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Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

That is my guess too.

But Tim's guess is my fear.

Originally posted by ahn1991:Songs I love from ATYCLB

The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Beautiful Day
Stuck In A Moment
Kite
In A Little While
Wild Honey
Peace On Earth
New York
Elevation
Walk On
Grace
When I Look At The World

Songs I love from HTDAAB
Vertigo
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
City Of Blinding Lights
Crumbs On Your Table
Original Of The Species


And these are almost all album versions that I like. The only substitutions I would make are Elevation (album swapped with Single Version) and Walk On (again, album swapped for Single Version). In fact, I'll go as far as to say that ATYCLB is the only U2 album I can listen to in full (as in preserving the original tracklist and so on).

I'm going to be honest and say that I can't actually relate with many songs from the pre-ATYCLB era. The only ones are their obvious anthems, Streets, WOWY, Running To Stand Still, etc.

Regarding the sound, I will say that HTDAAB is probably the closest they've gotten to a "rock sound," as in that album is the closest to what I believe a rock album would sound like.

I also think people who believe ATYCLB and HTDAAB sound like pop-rock are misunderstood as to what pop-rock sounds like. Pop-rock is basically 85% pop, 25% rock. I can't think of any good examples of Pop-rock because there really aren't any. Like if you go to somebody who listens to pop-rock and say that ATYCLB and HTDAAB are full of pop-rock songs, they will look at you like you're crazy.


EDIT:
To rectify the injustice of all this ATYCLB bashing, I will change my avatar to the album cover. In solidarity with ATYCLB, I walk on.

Originally posted by LikeASong:Admin tools > Topic title > Change the title > "General ATYCLB bashing topic"

Originally posted by Andrew_C:[..]


So the artist is literally giving it one hundred and ten percent

Originally posted by ahn1991:[..]

Only if they are good artists that have lost their way.

Which means only if they are Maroon 5 (their early work is the closest thing to decent pop-rock there is). Otherwise, deduct another 10% from rock and that's what you've got.

If you're saying that pop-rock is basically pop, you're absolutely right, because that's what the standards appear to be at this point.

Disregarding my shameless attempt to fix my typo, the gist is still the same. Pop-rock is essentially far more pop than rock. If our fear is that U2 will suddenly make a beeline towards pop, we need not worry because that will never happen.

I'd say that Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto came close, but only in the sense that their album contained very good rock songs and one very good pop song (I consider Princess of China a pop song).

Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]
U2 did make a beeline towards pop-rock quite recently. There were four PR-sounding type songs on NLOTH - Magnificent, Stand Up, Get On Your Boots and Crazy Tonight (more so).