Flybhoy Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Brilliant hour of TV/music earlier. Bono and the band in general get a fair bit of stick for being up their own arse a bit and quite 'preachie' but unquestionably one of the most influential, groundbreaking bands of the last 40 years, incredible song writers and live performers. Anyone else catch this tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 An anagram of Bono is O'Nob. Just saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booker-T Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 To me they are like a more original cold play. f**k those guys. f**k them in the ear and f**k apple for the auto downloads... those newer songs are just aimed at sockless beards out there. f**k those guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 47 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: An anagram of Bono is O'Nob. Just saying... U2 ? Just saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Could've done without the cozy chat with Cat, but the music was good. I've got Stuck In A Moment as an earworm this morning, great pop song that. The band now look like freeze dried versions of U2 from 25 years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acastus Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 22 minutes ago, Lurkst said: Could've done without the cozy chat with Cat, but the music was good. I've got Stuck In A Moment as an earworm this morning, great pop song that. The band now look like freeze dried versions of U2 from 25 years ago... Stuck In A Moment was my highlight of the night, I forgot how good it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 40 minutes ago, Acastus said: Stuck In A Moment was my highlight of the night, I forgot how good it is. Brilliant tune, a hidden gem in their back catalogue with others such as Kite, So Cruel and Stay (Faraway so close). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_j Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I thought achtung baby was fairly groundbreaking stuff when I listened to my brothers copy when it came out. I generally couldn't stand them but loved that album. They kinda disappeared up their own arse a bit after that. Then Saint Bono bought a shopping mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_j Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Preferred partridges interview. Starts at 2:20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 55 minutes ago, marty_j said: Preferred partridges interview. Starts at 2:20 "De edge is foin.....de drummer is foin..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I like U2, but I found their new album a bit dull. 'Songs of Innocence' had three or four good tracks but was nowt special overall but I think this is one is even weaker. I like 'You're The Best Thing About Me' and 'It's The Little Things That Give You Away' but you'd hardly be gutted if you went to see them live and they didn't play them. They strike me as a band who've run out of things to say and nowadays just seem to be going through the motions. 'War', 'The Unforgettable Fire', 'The Joshua Tree' and 'Achtung Baby' (even 'Zooropa' to some degree) are all great albums with a totally different sound released within the period of a decade. The last three or four U2 albums have all been much of a muchness with nothing particularly distinct about them. U2 are a great band with some great tracks and same great albums, but their output over the last decade has sounded like a band that's run out of steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 Unforgettable Fire was definetely their peak for me....incredible album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 9 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: Unforgettable Fire was definetely their peak for me....incredible album. And a very underrated album. 'Pop' gets a fair bashing and often cited as the band's weakest album (apart from 'October') but it's not a bad listen - in fact it could be argued it's aged quite well and is far far better than their latest records. That album as well, instead of their usual production duo of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, they had it produced by Howie B. Now it might not have been to everyone's taste but at least they tried to take their music in a new direction. They haven't done that for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Pop is a bloody good album tbh. The new one is more good than bad, but the bad stuff is so ear bleeding that it brings the whole thing down. Their albums have been like that for a while now. I actually liked October btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 U2's albums upto and including Zooropa were good. Afterwards it gets VERY patchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Zooropa was excellent. Everything in the 25 years since then has been dirge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Love Pop, probably my favourite album of theirs. They have some astoundingly good songs throughout their career but in line with most people don't really like the new stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I completely agree with the recent comments surrounding their post Zooropa/Pop output, with the exception of "Stuck In A Moment", which I think is one of pop music's truly great songs. For the genre it's absolutely perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Few good tunes from about that time, kite being the one that jumps to mind but no consistency in the albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 They haven't been good or relevant for a long, long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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