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SteveG
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Topic: U2: Rock Gods or Overrated? Posted: March 31 2017 at 12:42 |
U2: Rock Gods or Overrated?
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Man With Hat
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 12:51 |
overrated
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Vompatti
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 13:08 |
Overrated, but I do enjoy most of their albums to some extent.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 13:36 |
To put it nicely: I don't like you two or yewtew or U2 at all
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 14:12 |
Overrated from the point of view of us Prog-snobs, but probably mind-blowing to the FM Radio commercial rock muggles.
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 14:15 |
File alongside Coldplay. I.e. not worth listening to.
(At least that is my opinion)
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Dean
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 14:26 |
first two albums great, third good but after that I'd rather fill my ears with cold custard than endure a single note.
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What?
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doompaul
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 15:04 |
Can't stand 'em.
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 16:04 |
Great live band, consistent but progressive, frequently imitated.
Rock gods.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 16:12 |
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
Overrated from the point of view of us Prog-snobs, |
I don't know, Dream Theater worship them??
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Quinino
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 17:38 |
Dean wrote:
first two albums great, third good but after that I'd rather fill my ears with cold custard than endure a single note. |
For once I totally agree with you, too
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 18:00 |
Thatfabulousalien wrote:
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
Overrated from the point of view of us Prog-snobs, |
I don't know, Dream Theater worship them?? |
I suppose to mainstream music listeners/FM radio listeners, a band like U2 are hugely exciting. But we're kind of spoiled listening to prog...we get plenty of great playing, adventurous and ambitious arrangements, etc, so U2 (who, even though I don't persoanlly like them, are hardly the worst of bands out there) don't sound nearly as interesting or impressive?
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 18:14 |
silly question.... typical poll PA's poll results... what planet you all are from. I have no clue
of course they are gods.. legends... whatever one calls them
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 18:25 |
Hmmmm, sounds like someone's got stocks in Bono's amber lense glasses or The Edge's beanies, Micky!
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 18:28 |
Have there been all star mashups of U2 songs yet?
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 18:32 |
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Posted: March 31 2017 at 20:30 |
"Out of control", "Gloria" and "New Year's Day" are great anthemic songs. It was only after Achtung Baby that I lost interest, although it's tough listening to The Joshua Tree without skipping the first three songs due to radio overplay. A couple of duds on that one too (as on most of their good albums...later releases seem full of them).
I wouldn't say they're overrated, considering that opinions on their legacy have become more polarizing through the years.
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 02:06 |
From Unforgettable Fire until Achtung Baby, they were probably the greatest (80's) band, but they f**ked up with Zooropa (ok, kudos for going experimental, but it stunk) and the Passenger (with Eno) thing ... and they've never been the same since: Pop was still acceptable (but no more), and I totally can't get in the rest of their albums... I'm not even trying to keep up with their stuff anymore. As for their early stuff, I wasn't really into it... I only really appreciate NYD
Toooooo bad that they're only the shadow of their former selves... Today, they seem to live on their former Joshua glories.
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 05:16 |
Prog Sothoth wrote:
I wouldn't say they're overrated, considering that opinions on their legacy have become more polarizing through the years. |
some fans never forgave them for going 'euro' in the 90's and not mining the Joshua Tree goldmine ad nauseum I think the key to their polarization however is non-musical.....most never liked what the politically and socially pompous sanctimonious t**t that Bono became
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CPicard
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 05:57 |
I like some of their songs ("New Year's Day", "Sunday Bloody Sunday" or "Numb"), but I won't call them Rock Gods. On the other hand, to call them "overrated"... I would keep this adjective for Kiss, the Sex Pistols or Muse (nope, no trolling here).
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