U2 IS a conseravative band!

[maycocksean]

How can you not see it:

Check out the Elevation show in Boston DVD--remember that great sequence during "Bullet the Blue Sky" where they have the video clips that show their unstinting support of the NRA and. . .oh wait. . .never mind.

And then there was the whole series of videos for "One" which everyone agreed were totally were about traditional conservative social values and. . .shoot. Forget that.

And you have all these great pro-war anthems like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Love and Peace or Else" (well, sort of. . kind of. . ). And "Bullet the Blue Sky". . .remember those horrible communist fighter planes Bono could see down in El Salvador. . er. . well, maybe. I dunno.

Ummm. .. and "Fast Cars" all about making it big and not paying taxes amiright? Okay well maybe not. . .

Dang it.

Okay you can lock this thread now.

Sorry. . .I'm usually pretty good. . just couldn't resist.

 

[indra]

That's what fatherhood will do for ya!

 

[A_Wanderer]

This is highly pertinent for political issue X, celebrities validate my views.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

who the fuck is U2?

 

[kingofsorrow]

those irish bastards

 

[phillyfan26]

With that Bono guy? Fuck, he's annoying.

 

[maycocksean]

This is highly pertinent for political issue X, celebrities validate my views.

i dont think any of us need u2 to validate our views. but that doesnt prevent us from making observations about the bands politics. or countering absurd ones.

 

[hiphop]

With that Bono guy? Fuck, he's annoying.

he fucking owns half dublin

 

[DrTeeth]

Also, uno, dos, tres, catorce...

One-two-three is a small segment of the Fibonacci sequence, and tres-catorce equals 3.14, which is Pi!

Obviously Bono believes mathematics is the key to understanding the Universe. Bono is atheist everybody!!

 

[martha]

And don't forget their strong support of nuclear (or is it nucular? I always forget) power when they were on the beach in support of Sellafield... oh wait......

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

BUT IS BONO OK???????????

 

[U2isthebest]

Is Bono ok?

 

[Zoomerang96]

u2 ARE a conservative band.

...just saying.

 

[U2isthebest]

Larry saw this thread and shed a tear.

 

[Zoomerang96]

i used to write slash u2 fan fiction. i wonder where that is. melon do you have it on hand? feel free to post it here, thanks!

 

[Irvine511]

U2 have made money.

if you like making money, then you are a Republican because everyone else is a socialist.

/win.

 

[BVS]

This thread gets

 

[Irvine511]

U2 supported military intervention to stop the genocide in the Balkans.

therefore, U2 supports everything the US military has ever done or will ever do.

 

[toscano]

Some members of U2 are known to be religious of the Christian variety, that must mean they support bombing abortion clinics and starting wars with 3rd world countries, that IS the central theme of the bible after all.....

Why don't I feel bad about giving the "yes on 8, religious freedom for parents" banner wavers the finger this morning while giving my high school son a ride to school ??? (he thought it was funny by the way, he finds those people as dumb as I do)

 

[martha]

Don't forget their support of Pinochet, Ronald Reagan's buddy.


Oh wait....

 

[JOFO]

Look, U2 gave COBL to Obama to use at the convention, and we all know Obama is palling around with terrorists, I mean, he might as well be Bin Laden...therefore, U2 are guilty by association....I mean, they're probably finishing they're fucking album in Afghanistan.

 

[Irvine511]

Don't forget their support of Pinochet, Ronald Reagan's buddy.


Oh wait....

U2 know that it was important to stop Communism by any means necessary. that's what Bullet is all about.

 

[U2isthebest]

"Bullet" is clearly an endorsement of the Iran-Contra affair. Ollie North is a roadie for U2 now.

 

[Se7en]

"U2" IS a singular noun. the band is... the band members are...

hmm, i think...

 

[Lila64]

U2 aren't suing anyone for using their music in a campaign, right?
Ouch, my head hurts this morning

 

[U2isthebest]

They will when John McCain and Sarah Palin announce they're going to dance to "Babyface" at the inaugural ball if they win.

 

[purpleoscar]

As per Edge they are social democrats. Therefore = centre-left. They aren't necessarily communists but they want a mixed economy a la European style. Approximately 40-60% of GDP run by the government. Socialists tend to focus on redistribution of wealth as opposed to the communist insistance on government ownership. The only problem with their beliefs is their movement of capital to other countries with lower tax rates does look like a double standard.

They believe in a co-existence of different creeds and religions and democracy vs. dictatorship. They also believe that redistribution of wealth should happen internationally to help the world's extreme poor.

Therefore he's not a conservative. Hating Thatcher and Reagan would be an easy clue when looking at Bullet the blue sky and Red Hill Mining town.

 

[indra]

"U2" IS a singular noun. the band is... the band members are...

hmm, i think...

That's what I've always been taught too, but I notice the people I know from Australia (and a few other places, but I know more people there) say the band are as well as saying the band members are. So I think which is correct depends on where you are from.

This is a pretty hilarious (and cheeky) thread. I like it.

 

[phillyfan26]

U2 said there's never gonna be peace on earth, so clearly they endorse war.

 

[Popmartijn]

U2 said there's never gonna be peace on earth, so clearly they endorse war.

Duh! They even called one of their albums War.