[atari 2600]

The Unforgettable Fire (especially), The Joshua Tree, parts of Rattle & Hum & Achtung Baby are all some very good rock n' roll. It's not like I even listen to any of them that much anymore, but still those albums stand the test of time pretty damn well. Until one of you puts out a record as good as one of these you just sort of seem to be spewing sour grapes & jealous hate & only serving to make yourselves look foolish & jumping on some sort of trendy let's bash U2 bandwagon because they are your daddy's alternative music. Guess you else is yr pop's alternative music? Fucking Sonic Youth, that's who. People criticize SY for a lot (READ: not all) of the same reasons.

The Mephisto persona was pretty cool. Kinda like Bono-as-Morrison. A real low point recently was the horrendous iPod commercial that used their music. (Oh & the Dirty Boots riff rip)
The absolute low point for U2 was on the Pop Mart tour where Bono, looking rather foolish himself, wore this:

 

immortalized in the Simpsons episode "Trash of the Titans"

 

the worst is when he pulls a girl from the public,,,,sing looking in her eyes, and she cries, and she makes caressess(?) (the thing you do in a cat's fur) in his sweated and unshaved face,,,,,and he kisses her in the end........sick

Those are theatrics he borrowed from one of his idols, Bruce Springsteen.

[i'm a guitar]

and singing with or without you...

howdahell u insert photos,,insert image just open a browse for a website and turns to a link and not a photo......i want to put this trash gig for u realize what i'm talkin

[Rob Instigator]

I have hated U2's smugness and shittyness and bland rock n roll for old ladies since the early 80's YO!

Old school U2 Haters UNITE!


"U2 is perhaps the world's vaguest band. If a U2 song isn't written in the first person, it is penned to an unnamed, indistinct "you." Instead of stories or wordplay, they rely solely on fuzzy imagery. I opened the liner notes to All That You ... and wrote down the first three lines I read: "See the canyons broken by clouds"; "I and I in the sky"; "A man takes a rocket ship into the skies." Classic U2 haze—skies, rockets, clouds, canyons. Doesn't anyone have a name? There are never any actual people in U2 songs, never any characters. (Compare U2 to the narrative specificity of Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen.) This vagueness drains U2's lyrics of any content: It is impossible to think about a U2 song. "One" includes depressing lines like "We hurt each other/ Then we do it again" and "You say love is a temple. … You ask me to enter/ But then you make me crawl"—yet this hasn't stopped fans from turning it into a Sept. 11 anthem. If it is political music, it is for the Bob Kerreys of the world, for folks who seem full of great, but totally inchoate, ideas. " - Slate.com

[CHOUT]

Yep U2 blows. Fuck 'em.

[_slavo_]

the problem with U2 is.

[_slavo_]

Originally Posted by i'm a guitar

howdahell u insert photos,,insert image just open a browse for a website and turns to a link and not a photo......i want to put this trash gig for u realize what i'm talkin

I personally think this was the best contribution to this awful thread.
no joke.

[Onani Nic]

"that wolf eyes shit is bananas" - Toni Braxton

Did Toni Braxton really say that? It made me laugh anyway.

[fishmonkey]

the problem with U2...

i would of thought the problem would be the air that goes in and out of their lungs.. and why they have access to it in the first place.

[LittlePuppetBoy]

Personally, I don't mind them, the Edge is quite a good guitarist, and
i like the song New Year's Day.

Mainly it's because my parents (aged 42 and 52) really like them, and thusa their music has become a common thing. I do agree that Bono's concert theatrics are a bit corny and bothersome

[kingcoffee]

Originally Posted by Diesel

aww. ok back it up i have an empty bottle here yaa and i'm all out of vaseline

Man. all you can do is make idle violent threats toward people you know you will never meet. Wow, yr gonna shove a broken bottle up my ass and yr out of lube. Well, stop smearing it on yr toast you drunken faggot. What is your contribution, asshole? You just drunkenly spew out monosylabic cuss words to anyone on this board. Go fuck yourself. i hope you OD.

[porkmarras]

The problem with U2 is that you bother too much in2 turning into a thread.Therefore you silly cunt,the problem rests with U2.

[kingcoffee]

Originally Posted by porkmarras

The problem with U2 is that you bother too much in2 turning into a thread.Therefore you silly cunt,the problem rests with U2.

First of all, don;t call me a silly cunt. I had an idea and I mad eit into a thread. Must you find a problem with everything? There are dumber things to talk about than U2. So unless you have something better to do than call em a cunt on a thread you don't care for, then ignore it. But since you didn't I can only come to the conclusion that you are a loser and that you feel better about yourself by making fun of people via an internet chatroom where you don;t have to confront people in person. Good for you. You sure did show me a thing or two.

[kingcoffee]

By the way, since you can't hear my voice I was being sarcastic.
Go fuck yourself.

[porkmarras]

Originally Posted by kingcoffee

First of all, don;t call me a silly cunt. I had an idea and I mad eit into a thread. Must you find a problem with everything? There are dumber things to talk about than U2. So unless you have something better to do than call em a cunt on a thread you don't care for, then ignore it. But since you didn't I can only come to the conclusion that you are a loser and that you feel better about yourself by making fun of people via an internet chatroom where you don;t have to confront people in person. Good for you. You sure did show me a thing or two.

Like what?WHAT the fuck are you saying?EH?

[kingcoffee]

I'm saying that calling people names over the internet is fucking lame!!! There is no real confrontation because we cant see or meet each other. Our quabbles, though heated, are pathetic and debasing for the both of us. Lets just move on and not be losers.

[porkmarras]

No.No.No.No.What you're basically saying is that 'worrying' like you are about U2 is something that is something that is relevant to any musical discussion.Who's the loser now?

[pokkeherrie]

Ah, Rage Against the Machine, U2.... it's all about political integrity in the non-sonic sounds section tonight.

[porkmarras]

I've seen someone mentioning Cell on another thread and i expect Soundgarden and My Dying Bride opinions to have an air of mild importance in the big scheme of thing.Pfftt!

[kingcoffee]

Im not worrying about U2. When I started the discussion (months ago) I was just in a pissed off mood about their awful music. I felt like getting it off my chest. Whether I chose to do it in the best way is a matter of interpreatation. But you calling me a cunt surely doesnt help matters. SO, I may have bitched and moaned about it like a baby. So what? But I surely gave you no indication to insult me. YOU took it that far. Instead of reasoning with me or talking to me like a human being, you decided to debase me by calling me a cunt. That is unnacceptable. You act like a vulgar child. Now leave me alone and let it go, cuz I am.

[porkmarras]

Cunt.