I think the new one "rocks" a bit more than the last one. The last one was also a better album.
― omar little, Sunday, 31 December 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
xpost Lifeson also clearly glommed on to what the Edge and cohort were up to.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 December 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
Bono thinks The Biggest Band in the World should record rock singles * shrug*
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 December 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
Edge should have just had them include this Bill Bailey clip in that doco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8dZwXnMrRU
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Sunday, 31 December 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
also Rush literally afaik has never jammed or improv'ed ever in concert
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 31 December 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
GUYS the distinction is "admired by chops-hungry muso types" / "reviled by chops-hungry muso types."
You can quibble all you like about who is included/excluded from each bucket, but it is a recognizable distinction.
― sympathy for the tasmanian devil (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 31 December 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
Edge can't play
But hes read all the manuals of the post-playing equipment
This is not even up for argument tbh. He couldn't even figure out the chords for the weight ffs
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Monday, 1 January 2018 00:56 (six years ago) link
Quick note here that Bono, in his introduction to Tom Doyle's Billy Mackenzie biography The Glamour Chase, specifically admitted that they tried to rip off the Associates (and that he knew there was no way for him to rip off Billy's singing, a wise assessment). And as Doyle himself says in the book, I think you can pretty clearly hear it on the band's 1980 song "Paperhouse," from their debut The Affectionate Punch -- definitely a proto-Edge guitar break in there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U3xiazgtmA
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 January 2018 03:41 (six years ago) link
(Should add of course that said guitar is played by the other core member of the original band, Alan Rankine.)
so as ILM's likely most loyal U2 fan i feel the need to add my 2 cents about the new album. don't read if you hate them, or me i guess.
like all U2 albums, if you're a U2 fan you're probably going to enjoy it but it feels like only half their work, there are a lot of songs on here that sound very much unlike them. more generic. This one too often feels like the work of other parties in places (recognizing that U2 has worked with other parties before of course but it felt a lot more collaborative in those instances.) though in a few cases on this album it works, the song w/Haim and a couple of the tracks with Andy Barlow from Lamb are nice.
But this is down there with Rattle and Hum and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb but where the former fell flat on its face sometimes bc of miscalculation and the latter was U2 settling into a very by-the-numbers groove, at least in R&H there were some genuinely outstanding songs and in HTDAAB they nailed a classic U2 sound and there are a couple of genuinely rousing tracks.
(also: after sitting with it for awhile i think Songs of Innocence is the better album and actually winds up in the middle of their discography quality-wise for me. upthread i complained about it but i think it's actually very good and sounds like a very heartfelt U2 album -- similar to No Line on the Horizon, albeit not nearly as great.)
my updated, subjective album rankings:
Achtung BabyThe Joshua Tree ZooropaWarUnforgettablePassengersPopBoyNo Line on the HorizonSongs of InnocenceAll That You Can’t Leave BehindOctoberRattle and Hum/How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb/Songs of Experience
― omar little, Friday, 5 January 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
Probably wouldn't quibble with that ranking, even if I might shift a couple of the top ones around. Haven't even bothered with the new one.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 January 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
clicked this What's Going On cover expecting it to be disastrous, to my surprise it is not horrible https://open.spotify.com/track/5CPWcXuqQ2QSXJmc1sT19u
― niels, Friday, 5 January 2018 20:29 (six years ago) link
WarThe Joshua TreeUnforgettableAchtung BabyNo Line on the HorizonRattle and HumPassengersBoyZooropaOctoberPopSongs of ExperienceSongs of InnocenceAll That You Can’t Leave BehindHow To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 January 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
one of us could win!
https://www.omaze.com/experiences/U2-play-mini-golf-red?ref=U2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO1gzR36K0I
― sleeve, Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:51 (six years ago) link
Just look at these two
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 7 January 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
Putt on your boots
― failsun ra (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 7 January 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
Just-For-Men-Gel of Harlem
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 7 January 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
where the geeks have no shame
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 7 January 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
i still haven't found what i'm looking for, which is my golf ball, so i'll have to take a two stroke penalty
― omar little, Sunday, 7 January 2018 21:19 (six years ago) link
how long, how long must we play this hole
― failsun ra (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 7 January 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
Before and after hairplugs.
― MaresNest, Sunday, 7 January 2018 22:38 (six years ago) link
Stuck in a sandtrap you can't get out of.
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 January 2018 22:45 (six years ago) link
“You’re the best thing about me” is worse than “I’m my own best friend” and bono should just go crawl under a rock somewhere and not bother anybody
― calstars, Saturday, 13 October 2018 22:53 (five years ago) link
this hardwell remix, which truly goes hard, is hilarious https://open.spotify.com/track/242D4gArhDykTJodk93EP1?si=ecxVeq4TQo-FhU10iDNqmA
― niels, Friday, 23 November 2018 10:39 (five years ago) link
U2 have shared a new song called “Your Song Saved My Life.” Their new track appears on the soundtrack to the upcoming animated film Sing 2, which stars Bono as a reclusive lion rock star named Clay Calloway. Listen to the new song below. Sing 2 hits theaters on December 22.
!!!!!!!!!!!
