Random Music Talk CVII - At Home with Cobbler

[prbiker15]

U2 using backing tracks doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Gene Simmons said U2 uses backing tracks in live shows (which they do) and everyone went apeshit.

That's a bit of an exaggeration.

 

[IWasBored]

Yeah, they're apeshit at baseline.

 

[iron yuppie]

That's a bit of an exaggeration.

* some people took offense.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

There was a bit of 'how dare he!' but most of the posts in that thread were reasonable for EYKIW standards.

 

[Axver]

To be fair, there should always be Kiss bashing.

 

[martha]

To be fair, there should always be Kiss bashing.

Agreed. They suck beyond all reason.

 

[david]

There's sadly not much else to discuss there in the other forum that is until someone starts yet another thread on why SOI failed.

 

[martha]

Is anyone over there speculating on opening acts? I don't know why, but I've become semi-obsessed with this. Sort of.

 

[bono_212]

Just saw Gimme Shelter. So effing good.

Now watching Some Kind of Monster...ten minutes in, I'm dying.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Wait, U2 use backing tracks?

 

[bono_212]

Some songs have parts that can't be replicated live, so kinda.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Yeah, I was... that makes sense.

 

[djerdap]

Tonight I even bought a beer cos I had 15-20 mins to kill before a comedy show, and I didn't even take a sip. Just left it on the table. And it felt good

And now I am enjoying a Baileys.

This made me laugh.

Some songs have parts that can't be replicated live, so kinda.

Kinda a lot.

 

[bono_212]

Yeah, I was... that makes sense.

Being sarcastic? Now I'm kinda lost.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Yes, I was being sarcastic! Of course I know U2 use backing tracks. I knew it in the nineties.

 

[Axver]

Wait, U2 use backing tracks?

This just in: Edge is balding.

 

[liamcool]

Adam Clayton is dead and they replaced him with a doppleganger.

Proof?

The Adam Clayton on Under A Blood Red Sky has blonde hair, and the Adam Clayton on Rattle and Hum has brown hair.

QED

 

[Kieran McConville]

Also he used to have a perm and now doesn't.



Adam Clayton Mistaken For Elderly Aunt

 

[IWasBored]

Adam Clayton went missing for half the band's career and they replaced him with a doppleganger.

Proof?

The Adam Clayton on Under A Blood Red Sky has blonde hair, and the Adam Clayton on Rattle and Hum has brown hair. Normal haircut, even. It was only til recently that weird hair Adam was found and returned to the band, the doppelgänger of course being offered as a human sacrifice to the iTunes gods in return for their facilitation of SOI's release.

Fixed.

 

[bono_212]

Yes, I was being sarcastic! Of course I know U2 use backing tracks. I knew it in the nineties.

Ugh, sorry about that. Missed that completely, clearly.

 

[Kieran McConville]

It was a poor attempt at humour, like that one guy who comes in a day late and says 'that's a thing; ok this changes everything'.

 

[Hewson]

This just in: Edge is balding.

I thought he just kept his hair that way for the swim team.

 

[Hewson]

Why is there KISS bashing going on? Are they opening for U2 or something?

I did suggest there was such a rumor in the "opening act" thread after the Simmons thread got going.

 

[martha]

I did suggest there was such a rumor in the "opening act" thread after the Simmons thread got going.

Thank you.


Sent from my iPad using U2 Interference

 

[LemonMelon]

Heaven or Las Vegas is a flawless album. It's like nine 8/10s and one 20/10 (the title track). Cocteau Twins, dream pop masters

 

[lazarus]

U2 using backing tracks doesn't bother me at all.

Some songs/elements I don't have an issue with, such as the sequencer in Bad. But I'm not a fan of the backing vocal track on Beautiful Day, for example, because Bono, Edge, and Larry should be able to do that themselves. There's no reason it has to sound exactly like the album version.

 

[nielsgov]

What is this Tidal nonsense? Daft Punk is there, Arcade Fire, Kanye of course... Every big artist in the world it seems.

I'm watching a stream because Kanye posted a link on his Twitter.

 

[nielsgov]

Oh it's a streaming service.

Alicia Keys quoting Nietzsche now lol.

 

[nielsgov]

And now they're signing some sort of declaration with The National Anthem by Radiohead in the background. This is all pretty damn weird.