MBH
Acrobat
.......*you get mad and insulted at someone because he/she hates U2
*were irritated at the people throwing glow-sticks at Bono during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl (2002)
*can't understand why the "younger generation" doesn't like U2 (this would be teens and early 20's)
*the jukebox at your local bar doesn't have any U2 cd's in it (luckily, this is a rare occurrence)
I was just thinking about some of these musings over the weekend and thought that there would be no better place to get it off my chest than here at interference. A conversation w/a friend of mine got me thinking about all of this.
We were bullshitting about music over a few drinks and discussing the upcoming summer concerts (great summer of music upcoming, IMA). Anyway, when I mentioned that U2 is one of those bands that you cannot fully appreciate until you see them live, he quipped: "I hate U2. Bono is an asshole!"
Being the sensitive guy that I am, I was a little irked (even though it is silly to get pissed over someone else's opinion). The thing that I noticed was that people seem to judge U2 strictly based on Bono and his actions. I don't think the mass-majority truly knows about the guy and his deeds as much as an avid fan(like us). I also can't understand how someone cannot find at least one song or even one album by U2 that they like!!!!
Unfortunately, I do understand why many people think Bono is an asshole and at times, even agree with them. He comes across as very arrogant, outspoken and pretentious (the old runninng joke in life is: There are only 2 kinds of people that wear glasses indoors: blind people and assholes! LOL!).
Luckily, I (and most visitors to this site) are not ignorant on the subject and we understand him more than most people. You take the good and the bad with him (and the band). It's kind of ironic that my favorite and least favorite member of U2 is Bono!
Does anybody else feel the same about any of this? Curious to read your thoughts.....
*were irritated at the people throwing glow-sticks at Bono during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl (2002)
*can't understand why the "younger generation" doesn't like U2 (this would be teens and early 20's)
*the jukebox at your local bar doesn't have any U2 cd's in it (luckily, this is a rare occurrence)
I was just thinking about some of these musings over the weekend and thought that there would be no better place to get it off my chest than here at interference. A conversation w/a friend of mine got me thinking about all of this.
We were bullshitting about music over a few drinks and discussing the upcoming summer concerts (great summer of music upcoming, IMA). Anyway, when I mentioned that U2 is one of those bands that you cannot fully appreciate until you see them live, he quipped: "I hate U2. Bono is an asshole!"
Being the sensitive guy that I am, I was a little irked (even though it is silly to get pissed over someone else's opinion). The thing that I noticed was that people seem to judge U2 strictly based on Bono and his actions. I don't think the mass-majority truly knows about the guy and his deeds as much as an avid fan(like us). I also can't understand how someone cannot find at least one song or even one album by U2 that they like!!!!
Unfortunately, I do understand why many people think Bono is an asshole and at times, even agree with them. He comes across as very arrogant, outspoken and pretentious (the old runninng joke in life is: There are only 2 kinds of people that wear glasses indoors: blind people and assholes! LOL!).
Luckily, I (and most visitors to this site) are not ignorant on the subject and we understand him more than most people. You take the good and the bad with him (and the band). It's kind of ironic that my favorite and least favorite member of U2 is Bono!
Does anybody else feel the same about any of this? Curious to read your thoughts.....
They work! 
I must admit, I find it hard to accept when someone tells me they 'suck' or they 'hate' them. I also don't believe there is NO song they like in that vast catalog. The ones that piss me off most are the ones who say 'all U2 songs sound alike' 
Say WHAT?! That's really stupid and nothing could be further from the truth. Maybe I would respect the anti-U2 peoples' opinions more if they bothered to listen to all their stuff and inform themselves about Bono before they go shooting their mouths off with half ass, half cocked assumptions told for the truth. 
It really irritates me when people say Bono is arrogant. I think it's fair to say he likes being the center of attention, but isn't that kind of a job requirement for being a rock star? And if his ego really was as big as so many people say, how come he's still in the band after more than 20 years? Wouldn't the other guys have kicked him out by now if he really was an arrogant jerk? Or wouldn't he have said, "to hell with all of you" and gone solo? It simply doesn't compute.
my mom did that with fish, the one that live the longest was Larry 
