purpleoscar
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-Sicy
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I don't agree with his politics all the time but I expect him to be political because they always were. The music is great on it's own. If the music wasn't good nobody would care what he says. Look at Bullet the Blue Sky, Silver & Gold, Crumbs from your table, Love and peace or else. Activist musicians already happened in the 60's. Most popular bands take up some political cause, often because they are pressured by special interest groups when they attain success. Special interest groups will often act like journalists and ask political questions about global warming, fair trade, or Africa to the band kind of forcing their hand through embarrasment. I seen questions asked of Coldplay in that manner.
Radiohead wanted to quit touring because of their carbon footprint and some activist artist said they shouldn't because their so important. “And someone like (him), I’m like please go on tour! Because so many people will follow what you say, because they really respect you. And they know that you really know what you’re talking about.” I guess some people's carbon footprints are more equal than others.
KT Tunstall questions Thom Yorke’s eco attitude | Radiohead At Ease [In Rainbows]
Maybe only Van Halen avoids politics like the plague but U2 sound much better them.
I mean I bought a Led Zeppelin DVD and it was talking about electing John Kerry on it. What about The Bealtes, The Rolling Stones, REM, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, and Coldplay? Don't they do the same thing?
In the end special interest groups are competing against each other for TV space, concert space, newspaper space for their pet projects; but money for fighting global warming interferes with money for AIDS, and money for disaster relief. With low savings rates in the western world people can't donate much to all without drastically changing their lifestyle. All the jobs for McDonalds, travel agents, cars and such would have to disappear if people chose to spend substantially on donations.
Look at the lyrics for Acrobat. He was already telling people then not to look to him to save the world, and that he was really a hypocrite or "acrobat". At least he was honest about it. I dare any successful band to openly express Conservative points of view as part of your concert every concert. I think that would be very rare and would be met with large resistance in the media and audience. I don't know of any conservative musicians that make great music. I think economics can't be put into a song.
You got to understand that Bono isn't a socialist with his money and we should all emulate his capitalist attitudes because that's actually WHAT HE DOES and ignore what he says in concert.
Bono said in this article:
Bono elevated to capital heights but claims he's not money-driven | U2 news article from @U2
"So many great painters, great musicians, great geniuses, ended up with nothing. With broken hearts in rooms with broken windows, I want to see artists sitting at the table that decides the outcome of their lives." He saves money and invests so his capital can pay his own way. The average person has to save 40% of what they make to get to the point of self sufficiency by 65 which is a big struggle if you took too long to pay off your mortgage.
U2 are making a new album because they want to, not because they have to. If I was Bono I would have trouble putting down the microphone simply because it's so awesome to have 50,000 people singing your songs back to you. That would be hard to give up.
http://forum.interference.com/f196/...ything-about-the-new-album-here-188125-8.html
-Sicy
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I take it you just found out about the band?
I don't agree with his politics all the time but I expect him to be political because they always were. The music is great on it's own. If the music wasn't good nobody would care what he says. Look at Bullet the Blue Sky, Silver & Gold, Crumbs from your table, Love and peace or else. Activist musicians already happened in the 60's. Most popular bands take up some political cause, often because they are pressured by special interest groups when they attain success. Special interest groups will often act like journalists and ask political questions about global warming, fair trade, or Africa to the band kind of forcing their hand through embarrasment. I seen questions asked of Coldplay in that manner.
Radiohead wanted to quit touring because of their carbon footprint and some activist artist said they shouldn't because their so important. “And someone like (him), I’m like please go on tour! Because so many people will follow what you say, because they really respect you. And they know that you really know what you’re talking about.” I guess some people's carbon footprints are more equal than others.
KT Tunstall questions Thom Yorke’s eco attitude | Radiohead At Ease [In Rainbows]
Maybe only Van Halen avoids politics like the plague but U2 sound much better them.
I mean I bought a Led Zeppelin DVD and it was talking about electing John Kerry on it. What about The Bealtes, The Rolling Stones, REM, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, and Coldplay? Don't they do the same thing?
In the end special interest groups are competing against each other for TV space, concert space, newspaper space for their pet projects; but money for fighting global warming interferes with money for AIDS, and money for disaster relief. With low savings rates in the western world people can't donate much to all without drastically changing their lifestyle. All the jobs for McDonalds, travel agents, cars and such would have to disappear if people chose to spend substantially on donations.
Look at the lyrics for Acrobat. He was already telling people then not to look to him to save the world, and that he was really a hypocrite or "acrobat". At least he was honest about it. I dare any successful band to openly express Conservative points of view as part of your concert every concert. I think that would be very rare and would be met with large resistance in the media and audience. I don't know of any conservative musicians that make great music. I think economics can't be put into a song.
You got to understand that Bono isn't a socialist with his money and we should all emulate his capitalist attitudes because that's actually WHAT HE DOES and ignore what he says in concert.
Bono said in this article:
Bono elevated to capital heights but claims he's not money-driven | U2 news article from @U2
"So many great painters, great musicians, great geniuses, ended up with nothing. With broken hearts in rooms with broken windows, I want to see artists sitting at the table that decides the outcome of their lives." He saves money and invests so his capital can pay his own way. The average person has to save 40% of what they make to get to the point of self sufficiency by 65 which is a big struggle if you took too long to pay off your mortgage.
U2 are making a new album because they want to, not because they have to. If I was Bono I would have trouble putting down the microphone simply because it's so awesome to have 50,000 people singing your songs back to you. That would be hard to give up.