I'm really not a U2 fan, but I really like Achtung Baby. Plus the odd track.
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When I first saw the name U2 I thought of batteries. And for quite some time (a couple of years at least) I also read INXS as Inkses and didn't associate it with the band I'd heard named as 'In Excess'. And I've always had a deep dislike of anything that uses '4' for 'for' and 'U' for 'you' and any other similar nonsense.
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Originally posted by Capybara View PostWhen I first saw the name U2 I thought of batteries. And for quite some time (a couple of years at least) I also read INXS as Inkses and didn't associate it with the band I'd heard named as 'In Excess'. And I've always had a deep dislike of anything that uses '4' for 'for' and 'U' for 'you' and any other similar nonsense.
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Originally posted by WOM View Post
I liked War, Boy and Rattle & Hum. Other than that....meh....
And having read rest of thread it seems I am agreeing with most on here. Vast back catalogue which people happy to dip in and out of without committing any sense of relationship or cause for. Which seems right. Cant ever recall being in a conversation where anyone has made a point of principle of defending the point of U2.Last edited by ale; 20-01-2022, 17:47.
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The most remarkable thing about them is that they're still together. They just met in high school and somehow all still seem to tolerate each other's company over 40 years later. Nobody has left - even temporarily as far as I know - to do a solo act or form a different band, nobody quit and nobody died. I don't know of any of them have even been to rehab.
Of course, they can make far more money together than they could doing anything else, but that hasn't been enough to keep most massive bands together. Indeed, the massiveness is usually what cracks them, really.
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Originally posted by Greenlander View Post
This was me and all.
Did anyone actually know the correct way before that terrible Kick LP and associated singles bored up the charts for a couple of years.
f course, I prefer their early stuff. I mean, I know that's something somebody like me is supposed to say, but I really do like some of the earlier singles a lot.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostThe most remarkable thing about them is that they're still together. They just met in high school and somehow all still seem to tolerate each other's company over 40 years later. Nobody has left - even temporarily as far as I know - to do a solo act or form a different band, nobody quit and nobody died. I don't know of any of them have even been to rehab.
Of course, they can make far more money together than they could doing anything else, but that hasn't been enough to keep most massive bands together. Indeed, the massiveness is usually what cracks them, really.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View Post
Is Kick terrible? I recall liking most of the singles, although eventually they were kind of ubiquitous and it was a bit much.
f course, I prefer their early stuff. I mean, I know that's something somebody like me is supposed to say, but I really do like some of the earlier singles a lot.
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Originally posted by elguapo4 View Post
Adam is a recovering alcoholic, though he didn't make a big deal of it, either at the time or since.
It's also remarkable that, despite not being a particularly huge U2 fan - never saw them live - I know that "Adam" is the bassist and "Larry" is the drummer. Not many bands have famous rhythm sections.
Indeed, as has been noted before, any one of us could probably go around claiming to be Maroon 5's* bassist and most people would believe you.
* Or pick any other band with an obnoxious, preening lead singer.Last edited by Hot Pepsi; 20-01-2022, 23:08.
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I've been going on about Maroon 5 for quite some time - basically Adam Levine and Friends - and how many of them it takes to create such very thin gruel. My daughter grows weary of it.
Then last week, apparently Tik Tok or something blew up with people realizing that Maroon 5 was 6/7 people, and the dominant sentiment was "What the fuck are they all doing?"
So, vindication came late....but it came.
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Originally posted by WOM View PostThen last week, apparently Tik Tok or something blew up with people realizing that Maroon 5 was 6/7 people, and the dominant sentiment was "What the fuck are they all doing?"
So, vindication came late....but it came.
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