― have you considered that there are 1 shades of gray (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
All of that sentence makes me a little ill.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
Wait till you hear the song :(
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
Finally, the Performance remake I’ve been dreaming of.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
Pretty sure KM's sentence gave me a good enough sense of that too!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
The only hope I have for this is that "rock star Clay Calloway" is an homage to rock star Clay Collins, played by Rick Moranis in SCTV's soap opera parody The Days of the Week.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:26 (two years ago) link
Is it April 1 already? I could've sworn it was November.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
I've got to be honest, of all the people/bands to be mostly quiet these past couple of years, U2 is not the band I would have guessed. Like, Paul McCartney and Springsteen have been inescapable, Stones back in gear, other people have been doing shit, surely U2 wanted in on the international mood.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 November 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
just imagine Bono nude
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 November 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link
please put "nsfw" on this thread after last post
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 November 2021 02:22 (two years ago) link
I said international mood, not international nude.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 November 2021 02:25 (two years ago) link
Imagining Bono nude is a Political Statement
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 4 November 2021 05:48 (two years ago) link
With or without pants
― gin and catatonic (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 4 November 2021 06:47 (two years ago) link
I can't believe the nudes todayI can't close my eyes and make it go away
― gin and catatonic (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 4 November 2021 06:50 (two years ago) link
lol YMP
― Vinnie, Thursday, 4 November 2021 07:02 (two years ago) link
Thought this was Richard Branson for a sec:
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/261490777_6616405951765554_7450432136253468005_n.png?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=M0wXM_qcdUwAX9nA96L&tn=nMaCpl2pu4gQQq4y&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=45a86d350faa8306443aad14fe8b281b&oe=61AFFCC0
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 December 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
U2 will reportedly stage a Las Vegas residency to open a newly constructed Sin City arena in 2023.Billboard reports that Bono and company will be the premiere act when the $1.8 billion MSG Sphere finally opens at the Venetian resort next year. The residency’s dates have not yet been announced, but the shows will reportedly be non-consecutive and spread over the course of 2023.MSG Entertainment, the company building the new venue hailed as the world’s largest spherical structure, and U2 did not confirm the residency to Billboard. U2 has not performed a U.S. concert since the North American leg of their Experience + Innocence tour wrapped up here in July 2018. The band last played together onstage in Dec. 2019 when their Joshua Tree anniversary tour ended in Mumbai, India.The MSG Sphere was originally scheduled to open in 2021 but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed its arrival until 2023. When completed, the 388-foot-tall venue will hold between 17,500 and 20,000 people along with what is promised as a state-of-the-art audio and visual experience, including 580,000 square feet of programmable LED panels, KSNV reports.
Billboard reports that Bono and company will be the premiere act when the $1.8 billion MSG Sphere finally opens at the Venetian resort next year. The residency’s dates have not yet been announced, but the shows will reportedly be non-consecutive and spread over the course of 2023.
MSG Entertainment, the company building the new venue hailed as the world’s largest spherical structure, and U2 did not confirm the residency to Billboard.
U2 has not performed a U.S. concert since the North American leg of their Experience + Innocence tour wrapped up here in July 2018. The band last played together onstage in Dec. 2019 when their Joshua Tree anniversary tour ended in Mumbai, India.
The MSG Sphere was originally scheduled to open in 2021 but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed its arrival until 2023. When completed, the 388-foot-tall venue will hold between 17,500 and 20,000 people along with what is promised as a state-of-the-art audio and visual experience, including 580,000 square feet of programmable LED panels, KSNV reports.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 July 2022 02:18 (one year ago) link
Doesn't surprise me at all that U2 will have a Vegas residency.
U2 is a total dud. One of the worst bands I've ever endured. I live near a stadium and heard them rehearsing for their Joshua Tree anniversary tour every night for several nights in a row. One of the most horrific weeks I've ever lived through.
I'll admit they had some good songs in the '80s but it's all very formulaic and samey and anthemic and good god, someone please stop the endless delay...
― The Ghost Club, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 04:31 (one year ago) link
I live near a stadium and heard them rehearsing for their Joshua Tree anniversary tour every night for several nights in a row. One of the most horrific weeks I've ever lived through.
LMAO. Reminds me of a friend who actually worked next door to a stage where Led Zeppelin rehearsed daily for their big one-off reunion at the O2, except he actually likes Zeppelin, as did his colleagues, so it was a surreal and mind-blowing treat.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 04:40 (one year ago) link
Haha would be so psyched to have Ghost Club's problem
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 05:54 (one year ago) link
Day 4, morning, groggy and confused from lack of sleep, can't figure out if you're hearing things or if the Edge's delay is still echoing from the night before
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 06:35 (one year ago) link
They're not the worst band ever and they're not the biggest band ever but on a graph of those lines they'd be the nexus of worst and biggest.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 06:37 (one year ago) link
True. I can't think of a more polarizing band than U2, at least when you factor in the sheer number of people who love them or despise them, and that's probably applicable to both public support/opposition and critical support/opposition. Even my own fandom runs that way - they're discography kind of whiplashes all over the place for me.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
*their*
can’t emphasize enough how cool this band would be if they had any other frontman, though they wouldn’t be u2 i guess
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
I actually think Bono is underrated. I mean, he can be annoying for sure, but so can Mick Jagger, and he (Bono) is as important to that band as the guitar. Back when my guitar teacher and I were trying to figure something out about "With Or Without You" (the repeating 4-note part at the start that turned out to be a synth) we found some recent (so, still several years back) clip of the band doing that song, and Bono was really struggling, because if you go back to the recording he sings the *hell* out of it.
Anyway, I can't think of any U2 songs/albums off the top of my head that I dislike because of Bono.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 15:32 (one year ago) link