I think the issue for me is less about quality and more about relevance. It sounded too much like recent Coldplay, which the world doesn’t need any more of.
As a yardstick, what is the last U2 song that you’d deem great?
Yep … “Walk On” gets my vote. That album came out in 2000; if only they could muster the outrage and joy of their earlier career and apply it to the problems of the world today.
Defending Axl Rose 
I have heard nothing but bad about this song – gotta listen to it myself, already!
Don’t do it!!!
I think the issue for me is less about quality and more about relevance. It sounded too much like recent Coldplay, which the world doesn’t need any more of.
As a yardstick, what is the last U2 song that you’d deem great?
ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND is there swan song for me.
Yep … “Walk On” gets my vote. That album came out in 2000; if only they could muster the outrage and joy of their earlier career and apply it to the problems of the world today.
That was the last album where I felt like they had something to prove. They’re basically coasting now, and it shows.