fat cherry wrote:Apparently you can tell edges mood by just how loudly he tunes up. And we thought they were dull.
Scouser wrote:Right, have finally watched the documentary (had it “on tape” for days).
I thought it was quite good. U2 obviously try and invent their own mythology, but then again a Mr Ian McCulloch is hardly shy when it comes to that. I thought parts of it were quite honest. It seems The Joshua Tree and Rattle & Hum are now the subject of quite a lot of embarrassment for U2, especially the latter. It was also interesting to notice that there was no joy on that tour.
It’s feasible that when they came back together after that tour the future of the band was on a knife edge, certainly they were creatively bankrupt and suffering writers block. I have admiration for them for trying something new and absorbing new influences. The Grey Album had a similar difficult gestation yet the only thing radical about it was a abit of plinky plonky piano and abit of organ.
Love it or hate it U2 went further out of their comfort zone with Zooropa whilst the Bunnymen went middle of the road with Evergreen and WAYGTDWYL. From then on it’s neck and neck in terms of blandness, U2’s last album is as bad as The Fountrain.
But I have to give them credit for at least trying on a set of new clothes, Pop might be crap but you can never imagine the Bunnymen even trying.
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