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...global economic recession, that the world's richest nations have failed to deliver much of the aid they promised Africa four years ago. But campaigners are not letting the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized countries off the hook. According to ONE, an advocacy group founded by U2 singer Bono, most of the blame for the shortfall in pledges made at the high-profile Gleneagles summit in 2005 rests on just two countries - Italy and France. Italy, which next month hosts a summit of G-8 leaders, has delivered a minuscule 3% of the amount it pledged at Gleneagles, according...
...about the really big acts, like the Beatles or Elvis? Do you think another major act like that will ever happen, or are people's music tastes too fractured? My initial inclination is that we're not going to see that level of success anytime soon. From that standpoint, U2 might be the last of the breed...
...does the right selection. Most reissues are by acts with rabid fan bases (U2 put out a souped-up version of The Joshua Tree last year; Bruce Springsteen recently announced plans for a new Darkness on the Edge of Town) that have both cash and nostalgia in abundance. Rap? Not many reissues. The Grateful Dead? Too many to count. Older bands fare better for technological reasons; advances in transferring music from analog to digital mean that most records from the '70s and '80s sound demonstrably better, even to amateur ears. "That's a big selling point," says Adam Yauch...
...surprised that you rate boy as one of U2's four worst albums. It is an excellent album that many younger fans will probably continue to overlook based on articles like this one. If U2 released Boy today, critics would probably be fawning over the rebirth of a pop/rock giant rather than analyzing the band's ongoing decline. Jeff DeVito, BOUND BROOK...
...Young Folks” before they started tweaking the details.The band’s stylistic influences are diverse but perhaps at the sacrifice of coherence. “I Want You!” with its midtempo ambling New Wave guitar and echoed bass drum, sounds like an early U2 track, and the vocal and lyrical style and African-inflected bass of “Living Thing” directly channels Vampire Weekend’s watered-down “Graceland” vibe. As already established by Mr. West, “Nothing to Worry About?...