Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:Ban?
Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:Ban?
Originally posted by TheRealEdge:Larry doesn't add anything to the band.
Originally posted by iver54:The Showman is the best song from Songs Of Experience,
U2 can achieve such good results when they aren't trying so hard..
Originally posted by germcevoy:Streets hasn’t sounded good since 2001 (and even then only as a result of the two nice segues.)
I only truly rate ZooTV Streets. Edge had a much nicer tone and Bono still had the vocal punch.
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
Ban Ben
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:This is something I've said before, but it's somewhat of a split opinion:
U2 should've retired with the release of U218, U2byU2 - in 2006
The reason I say it's split is because I never would've got to see them live had they done the above, and we never would have gotten 360 and the other good things that have come since. This being said, I think they've only been detracting from their legacy, or at the very least not adding anything to it, since then. U2 in 2004-2006 were on top of the world. Rock was still pretty mainstream (there was even a sort of resurgence of it on the radio at the time), Bomb was a crazy-selling album that received many accolades etc., Bono's voice was still in really good shape (listen to the Saitama show from towards the end of that tour) and it would've been a great place to stop. Couple that with U218 and U2byU2, which are basically both memoires for the band, and the single, Window in the Skies which to me is very much a "perfect U2 anthem" - not their best by any stretch, but it gives you that feeling that all great U2 anthems do, IMO.
It's one of those things where I think it would've been best for them, worst for me - but I think when it comes to their legacy, their output, the perspective people have on them - it would've been a great place to say "that's where we'll end it".
Originally posted by TheRealEdge:
Larry doesn't add anything to the band.