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XBL_AchtungBaby said:
You my friend, are a closed-minded liberal, who is obviously an a**.

U2 is not as left-wing as it gets. Have you ever listened to lyrics yourself. Why don't you pop in October, eh?

Idiot.
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LMAO, you don't care about black people.

True Christians are liberal. You, my friend, are not a true Christian.
 
chiso said:
Kanye West can't rap... :shame: :down: :no:



[Ghostface Killah, on the other hand... :drool: ]
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Edge can't play guitar.

Buckethead, on the otherhand, can play guitar.

Therefore U2 sucks and Buckethead rules...wait, I'm confused, the logic does not translate. Does...

not...

compute...

Ahhhhhhhhhhh
 
Chizip said:
Kanye West was fucking amazing. Best support act I've seen on this tour by far. It was the first time I was ever sad when the opening act's set was over.

Bono came out and gave a great tribute to him introducing him. Kanye said when he performs live he very rarely gets nervous, but for the first time in a year and a half he was nervous opening for U2. But he seemed to be surprised at how well he was received. He said "Wow, this isn't so bad" and genuinely seemed to be having a great time, high fiving people in the first row and dancing around the ellipse.

So definitely 2 big :up: :up: for Kanye. And this is coming from someone who wasn't really a big Kanye fan going into the show.
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Damn, I wish I was there. And, my friend, you care about black people
 
XBL_AchtungBaby said:
You my friend, are a closed-minded liberal, who is obviously an a**.

U2 is not as left-wing as it gets. Have you ever listened to lyrics yourself. Why don't you pop in October, eh?

Idiot.
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Sorry, you're right. I just popped in October. I should've noticed the conservative values right in the titles.

1. "Old Gloria" (4:14)
2. "I Fall Down (and I Should Get Up By Myself Otherwise I'm Lazy Leech On The System)" (3:39)
3. "I Threw A Brick At An Abortion Clinic" (4:54)
4. "Rejoice (The "Mission Accomplished" Remix)" (3:37)
5. "Fire That Woman For Going On Maternity Leave, She's Lazy" (3:51)
6. "Tomorrow The Gays Will Steal Our Children" (4:39)
7. "October Is The Start Of The Fiscal Year, Check Your Stocks" (2:21)
8. "With A Shout (Jerusalem)" (4:02)
9. "Stranger In A Strange Land (Theme Song For The Minuteman Border Watch)" (3:56)
10. "Scarlet, I Don't Give A Damn That Mammy Got Lynched" (2:53)
11. "Is That All The Taxes I'm Paying?" (2:59)
 
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I wanna see Kanye too. :(

If he was fucking brilliant on my TV screen at Live 8 (I was honestly hypnotised) then I don't know what it'd be like actually being in the same place as him.
 
solacevip said:
I will admit something...deep in the pages of this forum. I was born in 1972 and I used to listen to Hip Hop.......and Hip Hop only. RUN DMC, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Leaders of the New School, Eric B and Rakim......the list goes on.

In high school.....I knew of U2 and my friends had Boy, October, War, and Unforgettable Fire.......but I wasn't into U2 at all. One evening....my first time getting drunk......I sat with some headphones and listened to "Running to Stand Still" and I was converted and baptized into the echos and sounds of U2's music. I was converted. I started to like U2....and being a dude of colour, I kept it quiet to the knowledge of my other black friends that I liked a white band. I used to joke with some of my friends that I would come out of the closet about my adoration for U2.........um....um....(thinking of something absurd at the time).......I would come out of the closet the day Public Enemy opens for U2...

.....and to my f*cking surprise it happened......

My black friends had much more respect for U2 because of this musical venture. In my mind and in my own life, U2 and PE together made myself and others in my life that music can be without colour and race and stereotypes.

That being said. I am fully out of the closet with my adoration of U2. After seeing U2 21 times and 11 Vertigo shows.....it's safe to say where my dedication lies.

I'm not in the Hip-Hop game anymore. I seek my younger brothers to find me Hip-Hop tracks that are good. 50cent doesn't do it for me.......although much respect to the New School of Rappers out there. There are some good tracks and some crappy tracks out there by the New School Rappers in my opinion.

That being said.....I love Kanye....and for U2 to pick him up as an opener is just as brilliant as getting Damian Marley. My only regret on this Vertigo tour is not getting to see Kanye. I saw Kings of Leon (didn't like), Dashboard Confessional (didn't like), Damian Marley (loved), Keane (love them dudes), and Institute (meh).

I love the rap/rock combination going on.....from Jay-Z/Linkin Park to Rage Against the Machine (did they open for U2?), to the Gorillaz.....music is constantly changing.

Bono said in the MTV video vangard award acceptance speech that MTV has allowed Rock to rub up against Pop to rub up against R&B.....

Music....is music....is music........as Bob Marley said, "One good thing about music....when it hits you, you feel no pain!"

We may agree and disagree on many likes and dislikes of songs and artists.....but I trust U2's judgement in getting their opening acts.

I wish I could see Kanye open.

P.S. Cleveland part of my site will be finished soon.....just too busy.

COEXIST!
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:up: :applaud: :bow: :rockon:

My vote for Interference "General Tour Discussion" Post Of The Year!

I want to add to this story, insofar as I can as being a part of this Interferencer's life for the last 4 years.

MUSIC

Just ask - how could two people from such widely divergent backgrounds, come together and be practically best friends? We met in the parking lot of a U2 concert in 2001 - he heard my system booming the U2 tunes, saw my Ontario licence plates, and just had to find out who that was from his home province blaring the good....

