Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 1 hour ago, ManBearPig said: I think if Bono didn't come across like such a knob Thank f**k I've come back in the right timeline. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Joshua Tree was smacking but I can’t think of anything decent they did after that.This is the correct opinion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 The one they did for that Batman film was quite decent in fairness 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 They have loads of cracking tunes in their older catalogue. U2 are like The Simpsons: excellent in the beginning but went on far too long and ended up producing more shite than quality. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 They have loads of cracking tunes in their older catalogue. U2 are like The Simpsons: excellent in the beginning but went on far too long and ended up producing more shite than quality. It's funny. My two favourite albums of theirs are Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Nobody else seems to agree.Boy is very good as well though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 4 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: They have loads of cracking tunes in their older catalogue. U2 are like The Simpsons: excellent in the beginning but went on far too long and ended up producing more shite than quality. The episode where they appear in The Simpsons is fucking tremendous as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 U2 are one of those one-song bands, like Coldplay and Snow Patrol. If you don't like the song, they're like nails down a chalkboard. On the other hand, I love Motorhead and Discharge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Hibee Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 10 hours ago, Sarto Mutiny said: It's funny. My two favourite albums of theirs are Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Nobody else seems to agree. Boy is very good as well though. Saying Zooropa is good is very much an unpopular opinion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 10 hours ago, Sarto Mutiny said: It's funny. My two favourite albums of theirs are Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Nobody else seems to agree. Boy is very good as well though. Achtung Baby is a fucking banger of an album. There isn't a weak track on it IMHO. Sure, like every band that have gone stratospheric, they put out some lacklustre stuff but when you;ve got access to producers like Eno & Daniel Lanois, you really can't go wrong in the long run. & 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParsJake Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 15 hours ago, BFTD said: On the other hand, I love Motorhead and Discharge. As anyone should. Although these guys out-Discharge Discharge for me... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 9 minutes ago, ParsJake said: As anyone should. Although these guys out-Discharge Discharge for me... Whoa, that's fucking superb! Thanks! I love how the Japanese vocalist has done such a good job of mimicking Cal's accent! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 The song Amazing Grace is not very good and should not be as popular as it is. See also; Tomato Ketchup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 kilts are shite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: kilts are shite I disagree with this one in a big way. However I do have my own Scotland related one. Robert Burns should not be hailed as a national hero. By all accounts he was a fairly unsavoury guy from his attitude towards women and his initial taking of a job in the slave trade, and just because he wrote a few poems doesn’t change that. Edit: Yes I’m fully aware of the irony of my username. I’ve had it since I joined at 15 I don’t care enough to pay for premium to change it. Edited July 4, 2022 by Honest_Man#1 -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 15 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: I disagree with this one in a big way. However I do have my own Scotland related one. Robert Burns should not be hailed as a national hero. By all accounts he was a fairly unsavoury guy from his attitude towards women and his initial taking of a job in the slave trade, and just because he wrote a few poems doesn’t change that. Edit: Yes I’m fully aware of the irony of my username. I’ve had it since I joined at 15 I don’t care enough to pay for premium to change it. Judging the attitudes of folk 200 odd years ago by the morals of today is daft and is often the cutting off of your nose to spite your face. We celebrate and have a national holiday for a fucking poet. Not a soldier, or man of violence, but a poet. he's not held up as a national hero for being a flawless human being, but as a great poet. It's one of the wee things that make me proud to be scottish tbh (and I'm no tartan gonk....although I'll vote yes and I wear a kilt to scotland games...so maybe a bit). As a classical music fan and a fan of impressionist art, I'd suggest separating the man from the art. I don't even think Burns was that bad. He fucked about for sure, but he was a seducer by the sounds of it, not a predator. The slavery boat thing was because he was dirt poor. We might think (with the prism of retrospect) that we would definitely not work on a slave ship, but if poverty is a good balm for cognitive dissonance. I can't believe that decrying McCartney headlining Glastonbury is a controversial take. He was a great songwriter but f**k me, Glastonbury and pop music should be for the youngsters and should be broadly inaccessible to the middle aged. I know nothing about the current scene, but surely they could get somebody with charisma, presence and high octane music to be the one act a'body is looking forward to. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, velo army said: , Glastonbury and pop music should be for the youngsters and should be broadly inaccessible to the middle aged. Go and have a lie down. Anyway, sticking with the music theme the Manic Street Preachers and their song writing. I like them a lot and the statements they generally make but by f**k their shoehorning of sentences into melodies is atrocious for the most part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Honest_Man#1 said: I disagree with this one in a big way. However I do have my own Scotland related one. Robert Burns should not be hailed as a national hero. By all accounts he was a fairly unsavoury guy from his attitude towards women and his initial taking of a job in the slave trade, and just because he wrote a few poems doesn’t change that. Edit: Yes I’m fully aware of the irony of my username. I’ve had it since I joined at 15 I don’t care enough to pay for premium to change it. what's so good about kilts tho? a kiddy on national dress based very loosely on history 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Sobriety isn't worth it. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: Sobriety isn't worth it. I heard a guy make a joke that he had recently been given a year to live, so would be doing it sober to make the time go slower. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorongil Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 55 minutes ago, velo army said: Judging the attitudes of folk 200 odd years ago by the morals of today is daft and is often the cutting off of your nose to spite your face. We celebrate and have a national holiday for a fucking poet. Not a soldier, or man of violence, but a poet. he's not held up as a national hero for being a flawless human being, but as a great poet. It's one of the wee things that make me proud to be scottish tbh (and I'm no tartan gonk....although I'll vote yes and I wear a kilt to scotland games...so maybe a bit). As a classical music fan and a fan of impressionist art, I'd suggest separating the man from the art. I don't even think Burns was that bad. He fucked about for sure, but he was a seducer by the sounds of it, not a predator. The slavery boat thing was because he was dirt poor. We might think (with the prism of retrospect) that we would definitely not work on a slave ship, but if poverty is a good balm for cognitive dissonance. I can't believe that decrying McCartney headlining Glastonbury is a controversial take. He was a great songwriter but f**k me, Glastonbury and pop music should be for the youngsters and should be broadly inaccessible to the middle aged. I know nothing about the current scene, but surely they could get somebody with charisma, presence and high octane music to be the one act a'body is looking forward to. Well said. This modern day puritanism on sexual matters is a bit creepy IMO. Burns was a bad guy because he shagged about back in the day? Deary me. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with doing that, whether you are male or female, whether now or hundreds of years ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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