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Bono is what the Spanish call “El Terrible”.
And finally you are starting to get his point.
Once again; quit with the valueless and emotion narrative, that was never his point.
He was specifically talking about “rock” music and how it’s lost its rage, and where rock sits in the whole scheme of things.
And you're missing mine.
It hasn't lost its rage at all.
And there's plenty of popular rock music out there, and huge amounts of rock music fans.
It's a lazy, lazy, lazy argument and I hate seeing it continuously peddled by people who should really, really know better.
it's so elitist to say that this music is garbage, or without value, just because it's pop.
I have a huge, huge issue with this idea that music isn't as good as it used to be because a) it's not true and b) it completely shits down the throat of an entire subset of our population.
And what he and you and others in this thread are claiming just simply isn't true. There is anger and rage and emotion in music all over the fucking place, you just might not find it in the Billboard top 10 every week. This sort of music exists everywhere, and in this age, it's really not at all hard to find. So stop being lazy.
In the context of his own interview he's talking about a kind of musical segregation. It's not the first or only time he's talked about this either. There is absolutely a place for the diva ballad, the sad mopey singer-songwriter, the pop teen music. What he said is that there seems to be a missing voice in mainstream music that speaks truth to power with the ferocity that bands and artists used to have, and -- as Headache points out -- the lack of any real presence by any such band in the charts bears that out.
Am I the only one who finds this odd?
just sounds like he's milking it now, almost as a marketing ploy or something, or looking for sympathy or attention in a weird kind of way, i dunno, but constantly talking about it but being evasive is a bit silly
Milking it? Good God, people. You do realize he did not bring this up, right?
Being specific about this would land this story all over the tabloids, and require endless follow ups, details, specifics...and U2's new album and tour would become about THAT.
...as it is, media is left with "Bono almost died." No details. And there it ends.
I'd agree that music had gotten girly. And I don't think that statement is at all about singers with vaginas. So maybe cool the affected rage and indignation.
He could've said "twee" and then every shy, bald Belle and Sebastian fan would take up arms in revolution.
But I just don't think it's an issue. There's literally hundreds, if not thousands of artists who are speaking truth to power with ferocity, and it's not their fault they're not #1 on the charts.
And for those talking about aggression and metal music, you REALLY missed the point.
My own perspective - which I realize means nothing to no one - is that the "girly" comment stuck me as a bit odd when I read it. Not because it was offensive to me in any way nor did I feel that it was meant in any way to be offensive, it just seemed odd because I already know the hyper sensitive culture we live in where people are offended so easily. It wasn't the world I grew up in, and Bono is a good 10 years older than me, so it wasn't the world he grew up in either. Oh well. If that is the one comment that people take from an otherwise decent interview and it blows up, okay, oh well, etc. At least the people will be talking....I guess?
I mean, it could have been much worse. Shit like this makes me glad I’m not famous. I consider myself a kind person but I tend to be a bit loose lipped. I’d be crucified.
he could have simply said "commercial"
All that goodwill towards women who "insisted, and persisted, and resisted" during the Ultraviolet live performances has been undone with one off the cuff remark.
I can’t believe the “girly” comment even made any news. Is that how sensitive our society is today?
I mean, it could have been much worse. Shit like this makes me glad I’m not famous. I consider myself a kind person but I tend to be a bit loose lipped. I’d be crucified.
I can’t believe the “girly” comment even made any news. Is that how sensitive our society is today?