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stonebeard 
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 Topic: Why Does Everyone Dislike U2?
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 that . 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).
Tell me what you think.
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Hangedman
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Posted: July 03 2005 at 21:30 |
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I think that most music collecters should own at least The Joshua Tree or War (War being better)
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Man With Hat
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Posted: July 03 2005 at 21:56 |
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I like some of their work. It's really hit or miss for me.
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bluetailfly
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Posted: July 03 2005 at 22:00 |
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...because everyone loves U2.
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"The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle."
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Arsillus
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Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:31 |
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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nacho
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Posted: July 04 2005 at 13:34 |
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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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Eppur si muove
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Moogtron III
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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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Borealis
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Posted: July 04 2005 at 15:41 |
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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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Vive le Québec libre!...
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 04 2005 at 17:45 |
 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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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 04 2005 at 18:03 |
Yep I like U2 a lot! 
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Tony R
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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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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 04 2005 at 18:26 |
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.
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Its because they're too famous Tony, I agree about The Joshua Tree. I also like Achtung Baby and Zooropa
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Trotsky
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 01:55 |
I liked 'em from War to Achtung ... I do think they've got some bad albums though ... Boy and Pop, to name a couple of extremes ...
why does everyone not like 'em? The popularity, for one ... also, I think Bono can be a bit of a smarty pants sometimes ... and lately because they seem to be going through that caricature (correct spelling?) stage ...
but I think most of us who are open to non-prog would think that U2 have made some worthy music at some point in their career ... It's easy to forget how powerful a song Sunday Bloody Sunday is ... until you hear it again
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Sean Trane
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 03:04 |
From Unforgettable Fire to Achtung Baby! , U2 was virtually flawless.
IMHO,
T U F : 3,5 /5,
T J T : 4/5
R & H : 4/5
A B! : 4/5
Before that , they were just an average pop band and from Zooropa on, they should've quit while they were ahead!
During those 4 albums , they became artists!
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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BaldFriede
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 08:03 |
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What I heard of them didn't convince me much. The singing is absolutely boring, and the guitar... ahem.
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 08:07 |
Sean Trane wrote:
From Unforgettable Fire to Achtung Baby! , U2 was virtually flawless.
IMHO,
T U F : 3,5 /5,
T J T : 4/5
R & H : 4/5
A B! : 4/5
Before that , they were just an average pop band and from Zooropa on, they should've quit while they were ahead!
During those 4 albums , they became artists!
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They didn't and they still are ahead! One of the best bands around!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 08:11 |
BaldFriede wrote:
What I heard of them didn't convince me much. The singing is absolutely boring, and the guitar... ahem. |
So you're dissing Bono and The Edge!!! Oh well .
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geezer
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 09:54 |
Hate 'em. Never heard anything good from them and always felt their music is very annoying.
But then again, I "hate" almost all commercial music so they are not anything special in that sense.
I just like PROG!!! 
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lynton samuel
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 10:11 |
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because they are BORING!!!
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JrKASperov
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 12:44 |
Because U2 screams arrogance... 
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Epic.
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