Those that know me well know I’ve been a fan of U2 since 1979. I first heard a U2 song when a good friend of mine played a tune he’d brought back from Ireland. It was awesome and I was hooked. I believed them to be the future of Rock and Roll. For thirty years — has it been that long? — I’ve enjoyed their music. And just a few days ago U2 released their latest, No Line On the Horizon. What to make of it. I’ll make no bones about the fact I liked their earlier work the best. To me, U2 peaked with the 1st half of Joshua Tree, falling down on the 2nd half. Though In God’s Country is one of my all time favourites and it resides on the 2nd side. Thereafter, they have some impressive songs but the overall albums have been lacking. To be sure, some of my favourite U2 songs came after Joshua Tree, with my all time favourite being Until the End of the World on Achtung Baby. So as news emerged that a new U2 album was in the works and due out in 2009 I both anticipated it and dreaded
