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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 18:26
Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

U2 are a fine band.

Love most of their stuff up to Achtung Baby and,of course,The Joshua Tree is one of the greatest albums ever.
I have always been amazed by the level of antipathy towards them on this site.

 

Its because they're too famous Tony, I agree about The Joshua Tree. I also like Achtung Baby and Zooropa
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 18:21

U2 are a fine band.

Love most of their stuff up to Achtung Baby and,of course,The Joshua Tree is one of the greatest albums ever.
I have always been amazed by the level of antipathy towards them on this site.

 
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 18:03
Yep I like U2 a lot!
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 17:45

Originally posted by Borealis Borealis wrote:

Because people here are in prog rock... I mean, don't ask in a metal forum why everyone hates hip-hop...

well, i think you're a little harsh with your comparison. i think many people in the forums aren't sole prog listeners and often listen outside the genre. i do. that's why i have a u2  collection.
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Because people here are in prog rock... I mean, don't ask in a metal forum why everyone hates hip-hop...
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 15:21

I don't dislike them either. They had some great songs. But I never heard an album that I liked  enough to buy it.
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Points: 521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:34
Does everybody dislike U2? I didn't know that... well, they're not in my top 100, but I don't dislike them. I think they do pretty decent R & R.
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U2 is one of those bands I dont' particularly care for, but respect.

And yes, War is a pretty good album.
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...because everyone loves U2.
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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2005 at 21:56
I like some of their work. It's really hit or miss for me.
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Points: 1261 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2005 at 21:30
I think that most music collecters should own at least The Joshua Tree or War (War being better)
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2005 at 19:49

My interest in this was sparked by all of the reviews of Octavarium in which many people do not like the song "I Walk Beside You" because it sounds like U2.

I know that U2 is not prog. who wouldnt know thatWink. And that therefore means that many people on this site can be predisposed to dislike them.

I can understand if you have their new stuff (every so often I review albums for my own leisure and i gave their newest, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, a *1/2 out of *****)

But their first albums (Boy, October, War, The Joshua Tree(highly over-rated BTW, but still good) are absolute masterpieces (The Joshua Tree to a lesser extent) I excluded The Unforgettable Fire, and rightly so.

And don't get me started on Achtung Baby (one of my top 10 of all time).

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