Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
That’s where I kinda disagree with you and possibly a lot of others that if it’s a good song why does it matter if it is the same u2 sound, a good song is a good song. It’s the mixture that makes u2 great for me, a band that can play both zoo station and miracle Drug in the same show, discotheque and walk On, The Fly and stuck in a moment, song For Someone and until the end of the world. That sums up to me in a few songs what makes u2 so great.
I mean, songs don't get much more "U2-signature-sounding" than Heartland, Bad or Where The Streets Have No Name and BELIEVE ME I love those songs and I dig that sound big time.
What I meant to say -and my wording was poor here- that lately (in the last couple of years), the further their songs stray from that sound, the better they seem to be in my opinion.