looking to add a new sound to their catalog? I remember when everyone bashed them for POP and now that its been 17 years since its release, its managed to become a great U2 album in the eyes of the so-called "fans."

Yeah I really don't see why it's a big deal that U2 have reached out to modern producers. Their last album they went back to Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois and no one gave a shit. So I'm sure they figured "well fuck it, let's make an album for NOW" and they're absolutely entitled to. Just because they're older dudes now doesn't mean that they have to be shoehorned in with all these other "classic" bands who just keep churning out the same tired "we're appealing to our older audience" albums. I mean shit, they even tried to do the cliche "Rick Rubin produced our new album" move and threw out all but one of those songs because they thought the tracks were boring and non-special. You guys should really look at recent U2 shows. Over half the crowd are people in their 20s. U2's main fan base these days seems to draw heavily from the college based crowds.