U2 interview on Pitchfork.

[ravin30000]

Pitchfork: TV

 

[Irishteen]

It's the end of the world

 

[Lady of Cymru]

Thank you!

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Fucking terrible interview. I fell asleep.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

It's mostly ruined by Bono saying crap we already know and stuttering half the time.

 

[mikal]

i'm at work, but i'm guessing it's negative?

 

[BigMacPhisto]

i'm at work, but i'm guessing it's negative?

No...it's just an interview and the interviewer is all

 

[Irishteen]

I expected more along the lines of this

"So you recorded NLOTH your worst album ever, how does it feel to now suck?"

Then again it was pitchfork not Interference interviewing them...

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Thats the thing with these sites, they will slate them and slag them off on the website etc etc (because its cool to hate them now), but when they get the chance to interview them, they jump at the chance,

 

[thelaj]

It is interesting to see how Bono changes his interview style depending on the publication/show. Much more serious here than other interviews I've seen recently.

Also: Bono seems to be having a dig at Pitchfork's stance of loving "underground" music. Interesting.

 

[bathiu]

No...it's just an interview and the interviewer is all

yeah, he looked like a... fan

 

[Irishteen]

yeah, he looked like a... fan

Someone's gonna get fired at pitchfork

What next a Radiohead hater being hired

 

[Dragonfave]

Mark Richardson broke the first rule of "Pitchfork": Don't talk about U2.

Shame on you, Mark!

 

[U2girl]

Would they like to apologize for that "review" of NLOTH ?

 

[AtomicBono]

lol

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

not bad, i like the Bob Dylan quote

 

[Jeef690]

Where's part 2?

 

[Catman]

This...

It's the end of the world

And this...

It is interesting to see how Bono changes his interview style depending on the publication/show. Much more serious here than other interviews I've seen recently.

Also: Bono seems to be having a dig at Pitchfork's stance of loving "underground" music. Interesting.

 

[allcub]

Where's part 2?

Yeah.....anyone find it?

 

[mikal]

is it just me or do you sense tension between U2 and the interviewer?

 

[Canadiens1131]

Man, I dislike Pitchfork, but heaven forbid a media outlet not like U2....geeze you guys, ya now?

 

[Montrose]

Knowing the history of Pitchfork has had with U2 recently, I found that first heartbeat of silence hilarious, just after the camera first cuts from the interviewer to the band.

"When you're recording an album, do you have a strong sense of...."

<camera cuts to Bono, Edge, and Adam, all in black, sitting there dead serious, just staring>

 

[popacrobat]

is it just me or do you sense tension between U2 and the interviewer?

i'm waiting for larry to come in strapped and bustin' caps. seriously.

 

[mikal]

i'm waiting for larry to come in strapped and bustin' caps. seriously.

yeah, i like that they went into it with that attitude. makes me wonder if there were some things said off camera.

 

[Gonna Run 2 U]

not bad, i like the Bob Dylan quote

He's used that one before.

I love how Adam always smiles in interviews like in his head saying to himself "its the same shit over and over and over".

 

[Yahweh]

Looks like Bono just got out of bed to me.

 

[grbounds]

yeah, i like that they went into it with that attitude. makes me wonder if there were some things said off camera.

doubt it... why would they even bother doing the interview if they werent comfortable with pitchfork and their opinions?

 

[namkcuR]

Does anyone find it odd that Bono compared NLOTH to the White Album when the band made a big deal about making an "album" during the lead-up to the album?

 

[BVS]

Does anyone find it odd that Bono compared NLOTH to the White Album when the band made a big deal about making an "album" during the lead-up to the album?

I think Bono's description in this interview has been the most honest description so far...

 

[65980]

Thanks for posting -- let us know when Part 2 is available.

Two things made me laugh: 1) Adam's smiling to himself after Bono repeats the "chopping down the Joshua Tree" quote for the 4000th time, and getting the chronology wrong (he says JT was the album before Achtung). 2) Edge's appreciation of Bono's anecdote about Blackwell's comment on Bob Marley -- maybe Edge had actually never heard that one before?

If nothing else, the fact that Bono himself doesn't know in what order U2 released albums should tell some people on this forum that they need to get a life.