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You all suck and I hate everyone of you.

My resistance to Radiohurrd discussion is futile. :(
 
Nothing at this point suggests a particularly interesting album. Quantity over quality. This Spiderman and club nonsense needs to run its course. I expect something substantial in late 2012.
 
How about U2 finally just gives up on what the media fucking says about them?

I swear some of you act like U2 is some embarrassing family of yours. Fuck what the media says about them. If anything, they should release more albums sooner! Because eventually, they are going to call it quits!
 
STOP TOURING.

MAKE ALBUMS.

PUT ALL OF THEIR ENERGY INTO CREATION.

The tours are getting BORING as hell. they need about 5 years of leisurely recording to get things flowing again. Release an album a year.
 
Moser said:
How about U2 finally just gives up on what the media fucking says about them?

I swear some of you act like U2 is some embarrassing family of yours. Fuck what the media says about them. If anything, they should release more albums sooner! Because eventually, they are going to call it quits!
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The thing is, we're wondering what u2 will do, not what we wish they would do. They seem very commercially minded, very focused on getting a hit, so of course they're going to worry about what the media says about them.
 
Niceman said:
In Rainbows is the most boring album I've ever heard. I got the new one in the mail the other day. I played it once and lost interest. FUCKING boring elevator music!
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With all due respect, I recommend that you listen again. I thought it was that way the first time I listened to it, then picked it up again several months later, and now it's my favorite Radiohead album (and I like Radiohead a lot).
 
iota said:
STOP TOURING.

MAKE ALBUMS.

PUT ALL OF THEIR ENERGY INTO CREATION.

The tours are getting BORING as hell. they need about 5 years of leisurely recording to get things flowing again. Release an album a year.
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I don't know.... To me, the tours would be boring if you are either 1). Not seeing them live and only watching the setlists, or 2). Seeing 15+ shows and need variety. If you're only seeing a handful of shows, the live experience kicks ass. as good as previous tours? Yes and no. But only boring as hell if you're on the ends of the spectrum.
 
I'm just saying that their last few albums have been stunted by their need to prop up an oversized tour. It would be interesting to see what they create without that kind of pressure.

Obviously the tour is not boring as hell to the casual fan, but most bands also try to reward the serious fans along the way....not U2.
 
digitize said:
With all due respect, I recommend that you listen again. I thought it was that way the first time I listened to it, then picked it up again several months later, and now it's my favorite Radiohead album (and I like Radiohead a lot).
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Yeah, I will. But In Rainbows.... I gave it sooo many chances and I can't now recall a single melody or line.... So, I wouldn't be surprised if that ends up being my final reaction this time too.

EDIT: Oh, I thought you were saying I should give the new album another chance. I'll do that, but I'm done with In Rainbows.

But no one seems to be responding to my on-topic point: U2 can't go away. Spiderman is going to keep them front and center at least through 2012. They are going to have to do something to drown it out.
 
BVS said:
Please go out and experience more life and more music... PLEASE!!!
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According to rateyourmusic, I've heard over 1700 albums, and I would still rank In Rainbows up there in the top 100-150 or so. It's certainly Radiohead's second or third best album.

I have no idea what the context of this post is, so I don't know if your attitude is borne of satire (I hope it is). Guess talking about In Rainbows is better than coming up with business plans for U2, who we all know will just do the opposite regardless of logic.
 
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iota said:
I'm just saying that their last few albums have been stunted by their need to prop up an oversized tour. It would be interesting to see what they create without that kind of pressure.
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I'd say it's perhaps mainly true of this last tour. It seems like the decision that it would be a stadium tour worldwide (not just outside the US) was made very close to the close of the Vertigo Tour. I think the most limiting thing about 360 is the whole space/spaceship theme. With ZooTV, PopMart & Elevation, the stage design came out of the music, the band's image, and a message the band were trying to get across. With 360, they devised the Claw simply out of a desire to play in the round. They built the theme of the tour around the stage itself, and while it's gotten a little tighter as the tour goes on and looks nice on the DVD menus, the whole space/spaceship theme has nothing to do with the music, the band's image, or any real message. That, IMO, is where 360 lacks. Either have no "theme" and just get out there and play your music, or make sure that your theme actually says something about you, your music, or your message.
 
