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"U2 - Your opinion."

Musical geniuses and pioneers who deserve to live on into eternity?

OR

A slightly better than average band who really should have given it up by now?


Discuss.

U2?

Crock.

Of.

Sh!te.

Shouldn't have given it up by now.

Equally shouldn't be Gods.



The Edge alone owns.

Vertigo was worth them still existing for. Practically any of their songs beats some of the other modern crap churned out by new bands.

The song they did for Batman 3 or 4 was their best work that I've heard.

They're a bit too flashy with not enough substance for my liking.

Flock wrote:
> Used to be great, getting a bit commercial, still not as blatant as
> Bon Jovi or as bad.
> U2 1980-2002 = Band
> U2 2002-2005 = Brand

Pfft. Never knock the Jove. And I reported you, but it was accidental.

> Flock wrote:
> Used to be great, getting a bit commercial, still not as blatant as
> Bon Jovi or as bad.
> U2 1980-2002 = Band
> U2 2002-2005 = Brand

I guess it's true. Lately it's been a hit or a miss, with a lot of filler. Whereas they never had a shortage of quality before.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Pfft. Never knock the Jove.

It's my life and all that tampon music...
:D

And I reported you, but it was
> accidental.

Lol.

I just can't understand why everyone seems to go mad when they announce a new tour or album.

They're not that good, surely?

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Pfft. Never knock the Jove. And I reported you, but it was
> accidental.

It's not something i can help, i have musical OCD you see, i must s*g crap bands or other people will listen to them, preserving the shelf life of American crap-rock and tormenting me for many years to come.
Bon Jovi are crap!

Mav wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> Oh GOD! The new album is funking terrible.
>
> That's a bit harsh.
>
> Some of the tracks are really quite nice after a few listens.

Agreed, there's some really good - even moving - songs on their new album if you just give it a bit of time.

Only A Man and a Woman, Crumbs From Your Table and possibly Yahweh (haven't listened to it enought to make a solid decision) stand out as the memorably weak songs.

Others, like Miracle Drug, City of Blinding Lights and Original of the Species are really good, and you can say positive things about the rest too - Fast Cars, for example, is a good track to end on.

I quite like the new album, but their old stuff was best. Achtung Baby! Stands out, really. The style is still pretty much intact, which is impressive and to be honest I'd have acquired it just because Brian Eno produced it.