Pyrian on 24/9/2014 at 18:56
Quote Posted by Tomi
I thought that it's been cool to "hate" U2 (or at least Bono) for years already?
Decades, really. :p
SD on 24/9/2014 at 19:06
Quote Posted by bangersnmash
I hope they come up with an app that allows me to tell U2 songs apart from each other.
Hey, after years of plagiarising other bands they've started plagiarising themselves. That's progress.
Forcing the new album onto everyone who has an iTunes account was a real dick move, though. My work colleague had her MP3 player on shuffle and couldn't understand why it started playing all this horrible music.
Renault on 24/9/2014 at 19:45
I won't necessarily disagree, but I'd be curious to know who exactly you think U2 has plagiarized. I don't think we can really count the Rattle & Hum era, because that was mostly intentional.
Purgator on 24/9/2014 at 20:59
Quote Posted by SD
Hey, after years of plagiarising other bands they've started plagiarising themselves. That's progress.
Hmm. I'm curious about this statement too. Have U2 been successfully sued for plagiarism?
How have we missed this nugget of tabloid gold?
I'm not a big fan of the band myself, but I do know they have a wide range of musical influences and have paid homage to various rock "heroes" in their songs.
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", is a very obvious nod to Marc Bolan & T-Rex, replete with a Bolanesque vibrato.
This in turn is an homage to Bowie's "Black Country Rock", in which The Thin White Duke does a reasonable impersonation of Bolan's distinctive warble.
Bowie/Bolan/Reed would have formed a bedrock of "Boho" influence for the lads growing up.
Pyrian on 25/9/2014 at 03:22
Yeah, music has virtually always been more evolutionary than revolutionary.
Cyberpunkgothic1 on 25/9/2014 at 05:38
ouch!
scumble on 26/9/2014 at 08:53
U2 is still pop music. Generally I find them a bit bland and predictable, but that was always my feeling. The Edge is not a particularly good guitar player and uses his echo too often.
One good thing about these guys is that they've kept going since the 70s and not disappeared. Not quite as long lived as Rush or the Rolling Stones mind you.
So they've pushed it onto iTunes but it isn't on Spotify. Interesting logic there... Was nice of the guys to buy it for me.
I'll post with some comments when I can't stand to listen to any more of it :cheeky:
faetal on 26/9/2014 at 08:55
U2 have written some great music an have a general style which is their own, plus they've kept the same 4 member from their relatively humble roots. I don't begrudge them their existence at all. However, Bono's pontificating and general messianic posturing have soured them a bit in the eyes of many. Fame does that to people though - I highly doubt I'd hang onto my sanity if faced with it.
scumble on 26/9/2014 at 09:21
I've just found out that Bono is actually Paul. I think Paul sounds better...
OK, all I can say is that it sounds like U2. At least they come out with a reliable product. Hat Tip to craftsmanship.
Unfortunately Paul still isn't a good enough singer for me and David (sorry Edge) is still using his echo to fill out the rhythm. It's good news if you like U2 obviously, but it's not doing anything for me.
Back to listening to Rush then...
[edit] No actually it's Opeth's Blackwater Park. I think if you listen to heavier music a lot everything else tends to sound like easy listening.
demagogue on 26/9/2014 at 09:22
Thinking back on U2, they have a definite pop sensibility. I've always liked them. I can't remember the last time I tolerated iTunes though. Around the time it deleted all my notepad notes on my phone in the interest of "synching" I got off the Apple train for good. Ok, I guess I remember it, but it was a long time ago.
