Favorite U2 Song
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I have to say I like U2 but when I was little my parents got separated and my dad sent my mom a cassette single of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and it really pissed me off and I refused to listen to them for years but then I heard them on the radio and decided to give them another chance since it really wasn't their fault my dad was such an ass
Well, when you think about it, neither radio nor U2 are really relevant anymore. I used to be a big fan of the band. Then Zooropa and Pop happened
Made me want to pop my eardrums with a safety pin 
If you ask anyone under the age of 30 or so they are probably going to give you a blank stare when you ask them if they have even heard a U2 song. They all grew up with Boy Bands and American Idol. God forbid they should have interest in any artist that can write their own songs, can play their own instruments or sing in key without auto-tune.
As for radio, I can't tell you the last time I listened to commercial or satellite radio for anything other than a baseball, football or hockey game. I have loaded up my iPod with music from my personal library (yes I still pay for music. vinyl and CD's are my friends
). While the MP3 and MP4 file format sound quality is crap (the over compression just squashes the life out of the music) it is awfully convenient to have 1000+ songs on a device that I can plug right into my car. I don't have to deal with hearing the same 10 songs in a continuous loop.......
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I don't mean to sound confrontational but all I got from that was that apparently relevance is measured only in terms of what swiftdog2.0 and the youth market like (and, frankly, I think you've overshot the cap of the youth market--"Beautiful Day" and "Vertigo", two of the band's biggest relatively recent hits would have come out when a 29 year-old was in the age range of 15-20; hell, my wife is 23 and her favorite song of all time--which was the case before meeting her U2-obsessed husband, mind you--is "Beautiful Day"). U2's 360° tour from just a few short years ago was the biggest money-making tour of all time. Over 30 million people have chosen to download the new album. The band is clearly still relevant (and I imagine, in that masters-of-the-craft way, like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, always will be), just not when using some of the measuring tools of fading convention.
Successful Performers vs. Great Artists.
They rarely overlap, and sometimes those that do slide back and forth throughout the spectrum...but the ultimate arbiter is the almighty dollar.
Damn shame.
They rarely overlap, and sometimes those that do slide back and forth throughout the spectrum...but the ultimate arbiter is the almighty dollar.
Damn shame.
It's not even that easy anymore. What does it say when artists can sell out stadiums by the bucketload but can't move a million copies of an album? If relevance equates to the trio of radio play, record sales and concert tickets purchased, then I literally have more fingers on one hand than there are relevant musical artists on the music scene today. And I'll tell you this--I want no part whatsoever of a world where Taylor Swift represents the artist by which all other musicians should be measured.
Best song: all I want is you
Best album: Joshua tree. The first three songs are awesome and the best intro into an album in music history.
Best album: Joshua tree. The first three songs are awesome and the best intro into an album in music history.
Favorite song (for today):
THIS. This single performance is what I judge all other Bono performances by.... The falsetto, the "Hear Me Comin' Lord" verse, the "Unchained Melody" excerpt.... The emotion, the passion. Nothing can top 1993 Bono.
THIS. This single performance is what I judge all other Bono performances by.... The falsetto, the "Hear Me Comin' Lord" verse, the "Unchained Melody" excerpt.... The emotion, the passion. Nothing can top 1993 Bono.
No worries. I don't take offense to your opinion.
Of course the last U2 tour made a ton of money. With the inflated ticket prices of today and the spending power of the bands 35 and over core fan base it would be hard to not set revenue records. That fan base is willing to fork over the cash to see the band even if the new material is inferior to the back catalog. They just want to hear the hits.
This isn't just the case with U2. The Rolling Stones still make a crap ton of money when they tour. Those guys haven't put out anything remotely listenable for over 30 years.
It's great that you are listening to music other than the manufactured crap that fills the airwaves these days.
You are an exception. My niece and her friends are about your age and all they care about is Taylor Swift and the latest Pop Tart of the month. Makes me sad. I blame her parents for not introducing her to a wider spectrum of music
I'm going to start making her listen to some alternative, punk and classic rock!
Ms. Swift goes all crazy ex-girlfriend on an innocent Shelby Cobra in her latest video. She's entitled to write songs about her ex-boyfriends but messing with a classic ride is just wrong. Unforgivable!!! BOO!! BOOO!!!
(I'm kidding of course. I sincerely hope that Cobra was not harmed in the video.....)
One of my favorite U2 songs is one that no one else ever mentions or seems to like. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me from Batman Forever. Wild Horses is a fave as well.
The moment you posted this offensive comment, this occurred: Bono's plane suffers near-catastrophic failure over Germany - NY Daily News
Stop trying to hurt Bono with your destructive and hurtful Taylor Swift support.
None of U2's post-ACHTUNG BABY work gets any near as much respect as it deserves. HMTMKMKM is phenomenal (despite stealing liberally from T. Rex's "Children of the Revolution")! That said, "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" will never be one of my favorite tracks of the band, and the title of the song really must go down as the band's most embarrassing.
I love all 90s U2 songs that aren't "Some Days Are Better Than Others".
WHAT?! "Some Days Are Better Than Others" is the equivalent of Adam Clayton turning his bass guitar into sonic sex. Hush yo mouth.