Music

genuine question: how did U2 become like the biggest band in the world (iTunes releases, Sphere residency, etc) when i (and a lot of people i ask) can’t really name more than two songs?

disclaimer: with or without you is a good song

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they were a big deal at precisely the right time in the 80s and 90s -- MTV's rise, peak record label power -- that allowed them to build a massive global audience; but, pop culture has moved beyond them since that iTunes release, which annoyed a lot of people.

if you want to save time, War and The Joshua Tree are the standouts

let the record show that the first five U2 albums are a legendary run that should be studied