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U2 Still Hasn’t Found What I’m Looking For

Topics: Music | Add A CommentBy admin | February 21, 2009

I’m really not too fond of pop culture criticism; I think mom was right when she said “If you don’t have anything nice to say…”, so let me preface what I’m about to say with a little disclaimer: My inability to discern the differences between any two U2 albums is probably a result of my [...]

I’m really not too fond of pop culture criticism; I think mom was right when she said “If you don’t have anything nice to say...”, so let me preface what I’m about to say with a little disclaimer: My inability to discern the differences between any two U2 albums is probably a result of my own shortcomings. That being said, I haven’t been too thrilled with the band U2 since precisely the time that this became the case, or worse yet, since the moment I also became unable to tell if it was maybe a Coldplay song and not U2 at all. And I really lost my love for them when they sued Negativland, whose song is featured here in that audio-only YouTube clip (Warning: Lots of swearing by Casey Kasem). Well now, to give the added impression that they’re as out of touch with reality as a Beltway insider bailing out banks, they’re launching their latest release by making it free on MySpace until March 3rd. Shouldn’t they have maybe used Eons.com? Having taken a very quick listen, I’ll give them one thing; it sure as heck sounds like a U2 album. Keep up the good work lads. See you in Vegas in a few years. I mean that in the most positive possible way; Vegas is pretty cool, from what my grandma tells me.