And please tell me if there is anyone you think I've missed.
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Adam Clayton: "It was originally called Native Son and had a very different feel. Bono and Edge rewrote it when we started work with Steve Lillywhite. The bass and drums have a little bit of Echo & the Bunnymen in there -- a nice wink to where we came from."
BonoVoxSupastar said:Some of these may be a stretch...
zootvc15 said:
Such as?
BonoVoxSupastar said:
Well, yes they admire Prince, but I can't see how Prince shaped their sound. Same with Boomtown Rats or Bee Gees. I also see REM as great friends and peers, but I can't think of any point where they were really influenced by them.
Axver said:One factual error: U2 never covered Paint It Black live.
Also, some of the songs you say were covered live were simply snippeted. Speaking of snippets, Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart and Transmission have been snippeted in With Or Without You.
zootvc15 said:
Firstly, I'm not just talking about U2's sound. Other things like lyrics, aesthetic, look, inspiration, etc, go into it.
Well I could debate that most of what they may have taken from Prince, the mix of sexuality and spirituality, Prince took from Marvin Gaye and Al Green. Prince is a true talent, but he wears his influences on his sleeve.zootvc15 said:
Re Prince: I wouldn't go so far as to say that Prince "shaped" their sound, but there is a big difference between "shaped" and "influenced", and I am certain that songs like "Mysterious Ways" like "Lemon" and their whole aesthetic AB thru Pop was influenced by him.
Well then by that definition you must add The Police and Simple Minds among others.zootvc15 said:
Re REM: Simply by virtue of being U2's biggest competition throughout most of the 80's and the first part of the 90's, I think their influence is inevitable, and it is obvious to me. As allmusic.com says, "R.E.M is the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock". That kind of influence is hard to avoid.
zootvc15 said:
However, I would debate Pearl Jam and Radiohead.
zootvc15 said:
However, I would debate Pearl Jam and Radiohead.
"Larry...talkabout how both Radiohead and Pearl Jam seem to have sidestepped the big fight to be part of pop music. U2 would like their company. 'We don't want to be the only band out here doing this kind of thing,' he says. 'I mean, there's a beautiful voice, Thom Yorke's voice,' says Bono. 'I just want to hear it on the radio. I want rock to chase pop down the road, but I understand that some people couldn't be bothered. I really do understand that.'" sigh.