band:U2
2I was thinking about this group in the shower this morning, and I wondered if the Crap/Not Crap for them would be drawn-out and exciting or short and sweet. I'm bumping it to make sure it didn't just get ignored.
I really like the early stuff (as much as I've heard, I don't own any records) but I think they lost the plot in a bad way. Also, I was remembering the song they wrote for Gangs Of New York as one of the worst ever written. CRAP for U2.
I really like the early stuff (as much as I've heard, I don't own any records) but I think they lost the plot in a bad way. Also, I was remembering the song they wrote for Gangs Of New York as one of the worst ever written. CRAP for U2.
band:U2
3I liked U2s early stuff alright, but my favorite of all of it is Zooropa and that other one that came out before or after that... Achtung Baby. I don't like either album all the way through, but there's alot of both that I like quite a bit. And that song they put on some soundtrack a few years back, what was it called - The Sweetest Thing, I'm fully into that song. They've done some crap, but they've had every option to do all crap and they've somehow done quite alot of good stuff.
band:U2
10yeah, U2 is a good one
i actually think the old stuff, hearing it today, is crap. i like 'new year's day' pretty well, but most of those first three albums just aren't very good. and i remember laughing my ass off at _live at red rocks_ and _rattle and hum_ when i saw them.
i kind of like _achtung baby_ and that. 'until the end of the world'...good song. 'one'...good song. really good. but so much of it is either inconsequential or downright bad. and their rep as the greatest rock band in the world is quite disturbing, given the quality of their work.
you know, i vote NOT CRAP. i admire the fact that they wear their hearts on their sleeves and will put out a (pretty good) single called 'beautiful day' and shit like that. i like the fact that they are both very arrogant and make fun of themselves at award shows. i like the fact that larry mullen jr. looks exactly the same today as he did when they put out their first album. it's a good look. makes up for the other guys.
and i LIKE the fact that bono is trying to save the world. he doesn't have to do any of that shit. he doesn't need the publicity. he isn't making money off it. i think he knows he'll take shit for it, but he also knows he can get people to pay attention to things b/c he's bono from U2, so he takes advantage of that fact to advance worthy causes. good for him.
i actually think the old stuff, hearing it today, is crap. i like 'new year's day' pretty well, but most of those first three albums just aren't very good. and i remember laughing my ass off at _live at red rocks_ and _rattle and hum_ when i saw them.
i kind of like _achtung baby_ and that. 'until the end of the world'...good song. 'one'...good song. really good. but so much of it is either inconsequential or downright bad. and their rep as the greatest rock band in the world is quite disturbing, given the quality of their work.
you know, i vote NOT CRAP. i admire the fact that they wear their hearts on their sleeves and will put out a (pretty good) single called 'beautiful day' and shit like that. i like the fact that they are both very arrogant and make fun of themselves at award shows. i like the fact that larry mullen jr. looks exactly the same today as he did when they put out their first album. it's a good look. makes up for the other guys.
and i LIKE the fact that bono is trying to save the world. he doesn't have to do any of that shit. he doesn't need the publicity. he isn't making money off it. i think he knows he'll take shit for it, but he also knows he can get people to pay attention to things b/c he's bono from U2, so he takes advantage of that fact to advance worthy causes. good for him.