Just watched a little documentary on U2's Joshua Tree album. 1986 people - 1986! I hear the songs, even now about twenty-five years later, and I think to myself "That is an awesome song." Not just for one or for two tracks. I find myself saying it over and over. Their music is the kind of music you hear years later, and you don't conjure up bad 80s hair bands or one hit wonders or songs that you've heard so many times you want to puke.
Because their music isn't dated. They didn't come up with some radical look to garner attention. And their music, the message, the sound, is still fresh, even today. Isn't that novel...just gooooooooood music. And the album sells. People still want to hear the songs after all these years.
So here is to U2...long may you produce awesome music! (That, and may I get to see you, one day, live...preferably in Dublin. And you have to play all the classics. And I better be with my boyfriend/husband. Just saying!)
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