A couple years ago I was chatting with the illustrious Jenna when “Pride” by U2 began playing on the radio. I caught myself singing along (probably pretty poorly, my range isn’t up to par with Bono’s) so I comment to her about U2. It was something to the effect of…
“Y’know I never really think about U2 when I am talking about bands that I like, but I do like quite a few of their songs. I guess they are one of those bands that not everyone realizes they like but everyone likes at least one or two of their songs.”
Obviously she blew my theory by stating that she couldn’t think of one U2 song that she liked (although I think she was just being contrary for the hell of it). So there are some people that don’t like anything done by U2, cool. The point is I enjoy quite a few of their songs.
This morning I caught the beginning of a U2 special on MTV. U2 was riding through Manhattan playing some songs on the back of a flat bed trailer. The whole promotion was going to culminate with free live concert beneath the Brooklyn bridge (although I was unable to view the whole show, I had to run off to work). My thoughts on the special were “How cool is that?” Shoot, they even pulled a guy off of the streets to play the drums with them. Today, when everything seems to be about making the almighty dollar, it is nice to see a band doing something for their fans.
While it is awesome that U2 is so concerned and involved with their fans, the important thing is that they are still making good music.
