Mr. V
Refugee
I can't stand the comparisons to Robin Williams...they barely look alike to me....Robin fuckin Williams? No..just no. Not now not ever
really?
I can't stand the comparisons to Robin Williams...they barely look alike to me....Robin fuckin Williams? No..just no. Not now not ever
Spin also gave them a poor review. They rated U2 15th out of the 25 performances
The performance was boring. Honestly. Don't hate, but Coldplay's performance had about 200% more energy that U2's. Admit it.
I love that Spin called GOYB Sexy Boots. Whether or not they're WRONG is irrelevant. SEXY BOOTS.
Seriously? Chris Martin is 17 years younger than Bono and acted like he was 17 years his senior. Lost was boring, and I really love that song. Didn't help that they just had to shoehorn Jay-Z in there.
I Jay-Z thing was weird. I'm talking about Viva. Awesome.
And in respect to age, if U2 can't hang anymore (remain relevant and create excitement) then they should not try.
Viva was OK, but Martin's voice was extremely shaky.
U2 got a great reception, if crowd noise is any indication.
U2 has more Grammys than any other act in history. This year they were nominated for... what again? The band has a record coming out for the first time in five years in March, so the producers decided to get everyone excited for a night of celebrating last year's music by opening the host-less show with music no one has heard yet. Interesting. U2 sounded fine, and Bono's gradual transformation into Robin Williams appears to be coming along apace, but it was hardly the rocket-fueled kick-off to the show, or to U2's promotional tour, that either party was hoping for.
Grade: B-
U2 has more Grammys than any other act in history. This year they were nominated for... what again? The band has a record coming out for the first time in five years in March, so the producers decided to get everyone excited for a night of celebrating last year's music by opening the host-less show with music no one has heard yet. Interesting. U2 sounded fine, and Bono's gradual transformation into Robin Williams appears to be coming along apace, but it was hardly the rocket-fueled kick-off to the show, or to U2's promotional tour, that either party was hoping for.
Grade: B-
really?
U2 got a great reception, if crowd noise is any indication.
Time has always sucked. What's new?
Spin also gave them a poor review. They rated U2 15th out of the 25 performances
Sure. Especially when they put U2 on the cover. Or Bono.
I wasn't overly thrilled with it. To be honest I was hoping for something that would make me like the song more. It didn't come, unfortunately. I was actually a bit put off by the lyrics on the screen and The Fly references.
And the guyliner, of course. Can someone explain the point of that to me? I've clearly lost the plot there..
I don't understand why it is such a big deal to people that Bono is wearing guyliner. Plenty of male rock stars have and are doing it.
Maybe if they were not trying so hard to make people interested in them, people might get interested in them. They don't need to prove anything to anyone at this point.
Perhaps if U2 got their act together, they could've at least had a video out more than 24 hours before the Grammys.
Sure, videos are the be all and end all, but their promo of GOYB has been sub standard.
If it makes any of you feel any better, my guess is that shortly after this performance, ‘Walter’ had himself torn a new one by some dude who looks like Robin Williams. I wonder if Bono not doing the whole “let me in the sound” and only screaming “Sound! Sound!” was because he was aware it was off.
U2 has more Grammys than any other act in history. This year they were nominated for... what again? The band has a record coming out for the first time in five years in March, so the producers decided to get everyone excited for a night of celebrating last year's music by opening the host-less show with music no one has heard yet. Interesting. U2 sounded fine, and Bono's gradual transformation into Robin Williams appears to be coming along apace, but it was hardly the rocket-fueled kick-off to the show, or to U2's promotional tour, that either party was hoping for.
Grade: B-
Walter was the producer of the show I believe. Walter something was the first name listed on the credits when they scrolled off at the end.
And I do think he was saying Sound! because he realized it was off. At least it was seemingly off for everybody, though. Vocals were buried and certain instruments were difficult to hear on nearly every performance.
I don't understand why it is such a big deal to people that Bono is wearing guyliner. Plenty of male rock stars have and are doing it. He's worn various types of eyemakeup before so what's the big deal? Personally I think that the liner accentuates his eyes and makes them more visible from behind the shades and when he takes off the shades it draws your attention to his eyes. I think it also minimizes the crows feet somewhat as I find he doesn't look as old with the liner on. I'd rather him do that than plastic surgery.
Dana