I got on "Boots" this morning! (Single review)

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tomtom said:
This is fantastic news if true, but I'm getting weirded out more every passing day by the lack of official news about the release. It's ridiculous. If you were trying to sell a product, wouldn't you start marketing it well in advance? It's already Thursday. We're supposed to hear the song Monday as well as be allowed to buy it on ITunes. The album comes out in just a month and a half, and we don't have an official tracklisting yet. This is NOT how corporate rock functions.
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I knew the "reverse" bitching would start soon enough...

See folks, people bitch no matter what... They market too much, too little, they're playing old people music, they're playing young people music, their hair's too long, it's too short, they give me too little, they give me too much...
 
BonoVoxSupastar said:
I knew the "reverse" bitching would start soon enough...

See folks, people bitch no matter what... They market too much, too little, they're playing old people music, they're playing young people music, their hair's too long, it's too short, they give me too little, they give me too much...
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agreed.
 
BonoVoxSupastar said:
I knew the "reverse" bitching would start soon enough...

See folks, people bitch no matter what... They market too much, too little, they're playing old people music, they're playing young people music, their hair's too long, it's too short, they give me too little, they give me too much...
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hahaha exactly :up:
 
Anji said:
How long you like U2? You'll soon be bitter and twisted like me and not give a damn what other people think :lol:

Seriously though, I do agree with what you are saying, I do get all excited and feel like a mother hen towards them at times, but having my leg pulled about some on Bono's escapades over the years it get's a bit like water off a ducks back. Quite simply U2 are like Marmite, you love em or hate them. And I love them despite some tracks/or Lps that I would deem complete Turkeys :ohmy:
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Maybe :wink:

I'm from the Bomb generation so I don't have same experience that has made you "bitter and twisted" yet.

Let's hope I don't have to go through it! I just know after I form my own opinion on the album I'll be paying close attention to the reviews, the chart positions, the success of the videos and the tour and I want it to go as well as possible.

At the end of the day though, you are right, none of that matters for how good YOU or ME think the music is.
 
BonoVoxSupastar said:
I knew the "reverse" bitching would start soon enough...

See folks, people bitch no matter what... They market too much, too little, they're playing old people music, they're playing young people music, their hair's too long, it's too short, they give me too little, they give me too much...
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:lol:

I wish Bono didn't wear shades, damn Bono's took off his shades, why is wearing mascara??
 
cjboog said:
Maybe :wink:

I'm from the Bomb generation so I don't have same experience that has made you "bitter and twisted" yet.

Let's hope I don't have to go through it! I just know after I form my own opinion on the album I'll be paying close attention to the reviews, the chart positions, the success of the videos and the tour and I want it to go as well as possible.

At the end of the day though, you are right, none of that matters for how good YOU or ME think the music is.
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Bitter & Twisted was said a bit tongue in cheek :wink: I want them to blow everyone off the richter scale in 2009 :heart: But I am realistic to know with U2 sometimes it just doesn't happen :sad:

But love the word Hope! :heart: :lol:


nesquick said:
take that!!! YouTube - U2 - No Line On The Horizon 30 secconds preview!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Woah Fuck! :heart:
 
Anji said:
Quite simply U2 are like Marmite, you love em or hate them. And I love them despite some tracks/or Lps that I would deem complete Turkeys :ohmy:
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as an aside, there have been a few political blogs that have been kicking the shit out of Bono's NYT op-ed piece, and it's opened the door to a "Bono: Love him or Hate him?" debate. and i think that it's true, with Bono, you do love him or hate him, or, like me, love him and respect him but cringe at certain moments.

i've found that while some people may love or hate Bono, and even if they're not big fans of U2, everyone, and i do mean everyone, has at least half a dozen U2 songs that they love. not too many bands have that. so while i think Bono is love/hate, i think everyone has some U2 that they love.
 
Sounds good whatever it is. :hmm:
But then I thought Id downloaded Boots and it turned out to be someone else, though it was very U2 sounding guitar wise.

If it is U2, yay. If its not, yay to whoever did it, its good.
 
Irvine511 said:
as an aside, there have been a few political blogs that have been kicking the shit out of Bono's NYT op-ed piece, and it's opened the door to a "Bono: Love him or Hate him?" debate. and i think that it's true, with Bono, you do love him or hate him, or, like me, love him and respect him but cringe at certain moments.

i've found that while some people may love or hate Bono, and even if they're not big fans of U2, everyone, and i do mean everyone, has at least half a dozen U2 songs that they love. not too many bands have that. so while i think Bono is love/hate, i think everyone has some U2 that they love.
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Nice post! :wave:

I find the people who hate him are the people who actually think that Bono takes himself seriously. Jumped up/Who does he think he is/he should leave politics to the politicians are some of the comments. He is SO self depreaciating it is funny.

Bono does what he does for two reasons A) He DOES care about what he get's involved in & B) Publicity! Consider this. BAD publicity is just as good as good!? You get someone who MUST live on Mars or something and thinks Who the hell is this Bono guy? Google and They discover U2 BINGO :heart:

But yes, as much as I love him, sometimes I sit there and think FOR GODS SAKE BONO SHUT UP :doh:


And now back to my 30 seconds of the Youtube clip :drool:
 
tomtom said:
This is NOT how corporate rock functions.
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Isn't this precisely what many people have been bitching about with the past two albums? So isn't the fact that they're not following conventions this time around a positive thing?

Irvine511 said:
or, like me, love him and respect him but cringe at certain moments.
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I'm like you, for the most part. :up:
 
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