John Smith Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I'm not a huge Bono fan, but he handled the EODM situation pretty well. The U2 boys really did take a back seat to EODM, and they really didn't have to. Of the U2 boys Bono was the only one who made moves to share the spotlight. Then U2 quietly left the stage for EODM to perform a song on their own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Show looks amazing but the band does not really play so hard anymore. Still a great band but seems like they a so restrained. Bad is usually so intense but now when they play it, just not the same. Looks like the screen they have is crazy big and expensive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I am hoping the next time HBO has a free weekend where I live I get to see it. We recently had one over the holiday weekend. So I was able to watch True Detective 2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 So I was able to watch True Detective 2.My condolences. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I didn't think it was that bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Show looks amazing but the band does not really play so hard anymore. Still a great band but seems like they a so restrained. Bad is usually so intense but now when they play it, just not the same. Looks like the screen they have is crazy big and expensive. I would chalk that up to Bono's bike accident. He's not what he once was physically, and most of the energy you're talking about would emanate from him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Listened to Boy in the car for the first time in quite a while, and surprised how poorly it's aged. I guess that early 80s production is largely to blame, but seems like they were a much better, more professional band by the time The Unforgettable Fire came out. Weird experience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 There are some great songs on that album. It just sounds funky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Are we going to experience deja vu this coming Monday from Apple's big event which will allegedly showcase a new music platform? Some U2 fan sites ran a rumor yesterday that their new single would be released & possibly performed in a similar manner to the Sept 2014 Apple/U2 event. That song is titled Tightrope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 What's the story on those photos from the studio Adam was posting a while back? I could not tell if it was something he was doing - or more U2 recording. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 What's the story on those photos from the studio Adam was posting a while back? I could not tell if it was something he was doing - or more U2 recording. U2 is still supposed to release the followup to Songs Of Innocence titled Songs Of Experience at some point, so it's from recordings from that. There's word of them continuing the Innocence & Experience Tour to the places that they didn't hit and places that they did. I don't see how this would go over because their live performance from Paris (shown on HBO last December) is hitting stores this Friday. Will they reuse the stage and come up with a new setlist? Who knows? I guess casual fans and fans that didn't get to see them last year knew what the stage looked like, but now you can watch the whole show in your living room. Scott Aukerman & Adam Scott (U Talkin' U2 To Me podcast) heard 4 new U2 songs last summer when they had the whole band on their podcast. Bono played it for them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 I was thinking that album was done. I see they are still working on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGWWIMe8BbI Kygo, a Norwegian DJ and producer, debuted "The Best Thing" -- a new collaboration with U2 at the Cloud Nine festival in his hometown of Bergen, Norway. It sounds like a remix of one of the upcoming songs from Songs Of Experience, but it could also be a standalone track. It definitely sounds like it's another love song for Bono's wife. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 What every happened to another leg of last tour. Florida got hosed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 What every happened to another leg of last tour. Florida got hosedHa! Most U2 plans never happen the way that they say it will. The most recent report from Bono is that they expect a new album out soon (later this year/early next year) and the 2nd U.S. leg next spring followed by everywhere else. I'm guessing another tour announcement in December. If the tour does happen in 2017, it will have been 2 full years since they last played the States which I think is a good thing for the band and the fans. They're still expected to use the same stage, but they'll probably pluck out the Innocence songs and put in the new ones from Songs Of Experience. We'll see if the Paris DVD hurts ticket sales. My fingers are crossed for arenas only, but they might do stadiums for some of the big repeat cities like Boston (4 shows in '15) & NYC (8 shows in '15). I can't see them selling out 4-8 shows again, but I can see them selling out a stadium once or twice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I watched this musical (I hate musicals) Across The Universe at a friend of mines house the other night. I was surprised to see Bono in the film. I don't recall the real Dr. Robert looking like Bono did in that film. I could be wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I saw that once. Pretty bad huh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I will say the filming or whatever you call it was great. I also thought some of the song interpretations sounded as if Oasis were doing the tracks. I just wonder how Bono ended up in there. He actually looked like The Edge did around the time of Zooropa. I wonder if that was intentional. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I've seen Bono pop up in The Million Dollar Hotel which he co-wrote & Phil Joanou's Entropy which was autobiographical & self-masturbatory: Phil directed Rattle & Hum. Bono popped up in a similar fashion as Springsteen in High Fidelty. Across The Universe: I'm guessing that Julie Taymor & Bono crossed paths somewhere on Broadway. Bono's MacPhisto character was almost a part of Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever. That sort of explains the cool animated video for Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I know about the other roles. Although I have never seen Million Dollar Hotel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Million Dollar Hotel is a weird and sad film with beautiful cinematography and great music. Mel Gibson's character has an arm growing out of his neck. I don't think Bono has any lines, but you can definitely spot him as the camera pans the derelicts living in the hotel of the same name. I didn't think that most people knew of Entropy. I know that you can find it on Wiki or IMDB, but what non-U2 fan would sit down to watch it. That probably explains why it's extremely tough to track down. I think it only exists as a VHS which is what I have. I bought it for a buck when my local Blockbuster closed up shop. I do believe that the whole film is on YouTube or at least the Bono scene.http://youtu.be/ikoV0EF9sYM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I may have seen parts of Million Dollar Hotel. Is the whole band in some of the scenes? On a rooftop or something like that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 The opening scene takes place on the roof of the hotel & it keeps getting replayed throughout the film. It's Jeremy Davies (Faraday from Lost) running on the roof about to jump off of it. The band appears in Entropy. I totally forgot about that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I must have seen parts of that film somewhere. It may have been on Youtube or a free HBO weekend at some point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Bono popped up in a similar fashion as Springsteen in High Fidelty. Reading this blew my mind for exactly a second. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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