Another new album promised this year — though the date has been a moving target — is the latest from U2.
It’s been five years since their last effort, the underwhelming No Line on the Horizon, and 10 years since their last major success, How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb. That qualifies this upcoming album as a bona fide comeback record, even for the what’s still considered the best rock-n-roll band working today.
The first single, ‘Invisible,’ is promising. Written about Bono’s strained relationship with his father, who died in 2001, it has the anthemic pop bombast of the band’s most celebrated work.
Whether or not you like the band’s sound, it’s hard not to respect the career they’ve put together. Not many groups stick together for 35+ years, let alone maintain the level of cultural and artistic importance that these four Dubliners have sustained.
I didn’t even want the heart you broke
It’s yours to keep
You just might need one
I finally found my real name
I won’t be me when you see me again
No, I won’t be my father’s son
[Chorus]
I’m more than you know
I’m more than you see here
More than you let me be
I’m more than you know
A body in a soul
You don’t see me but you will
I am not invisible
I don’t dream, not as such
I don’t even think about you that much
Unless I start to think at all
All those frozen days
And your frozen ways
They melt away your face like snow
[Chorus]
I’m more than you know
I’m more than you see here
I’m more than you let me be
I’m more than you know
A body in a soul
You don’t see me but you will
I am not invisible
I am here
[Outro]
There is no them
There is no them
There’s only us
There’s only us
There is no them
There is no them
There’s only us
There’s only us
There is no them
There is no them
There’s only you
And there’s only me
There is no them
Meet Me In Montauk 
So it’s been 35 years of my not liking Bono and U2? I think that is an equally impressive feat. I see no reason to change my opinion based on this song.
How could you not like Bono as a person?? Even if you don’t like their music, he certainly earns respect for his causes, don’t you think? Anyway, I do like some of U2’s music and their sound as well; and I really like this song a lot 😉
Peg, I’ve always found him to be pretentious and the music feels that way as well to me. Sure, he supports good causes, but that doesn’t really change how I feel about his personality or his music (mostly his voice).
Well, you’re entitled to your opinion 🙂 We’ll agree to disagree