Songs Which Suck or You're Sick Of

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Sigmund

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Okay, okay, this is a thread about bad songs. "Butterfly of Love" was tragically overreaching, and Neil Diamond's "I Am Me," or, "I am I," or, "I Am Myself," whatever it was, was a dreckslog.

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That made me lol.

When you remember just enough to know you hate it but don't care enough to remember what the he11 it was.

Peace.

(I'm just starting on this thread. Your post reminded me of the song that I detest. Da da da da da da da da da drinking coffee (something, something) da da da da da I am waiting (for what?) da da da da)
 

Officious Little Prick

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I was a huge U2 fan. As a teenager, I had everything they'd ever released, including some very rare stuff. I had their posters on my wall and walked around wearing their merchandise with pride.

That changed the day they released Zooropa, which was and still is, a pile of steaming crap. I wasn't keen on Achtung Baby either, but there were a couple of good songs on there. They have not released a decent album of true U2 standard since Rattle and Hum and have been in steady decline for a very long time. Compare The Joshua Tree to the utter crap they're churning out now. Beautiful Day is appalling next to their classics from their 80s heyday.

Their early music was outstanding, unique, genuine, honest, soulful, purposeful and from the heart. Unfortunately, they ran out of steam more than 20 years ago and now sound like a bunch of dried up old men trying to sound like a young, modern day rock band. It doesn't work. It's actually so bad that I feel embarrassed for them.

Bono has become a hypocritical and annoying idiot and I can no longer stand the guy, even in small doses.

I like to pretend that they split after Achtung Baby, which is what they should have done.

Sorry, Bono; even from that angle, none of what he said makes any sense.

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GNTLGNT

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...let the old Broadcaster weigh in here for a moment...bit*h if you must, but U2 WILL go down as one of the greatest rock bands of all time...I have admired most of their material, but have to say that while I respect Bono's commitment to his viewpoints-they have grown tiresome in the music...sometimes, music can just be made to be enjoyed, NOT as a political platform...like this one...which isn't strictly a U2 composition, but damn it just kicks ass...

 

Officious Little Prick

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but have to say that while I respect Bono's commitment to his viewpoints-they have grown tiresome in the music

See, the interesting thing about that statement is it highlights a common misunderstanding that U2's music is overtly political, when in fact, it rarely is. The last album of the band's to come off like a full-fledged "protest album" was 1983's WAR, and even then careful listeners would likely be taken back to realize, beyond the first three tracks, how little it references politics or world events. Sure, there are still the moments of occasional political commentary (2005's "Miracle Drug" and "Crumbs From Your Table"; 2009's "Love and Peace or Else" and "Cedars of Lebanon"), but Bono's lyrics tend to gravitate far more often to the intimate, rather than the global, despite his attention-laden second career as a humanitarian. Any number of successful bands wear their political agendas more blatantly than U2 (Green Day since 2000, anyone?), yet the band still gets incessantly labeled a "message" band. In any case, even if you still feel U2 pulls its water from the political well too often, it's but a fraction of the focus most bands put on sex and money. That's the very essence of what's grown tiresome in rock music (and even more so in hip hop).
 
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