why dont people like bono?

oh and yes, i concur with the asshat statment.

he strikes me as someone who always desperately wanted to be a bob marley/bob dylan-style spokesman for a generation, he didn't quite get there, but he refuses to accept it.

2. His politics are laughably vague. "War is bad, poverty is bad". No shit, Sherlock. He's like a Jehovah's Witness who tries to sell you a vacuum cleaner when you tell him you're not interested in his religion.

3. Messiah complexes are innately hilarious. If he seriously wants to be treated like a regular Joe, he doesn't try very hard.

4. U2's music is quite good, sometimes. If Bono could assess his own achievement that honestly, he'd be a lot cooler.

His IPod promotion reminds me of his Trabant promotion, ie, stupid.

You mean the one that hyped U2's new record?

I hope this was a joke.

When he's standing next to Bono.

Riding the subway to MSG with a pair of U2 tickets burning a hole in my pocket, every person was a suspect. Did they know about the treasure in my back pocket?

GET OVER YOURSELF.

Dedicating "Bullet in the Blue Sky" to the "brave men and women" of the United States military, Bono kneeled down, raised his arms, and blindfolded his eyes as if he was about to get shot by a firing squad.

Says it all.

Poetic influence, hehehe. Good one.

I did. I cried.

According to the Patti listserv Bono made a point of getting her back on stage during U2's set to sing "Instant Karma" and telling the audience that (I'm paraphrasing) U2 wouldn't exist without Verlaine and Smith (Tom was playing with her). They also did a bit of "People Have The Power". So it seems he was trying to somehow either educate his stupid audience or make it up to Patti. Or something.

I don't really have an opinion about this but I thought it was interesting. Another listserv message pointed out that this is the same place that booed Sinead off the stage for similar comments.

Maybe the fact that Patti Smith took a political stand whilst Bono made some sot've vague humanist gesture that could be read any way any member the audience wanted?

Has Chuck Eddy been fired or something?

There I was, 16 years later, a die-hard fan of U2, and Bono is still advocating for Africa.

I'm now sure that this all some elaborate parody. It has to be.

Also, 16 years later than what?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051126/ap_en_mu/people_bono_aid

ha! YOU'RE WELCOME, AFRICA!

BWIsaksdhWBEHYTREHSWBSHGEWHTIOHEUIOHUEHUHSB!!!!!111!!H!*!*!*!!!

He's a bully! Now he's picking on poor little Canada!

He publicly endorsed the PM before our last election 18 months ago ... now, as we gear up for another election, what will happen if he withdraws his endorsement? GIVE ME BACK MY POLITICS!

"Stuck in a Pair of Glasses You Can't Get Out Of"
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:17 (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha

late 80s longhaired Bono was a beautiful man

I wonder what the odds are that the OP was actually Bono. Acting arrogant or self-important is pretty much the ultimate crime for an Irish person, so the fact that we gave the world Bono is incredibly bizarre. It'd be like the world's most famous alcoholic coming from Saudi Arabia.

At least the plain people of Dublin have made their opinion known:

http://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7613jjJSf1rb8miwo1_500.jpg

http://i0.wp.com/ajournalofmusicalthings.com/wp-content/uploads/Bono-is-a-pox-1.jpg

I like "How To Dismantle an Atom Bomb" much better than "All That You Can Leave Behind," and Bono's pretensions have never bothered me; he's got enough self-effacing humor to make it alright.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, May 27, 2005 8:12 AM

Bono sucks

That's not Bono, who is it? (xp)

It's some guy who sings old ballads for old people, Finbar Wright I think. Any writeable surface is considered fair game:

http://bawdyfox.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bono-Pox-bawdy-feature.png

New Finbar Wright album, "More of That Guy Who Sings Ballads For Old People"

lol i think there is a good chance that is bono in the OP.

i wonder what % of artists read their ILM threads. we're pretty well indexed on google. sometimes i will be googling for something and then encounter some thread that's full of my own rambling... like that part in ulysses that's like, every road is a road back home or something

ramble less

no

Trís otm this is sovereign soil trís u ramble where u like

Only examples of artists posting to their own ILM threads I can recall are Saul Williams and the guy who remixed "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)". Though I'm sure there are others that I've just forgotten.

the guy who remixed "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)"

whereabouts pray tell?

Euphoria (Nino's Dream): Best Record Ever?

this was a good one - C/D, S/D: Aaron-Carl

Scout Niblett: the *WORST MUSIC* in the WORLD

Only examples of artists posting to their own ILM threads I can recall are Saul Williams and the guy who remixed "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)". Though I'm sure there are others that I've just forgotten.

i seem to recall brad from medicine getting quite fun on the medicine thread ?

One of the guys from the Cruzados posted on a Dylan thread about playing with Bob on Letterman.

I am the recording artist John Scoggins from the album Pressed For Time> I did not disappear plus you gossiping old ladies don't seem to know where to search for the actual John Scoggins, jes. you go on google and there's like hundreds of john scoggins's that are NOT ME. Go to UTUBE, and ITUNES, You'l find the Actual artist John Scoggins is alive and well and still making and releasing Music. There,s currently an original album vinyl on EBAY right now JAN> 2016 BUT probably not for long, music on Warner music on ITUNES, Amazon and every other digital site AND NEW Music on UTUBE> god search for a musician on music sites Google will just give you all sorts of people with the same name that ain't me.

― John Scoggins, Monday, January 18, 2016 11:58 AM (3 months ago)

Howdy! This is John "Chris" Christensen from Laser Pace. I've really enjoyed watching (and listening to) your dialogue about our album Granfalloon. If you have any questions about the group or our music, I can be contacted at: www.myspace.com/johnchrischristensen

Thanks for keeping the music alive!

JC

― John Christensen, Friday, November 16, 2007 6:44 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Linda di franco

S/D - Madteo

mm

Eugene from Oxbow.

OXBOW - s&d

c'mon you lot, easily the best instance of this is the DJ Q thread...

http://f.cl.ly/items/3z3e1x2C2C442e2m0F1H/IMG_0561.jpg

the ineffable genius of DJ Q

and then he went on to name his debut album after the thread:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ineffable/id844195482

Hehe, this is too funny.
Mr. Kurt Ralske here. A friend alerted me to this thread. There seem to be some ghosts from everyone's past lurking 'round here.
Interesting to read all your comments. FYI I gave up making music entirely a few years ago + now focus on making video art, which I've had some nice success with. I've completely forgotten about UVS -- it seems like some weird half-remembered dream.

My own take on the UVS records is...well they're for me personally embarrassing, because I don't really think "pop stardom" was anything I was ever suited for + probably should never have pursued. So I think of these records the way someone might think of their career as a former stripper, or something like that: a skelton in the closet. I can't bear to listen to the first album + don't even own a copy of the second. I do think the third has some interesting music on it, and it gets played once every year or two.

Looking for happy endings? Yes, why not. For what it's worth, I am much much happier now than when I made those records. Someone above mentions a my involvement with a Bjork-like co-worker...yes well we were married two years ago + are expecting our first child in June.

So, requisite warm fuzziness all 'round, and if you've ever enjoyed the music, wishing you continued enjoyment.

― Kurt Ralske, Friday, February 27, 2004 1:28 PM (12 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

On the Ultra Vivid Scene thread