LP15 - We're due for a break from the norm

[Iggy Fizz]

I like Hut Dab, it's an underrated album.

[AndrewCowley]

Originally Posted by Iggy Fizz

I like Hut Dab, it's an underrated album.

Me too. Almost as underrated as SOE

[lazarus]

Originally Posted by Hewson

Or Stacsi for short.

Stacsi’s Acron has got it going on

[Catman]

Originally Posted by AndrewCowley

I like GOOYOW.

Prefer this to silliness like RBW...

[Axver]

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

The single worst trend in interference history was when these wankers started saying Hut Dab - the agreed upon spelling of the pronunciation of the acronym for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

I fear I had a part in this. In fact...

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

I remember being told by someone the reason why they were referring to the album as Hut Dab

I also vividly remember needing every ounce of restraint in my body to keep from putting my fist through the computer screen

...was this me, and does our scheduled fight have a very long prehistory?

Originally Posted by lazarus

I mean they’re the same concept.

At lease we avoided “Null Auth”.

It's "en-loth" and I have definitely said that out loud.

[kabigon]

At this point I'm waiting for somebody to admit they pronounce Pop Pee-Oh-Pee

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Originally Posted by kabigon

At this point I'm waiting for somebody to admit they pronounce Pop Pee-Oh-Pee

Um it's obviously just Pee. Acronyms. Duh

[kabigon]

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

Um it's obviously just Pee. Acronyms. Duh

I was thinking along the lines of some people who love to spell POP in all caps.

We've escaped rational thought at this point.

[lazarus]

Originally Posted by Axver

It's "en-loth" and I have definitely said that out loud.

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Originally Posted by Axver

I fear I had a part in this. In fact...







...was this me, and does our scheduled fight have a very long prehistory?







It's "en-loth" and I have definitely said that out loud.

It was probably you, ay-ex-vee-ee-arrrrrrr

[LuckyNumber7]

It’s definitely “en-loth” and if any of you say otherwise yer weird. No Line is good too.

But yeah no I’m not saying “hut dab” for HTDAAB. To me it’s just Bomb and that’s it.

[Catman]

For those who are anti-acronym, is it, like, total declination of the shorthand, or are there exceptions? I mean, I don't use it constantly, but find it has its place when discussing less popular material (e.g. Do You Feel Loved -> DYFL; alternatively, Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of -> Stuck).

Just kinda depends on what titles I'm talking about (in the song names above, for instance, Do You Feel Loved doesn't really have a strong identifying word in its title, so I opt for the acronym; Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, meanwhile, has the more unique "Stuck" to its name (while also being a 'popular' U2 song, but ignore that for now), so I find simply writing "Stuck" to suffice.


...can't believe I'm devoting time to argue the merits of abbreviating U2 titles. god we need something new to talk about

[Axver]

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

It was probably you, ay-ex-vee-ee-arrrrrrr

I like that I am apparently a pirate in your spelling. Arrrrrr.

[Gzusfrk]

Veering just a bit back to the production discussion, I can’t think of another artist who is either as insecure or tone deaf as to what their strengths and unique qualities are as U2 has been the last 15 years of so.

It’s really kind of odd, how we almost wish they would just bring their ideas and play, and let someone else with a great ear put an album together, or decide when it’s done because we can’t trust them!

Can anyone think of another artist that deals with this to the same degree as U2??

[LuckyNumber7]

I mean... Coldplay probably.

[dan_smee]

Fuckin’ Cobbler was a bandit for atty club

[lazarus]

He'll never live that down. Among other things.

[DaveC]

Originally Posted by Gzusfrk

Veering just a bit back to the production discussion, I can’t think of another artist who is either as insecure or tone deaf as to what their strengths and unique qualities are as U2 has been the last 15 years of so.

It’s really kind of odd, how we almost wish they would just bring their ideas and play, and let someone else with a great ear put an album together, or decide when it’s done because we can’t trust them!

Can anyone think of another artist that deals with this to the same degree as U2??

this is a good point - i can think of lots of artists who've tried way too hard to hold on to semi-recent "relevance" but none with the same kind of decades-long career as U2.

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Did he have an atty club hat?

[MattD]

Originally Posted by LuckyNumber7

I mean... Coldplay probably.

It’s been so long that Coldplay released a worthy album that you’d think so, but all their albums have been smash hits with their target audience so they are very savvy and know what they’re doing to play to the crowds.

Sadly, U2 are largely the musical equivalent dads trying to act cool when creating those wretched singles - like those ones who go into Tesco and buy Ed Sheeran records to look trendy. I don’t like Coldplay’s latter stuff, but they succeed with it and know how to do it.

U2, when trying to look all youthful and trendy by hiring talentless teeny bop duds like Tedder and releasing shite like The Best Thing About Me, just end up being embarrassing. When they go into this full blown mid life crisis mode, it’s as far away as possible from the mystique and spiritual nature of the same band who released The Unforgettable Fire.