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lazarus
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Does anyone want to risk being estranged from their families and blacklisted from future gatherings?
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OP
PLEBA is dead. Long live BAGEL.
patternshirt170
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Super Yo
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https://twitter.com/rollingstone/status/946019869060993024
Bono appears on our cover. In the story, U2's frontman discusses his band, the state of the world, what he learned from almost dying and more
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...rld-what-he-learned-from-almost-dying-w514442
Bono appears on our cover. In the story, U2's frontman discusses his band, the state of the world, what he learned from almost dying and more
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...rld-what-he-learned-from-almost-dying-w514442
lazarus
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So Larry actually isn’t on board.
Nice to see Red Flag Day mentioned. Whether it makes the setlist is another question.
Nice to see Red Flag Day mentioned. Whether it makes the setlist is another question.
Bono on Larry
I am not sure Larry knows what to make of the album. He loved the tour, but he and I are probably the hardest on every U2 recording.... He has that sort of Irish [thing of being] down on all things new. I have had that myself at times, but not with this album. But, you know, we are just like that. It is hard to explain.
Larry 100% isn't on board
I am not sure Larry knows what to make of the album. He loved the tour, but he and I are probably the hardest on every U2 recording.... He has that sort of Irish [thing of being] down on all things new. I have had that myself at times, but not with this album. But, you know, we are just like that. It is hard to explain.
Larry 100% isn't on board
david
ONE love, blood, life
Bono is starting to look thin. [emoji52]
Iggy Fizz
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On a positive note, I am always impressed by Bono's intellectual curiosity, his breadth of knowledge and his earnest desire to make a difference.
On a more negative note, he can be an extreme bore as this interview highlights all too well.
Finally, re: his favorite subject of American politics, I thought it curious that he completely avoided the inconvenient topic of the Clintons and his very cozy relationship with them. After all, the election of the Idiot in Chief can be traced directly to their incompetence, arrogance and self dealing.
You'd think that if Bono were being honest with himself, he would look in the mirror and ask how that happened - his beloved America turning its back on his good friends even as he campaigned loudly for Hillary.
I'm sure Jan will get to that in part II of the interview...
On a more negative note, he can be an extreme bore as this interview highlights all too well.
Finally, re: his favorite subject of American politics, I thought it curious that he completely avoided the inconvenient topic of the Clintons and his very cozy relationship with them. After all, the election of the Idiot in Chief can be traced directly to their incompetence, arrogance and self dealing.
You'd think that if Bono were being honest with himself, he would look in the mirror and ask how that happened - his beloved America turning its back on his good friends even as he campaigned loudly for Hillary.
I'm sure Jan will get to that in part II of the interview...
Bono basically admitted to what some of us have said and longed for
The band has ditched what made them U2, and have instead pursued a more traditional songwriting method.
Spider-Man being what kicked it off.
Sounds like it’s really opened a vein for writing songs, but i still miss that open air, space, sonic magic that only them could make playing together
The band has ditched what made them U2, and have instead pursued a more traditional songwriting method.
Spider-Man being what kicked it off.
Sounds like it’s really opened a vein for writing songs, but i still miss that open air, space, sonic magic that only them could make playing together
Super Yo
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And now we have a ton of articles criticizing Bono for the “girlie music” opinion.
It’s insufferable.
It’s insufferable.
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lazarus
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It wasn’t the best choice of words, using “girly” as a pejorative, especially here in December 2017.
If he had been allowed to elaborate, maybe there’d be more nuance. But it reads bad.
If he had been allowed to elaborate, maybe there’d be more nuance. But it reads bad.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
Yeah, not a wise choice of words, but none of the articles have placed the comment in context either.
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well it was a pretty stupid comment, coming from Woman of the Year especially
that attitude is everything that's wrong with this stupid macho world actually
dazzledbylight
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lazarus
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well it was a pretty stupid comment, coming from Woman of the Year especially
that attitude is everything that's wrong with this stupid macho world actually
Yep.
I can’t imagine he doesn’t issue a clarification soon.
dazzledbylight
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YupNLOTH still holds up well for me, and I love Breathe.
Not funny, Ax
yeah, really.
Agree w your first paragraph. But too much negative take on the Clintons.
LemonMelon
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It was an ignorant, inaccurate comment that he should have thought twice about. But eh, I'm not raging about it.
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dazzledbylight
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Not anymore! PLEBA is deserted.
I was referring to it in it's general all around run over time.
We had a damn good time.
LemonMelon
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That's why I'm not surprised or disappointed [emoji38]
lazarus
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He just made himself sound like the aging, out-of-touch rock stars they’ve tried so hard to set themselves from.
This is going to have legs, believe it.
This is going to have legs, believe it.
OP
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This was dumb on his part.
The articles on the Jezebel's of the world make your eyes roll back so far they might fall out of your head, but he should have known better and picked a better word.
It's not as if Jan didn't let him read the article ahead of it's release...
This will likely be blown into a bigger deal than it should be, as it's hard to actually see Bono as a sexist, but it's pretty tiring having to defend stupid decisions they make.
The articles on the Jezebel's of the world make your eyes roll back so far they might fall out of your head, but he should have known better and picked a better word.
It's not as if Jan didn't let him read the article ahead of it's release...
This will likely be blown into a bigger deal than it should be, as it's hard to actually see Bono as a sexist, but it's pretty tiring having to defend stupid decisions they make.
prbiker15
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Eh, he would have been better off not making that comment if he's looking to save his reputation. Some people outside of this space are just way too sensitive nowadays.
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