if you could eliminate 1 musical act/artist

[hardwood floor]

"A FLOWER??"

 

(how about Phil's vocals on More Fool Me?)

 

phil sang the HELL out of supper's ready on the 1978 tour

 

his vocals from like 1976-80 were every bit as good on the gabriel material as gabriel

 

and steurmer could play circles around hackett!!

 

phil singing afterglow was the fucking SHIT ... amazing singer

[Lammycat]

every once in a while i get within minimum nasal distance of a fan. that's basis enough.

Not sure I get this response to my post. Anyway, either this is a very tired cliche or I'm completely immune to any "smell" by now. Either way works for me.

[u2roolz]

Oh, this has nothing to do with who deserves to be eradicated from history, this is about who you would choose to eliminate if given the choice. Having never heard a single song by Insane Clown Posse, they haven't done that much to offend me; having been assaulted by "Beautiful Day" and the rest of that forsaken album at every track and cross country meet for nearly a decade, not to mention to and from meets and every day of the week between meets, U2 is the only reasonable choice for me to pick.

 

(I'm not picking on you Speed Racer, I'm using the above as an example of pop music)

You should have issues with the people who played the music and not U2. I highly doubt that said track and cross country team really played Grace or New York off of that album to get them pumped up. I agree Beautiful Day got severely overused, especially by the New England Patriots. But you should really be blaming the fickle people who jumped on the Beautiful Day bandwagon and not the U2 bandwagon. It was the song of that moment for whatever reason and now I'm sure those same people either scoff at the idea of playing that song in that way or get a little misty eyed in a nostalgic way. You could say that Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling is 2009's Beautiful Day.

 

Also, I'm not really sure why every celeb gets picked on for merely voicing their opinion or attaching their name to a certain cause/issue. (hold it in) Aren't we in the same culture where we have Facebook and Twitter and people post the most mundane bullshit around. I'm doing it right now. I'm sure some people voice their opinions on certain matters on there. We also live in a Blog culture. People are ok with reading other people's opinions or stories based on fact with a slight twist of political sway. But as soon as Senor Clooney or Bono pipe up, people roll their eyes. (cue 1st Amendment speech) Granted, I understand that we have a lot of smart people out there and don't need Celeb A telling us about Issue B that we should already know about. Is it out of fear that Jimmy Chicken Shack out in Ding Dong, (insert state) will take up an interest in Issue B without picking up a real newspaper and not something that they learned on Extra? Sting does something for the Rain Forest and Elton John has his own AIDS Foundation, but you never really hear about them getting spat at. I don't know. I can tolerate Bono when I see him live and sometimes yes it does get irritating to hear him drone on about these matters. I remember One on the Vertigo Tour ended up clocking in at 10 minutes because he spent 5 minutes ranting about Africa. Would we rather have our rock stars not give 2 shits about such matters and take our money?

 

I'll never forget my friend, who also loves U2 and has seen them which makes the following a bit surprising, he got so pissed off at Eddie Vedder. On their 2003 Riot Act Tour he would come out in the W. Bush mask and do Bushleaguer. This pissed off my friend and he booked it out of there saying, "I didn't pay fucking Greg Brady (he made jokes on his haircut all night) to tell me his opinions and politics. Just shut the fuck up and play every song off of Ten, VS, Vitalogy and a few off of No Code that I know and we'll be all set." LOL

 

It's just like people not liking Phish, the Grateful Dead, or Dave Matthews Band because the joke is "well, we all come here to get stoned and we really don't know about the music...is it any good?" I know that I don't like the DMB songs that I've heard on the radio. I just don't like his voice. I'm sure they must be pretty decent live otherwise people wouldn't be coming back to see him. Would they?

 

If I was a celebrity, would my opinion be any less significant when posting on the political threads on here?

[Guest Speed Racer]

(I'm not picking on you Speed Racer, I'm using the above as an example of pop music)

You should have issues with the people who played the music and not U2.

