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Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:45:10 -0600 (CST)
U2 hasn't sold out. They haven't become what they spoke out against though it
may seem like it sometimes. i love their music and would still listen to them
even if I regarded them as sell-outs. But they're not sellouts. When the Joshua
Tree came out, it changed rock. It was like nothing else on the radio. It blew
U2 into the stratosphere of rock. They became "Rock's Hottest Ticket." It was
so successful. How many millions did it sell? 15? After success like that, it
would have been easy to cash in on fame and release more albums like the Joshua
Tree, imitations of their own work to keep the public buying. But they didn't.
With Achtung Baby, they did something totally different with their style and
their image. they risked losing fans. they took a chance. Refusing to get
type-cast, they released something almost completely opposite from the JT and
their whole image that went with it. They struck out into the unknown and
succeeded. People kept buying their records.
Success does not equal sell-out, doing it for money. It seems like once someone
has had the success U2 did in the late 80s, everyone starts crying
"sell-outs!". Their motives for doing this are pretty obvious. Sounds like
something like jealousy to me.
Rock on!!!
Rose
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