Revisiting U2

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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    simple minds has a message pit ?
    :confused:


    i loved them while growing up- even went as far as seeing them at Radio City Music Hall in manhattan.

    ( alltho im no musical authority i have seen my number of shows/bands) Surprisingly one of the best live bands i've ever seen .

    Jim Kerrs voice was, at that time , very strong -and they had 2 drummers. There was the inevitable comparisons to U2, probably because of the similiar Celtic backround .

    "Dont you......... Forget about me, dont, dont dont........":D

    Happy childhood memorys.:)
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    it's funny because I was still into them until I saw them play in Vancouver last year or two years ago now I guess, spring of 05, it was a good show and all but when I saw PJ again in the fall I realized how contrived the U2 shows were and that pretty much did them in for me. That being said I still do love New Years Day

    The old music is still good for me, for all I despize the new stuff, that's testament to the fact that good music is timeless no matter what a band does afterwards.
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    facepollution wrote:
    They need to kind of just go back to being a band again, and make some music that isn't trying to push a political agenda. I have no issue with music and politics mixing, but it's starting to sound like the same record, and they were always so good at reinventing their sound in the past.
    I would contend that with Achtung, Zooropa, and Pop they achieved the perfect balance of overblown nonsense, parody, and seriousness. And then they just fell back on a formula, for no good reason whatsoever.
    The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is a white albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the Ego, and their mission in this world is Bad Shit.

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