Originally posted by RUMMY:Can we at least agree that the 360 tour was more successful than PopMart?
Originally posted by podiumboy:Pop did not have 5 hit singles.
Discotheque- Sure, the “U2 is back” effect cause this to skyrocket on week 1, and then drop like a rock never to be heard from again. People really didn’t like this song outside of the fan base. The video really put everyone off.
Staring at the sun- The only song from the album that made any sort of lasting impression. It got decent radio and video play. It’s a song casual fans could kind of get into, but ultimately it didn’t hold the public’s attention.
Last night on earth- This single achieved literally nothing for them. All they did was piss off a lot of people in Kansas City by shutting down a highway to film a video that nobody ever watched, for a song that nobody ever heard. By this point, Discotheque and SATS had been dropped from the radio and video playlists, and Pop was essentially finished.
Please- Next to zero radio and video play. Nobody outside of the fan base remembered this song. It really shouldn’t have been a single. The subject matter is too serious, and the hook isn’t strong enough. The fact that it’s an absolute beast of a live song is beside the point.
If God will send his Angels- This song was actually a blip on the radar, unlike Please and LNOE. It was on a major motion picture soundtrack, so it got a fair amount of exposure. However, “Iris” was the clear breakout success from City of Angels, and U2’s song had no way of competing.
Originally posted by popmarter:[..]
Outside of the US it was successful for a band from the 80s to have that level of success in the singles charts at that point in their career was pretty much unprecedented as they were competing with novelty acts and one hit wonders ,U2 are essentially an Album band most fans don't bother buying the singles they aren't some novelty bubblegum act who have that one big song or album, most of the big established bands never have big hit singles well into their career the first single maybe grabs people's attention but after that they get very little attention they generally use them as a way of promoting the album.
Originally posted by germcevoy:NLOTH is such a nothing album. I have zero feelings. I’d rather hate it than have this void of no emotion towards it.
Originally posted by ASortOfDesire:[..]
Is it because the great and the terrible cancel other out? Or do you just have no feelings for any of the tracks?