Originally Posted by
frankie teardrop
very few bands who have been around as long as they have are... it's always been a mystery to me why u2 are especially reviled for this, though it's probably bono coming off as especially obnoxious to most people. he walks a fine line between being a great humanitarian and a total twat, but hey...i seldom if ever judge a band's merit by their latter day musical sins or offstage persona (unless we're talking really questionable violent/hateful behavior, but i'm getting off topic here).
sure, i really dislike their new material and persona as much as anyone (strongly dislike all three of their recent albums- both too safe and trying to hard in my book), but the same could be (and has been) said about the rolling stones, smashing pumpkins, the cure, and for me, depeche mode as far as current output is concerned... the fall from grace is always the hardest with bands of this stature.