Quote(s) of the Day: Bono

Quote(s) of the week here from Bono, re: U2's unsuccessful 2009 album No Line on the Horizon:

This week, Bono described the album as “not very accessible, lyrically or musically”.

“We put out a really difficult record,” he told Rolling Stone magazine. “I would have to admit that. If I was a teenager, it would be like a European movie, it’s art house.”

This follows on from his comments last October when he described the February 2009 album as “a work that is a bit challenging for people who have grown up on a diet of pop stars.”

Pay attention to the bolded part. A year ago, Bono said the album was a bit challenging. He has now elevated the album the pantheon of great cinema. Bono can not be stopped. He can only get Bonoer.

There's a decent discussion of the merits of the album on Jim Carroll's blog, but my own impression of the album, based on 2 or 3 listens, was that it was an uneventful record. Not good, not particularly bad, but definitely not challenging or innovative. Difficult only in the sense that it's difficult to justify the effort.