Donald Miller (author of Blue Like Jazz, etc.), wrote a review/article on U2′s new album, commenting on the pressures facing U2 with each new album that comes along.
A couple of choice points:
Continue to appeal to a young generation you may not understand. These kids are into technology. They Twitter and blog and have the attention span of gnats. They think you’re old because their parents like you. but they’ve got the money, so throw them a bone. The twenty-somethings are all crazy about Radiohead. Thom could piss on a pizza and they’d think he was a genius. Did you hear what Thom did, he pissed on a pizza, they’d say. I know, I heard, he’s so creative. If Bono pissed on a pizza they’d want him to act his age.
That Joshua Tree record was a masterpiece. And remember that Ach Tung Baby album. I loved that. They both sounded so different. Do it again, or I’m done with you. Thom Yorke just pissed on a pizza.
Google Reader Likes
Pressures Facing U2 With Each Album
Donald Miller (author of Blue Like Jazz, etc.), wrote a review/article on U2′s new album, commenting on the pressures facing U2 with each new album that comes along.
A couple of choice points:
Via vandersluys.ca