Originally posted by robotsandmonkeys:[..]
Totally agreed. Not understanding how people can heap praise on an album so dreadfully uninspired, timid, and mediocre.
Bono is especially cringe-worthy on this album - his lyrics are amateurish, awkward, and tone-def. His subjects are far from novel...here we have:
- 2 songs about Ali (adding to how many others already written?)
- 4 songs about love/love in the title (again...we get it...we love love too...but damn! We GET it!)
- 2 songs about Bono writing about how absurd/transparent Bono is (nothing new here either)
- 1 song about America (we could have a quintuple album of U2 Songs of America at this point)
If he wrote a song for his mother we'd all win Bono bingo or something.
So...
Music? Mediocre at best.
Lyrics? Sounds like a 13 year old wrote them, or Bono decided to read a fortune cookie
Topics? Stale as hell. Almost every subject has an analog in their catalog that is MUCH better.
Effort? If THIS is the product of YEARS of work? They are in a lot of trouble.
Masterpiece? I understand a lot of you think so, personally I think this is easily the worst album they have ever released
Well... actually, I see 2 songs about America.
But that's the beauty of art... it's all in the eyes (or ears) of the beholder...