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Nick66
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
True. And they could have released NO album and they'd still have a massive tour ahead of them. And the only reason they gave the record away is because they knew it would not make a significant or lasting dent on the charts or in sales. Yeah, it would have been one of the top 10 records of the year, to be sure. So was NLOTH, and they consider that to be a disappointment. I'm sorry but anyone who thinks the giveaway wasn't a reflection of their confidence in selling records is frankly naive...especially since the band said as much themselves.
Look mate, no worries...you think all those things you listed make U2 uber-relevant, more power to you. You're an excellent fan, in fact a much better one that I am.
VintagePunk
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Very cool - which play did you do? I live an hour and a bit from there, my brother and his family lived there for about a decade, and shamefully, the only play I've ever seen there was the revival of Tommy, last year. We were there a few days after Pete Townshend was in the audience (damned bad timing, Townshend is one of my musical heroes). We saw a preview, a few days before the official opening, and we did get to hear a bit of a talk from Des McAnuff before the performance started, so that was neat.
Note to self - see more plays next season.
Moser
Refugee
Just to derail the thread even further, image is everything.
U2 stopped being relevant to the pop scene a long time ago simply because of their age. They're all visibly old in a dying genre and cannot adapt themselves to the quickly changing pop music tastes without looking even more uncool. The biggest consumers of pop culture today are barely older than 9/11/2001, and only know of the world before then through nolstagia-filled mythology on YouTube.
Every band has a shelf-life of relevance. Ten years is usually it, and somehow U2 exceeded all the odds with nearly 30 years of hits and popularity. I give U2 all the credit they deserve.
Honestly, U2 has a better chance of scoring a hit on the radio by modernizing their sound even further than SOI, going nearly incognito (get off 60 Minutes, GMA, and other crap for old people), and recording and releasing new music frequently.
A major makeover is also due. Looks are everything when it comes to pop culture, and they got through the 80s and 90s because everyone dressed terribly. Stop standing around in black and white. Being stoic and gray was iconic and cool in 1987. Nowadays it looks like you are stuck in 1987. Edge needs to drop the Beanie. It's been 20 years dude. It's OK to be bald, and it's not OK to have a goatee anymore. Bono, wear some fucking contacts. You have no idea how much personality the wrinkles under your eyes bring. Stop wearing leather pants. Stop falling off bikes so that you can lose 20 lbs. Adam. You always look fantastic. Larry. What the fuck, man. Keep working out. Keep your shirt off. You were goddamn sexy in 1993, and you're goddamn sexy now. I need to see more Harleys.
U2 stopped being relevant to the pop scene a long time ago simply because of their age. They're all visibly old in a dying genre and cannot adapt themselves to the quickly changing pop music tastes without looking even more uncool. The biggest consumers of pop culture today are barely older than 9/11/2001, and only know of the world before then through nolstagia-filled mythology on YouTube.
Every band has a shelf-life of relevance. Ten years is usually it, and somehow U2 exceeded all the odds with nearly 30 years of hits and popularity. I give U2 all the credit they deserve.
Honestly, U2 has a better chance of scoring a hit on the radio by modernizing their sound even further than SOI, going nearly incognito (get off 60 Minutes, GMA, and other crap for old people), and recording and releasing new music frequently.
A major makeover is also due. Looks are everything when it comes to pop culture, and they got through the 80s and 90s because everyone dressed terribly. Stop standing around in black and white. Being stoic and gray was iconic and cool in 1987. Nowadays it looks like you are stuck in 1987. Edge needs to drop the Beanie. It's been 20 years dude. It's OK to be bald, and it's not OK to have a goatee anymore. Bono, wear some fucking contacts. You have no idea how much personality the wrinkles under your eyes bring. Stop wearing leather pants. Stop falling off bikes so that you can lose 20 lbs. Adam. You always look fantastic. Larry. What the fuck, man. Keep working out. Keep your shirt off. You were goddamn sexy in 1993, and you're goddamn sexy now. I need to see more Harleys.
Well, why was U2 relevant, from an objective standpoint in 1987? Ticket sales, album sales, merchandise sales.
Why would 2009 or 2014 be any different unless the band had a significant drop in ticket sales, failed to have one of the 10 biggest selling albums of the year out of the thousands that are released, and people stopped buying their merchandise?
I mean, if your still selling and hitting all the benchmarks you once did decades earlier, why would you not be relevant today?
If U2 is not relevant, then who is from an objective standpoint?
weinerdog
War Child
I've always equated relevancy for rock bands with their level of influence on up and coming bands, irrespective of current album or ticket sales.
thatsnotmypuppy
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I'm retaking this thread in the name of Canada's true rock goddess...
How bout them transparent dangling carrots
How bout that ever elusive "could of"
Words. To. Live. By.
How bout them transparent dangling carrots
How bout that ever elusive "could of"
Words. To. Live. By.
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
Isn't that ironic.I'm retaking this thread in the name of Canada's true rock goddess...
gvox
Ghost of Love
Dont get all complicated Hewson
#wrongcanadian
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#wrongcanadian
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elevated_u2_fan
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man, we have a lot of crappy music coming out of Canada...
Fucking Canadians 
Tim Wallach
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Nickelback, Bieber, Alanis, Avril.
Damn. We might surpass ISIS on the global watch list.
gvox
Ghost of Love
We are a country of extremes. The best and the worst. Hot and cold.
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Mostly the worst.
For shame
For shame
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
The best being?
beershack
War Child
Los Angeles
Section 123
$118
Did the system made a mistake or did my pre-sale code gave me some sort of discount?I thought these were more expensive.
Those are considered side/rear stage. Priced correctly
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
And potentially the best value in the house outside of GA.
beershack
War Child
Yep - should be a very good view from there
gvox
Ghost of Love
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
Never heard of them, how is their first album?
But the VIP section is in the opposite side. I was under the impression that VIP would be the closest to the main stage.
corianderstem
Blue Crack Distributor
Neil Young.
elevated_u2_fan
Blue Crack Supplier
I would add Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell as well
corianderstem
Blue Crack Distributor
As would I.
elevated_u2_fan
Blue Crack Supplier
after that it's a bit of a drop off 
Gordon Lightfoot
VintagePunk
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Is that a joke? Because dude, Lightfoot is a national treasure, sincerely love him.
corianderstem
Blue Crack Distributor
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the few songs that can make me shed an actual tear.
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