tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post559784830529178815..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: U2: Spinning disappointment into a victorySimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-42948157221388857562009-03-11T12:53:00.000+00:002009-03-11T12:53:00.000+00:00I'd agree with that scribblercraig - I've got all ...I'd agree with that scribblercraig - I've got all the albums too, but might just get this one as I did the last couple: months later in a sale somewhere. I've heard four tracks from the new one, of which one sounded good and three, bleah. The single was really dull too, and I'm sure that's a bigger factor than any other in the album sellingly in a mediocre fashion: if your main ad for the new product is a poor one, who's gonna bother with it? <BR/><BR/>Rather like the last REM album which was heralded as a huge return to form but, a few aside, just sounded like the same dull songs as on the couple albums before, only faster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-53045516622405947102009-03-10T21:36:00.000+00:002009-03-10T21:36:00.000+00:00As an album, even the most die-hard U2 fans seem t...As an album, even the most die-hard U2 fans seem to be struggling to like it and I wonder if the choice of first single lead to more people holding off or listening to tracks online and thinking 'not for me'.<BR/><BR/>Recent U2 albums have taken multiple listens for people to start to really enjoy the tracks - I wonder if in this case, people have neither the time or desire to do so.<BR/><BR/>(speaking as a fan who has all the albums, heard this one and passed and will do so with the live show)<BR/><BR/>Having said that, has piracy been blamed by them yet?scribblercraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197694440428424310noreply@blogger.com