No Line On The Horizon. They stated that it would be released by the end of last year, or sometime early this year, or around the summertime, when U2 were schedualed to resume touring, before Bono injured himself doing things he should've been doing when he was...umm NEVER!! But in any case, they didn't tour this summer, and with it the album wasn't released. NOW, U2 manager Paul McGuinness has stated it's slated for release but only if "its quality surpassed that of No Line on the Horizon".Well, if that's all it took, then it shouldn't be too hard to impress me. Now, I must state right here that I'm not a totally huge fan of U2, but I don't hate them with a dying passion. I liked some of their songs, and I enjoyed parts of their best album Actung Baby. What I don't like is when they act like the big rock superstars that they arn't, and rub it our faces by charging obscene prices towards ticket prices. I also really don't care THAT much about the charity work, even though the cram it down people's throats, but they just got A BIT too far, in my opinion.
That being said, when they mentioned that their new album Songs of Ascent, was not what I thought, some sort of Gospel/religious themed album(which I could see them doing maybe...NEVER!!), but actually a Pop/Dance based album. REALLY?!?! Didn't they already go down this road with Zooropa(the similar sequel to Actung Baby that won way too many awards away from Nirvana's In Utero and R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People ) and with the sequel to that, Pop, which is the least favourable album ever made by anyone??? Didn't everyone dislike "this" U2?? Why are they doing this again?? Are they trying to get people mad?? I don't know, but the day that album comes out, I will post an angry review for it(if I can remember, and if it really, REALLY sucks), and end by saying that, U2, this is a TERRIBLE Idea!!
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