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Originally Posted by Nige
Funny you say that, as I re-visited TLFR today too. I think they released it 20 years too early - I enjoyed it a lot more today, and if it was a new release, with Jons vocals how they are, I think we all would have been a lot more accepting of it.
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With Jon's vocals how they are, not even TLFR level of singing is feasible. In 2023, he couldn't even sing the TLFR versions of IML, Wanted and most other songs.
I agree, however, that the perception has to do with timing, in 2003-04, they were still relatively young and fanbase had different expectations. That being said, it's not like U2 is heaping praise with this release, the usual 'critics' (think RS, Mojo and similar) are obviously eating it up, but the general public, judging by the facebook comments I see, is mostly quite critical, noting how boring those versions are.
It would be hilarious if Bono tried to do a 2006 Jon and replaced some of those songs on tour with these new dogshit versions.