bsp77 said:
Exactly. Coldplay is pure UF
I've said this for ages and been bashed for it. Clocks is such a ripoff of UF. But I don't like Coldplay, can't stand the lame lyrics or whiney voiced singer. U2 is best!
bsp77 said:
Exactly. Coldplay is pure UF
financeguy said:
Interesting that when you express your view, it's expressed as fact - 'I knew' - when anyone else expresses an opinion they are reminded that their opinion acconts for little compared to the great arbiters of msical tastes in our era - the Grammy voters!
By the way Zooropa is not the worst album the band had ever put out in my opinion.
If the Grammy voters think an album by Maria Carey is among the best albums in recent years then they are wrong and it makes you look pretty ridiculous frankly citing the Grammy voters as some kind of grand arbiter of taste.
angelordevil said:
I was too lazy to read the earlier posts, until now Like some others here, I don't like the term 'glory years.' Besides implying that the best years are behind them, it's not really a term that's open to future greatness. Unlike other bands, which seem more like fixed targets, are more definable, or have had changes to their supporting cast, I still think U2 have the ability to show us something we haven't seen before.
I also don't think that your athlete analogy is right. While there's a natural, and predictable, curve to a sports performer's career, U2 have repeatedly shown the ability to reinvent and redefine—in the exact moment that they’re counted out.
AtomicBono said:
okay, I honestly don't have anything to add this time, I just wanted everyone to know that I agree totally with this statement
I don't think we can truly judge U2's glory years until their career is entirely over. Some people seem to think U2 has lost their magic and are going to make the same album over and over again for the rest of their lives, but I strongly doubt this. First of all, I don't think ATYCLB and HTDAAB are the same album, just in a similar style, akin to Boy and October or UF and JT or whatever. Secondly, I believe that U2 is just in a phase, like any other previous phase of their career. They've said they're itching to experiment again. I don't know why people seem to have lost faith in U2, but I think they'll prove you [anyone who has lost faith in U2] wrong.
namkcuR said:
That is a copout....a whole career can't be 'glory years'.
LemonMacPhisto said:
My point is that the recent work and performances drew me into the band, but the earlier work was captivating enough to make me an uber-fan.
allbecauseofu2 said:Also, when an old band plays shows, and they play new stuff, and the fans go to bathroom lol (poison,warrent,duran duran,neil young, bands like that that have a much more definable "glory years" record sales wise and critically, AND ITS NOT NOW!) u know for sure. Not the case with u2. Even pop /popmart tour is leagues above what other old bands suffer. You people need to start looking at the big picture.
is it your goal to just slam every artist to put U2 at a higher pedestal? U2's already one of the biggest bands out there, you don't need to go knocking everyone else in the process. notice no one else in the thread is doing it.allbecauseofu2 said:i went to see alice cooper once and he had slaughter,warrent, dokken open for him. holy shit. lol. the definition of hack. thats somebody who didn;t quite cross over the next decade.
Earnie Shavers said:I do think that 87-93 will be remembered as their peak period. In 6 years they pumped out their two greatest albums, both so incredibly, wildly different from each other, plus R&H and Zooropa. Gone on what statisticaly may or may not be their biggest tours, but certainly their most attention getting. Definitely had their largest cultural impact. Their greatest critical success. Their greatest sales. Absolute top of their game. Think about that time period. That's the length of time from 2000 to today, which has given us ATYCLB/tour, HTDAAB/tour. 87-93 and they went through Joshua Tree/tour, Rattle & Hum/tour, complete fucking overhaul, Achtung Baby/tour/Zooropa/tour. Unbelievable. They never will be perceived the same way again either. They are these grand old legends of rock now, who are mostly feeding off accumulated respect, not current awe as they were then. If they pulled off a six year period like that now, I think it would absolutely shock us all to the core. An absolute explosion of creativity. I'd bow down and worship at their feet forever more if they just gave us 1/4 of that now.
this thread is about U2's supposed glory years, not who you think is a hack artist or half assed band compared to U2.allbecauseofu2 said:i did that casue some people just don't have any gratitude. they complain about this and that bullshit. always trying to find something wrong. I'm saying how would u like to be a fan of these other bands whos fans REALY do have something to complain about. like breaks ups and half ass versions of the band going around (COUGHKISSCOUGH) . I'm only the reaction to people do everything to slam u2 yet thier on this board. Thiers been pleny of bringing other bands names up on this board. I'm just the one who thought it of it first on this thread.