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Anyone seen the video to the newest U2 single?

DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
edited January 2007 in Other Music
I saw it last night, and it is pretty rediculous. It shows all these historic rock bands/acts in sort of like a collage. The artists that I saw were The Clash, David Bowie, Nirvana, the Stones...but thats just a few. Anyway, they made it so it looks like all these artists are mouthing the words to the U2 song. It's disgusting. I'm not U2 fan and the fact that they are so self-righteous they would have some of the greatest rock acts of all time singing their shitty new single pisses me off. What other band would have the balls to do that? At least the Chili Peppers dressed up as people and made it sort of a satire. U2 isn't even in the video, it's just old clips. I think there may even have been a shot of the Even Flow video in it. Pisses me off is all.


And here is a link to the video is you haven't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VskbxuehP3I


I doubt Zappa would be caught dead singing a U2 song.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    U2 are so pretentious, it's not funny. If PJ release anything with U2 which isn't exclusively for the fans, I'm seriously reconsidering how much I respect PJ's decisions. They've made some crazy ones in their time, but this would take the cake.
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  • IgottagoIgottago Posts: 483
    The song sucks and so does the video. I like a lot of what U2 has done, but sometimes they totally suck.
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    well im gonna have to go against all of you so far and say that was a pretty inventive, unique video. i see at as more of a celebration of music, although i do see the way it could be interpreted as pretentious and self absorbed. i thought it was quite clever and enjoyed seeing all my favourite artists, but one question:

    WHERE THE hell WAS FREDDIE MERCURY?

    thats what had me pissed.
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  • Marie CurieMarie Curie Posts: 1,250
    I don't like U2 and thought the video was kinda cool. The song is good too.
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  • Edved82Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    That video is the most pretentious and ridiculous thing i've ever seen. I have no respect for U2 anymore
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  • robblerobble Posts: 63
    yet another reason to hate the most overrated band ever! (no doubt i'll get ripped for that but i couldn't care less)
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  • WhiteMaleRatWhiteMaleRat Posts: 301
    I like the song and video - what's up with the U2 bashing? it's fucking ridiculous around here. The song and video is a homage to all these artists, right?
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  • given to grungegiven to grunge Posts: 244
    WhiteMaleRat wrote:
    I like the song and video - what's up with the U2 bashing? it's fucking ridiculous around here. The song and video is a homage to all these artists, right?

    Yeah, I can't agree with you more.
    All of you, what the hell do you have against U2?!
    Their music is masterpiece, every one of their songs is unique!

    they have 2 video versions for this new single (window in the skies)
    and both of them are really good.
    this one with mouth openers is a bit funny to me and made me laugh!
    the second one is with pictures shot from their very first day listing in a background.

    both of them are something new to me - from U2
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,938
    really cool video, and a good song considering new u2 these days isn't up to par with their earlier stuff.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    One, the song was utter shit.
    Two, would Kurt honestly want to be in a U2 video.
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  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    I'm not a U2 fan, but I enjoyed the video. I looked at it as a homage rather than U2 postioning themselves as legends in their own right. Afterall, they're in the audience appreciating music history, right? I don't remember if there was any U2 performance footage in there, but either way I'm not concerned. It's just a music video!

    Bono as an individual gets on my nerves, but I'm not going to complain too much about a band making basic, listenable rock music and that actually gets attention from the general public. At least as far as I can tell they're not following trends or trying to be something they're not. If U2 is just sticking to their own tried and tested formula for making a hit song that's their business. I'm not enthralled by anything thev'e done recently, but they're not hurting my feelings either.
  • phatuciniphatucini Posts: 399
    keeponrockin wrote:
    One, the song was utter shit.
    Two, would Kurt honestly want to be in a U2 video.

    would Keith Moon and John Bonham agree to be in that video if they'll both still be alive??

    I seriously doubt it!!!

    The song isn't really good but it isn't really bad either....
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,950
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Two, would Kurt honestly want to be in a U2 video.
    If Courtney could make money from it he would (or so she'd tell you).
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
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  • jerve5150jerve5150 Posts: 30
    They're just paying tribute to other artists they like. Even though U2 is better than anybody in that video or the world.
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  • IDgotIIDgotI Posts: 262
    This horrible, disgusting, offensive, pretentious, evil, demonic video caused my cat to kill herself. She was watching it on a computer screen while I had it on, and then she just ran and jumped out of an open window!!!!!

    Not only that... but the song itself caused a riot at my local grocery store. People were walking along minding their own business, and buying pasta, grooving to an instrumental Muzak version of Toto's 'Africa' when THIS song came on!!!

    Suddenly people went haywire... and began fighting, and killing each other!!!

