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Bono Moans About U2's Lack Of Success

He says low album sales are due to people liking pop music...

October 26, 2009 by David Renshaw | Photo by Carsten Windhorst
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Bono has said he is disappointed that U2's latest album 'No Line On The Horizon' has failed to sell as well as their previous efforts.

The album has sold a million copies but still remains the Irish acts lowest selling album of the decade.

Bono speculated the reason for the low sales was down to the fact the record does not cater to the 'Diet of pop' the public likes.

“We weren't really in that mindset,” Bono told the Associated Press. "We felt that the 'album' is almost an extinct species, and we (tried to) create a mood and feeling, and a beginning, middle and an end. And I suppose we've made a work that is a bit challenging for people who have grown up on a diet of pop stars."

"(We didn't) pull off the pop songs," Bono admitted.

Bassist Adam Clayton agreed. “The commercial challenges have to be confronted," he said, “but I think, in a sense, the more interesting challenge is: 'What is rock'n'roll in this changing world?'”
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  • err the Lp is rubbish, Poor tunes, shite lyrics= crap Lp, it's as simple as that. no moaning about public taste will hide that fact that their latest Lp is by far the worst they have ever made. they had Balls with Pop, took a risk, a valid one they could afford but the backlash from Pop produced the Safe AltyclB . from here they went from Average U2 lp to a mediocre Bomb lp and it all went down hill= they produced this pile of shite called N.L.o.T.h. the next Lp is crunch time

    ~ by bignose 10/26/2009 Report

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  • I love the album and think it is one of their greatest. It is not pop at all and most of the music on the radio today is shite...

    ~ by Lovely6 10/27/2009 Report

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  • its time to shake up the chemistry and leave brian eno and crew out in the cold for a while - too much outside influence on this band. Add some tequila instead of juice, Let the Edge jam and Bono whale out some harsh vocals. Moment of Surrender maybe the best song in 10 years - some great parts to this album very creative but its time to get back to being introspective and violently outwardly politcal take there own advice - reboot yourself !

    ~ by uholdingon2 10/28/2009 Report

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