Nick66
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It's not discrediting anyone. It's simply saying that it was largely "the seed" that was planted by various U2 websites - before anyone had heard the song - that made people think it was him. When in reality, independent of those seeds, if you just randomly heard this song you would almost certainly not think to yourself, "this sounds just like bono!!!" because in a vacuum, it sounds nothing like bono.
but this is the thing, it's not about dismissing an opinion. this isn't an opinion. it's been all but confirmed that it's not bono. saying you like the song/don't like the song is an opinion. saying that thomas jefferson was the 10th president of the US is not an opinion - it's a misstatement of fact. just like saying this is bono singing is not an opinion. it's a fact that it isn't him. two days ago it was an opinion. today, it's a fact.
i wouldn't have even commented on this if the thread wasn't filled with people saying, "LOL. i love u2, and i know bono when i hear him, and this is definitely bono." clearly...
Um, no, in fact, it's an opinion. If you think it sounds like Bono, it's an opinion, and therefore can't be wrong. Even if it's not Bono, the fact that someone may think it sounds like Bono is an opinion.
And when you say that people only think it sounds like Bono because of the "seed" planted by various U2 sites, again, you're stating an opinion. You don't know for sure how people would react to that song without that seed. Do you? Do you? Of course you don't.
It's not your place to authoritavely declare whether it sounds like Bono or not. All you can do is say that to you it doesn't sound like Bono, that's it.
You know, it's entirely possible that people can think this singer, or any singer, sounds like Bono, and not have it actually be Bono. It happens.