    I hid in the canned goods aisle, and if it weren't for all the Goya pinto beans to deflect bullets I'd have been shot dead by the arriving S.W.A.T. team.

    THOSE guys, the coppers, they just LOOOOVED the song.

    U2 is plotting to destroy our world, and not in a good cool revolutionary way... more like in a... not so good cool revolutionary way. Like, a bad way. A really... bad... bad ... not cool way.

    BONO I WANT A NEW CAT!!!!
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    jerve5150 wrote:
    They're just paying tribute to other artists they like. Even though U2 is better than anybody in that video or the world.

    No.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    It just reminded me of how many artists are better than U2, but then they were singing a U2 song so it sort of turned me off. And all of U2's songs are unique? Ahahaha. Every song on their last two albums is exactly the same.
  • somebodyelsessky2020somebodyelsessky2020 Posts: 1,173
    sorry U2 will never be among the greatest of all time they've been around forever but still don't come close to the greatness of PJ...i think Bono should take off the shades and see the light. they had one album i consider really good achtung baby and i wonder all the time where the hell did that come from and who helped them write it because nothing else they ever made compares to it. they aren't a shitty little nobody band by any means but just a good one.
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  • jerve5150jerve5150 Posts: 30
    IDgotI wrote:

    Suddenly people went haywire... and began fighting, and killing each other!!!

    I hid in the canned goods aisle, and if it weren't for all the Goya pinto beans to deflect bullets I'd have been shot dead by the arriving S.W.A.T. team.



    This will actually happen when tickets for their next tour go on sale
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  • dharma69dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    IDgotI wrote:
    This horrible, disgusting, offensive, pretentious, evil, demonic video caused my cat to kill herself. She was watching it on a computer screen while I had it on, and then she just ran and jumped out of an open window!!!!!

    Not only that... but the song itself caused a riot at my local grocery store. People were walking along minding their own business, and buying pasta, grooving to an instrumental Muzak version of Toto's 'Africa' when THIS song came on!!!

    Suddenly people went haywire... and began fighting, and killing each other!!!

    I hid in the canned goods aisle, and if it weren't for all the Goya pinto beans to deflect bullets I'd have been shot dead by the arriving S.W.A.T. team.

    THOSE guys, the coppers, they just LOOOOVED the song.

    U2 is plotting to destroy our world, and not in a good cool revolutionary way... more like in a... not so good cool revolutionary way. Like, a bad way. A really... bad... bad ... not cool way.

    BONO I WANT A NEW CAT!!!!
    In other words....you thought the video was great...

    So did I. Inventive and respectful and I loved trying to figure out who all the clips were.

    Great video.
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  • SathogwaSathogwa Posts: 227
    I loved that video! I just watched it three times in a row!

    I don't really care for the song, though.

    And while U2 are pretentious, I find the video to be more of a tribute to the artists and bands that they admire, than any attempte to equate themselves with said artist's and band's greatness.

    Good job! It reminds me of just how fucking amazing some of those artists are/were, and how powerful the music they made was/is.
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  • Otis64Otis64 Posts: 41
    Ohh Please, end this nonsense!

    The U2 bashing will get you NO WHERE! Just because Bono exploits himself more than any other artist, doesn't mean he sucks. Listen to the song. The lyrics. If you don't like it or don't like U2, Fine. Everyone has their own opinion.

    And don't be saying U2 are pretentious. Come on. WE ALL KNOW EVERY MUSICIAN WITH A RECORD DEAL IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IS A PRETENTIOUS PRICK! So don't play that card.

    All these artists you all mention who would cringe at knowing they were in this video, Zappa, Kurt. They all had their problems too. Ever read Kurt's journal? Just because Bono has whored himself to the corporate world doesn't make him any worse than Kurt.

    All that junk aside, please, ENOUGH U2 BASHING.
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  • DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Otis64 wrote:
    Ohh Please, end this nonsense!

    The U2 bashing will get you NO WHERE! Just because Bono exploits himself more than any other artist, doesn't mean he sucks. Listen to the song. The lyrics. If you don't like it or don't like U2, Fine. Everyone has their own opinion.

    And don't be saying U2 are pretentious. Come on. WE ALL KNOW EVERY MUSICIAN WITH A RECORD DEAL IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IS A PRETENTIOUS PRICK! So don't play that card.

    All these artists you all mention who would cringe at knowing they were in this video, Zappa, Kurt. They all had their problems too. Ever read Kurt's journal? Just because Bono has whored himself to the corporate world doesn't make him any worse than Kurt.

    All that junk aside, please, ENOUGH U2 BASHING.


    Hrmmm...U2 sucks. Their music ia trash and Bono is an asshole.
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