last night one of their songs called I will follow has in places a similar bouncy guitar sound to Now Im Here
mind you i was expecting them to be be very good but i was left unimpressed
If you ask me, U2 exists on sheer arrogance alone. Bono would probably be insulted at the very suggestion that he could possible have been influenced by anyone. Let's not forget that he invented the concept of music all by himself...
Fuck U2, honestly. Don't get me started on that maggot Bono, but I get annoyed when The Edge gets treated like Mr. Guitar Delay, when any member of this forum could name at least 1 (heh) guy who did it before him, and did it better.
JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: Bono started clapping and said "everytime i clap, a child in africa dies". Someone from the crowd shouted "stop f'cking clapping then." =============================================================================================
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Actually, despite what I said about Edge I quite like them - they lack the musical finese of other bands I could mention but they're good live and have a reasonable canon of songs and Bono at least holds Queen in high regard. When Queen were inducted into the Hall of Fame he was at the front, on his feet and aplauding..
Honestly I don't understand the amount of flack U2 receives. Is it the length of their career? The hits?
Sure i can see Bono's charity/political activities can be too much, but as Bono has once stated even he's tired of Bono sometimes. But if you see how the place erupted at Glastonbury, you can't deny they're still an great live band, despite The Edge's limited abilities as a guitarist.
ThomasQuinn wrote: If you ask me, U2 exists on sheer arrogance alone. Bono would probably be insulted at the very suggestion that he could possible have been influenced by anyone. Let's not forget that he invented the concept of music all by himself...
LOL love it rofl
Some of U2's songs have really blown me away. So amazing. But I think as a live act, they may have been overexposed for years now. It's the same with Beyonce, in my opinion. It seems they are available for every occasion.
Didn't U2 cover WWRY during their shows sometime around 1987~1989? I swear I have a copy of one such performance from some audience recording in my covers collection somewhere...
U2 have released a lot of mediocre to poor albums. They have also rleased one of the best and one of the worst I;ve heard in Zooropa and Pop. And if you can't figure out which is which, your ears must be painted on :)
Holly2003 wrote: U2 have released a lot of mediocre to poor albums. They have also rleased one of the best and one of the worst I;ve heard in Zooropa and Pop. And if you can't figure out which is which, your ears must be painted on :)
im hoping that Zooropa is the good one and Pop is the bad one coz otherwise im gonna go and scrub my ears.. :-p
and to honest Pop was when the bubble burst [pun intended] with me and U2 esp after i saw them at Wembley with that stupid lemon prop
JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: Holly2003 wrote: U2 have released a lot of mediocre to poor albums. They have also rleased one of the best and one of the worst I;ve heard in Zooropa and Pop. And if you can't figure out which is which, your ears must be painted on :)
im hoping that Zooropa is the good one and Pop is the bad one coz otherwise im gonna go and scrub my ears.. :-p
and to honest Pop was when the bubble burst [pun intended] with me and U2 esp after i saw them at Wembley with that stupid lemon prop ==============================================================================
That's the one. Ears fine. Zooropa is U2's only outstanding album. Funny you should say that about Pop. For me too, that was the time I started thinking "You know what? U2 are a bit shit". Had the same thought around midway into Oasis's career. By then, everyone else had beaten me to it ;)