Feedback vs The Hype

[Chizip]

If U2 never changed their name to U2, which name would you have rather they stuck with?

Feedback or The Hype?

 

[Axver]

Pfft, U2. Pfft, Feedback or The Hype. They should have just become the Dalton Brothers and let that be that. We all know Lucille is the best song the band has ever made.

 

[coolian2]

They should have called themselves The Electric Co.

 

[Galeongirl]

coldplay

 

[U2Man]

nice way of trying to derail an honest thread, suckers.


feedback.

because the hype would have died when punk died.

 

[Galeongirl]

but they wouldn't have gone back to their old name... since the hype was their name 'cause they were sick of feedback

 

[U2Man]

im surprised that more people didnt want to contribute to this thread. this is one of the few questions of the world that should matter to u2 fans only.

 

[SleepyDeadMan]

feedback sounds cooler so feedback.

 

[intedomine]

Tough, probably Feedback, the name just seems to suit the very early u2 more...

 

[LemonMelon]

Feedback is an incredible name. It's so realistic. Much better than the Hype.

 

[LMP]

Feedback sounds like a band on a double bill with Gin Blossoms.

Just a horrible circa-1992 Seattle grunge rock scene name.

 

[JCOSTER]

Feedback

 

[LyricalDrug]

The Bank Robbers!

 

[snowbunny00774]

nice way of trying to derail an honest thread, suckers.

your love knows no bounds eh?





feedback, although I'm not a big fan of either.

 

[may]

Feedback

 

[intedomine]

Feedback sounds like a band on a double bill with Gin Blossoms.

Another reason why it's a good name...

Gin Blossoms

 

[annie_vox]

Feedback. But I'm not a fan of these two names. And I also don't think U2 is a great name...

 

[Halifax]

Radiohead

 

[pepokiss]

The larry mullen jr band...


or bono and the pussycats

 

[Canadiens1131]

Bonovox and the Lonely Larry Frowny Band

 

[BoyStupidBoy88]

So, am I the only one who thinks The Hype sounds aeons better than Feedback?



Seriously, "Feedback" just wreaks of cheese and cliche. The Hype sounds a little like prototypical punk blather, but it suits them much better I think.

 

[cobl04]

So, am I the only one who thinks The Hype sounds aeons better than Feedback?



Seriously, "Feedback" just wreaks of cheese and cliche. The Hype sounds a little like prototypical punk blather, but it suits them much better I think.

No, I agree wholeheartedly.

The Hype sounds awesome, and I agree about the punk thing too.

 

[Axver]

So, am I the only one who thinks The Hype sounds aeons better than Feedback?



Seriously, "Feedback" just wreaks of cheese and cliche. The Hype sounds a little like prototypical punk blather, but it suits them much better I think.

I disagree. The Hype is a lame, awful, almost arrogant name that I can imagine would lead to the worst journalistic puns in album/concert reviews.

Feedback makes me think of a shoegazer band getting walls of guitar feedback out of their amps. That may not be U2, but it at least seems like a more reasonable band name.

 

[socceroo]

Would you believe our high school rock band name (around 1980) was called Feedback? (In rural New South Wales, Australia).
It's true.... before we had heard of U2.

 

[AtomicBono]

Feedback sounds industrial or grunge or alternative rock to me (like nu-metal). I think The Hype would be a better name, though it's a bit indie-pretentious.

 

[LMP]

Another reason why it's a good name...

Gin Blossoms

 

[powerhour24]

Feedback sounds industrial or grunge or alternative rock to me (like nu-metal). I think The Hype would be a better name, though it's a bit indie-pretentious.

Maybe nowadays, I don't think anyone was worried about coming off as indie-pretentious or marketing to the indie kids back then.

The Hype is a pretty cool name, but I just can't imagine either of those names taking them as far as they've gone under U2.

 

[AtomicBono]

Maybe nowadays, I don't think anyone was worried about coming off as indie-pretentious or marketing to the indie kids back then.

The Hype is a pretty cool name, but I just can't imagine either of those names taking them as far as they've gone under U2.

You're right, and I think The Hype as a name would have fit in with the post-punk scene. I dunno, I think I can imagine a band called The Hype winning 24 Grammys or whatever, but somehow I can't imagine the same for Feedback. I wonder if it really mattered? How important is a band's name to its success? I'm thinking not so much. I mean, for their kind of music, Tool has done pretty well, and they have a terrible name...

 

[Bonochick]

Feedback

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

Public Enemy would've dealt a blow to their credibility had they chosen The Hype: