When New York three piece Yeah Yeah Yeahs first attacked the music scene with the mascara smeared ‘Fever to Tell’ in 2003, the stench of the hype machine hung in the air, classic ‘Maps’ and ‘Y Control’ aside, the rest was a hotchpotch of too cool for art school styling’s with very little substance.
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It’s almost as if Bono courts the annoyance of the public, he’s bloody good at it too. Be it prophesising alongside George Bush, or on his high horse attaching himself to every right on political cause going, even his now discarded hair weave and brothel creeper shoes are annoying especially when after all that extra height augmentation, he’s still significantly smaller than diminutive pop pixie (Brave tm) Kylie Minogue and as for his ever sincere pinched face well, ahhh, that’s a story in itself so let’s move on.
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