The reason U2 don’t get the respect they deserve these days is because they still exist.
When they’ve gone, there’ll be a documentary or a movie like Bohemian Rhapsody and people will tear up watching it.
They had a grandiosity and power at their peak that few bands ever achieve.
Overshadowed nowadays by a few mediocre albums and the endless potshots from comedians, musicians who’ll never achieve anything and every second idiot on the internet.