so in my u2 mood i listened to how to dismantle an atomic bomb for the first time since..well since it came out ha. decided to give it a 2nd chance – since in the complicatedness that is my u2 fandom, i never like a u2 album at first listen. it has to sit on the shelf a bit and age before i can appreciate it. so htdaab is not as bad as i remember, i listened to the entire thing except yahweh. i just couldn’t. that song is SO bad. it has fun moments, it has way too sappy moments (miracle drug), it has mature moments (songs towards the end), it has the suck moments (yahweh) but over all it’s not too bad. it’s certainly no achtung, and it will never be a “desert island” record, but it’s tolerable. it also will forever remind me of someone.
