Originally posted by scatteroflight:
The usual jump-on-the-bandwagon choice is Red Light. Why, I don't know. No one ever gives a good reason. What's so terrible about the backing singers? When Love Comes to Town has female backing singers. I think I like Red Light better. Hardly their best song, but I'd rather listen to it than several others. My choices are Discotheque and Mofo. And Playboy Mansion, the most pointless song ever recorded by U2. And of course I can't overlook Numb.
*scatteroflight wonders how many people hate her guts now*
I don't hate you, I admire you for having the guts to say it! I can't understand how those POP songs are so popular here, I have never met anyone in real life who can stand them! Discoteque, MOFO, Miami, and Playboy Mansion are not only the worst U2 songs I ever heard they are among some of the worst overall. They really suck. I realize there are a disproportionate number of POP fans on this forum compared to U2 fans as a whole, and the type who defend it are the type to flame and say things like 'you die' but you know what? I really don't give a shit. POP sucks, and someone needs to stand up like the kid in the Emperor's New Clothes and say it. If I don't speak for the forum here I speak for many, many good U2 fans who agree who I know but do not have the time or the interest to sit here and rock this forum the way we do. Their voice needs to be heard, even if it has to from Gypsy, the POP-hating pariah of Interference.
BTW, I agree with you on the WAR songs too. I would also like to add Daddy's Gonna Pay, Mothers of the Disappeared and Exit to be fair and honest. I am and always have been deeply in love with The Joshua Tree,and believe it is among the greatest albums of all time, I just don't like those last two so I skip them! No, I do not think this is blasphemy. You don't like everything your spouse, friends, or relatives do, now do you? So why should you kiss the ass of a rock band by pretending to like everything they do? No one likes everything! This all being said, I feel I am no less a fan, as a matter of fact, I have been a fan for 20 years and am probably a better, more emotionally attached, and devoted fan than most of you.
Beatles' songs I hate-
Oh Darling!
She's a Woman
Come Together
Bungalow Bill
This could happen with any band. We could all make a list. Everybody digs different things, so don't flame me for expressing my opinion. That's what we all have done here.
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