Єlmer♣Fuddstien™ asked:
I’m curious as to what U2 fans think. If you’re a current U2 fan, what do you think of the older (pre achtung baby) stuff? If you’re an original, old school U2 fan, what do you think of the newer (achtung baby and later) stuff? I find it hard to reconcile the fact that the band that did “in the name of love”, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “All I want is you” can also do songs like “vertigo” and “lemon”.
**M to the G: It’s one thing for a fave band to go from boyband to serious band, like the beatles. U2 is different in the fact that they went from serious band to cheesy pop rockers**
**icouldbeagain: QOUTING JOE STRUMMER? He’s the guy who threw Mick Jones out of “The Clash” due to Mick’s “serious pop tendencies”. No doubt Joe would have tossed Bono the moment he tried to convince everyone that the song “Lemon” was a good idea. It’s kind of hard to be “digging the new” when every new song sounds just like any other song. Strummer never did a pop song, so :p **