MUSIC

It didnt matter that I was white, came from some small island off the coast of eastern Canada - when he walked over I dont think either of us thought - oh great - a hip hopper, I wonder if he's a "real U2 fan" or oh no - a rocker - I wonder if he's "liberal" or whatever...it was just

MUSIC

Funny thing about me and solacevip - I'm 2 years older, but was deeeep into the old school around the same time...all those acts he listed...lined my shelves Eric B & Rakim, Grandmaster Flash, Boogie Down Productions etc etc....ALONG with Joy Division, The Cure, The Smiths, U2, Killing Joke, Siouxie and the Banshees, Billy Idol, Bruce Springsteen, Patti LaBelle, Louis Armstrong, The Beatles, The Kinks, Shabba Ranks, Cocoa Tea, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Farley Jackmaster Funk, M.A.R.R.S. ETC ETC ETC - no this isnt a look-how-much-cool-music-i-love shopping list, I could open a record store with the true love for musical diversity that runs through my blood..

Because MUSIC....is music....is music....

Hip hop lost me when it went bling bling - the only hip hop I listen to now is whatever my kids are into because some of it needs to be screened for young ears...and that which has remained concious and socially relevant I can still appreciate. To be perfectly honest Im not a huge fan of Kanye's, but, I can get down with my kids or at a party when it comes on, I can do my thing to their Black Eyed Peas CD, still bustamove...lol...

MUSIC

But one thing I DO appreciate - is a good live act, no matter the genre...ok heavy thrash metal excepted...and so far, Kanye's getting rave reviews for his LIVE performance....so while I might not actually buy his CD, I will likely enjoy seeing him live - now who does that remind you of?? Plenty of people didn't immediately latch onto U2 as a result of hearing a studio recording of War - but then when they saw the tour or watched Under A Blood Red Sky - they were converted....all I know is, the man has something to say, and thats more than can be said for most of the shit on MTV nowadays - ANY genre.

MUSIC

I feel extremely lucky to have been exposed to so much music - if I had to imagine life without knowing all the genres I love and have a different life experience associated with each one...I just can't imagine it...music has made life so interesting and varied for me and I probably haven't even scratched the surface of what I'll like next month, or next year...

MUSIC!!!
 
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Ladera Heights said:


Sorry, you're right. I just popped in October. I should've noticed the conservative values right in the titles.

1. "Old Gloria" (4:14)
2. "I Fall Down (and I Should Get Up By Myself Otherwise I'm Lazy Leech On The System)" (3:39)
3. "I Threw A Brick At An Abortion Clinic" (4:54)
4. "Rejoice (The "Mission Accomplished" Remix)" (3:37)
5. "Fire That Woman For Going On Maternity Leave, She's Lazy" (3:51)
6. "Tomorrow The Gays Will Steal Our Children" (4:39)
7. "October Is The Start Of The Fiscal Year, Check Your Stocks" (2:21)
8. "With A Shout (Jerusalem)" (4:02)
9. "Stranger In A Strange Land (Theme Song For The Minuteman Border Watch)" (3:56)
10. "Scarlet, I Don't Give A Damn That Mammy Got Lynched" (2:53)
11. "Is That All The Taxes I'm Paying?" (2:59)
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*L* I think too many people try to fit U2's politics into an American left/right straightjacket. I see them as above all that. I would add, also, that if the Christ I read about in the Bible came back today, he would be hammered incessantly by Fox News and the right wing, and labeled a bleeding heart liberal.

As Bono said once, there are over 2300 mentions of poverty in the Bible; Christ mentions judgement only once. And it refers to the sick and the poor. What do you suppose He was trying to tell us? Stop gay marriage?! Reduce capital gains taxes? Allow drilling in Anwar?

Do you think He knew there would be a time when a section of the world struggles with 60,000 of its people dying every week, while another section of the world struggles with whether or not to buy Plasma or LCD HDTVs? I think so.

I haven't read the Bible all the way through since high school, but I'd have to say that the religious right not only gets it wrong, many of them have become the hypocrites we're so frequently warned about in the Bible.
 
Ladera Heights said:


Sorry, you're right. I just popped in October. I should've noticed the conservative values right in the titles.

1. "Old Gloria" (4:14)
2. "I Fall Down (and I Should Get Up By Myself Otherwise I'm Lazy Leech On The System)" (3:39)
3. "I Threw A Brick At An Abortion Clinic" (4:54)
4. "Rejoice (The "Mission Accomplished" Remix)" (3:37)
5. "Fire That Woman For Going On Maternity Leave, She's Lazy" (3:51)
6. "Tomorrow The Gays Will Steal Our Children" (4:39)
7. "October Is The Start Of The Fiscal Year, Check Your Stocks" (2:21)
8. "With A Shout (Jerusalem)" (4:02)
9. "Stranger In A Strange Land (Theme Song For The Minuteman Border Watch)" (3:56)
10. "Scarlet, I Don't Give A Damn That Mammy Got Lynched" (2:53)
11. "Is That All The Taxes I'm Paying?" (2:59)
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I consider myself to be pretty liberal, but for God's sake, take the inflamatory political crap to FYM. Even I find this offensive.
 
Yeah I saw Kayne last night, he is for real. He did an awesome job in Omaha. No booing everone got into it, the people that I was by that did not like rap thought it was pretty good.
 
Headache in a Suitcase said:
i wanna know if u2 told kanye he could use the ellipse or if he just did it on his own... and also, if they gave him permission, did they specificaly tell other acts not to, or were they just a bunch of pussies who didn't dare ask
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Damien Marley (+Flag Guy) & Institute (Gavin Rossdale) both used the ellipse in all of shows I saw them in (6 times each.) So I think it's safe to say they used the ellipse.
 
Yup. Gavin even used the step platform...

And hmm yeah, he smelled :barf:

Yeah, I am still hung up on the fact that someone so pretty could smell like that :happy:
 
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