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Ghost of Love
Somewhere, U2 is enjoying their evening and not giving a shit.
This is what I'm talking about: Imagine if Miley Cyrus and an opera singer put Bono into the Rock and roll hall of fame. Appropriate, don't you think?
I dunno if it's embarrassment, I just personally don't go on those two songs much, and I also have little time for God Part II which is just downright annoying. Rattle & Hum, the era just annoys me...just something about it, something kinda distasteful.
Is Miley or this Opera singer friends with, had some connection, or respected by U2?
Bad analogy.
yeah, i know i'd be up in arms that the best they could do is pick a dead opera singer.Yet, if Pavarotti were charged with inducting U2 into some rock and roll shrine, it would be absurd.
yeah, i know i'd be up in arms that the best they could do is pick a dead opera singer.
yeah, i know i'd be up in arms that the best they could do is pick a dead opera singer.
Yes, Pavarotti was "friends" with U2, sang with them on stage, and sang on their record. They're personally much closer to him than they are to Bob Marley, whom they've never met, sang with, recorded with, shared a passport or musical genre with.
Yet, if Pavarotti were charged with inducting U2 into some rock and roll shrine, it would be absurd.
Hence, my analogy was perfect and your critique of it silly.
Yes, Pavarotti was "friends" with U2, sang with them on stage, and sang on their record. They're personally much closer to him than they are to Bob Marley, whom they've never met, sang with, recorded with, shared a passport or musical genre with.
Yet, if Pavarotti were charged with inducting U2 into some rock and roll shrine, it would be absurd.
Hence, my analogy was perfect and your critique of it silly.
Yes it would be absurd but not for the reasons you listed. Pavarotti would be the outsider inducting an insider, plus the language barrier, etc...
U2 shared a label were friends with his children and wife and they were the ones who ultimately gave the ok for Bono to induct him.
It's only your hard-lined adherance to genre labels that isn't allowing you to see this... your analogy just doesn't work.
Maybe you need to research a bit more and you'll find out more about U2's connection to the Marley's, Jamaica, reggae, etc.
Bono inducted him because he's a huge fan and respects the man, not because he wanted to be pretentious or stick his nose into somewhere it didn't belong for a photo op or something.
Sometimes people do things just because they believe in them, and they don't give a fuck who's embarrassed by it.
Just to remind you guys: he who makes the most posts on Interference... still dies.
Just to remind you guys: he who makes the most posts on Interference... still dies.
Do you want to enlighten me as to U2's connection to Jamaica and reggae? (Yes, I'm aware of Island records, but so what? It's just a label.)
Maybe... or maybe there were 100 other people who actually knew Marley and could have inducted him, but weren't as famous as Bono. I mean, it's not like Bono to stick his nose in anywhere it doesn't belong...
Well, I said nothing about embarrassment. My comment started in the context of my approving of the funny "we're stealing it back" line off the top of Rattle & Hum.
Maybe... or maybe there were 100 other people who actually knew Marley and could have inducted him, but weren't as famous as Bono. I mean, it's not like Bono to stick his nose in anywhere it doesn't belong...
wrong.Just to remind you guys: he who makes the most posts on Interference... still dies.
Apparently Zombie Pavoratti didn't ever post at Interference.