Joe Mac
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Coldplay is to Radiohead what Weezer is to Pavement.
Coldplay is to indie music what cholesterol controlling margarine is to butter.
Coldplay is to Radiohead what Weezer is to Pavement.
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Freestyle Fellowship: Innercity Griots pre order. Haven't been able to find a US link for it yet.
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There was a few U2 fans around here but I think some have went away. We usually have to stick together and defend ourselves.
We can smell our own.Says the one calling others "nerds" when making math references.
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Hahaha... I was chatting with some longtime friends whom I met through U2 in 2000, and I said, I'm gonna ask them to sign it "Bono is a wanker. Love, Eli"
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There was a few U2 fans around here but I think some have went away. We usually have to stick together and defend ourselves.
I would extend that from War. While The Unforgettable Fire is a transitional album, IMHO, it’s still a wonderful album that I’d put in their top 5.I would posit that not only is Joshua Tree through All That You Can’t Leave Behind one of the stronger modern album runs, but one of the most interesting of all time. If it weren’t for Forgettable Fire- I’d say you could extend that back to War. Remove October and you can take it back to Boy.
Maybe I’m the only person old enough to remember them before the Joshua Tree...
I saw U2 play the very first show of the North American leg of the War tour in a downpour. Bono climbed the light rig anyway. The music was absolutely electric and they were still in 'hunger' mode.
For me, that was hard to top moving forward.
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That’s amazing. You can always count on @Yer Ol' Uncle D to come through with a relevant personal anecdote about a show he attended & or taped. How many shows do you think you’ve been to @Yer Ol' Uncle D?
I'm old. Have seen U2 74 times to date, first show was The Unforgettable Fire tour at Brendan Byrne Arena (The Meadowlands) in New Jersey. The last album I actually liked (even loved some tracks) is No Line on the Horizon. The Songs of... albums are utterly forgettable to me (I'd actually forgotten about that Santa Barbara song until I saw it mentioned up thread!) Many times in my car I'll flip over to U2X radio on Sirius and have no clue what song is being played. I am a semi completist though, and did buy the SoE deluxe box set and I'm not even sure if I ever finished spinning it.Maybe I’m the only person old enough to remember them before the Joshua Tree, but U2 is really Irish/Euro REM.
Boy -> UFF = Murmur -> Document
Joshua Tree = Green
Auchtung Baby & Zooropa = Out of Time & AFTP
Monster -> Reveal = Pop - > HTDAAB (But REM have the excellent NAIHi-Fi outlier in this run that U2 never did)
Around the Sun -> Collapse into Now = No Line on the Horizon - > Songs of experience.
And if we are talking about what Post Zeppelin acts are owed a nod by the modern ones : The Police filling Stadiums with a melange of rock, punk, Reggae, Jazz and new wave - really move mainstream tastes in a path that paves the way for U2 to Zoo TV, Coldplay to Scientist and Radiohead to Ok Computer in those same Stadiums later on. (Maybe in all honesty Coldplay owes more to Chicago than the Police)
Remember when that awful Boots video was released in an unfinished state as they'd forgotten to take the watermark off the video?Another big U2 fan here ...they were consistently great right up until that terrible Boots single .....and always superb live ..they had a great run from 83-2001 ...the joshua tree gig I went to in 87 may still be the best concert I’ve ever attended ,.the atmosphere was immense ..the whole place was bouncing from the warm up tape to that final sing along of “40” on the train home ...
I've said many times if Moment of Surrender was the lead single No Line on the Horizon is a hit.Remember when that awful Boots video was released in an unfinished state as they'd forgotten to take the watermark off the video?
I was at the JT MSG shows in '87 and saw The New Voices of Freedom perform ISHFWILF with them.
I'm not a fan of stadium shows, but we did fly to Vancouver for the JT30 tour kick off (and also went to the Seattle show two days later) It was fabulous to hear A Sort of Homecoming live again after decades, even if the arrangement wasn't quite right. We also witnessed Mothers of the Disappeared with Eddie Vedder... as he left the stage and was going back to the VIP area (where we'd seen him, Jeff & Mike of Pearl Jam standing earlier) somehow he walked right in front of us and we got to shake hands. Then his security whisked him off quickly.