U2 - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!actually, I put a cassette of U2 playing in Edinburgh when their second album came out onto CD for a friend recently and I did begin to see why people would like them - they seemed like clumsy oafs (as people, not as musicians) but I could see why people would've found them exciting (people that dont get out enough admittedly !) - I mean, they were OK, well, mediocre but not as rubbish as I thought they were, but theres a lot of GREAT bands out there - I just dont get how they became so huge ?
actually, anyone who likes early U2 should check out the Scars website a great Edinburgh band who should've gone on to greater things like U2 but didnt - same formation, you can bet that bongo and the hedge have a copy of their album - a stack of demos in mp3 here http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/thescars
against my better wishes I loved "who's gonna ride your wild horses" but then I always loved Bukowski (and I'd been hanging out playing gavin fridays guitar in windmill lane studio and drinking in the dockers at this point in time so I was ready to accept just a little U2 into my life)
I looked at their later period greatest hits cd the other day and there wasnt a track I recognised - this made me feel good !
but on saturday I saw them on a kids TV programme and there he was again, Bongo the buffoon, about as cool as a furnace in a bearsuit on a hot day, prancing about like he was still learning how to walk, the Hedge looking like, I dunno, like someone who should be told that he needs to get a new stylist
I read something the other day about how they wanted him to sing the "tonight thank god its them instead of you" line on "feed the world" because it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up - it was the most cringe inducing line on the song which was made even worse by Bongos totally overaccting !
Nah, U2 - I just dont get it But we're still friends Robin !
From: robin dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com> Reply-To: tv@obbard.com To: tv@obbard.com Subject: (TV) coming out of the closet Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:12:42 -0800 (PST) so did any other doddering old folk such as myself pick up the new u2 album today? have started listening through at work, and (gulp) i do like it. it's not that i'd listen to it obsessively, but, i do have the feeling with this release that there is one legitimate, valid rock band out there making music, making a point...and making the charts. sorry, murray! hope we're still friends! r __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com -------------- To post: Mail tv@obbard.com To unsubscribe: Mail majordomo@obbard.com with message "unsubscribe tv"
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