Now, in retrospect it MAY seem that U2’s Bono best anticipated the post-Cold War First World order, an alliance between billionaires, popular media, and Third Way politicians lubricated by happy-clappy themes and pointless conferences where everyone reassured each other they matter

But REMEMBER, Guns N’Roses’ Axl Rose rode unstable ‘80s machismo into early ‘90s dominance, then just cruised on his reputation while for more than a decade the press eagerly awaited the follow-up, “Chinese Democracy”