U2isthebest
ONE love, blood, life
They're only remembered for 2 popular songs. "Hey Man Nice Shot" and the song about a picture.
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They're only remembered for 2 popular songs. "Hey Man Nice Shot" and the song about a picture.
They're only remembered for 2 popular songs. "Hey Man Nice Shot" and the song about a picture.
Dude, if people don't liek U2 they don't like them... give up getting on your high horse about it. If people I know bag U2 (happens all the time) I laugh with them!
Most of the jokes/insults are accurate, anyway.
not when it comes to the Edge, at least in my past experience
You mean like the "lozl he sucks and only playes two nots over and ovr" comments? Yeah, those are
Most of the jokes/insults are accurate, anyway.
What I hate the most is that my friends make fun of me because U2 are "old"....okay the Rolling Stones are old dude not U2.
I dont really mind when people rag on Bono for some reason, everybody does lol, but when it comes to Edge i get pretty defensive.
I accidentally set off some haters on Youtube when I said that U2 owned Radiohead and Coldplay. The main response I got was: "U2 is a lame excuse for a band...theyve had like the same bassline for like 20 years and the guitar is fuckin lame n simple n only covered up with effects to make it "awesome"
bono is a self-righteous biggot who is definetly goin to hell". It's the same thing they all seem to say.
I accidentally set off some haters on Youtube when I said that U2 owned Radiohead and Coldplay. The main response I got was: "U2 is a lame excuse for a band...theyve had like the same bassline for like 20 years and the guitar is fuckin lame n simple n only covered up with effects to make it "awesome"
bono is a self-righteous biggot who is definetly goin to hell". It's the same thing they all seem to say.
That's because you just don't get it.
I always find it funny when people find it necessary to attack those who attack U2. Couldn't you at least pretend to be better than that?
Bottom line is that lately i have to defend U2 so much as a band more than I find people who actually like them....
I went to the Stone Temple Pilots concert where i met two couples from Ireland who even say that they cant stand Bono haha
Sometimes is just too easy to see people's disinterest in U2, look at 1:48 on the video of them performing at the nelson mandela concert. A guy clearly rather read his mobile phone messages, a couple of people not even facing the stage, 3 people jumping with the rest looking completely bored.
Maybe I just love U2 too much, but I wouldn't be bored or rather reading my mobile phone, as that was a really good performance!
1. Why do you have to defend them? I really don't get it. To be honest I don't really see why it's an issue for you or your mates.
It's not just a U2/Bono thing.
Another example of people's hate on U2, was the recent Nelson Mandela concert. The crowd were just not into them at all (you could see a few clapping - very few). Basically it reminds of their performance at Live8, the crowd just didn't care for how good they were at performing because most have a distaste for Bono.
This is pretty typical in the UK, when people are brainwashed and are so 'into' believing every piece of drivel that comes out of The Sun newspaper.
But when people say banal things like "all their stuff sounds the same", I realize that they've hear a few songs and dismissed U2. Their sample set is so small, that it's not worth arguing with those few insane individuals. One man, an older gentleman, said this to me, while praising a Sinatra record that was full of similar sounding showtunes. I love me some Sinatra, but those songs were intended to sound the same so I found it funny how he could love an album full of similar sounding songs from one artist, but hate it from another.
My all time favourite comment in that vein was "they've made one album -- twenty times." While I disagree with it I have to admit it's a great line!
I think a lot of the crowd were disapointed because they thought u2 were gonna perform live, but it wasnt to be.
I have to say that I think some of the replies would vary depending on how old the people are posting.
In high school or even college, I can see how it would be highly obnoxious to have people in your face saying U2 sucks, U2's gay, U2 is the worst, etc. etc. etc.
There are several thoughts here:
1) U2 is getting old. Young kids like young artists. Even with illegal downloads, U2 still would be selling big today if they were 26-32 as they were in the JT-AB era. So it's not always easy to get a younger crowd into what they consider their "parents' band". I doubt this was a huge reason, but there is truth to this statement.
2) The faces shown in the concert sometimes aren't representative of the audience overall. Sometimes they show people up close who are more there for exposure and because it's "cool" then they are for the music. In other words, those people who looked disinterested at U2 probably looked that way for all the other artists too.
3) U2 haven't released anything new in a while. The L8 show I saw looked great and the crowd was into U2 - so I disagree with you there. But for the Mandella concert, as I haven't seen it, it's just possible U2's reception was a bit more mild as they haven't produced something new in almost 4 years.
4) Even if the crowds were mild, when U2 goes to Ireland, the U.K., Australia, Italy, South Africa, Spain, the U.S., etc., they perform at multiple sold-out stadiums and arenas. U2 sold out, what, 9 shows in Boston on their last tour? 9! How many in NY? How many in Chicago? Their tickets sell out in minutes in Europe - full stadiums worth of tickets gone in minutes! So even if the crowd in the U.K. wasn't into them that day, when U2 tours there, they have several hundred thousand people anxious to see them perform. I doubt Amy Winehouse can do that.
In other words, don't let some concert footage where there were probably more posers than fans fool or concern you. I think the real test comes when an artist tours. U2 are one of the few artists out there who are popular worldwide.
I'm wondering if it is mostly the younger fans who are getting the static for liking U2? I'm 41, and although none of my friends are as big a fan as I am, they all seem to like or at least respect U2. I did know one or two people back in the late '80s who thought they were overrated or thought they sold out or were simply tired of the constant hype or whatever, but I was genuinely shocked years later when I went online and found out how many people really, really REALLY hate U2. Then I got over it because its online and you can find rabid haters for anything online.