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I liked their early albums most boy,october,unforgettable fire I use to ride a rusty old bike down the hills of west cork with me head phones on full to these was a magical time going flat out bike shaking itself apart expecting a wheel to fall off at any moment as I flew round the ring (3 mile loop round me farm) with the odd lorry chasing me trying to get past me doing their nut as I hogged the road ,got sent into a ditch more than once
Last week they were on Graham Norton and he said " I want to ask why you wear glasses all the time and why the hat is permanent". His Holiness then told how he has bad glaucoma but then they skipped as to why the Edge won't admit to going bald some 30 years ago. Strange that.
achtung baby is the only decent album they've made. I've only heard 3 songs off the new one and its a big improvement I think but it all seems a tad contrived and trying too hard to sound like Coldplay.
Saw them twice in 1980 and I was bored rigid if I'm honest and that was in the days when he didn't climb up the PA stack or carry a bible.They also paid tax.
Last week they were on Graham Norton and he said " I want to ask why you wear glasses all the time and why the hat is permanent". His Holiness then told how he has bad glaucoma but then they skipped as to why the Edge won't admit to going bald some 30 years ago. Strange that.
achtung baby is the only decent album they've made. I've only heard 3 songs off the new one and its a big improvement I think but it all seems a tad contrived and trying too hard to sound like Coldplay.
Saw them twice in 1980 and I was bored rigid if I'm honest and that was in the days when he didn't climb up the PA stack or carry a bible.They also paid tax.
I bought their first single when it came out. They were damn good, and they carried on getting better until they made The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree, both of which I rate as excellent. Since then they've disappeared up their own arses, and turned into tax-dodging frauds. The 'free' album gimmick was largesse, messianic and selfish. It sets a bad example for struggling bands. Typical of them now. Otherwise, they've been irrelevant for well over twenty years.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
'Shudder'. U2 remind me of a time when I was working with a Norn Iron fella back in the day. He was going out with my Sister and we got on like a house ablaze. He was a chippy and it was the 'Greed is good , loadsa money ,splish splash dosh time of the 80's' . So we had the brilliant idea of me pretending to be a chippy and going onsite with him .It was f'cking stressfull and we conquered the stress with untold drinking. I only got caught out once and after Chris got a bollocking from the subby they kept me on doing rough work like hanging brackets for joists and grounds and that. Oh U2 was his fave band and it was on in the car and his gaff non stop...
'Shudder'. U2 remind me of a time when I was working with a Norn Iron fella back in the day. He was going out with my Sister and we got on like a house ablaze. He was a chippy and it was the 'Greed is good , loadsa money ,splish splash dosh time of the 80's' . So we had the brilliant idea of me pretending to be a chippy and going onsite with him .It was f'cking stressfull and we conquered the stress with untold drinking. I only got caught out once and after Chris got a bollocking from the subby they kept me on doing rough work like hanging brackets for joists and grounds and that. Oh U2 was his fave band and it was on in the car and his gaff non stop...
Coincidence, that, Pom. My brother is a chippy and during the 80's 'carried' me for a summer. Christ, I was awful, but he was good enough for the both of us.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Coincidence, that, Pom. My brother is a chippy and during the 80's 'carried' me for a summer. Christ, I was awful, but he was good enough for the both of us.
A mate and I did this in the Algarve about 12 years ago, we wouldn't allow Queen to be included, because even their fans realise they are just a silly cabaret turn..
Adam Clayton's parents owned the house opposite ours. They never lived in it and the house laid empty for about 3 years. I always tell visitors new to our area that Bono once owned the house. Most people believe it. In fact I live in a very rock and roll neighbourhood. My next door neighbour is called Rod Stewart.
As for U2, well apart from Bono's holier than thou attitude, I tolerate them as background music. Would never buy any of their stuff though. They sounded dull on Jools last night. Upstaged by the Alvin Brothers I thought and rightly so.
Adam Clayton's parents owned the house opposite ours. They never lived in it and the house laid empty for about 3 years. I always tell visitors new to our area that Bono once owned the house. Most people believe it. In fact I live in a very rock and roll neighbourhood. My next door neighbour is called Rod Stewart.
As for U2, well apart from Bono's holier than thou attitude, I tolerate them as background music. Would never buy any of their stuff though. They sounded dull on Jools last night. Upstaged by the Alvin Brothers I thought and rightly so.
Wayne/Jayne County used to live in the house next to mine, I was told. That's quite rock and roll. I don't know if it's true though.
I don't think their music has ever been good enough to create the weight to level the scales to balance my view of "Bono" as a complete egoist or knob! The edge is a genius guitarist...plenty of them about, but there's not many lead singers who are so up their owns arris as "Bono".
I hope I can bring sense to this debate, these people; U2 are less than Zero!
"We knew the world was ready to receive the heirs to The Who. All we had to do was to keep doing what we were doing and we would become the biggest band since Led Zeppelin, without a doubt"
Not going to say a word.....Sir Peter Townshend, Bono is thankfully almost forgotten, The Edge can get a job in most bands.....and Pete Townshend IS a Legend!
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