Maybe,but from what I remember,these two groups pretty much dominated the sound in the 80's. Even my industrial-strength redneck cousin and his wife loved Dire Straits. In fact I will go so far as to say their Brothers in Arms CD will match up against any album ever put out by almost anybody. We are talking about them approaching being almost as creative and as good as Pink Floyd.
And yes,this is proof that Bono sometimes does stuff other than pose as a spokes model for stupid.