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Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

From what I've been told, there was basically a full silence regarding U2 until a few weeks before The Fly was released. At least it was like that here in Spain, where U2 was EFFING HUGE after the R&H release, and the news-blackout after 1989 was very badly received - as well as the Fly release.

I remember reading some time around the release of Get On Your Boots some news piece in a Spanish website that the new single was the worst since "that horrible The Fly song that nobody liked".

I thought, dude, you are incredibly stupid, thanks for participating. But now it seems like it was a nationwide hatred

LikeASong

12 years

Originally posted by DerBFreund:[..]

I remember reading some time around the release of Get On Your Boots some news piece in a Spanish website that the new single was the worst since "that horrible The Fly song that nobody liked".

I thought, dude, you are incredibly stupid, thanks for participating. But now it seems like it was a nationwide hatred

Yes, it was definitely a nationwide hate back then. People had grown to adore the Joshua/R&H era so much that seeing the radical Achtung change wasn't well received at all, not only by the critics but mostly by the general audience. U2 struggled badly to sell out their 92 & 93 shows here (in fact, the Oviedo '93 show was far from sell-out and the Madrid '93 one sold out only after some strong promotion the days prior to the show, if memory serves well). Yep, I guess people are too traditional over here also when it comes to U2 ...

ahn1991

12 years

I actually can't believe that The Fly had such a bad rap back then. Even before I had listened to any of the live versions, I found myself very fond of the song. What a weird time it must have been...

clover68

12 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

Yes, it was definitely a nationwide hate back then. People had grown to adore the Joshua/R&H era so much that seeing the radical Achtung change wasn't well received at all, not only by the critics but mostly by the general audience. U2 struggled badly to sell out their 92 & 93 shows here (in fact, the Oviedo '93 show was far from sell-out and the Madrid '93 one sold out only after some strong promotion the days prior to the show, if memory serves well). Yep, I guess people are too traditional over here also when it comes to U2 ...

oh my you should have seen the elbowing queues outside the selling point under the snow early in the morning, or better night, to get those Forum tickets hehe
it was not at all like cursing on a confortable armchair in a warm room in front of a monitor hehe
oh dear old times

kris_smith87

12 years