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Posted: September 13 2012 at 10:07
Listening to early U2 every now and then is a good thing. I hate what they've become (Rattle and Hum started the downhill spiral), but they were once really really good.
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Posted: September 13 2012 at 10:18
I go through phases with U2. I didn't like them for the longest time, and then I happen to have a co-worker who was a huge fan, and he kind of got me to pay a little closer attention to them and they grew on me. I did go through a period where I listened to them a ton. I've not listened to them all that much in recent years, but I did really like All That You Can't Leave Behind and No Line On The Horizon when they came out.
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Posted: September 13 2012 at 10:26
The "War" album (1983) made me a big fan, and their next two albums pushed them headlong into commercial success. Joshua Tree was one of those albums that everybody liked, and seemed to bridge a gap between art and commerce. Then they decided they were the Second Coming, and had the balls to actually make a feature concert film that had a noticeably high preachy content. That turned me off to them big time, and I've never really taken them seriously since then. Which isn't to say I dislike everything I've heard since then, some songs are real good (e.g. Beautiful Day). But I just lost all interest in actively following them.
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Posted: September 13 2012 at 10:34
When they first came out, I was all about the hair metal/thrash metal bands of the era, so I couldn't be bothered with a pop band like U2. As I have noted before, I also didn't care for Rush or Yes and wasn't really into any other prog bands at that time. That was to come quite soon thereafter though, as Presto was the first album that Rush released after I became a fan and the first tour that I saw them live in concert. It was probably sometime in the early 90's before I started listening to U2 as a fan, so that was already post Rattle and Hum. But I would have to agree, that the Second Coming attitude was a turn off for me back then too.
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Posted: September 13 2012 at 11:30
Logan talks about her alot. I can't say that I am that familiar with her. I borrowed Big Science from the library awhile back, but I can't say I really remember anything about it.
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Posted: September 13 2012 at 11:40
I'm a casual fan at best, but most of "Big Science" and "Mister Heartbreak" is really great stuff. On an odd sort of whim, I once bought her 4-disc, 4 1/2 -hour long performance art piece "United States", which coincidentally contains a lot of the music from "Big Science" (in fact, Big Science was conceived as a sort of disc of highlights from the show). It's near impossible to listen to for very long in one sitting, but it's a real neat curiosity.
Edited by HolyMoly - September 13 2012 at 11:41
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