Lead singer Bono, on the phone from Dublin, talked about his band's bold new direction. When this bogus term alternative rock was being thrown at every '70s retro rehash folk group, we were challenging people to new sonic ideas. Well, as soon as people start writing that, it kind of stops it in a way, because then you expect too much. To have hard-core dance on white radio would be crazy. It would be good.
Pop is a danceable album.
It really is. Crashing into each other is just not as evolved as real dancing. I mean as angry as people in hip-hop can get, even in gangsta rap, they still have hips. A lot of what's called rock these days does seem like folk music. It does seem absurd that there are punk rockers in the late '90s rebelling against their parents with their parents' music.