Originally posted by sonia_lastrega:Hmm...I assume they're releasing it because they think it has "breakaway hit" potential? I'd hate to disagree with them, but .... meh.
It's not awful, it's just dull.
Originally posted by RUMMY:[..]
I watched the performance last night - BORING.
Originally posted by chrissybaby:[..]
Creatively speaking, they're in a hole IMO. If this and Glastonbury represent where their head is at then maybe it's a good job we won't have an album in 2011.
I think Spiderman will become/is their absolute creative and artistic nadir. Something they will forever regret. That Spider-man on that piece of string just made me die a little inside.
I get the impression that if they could get out now they probably would, but it's too late.
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
...U2 knows that NLOTH was a bit of a failed experiment...
Originally posted by RUMMY:[..]
I am sure this has been said (many times) before, but they failed on NLOTH because they didn't experiment enough. Please U2, no more "Crazy Boots" tunes.
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
I think it could have gone either way and still had been more successful. If they went ALL pop-rock it would have made more sense, and if they went all experimental it would have also made more sense. What they came up with was a mish-mash of both, and it sounded like them starting out experimental but chickening out. I'd love to see them go all Passengers or Zooropa on us and make an experimental album.
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
I think it could have gone either way and still had been more successful. If they went ALL pop-rock it would have made more sense, and if they went all experimental it would have also made more sense. What they came up with was a mish-mash of both, and it sounded like them starting out experimental but chickening out. I'd love to see them go all Passengers or Zooropa on us and make an experimental album.