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The Fly
I said I was going away to dream it all up again... Well, I'm actually doing that. And that's cool. Still, I was coming here to see what was going on, just reading post's title. And I fell on that Superbowl thing. And shit, that really disappointed me. I know it's only a rumor, but shit... They sell out Beautiful Day for that Bruce Willis movie, UTEOTW for Proof of Life, One for Family Man... They sell Beautiful Day to BBC for the Olympics. And I'm sure I'm forgetting some... I truly was disappointed by that. I was disappointed that they did the basketball half-time at Boston. And that story with the beautiful fans... It makes me sick to hear Bono scream USA before Walk On when he has song Bullet the Blue twenty minutes sooner...
U2 is really my favorite band. I love them. I love Bono. But I must say that they are presently doing it for the money. And no, that's not fair even if the world have changed... Maybe they were doing the flag thing more than fifteen years ago, but ZooTV and Popmart are not so far. Can you just tell me what the fuck these shows were about? Yes, U2 is growing old. But it doesn't mean you have to grow fat too. I agree with a third leg, as long as it is for the fans. But when you play the same songs night after night, when you take off Mysterious Ways and With or Without You (not that they are obligatory... But changing the whole setlist would be better than taking out two of the best songs, mostly when you're playing a greatest hits tour!), when you still tour while your wife is educating your child and you don't see it quite often, when you're still touring after your father have just died... Shit, I'm just taking some distance with the world to have a new look on it and I'm not really happy with what I see. I mean, yeah, he's a star and that's normal for a star to be away from home. But, every parents here, would you be away nearly all the time, away from family? To all the people here, is it normal? Is it normal to say that people are sick and tired to the teeth of Pop music and use just the same tricks of pop music to sell your album? I mean, I love U2, but there are some questions we need to ask ourselves. U2 is playing MUSIC to live their lives. Bono was saying that it's ridiculous that they are consider as heroes, when the firemen, policemen and nurses are the real heroes. But now, he's taking a hero role. I think I've just lost some illusions I had. I really thought U2 was pure and was doing soul music, not money sell out. I passed a long time of my short life to love U2. I don't think I've lost my time, but shit, just imagine what I could have done will all those hours (put together, you can count in weeks) "wasted" to wait for U2 tickets, to search for mp3, to listen again and again and again to every albums. Just imagine everything you could have accomplished!! Learning to play music, every books that could have been read, every conversation that could have happened, everything you could have built.
This is not a complaint. This is nothing but my OPINION. It's not the truth. It's what I think. And it's my reason to leave and continue to dream it all and finally BUILD IT ALL!!!
Sincerely, I want to wish happiness and joy (
to 4a) to everyone here. Be good and happy! Be YOURSELF!! If you want to write me, I'm still open to that : soul_serv@hotmail.com
No offense to anyone and flame me if you want. I just hope that this raised a few questions... PEACE!!!
U2 is really my favorite band. I love them. I love Bono. But I must say that they are presently doing it for the money. And no, that's not fair even if the world have changed... Maybe they were doing the flag thing more than fifteen years ago, but ZooTV and Popmart are not so far. Can you just tell me what the fuck these shows were about? Yes, U2 is growing old. But it doesn't mean you have to grow fat too. I agree with a third leg, as long as it is for the fans. But when you play the same songs night after night, when you take off Mysterious Ways and With or Without You (not that they are obligatory... But changing the whole setlist would be better than taking out two of the best songs, mostly when you're playing a greatest hits tour!), when you still tour while your wife is educating your child and you don't see it quite often, when you're still touring after your father have just died... Shit, I'm just taking some distance with the world to have a new look on it and I'm not really happy with what I see. I mean, yeah, he's a star and that's normal for a star to be away from home. But, every parents here, would you be away nearly all the time, away from family? To all the people here, is it normal? Is it normal to say that people are sick and tired to the teeth of Pop music and use just the same tricks of pop music to sell your album? I mean, I love U2, but there are some questions we need to ask ourselves. U2 is playing MUSIC to live their lives. Bono was saying that it's ridiculous that they are consider as heroes, when the firemen, policemen and nurses are the real heroes. But now, he's taking a hero role. I think I've just lost some illusions I had. I really thought U2 was pure and was doing soul music, not money sell out. I passed a long time of my short life to love U2. I don't think I've lost my time, but shit, just imagine what I could have done will all those hours (put together, you can count in weeks) "wasted" to wait for U2 tickets, to search for mp3, to listen again and again and again to every albums. Just imagine everything you could have accomplished!! Learning to play music, every books that could have been read, every conversation that could have happened, everything you could have built.
This is not a complaint. This is nothing but my OPINION. It's not the truth. It's what I think. And it's my reason to leave and continue to dream it all and finally BUILD IT ALL!!!
Sincerely, I want to wish happiness and joy (
No offense to anyone and flame me if you want. I just hope that this raised a few questions... PEACE!!!
