Originally posted by TheRealEdge:should we still expect greatness from the band?
should we still expect the band to be ground-breaking?
should we still expect the band to write fantastic songs?
should we still expect Edge to blow us away with new guitar soundscapes?
should we still expect more from an ageing band who once ruled the world?
fuck yes!
so when that expectation is not met then fans have a duty to comment
because when you stop expecting greatness then it's time for you as a fan to hand in your membership
Originally posted by TheRealEdge:should we still expect greatness from the band?
should we still expect the band to be ground-breaking?
should we still expect the band to write fantastic songs?
should we still expect Edge to blow us away with new guitar soundscapes?
should we still expect more from an ageing band who once ruled the world?
fuck yes!
so when that expectation is not met then fans have a duty to comment
because when you stop expecting greatness then it's time for you as a fan to hand in your membership
Originally posted by guykirk9:[..]
Lol what is this last paragraph
That’s wild
Dude they aren’t going to live forever
Originally posted by Damonio123:also, if i can't hear larry (like in experience album) i'll hate this song
Originally posted by ZOOTVTOURist:[..]
No, because this may not be the point. The career paths are not different by natural law or by chance - but by the decisions made consciously.
- Bob Dylan took a step back away from the crowd pleasing. The expectations. The icon. The maniac fans. The media. To be what he wanted to find out again: being an artist. Being on stage. Writing songs. Covering others‘ tunes. With no compromise. Playing not anymore the big stadiums (full in 1984), but having much smaller audiences following this new rediscovered muse of masterful creativity.
An outburst not only documented in thousands of concerts since restarting in 1988, but also albums that are as brillant as earlier works. Listen for example to Time Out Of Mind (1997), Love And Theft (2001), Tempest (2012), Shadows In The Night (2015) and last but not the least Rough And Rowdy Ways (2021). With 82 years still touring and playing some of the best music of his 60-years-career.
In summary: When I do not want to play Like A Rolling Stone, All Along the Watchtower, Knockin‘ On Heaven‘s Door or Blowin‘ In The Wind - well, it’s not the Greatest Hits Juke Box here, but hey, listen to: Key West (Philosopher Pirate).
That‘s Why Bob has „his audience“ now for a long time. He has educated himself - and his audience.
- U2 decided - with the E&I exception- for another road. Music for the masses. When people come to a show, they expect Streets, One, Sunday, Pride, Beautiful Day, Mysterious Ways, Follow etc. etc. In truth we have been on a Greatest Hits Tour since 2001.
Similar to the Stones, that have celebrated their „big hits“ for ages, too. Every night. Every show. To do the other fans a favour, there is the online choice for a rarity in the set. As our band really having dug deep in their back catalogue since 2001.
- That was the turning point by the way, as Bono himself talked about deliberately every night in 2018: The 90ies were the decade, where U2 experimented. Took risks. Searched for new art, failed, succeeded the more. The U2 90ies album triptychon plus Batman, Passengers and Million Dollar Hotel do document this peak. The last creative peak. Since then we‘re back to that, what the band thinks is relevant and enough for mass appeal. Something we hear in the polished album productions and in the simpler song writing.
In summary: Following a formula that brings us now from to „Atomic City - Atomic“.
A then himself and his audience challenging Bono completed in an Interview the sentence „There are many levels to ZOO TV“ wittingly with „This is the lowest.“ Hey Bono, some of us are waiting for what‘s next. For a long time now. Where is the art? Where is the poetry? Has it all become just a job, maybe even meaningless? There‘s a whole world changing outside your window - and all there is, is this? C‘mon you know better…
Originally posted by raf90:[..]
Can't you really hear Larry on Experience?