I agree, it's great fun live but it does lack what made their previous tours resonate. That said the only way the space thing makes sense is playing on the double meaning of space, by using their 'space ship' to get closer to more of their audience.
 
i think they should release a record without having to think about a tour. then i think the creativity would be amazing. (not a passengers II)
 
LemonMelon said:
According to rateyourmusic, I've heard over 1700 albums, and I would still rank In Rainbows up there in the top 100-150 or so. It's certainly Radiohead's second or third best album.

I have no idea what the context of this post is, so I don't know if your attitude is borne of satire (I hope it is). Guess talking about In Rainbows is better than coming up with business plans for U2, who we all know will just do the opposite regardless of logic.
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Well esentially you agree with me. If he listened to more music it probably wouldn't rank in his top ten.
 
I really don't think you can accuse cobl of not listening to enough music as he is one of B&C's regular posters.
 
I hope that they break up. They haven't put out a record without a bad song since 1993, and their bad songs have been increasing in frequency and getting worse. Well, Bomb is all bad songs, so NLOTH is a step up. While it has some very good songs, they seem to have run out of ideas. Look at all the lazy Edge-isms on their last three records, the "Stay" quoting outro on MOS, the uninspired, nonsensical lyrics. No Line had a few really good songs, and some very good lyrics, but the ones they made without Eno and Lanois are fucking garbage. Those guys saved the record, and have made u2 the band they are. U2 can't do it on their own any more; their tour is a greatest hits joke, Bono looks like a pathetic overweight old man in his leather suit (When he dresses normally, he looks pretty good)...the whole thing is just pretty sad.

If they stick around, I think they'd be best suited by regularly releasing EPs that are unified in sound and concept (NLOTH would have been an incredible 6-7 song EP), but they'lll probably put out a record in 2015. And it will be bad. So, they'll be gone for 4 years.
 
Hollow Island said:
I hope that they break up. They haven't put out a record without a bad song since 1993, and their bad songs have been increasing in frequency and getting worse. Well, Bomb is all bad songs, so NLOTH is a step up. While it has some very good songs, they seem to have run out of ideas. Look at all the lazy Edge-isms on their last three records, the "Stay" quoting outro on MOS, the uninspired, nonsensical lyrics. No Line had a few really good songs, and some very good lyrics, but the ones they made without Eno and Lanois are fucking garbage. Those guys saved the record, and have made u2 the band they are. U2 can't do it on their own any more; their tour is a greatest hits joke, Bono looks like a pathetic overweight old man in his leather suit (When he dresses normally, he looks pretty good)...the whole thing is just pretty sad.

If they stick around, I think they'd be best suited by regularly releasing EPs that are unified in sound and concept (NLOTH would have been an incredible 6-7 song EP), but they'lll probably put out a record in 2015. And it will be bad. So, they'll be gone for 4 years.
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:lol:
 
nielsgov said:
I really don't think you can accuse cobl of not listening to enough music as he is one of B&C's regular posters.
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It wasn't meant to be taken that seriously. I just found his comment to be the equivelant of someone saying HTDAAB is the best album they've ever heard, not only would I find that insulting to U2's catalog but to music in general.
 
BVS said:
It wasn't meant to be taken that seriously. I just found his comment to be the equivelant of someone saying HTDAAB is the best album they've ever heard, not only would I find that insulting to U2's catalog but to music in general.
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In Rainbows is widely regarded as one of the best albums of the noughties. HTDAAB not so much.

Anyway, back on topic. A fourth quarter 2012 release at the earliest.
 
BVS said:
Well esentially you agree with me. If he listened to more music it probably wouldn't rank in his top ten.
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In a sense, I do. But, once you've heard a certain amount of music, it gets filed away in the "oh, I heard that once" partition of your mind, and I can assure you that In Rainbows has remained an integral part of my listening habits. Maybe not top 10, but still excellent.

Anyway, yeah, back to the original topic. Whatever it is that may have been.
 
nielsgov said:
In Rainbows is widely regarded as one of the best albums of the noughties. HTDAAB not so much.

Anyway, back on topic. A fourth quarter 2012 release at the earliest.
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But I think In Rainbows is also widely regarded as middle of the road amongst Radiohead fans which is why I used Bomb. Those that rank Bomb high on their list in here usually are newer to U2 and music.

Wait I thought Radiohead was the topic at hand :wink:
 
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