What Do You Think of U2?

[federico moreno]

I agree with Pedja -post # 13- : u2 becomes a really interesting rock band from ¨The Unforgettable Fire¨up.
Brian Eno is a great rock provocateur, I think.
Daniel Lanois... I think is a very talented songwriter an producer: Has anyone heard some of his solo work? : ¨Acadie¨ and ¨The Beauty of Wynona¨ -not Ryder- are just fantastic records...
I have recomended Lanois albums a lot here en Argentina. Aural Delicatessen.

I like a lot U2 records, except for -sometimes- the sound quality of some of the tracks. But I think is not ¨sound quality¨ the issue here. In 1993, Audio Magazine published an excellent interview with Brian Eno in which a lot was said about the distortions, effects, textures,recording philosophy, etc of U2 records, and it´s connection with Hi Fi: the final word was something like ...¨high end audio equipment is a very useful thing, because you can hear the distortion and effects better¨. Cool.

I believe that U2 broke down the eigthies cliché of pseudo new romantic hairdos singing in falsetto, or the regular MTV pop song standard plenty of synclaviers and electronic drumming. That was a good thing. And then, they became a very popular rock band with good songs and a somehow studied atittude: the sort of thing that generates ¨love them or hate them¨postures.
But I´m very grateful for the music that they crafted. And it became the soundtrack of interesting moments of my life.