 

First, I've heard a lot of U2 - you really can't have been in public places since 1980 and not heard at least half of U2's catalog. "She Moves,"

"Sunday," "Streets," "Still Haven't Found" - all Velveeta, to me: smooth, overprocessed crap. The people playing U2 at these meets (via the soundsystems and loudspeakers, not smart-ass kids with boomboxes) played the whole album generally or (even better) U2 mixes. ATYCLB was the gateway for many of my generation to buy/download and subsequently overplay most of U2's underwhelming-to-me catalog.

 

Prior to playing U2, most of the meet organizers either played every song written and recorded with "run" in the title or chorus, or Destiny's Child. I would have happily endured both of those if I knew what the alternative was.

 

Secondly, I hope it didn't seem like I was razzing Bono for his commitment to all of his causes. Quite the contrary: I was urging him to give up music and focus on these commitments, much like Bill Gates did.

[u2roolz]

 

Secondly, I hope it didn't seem like I was razzing Bono for his commitment to all of his causes. Quite the contrary: I was urging him to give up music and focus on these commitments, much like Bill Gates did.

 

I don't see why he or anyone in that position of celebrity can't do both. Or could someone even do the issues with such a broad platform without already being established as someone big?

 

Well, I'm sure you know that the ZOO TV tour was a "wink wink" joke. Bono really had fun with making fun of his 80s persona with such characters as The Fly, the Mirror Ball Man, and Mr. MacPhisto. I don't know why I typed that...oh, maybe just to say that he's aware of his ego and has in the past made fun of it. He has walked the fine line of parody in the past decade.

 

I'm shocked that those kids used ATYCLB as "pump up" music. Hmm.

 

Also, I'm sure the least watched video in the history of the world is Bono interviewing George Clooney. LOL

[Guest Speed Racer]

I don't see why he or anyone in that position of celebrity can't do both. Or could someone even do the issues with such a broad platform without already being established as someone big?

 

No no, it's that I don't like his music. I would love for him to stop making music, regardless of whether he had a wholesome cause to fall back on - that he does just makes me feel better for wishing him ill.

[u2roolz]

No no, it's that I don't like his music. I would love for him to stop making music, regardless of whether he had a wholesome cause to fall back on - that he does just makes me feel better for wishing him ill.

 

Fair enough!

 

The great twist would be that Bono is really the Anti Christ.

[The High Heat]

I don't see why he or anyone in that position of celebrity can't do both. Or could someone even do the issues with such a broad platform without already being established as someone big?

Bono can do both, but I'd bet alot of fans that attend regular U2 concerts wish he'd do them seperately. I know I wouldn't want Jeff Tweedy chirping on about his politics and causes at a Wilco show that I am attending. I want to escape the world at a show, not fix it. If it ain't a benefit, stick to the music, please.

[Sir Stewart]

Bono can do both, but I'd bet alot of fans that attend regular U2 concerts wish he'd do them seperately.

 

Man, if they haven't gotten a clue at this point....

[bjorn_skurj]

phil sang the HELL out of supper's ready on the 1978 tour

 

his vocals from like 1976-80 were every bit as good on the gabriel material as gabriel

 

and steurmer could play circles around hackett!!

 

phil singing afterglow was the fucking SHIT ... amazing singer

YES. Before Phil made a joke of himself, he kicked a great deal of ass.

[mountain bed]

Bono can do both, but I'd bet alot of fans that attend regular U2 concerts wish he'd do them seperately. I know I wouldn't want Jeff Tweedy chirping on about his politics and causes at a Wilco show that I am attending. I want to escape the world at a show, not fix it. If it ain't a benefit, stick to the music, please.

Precisely. One of the things that made the Dead so endearing. No politics, hell, no talking period. Let the music do the talking.

 

That said - CSNY - "Freedom Of Speech Tour '06". That was a beautiful thing.

[Wild Frank]

phil sang the HELL out of supper's ready on the 1978 tour

 

his vocals from like 1976-80 were every bit as good on the gabriel material as gabriel

 

and steurmer could play circles around hackett!!

 

phil singing afterglow was the fucking SHIT ... amazing singer

Agree with this. I urge anyone to listen to 'Second's Out' without being blown away. I loved the way he could 'double-drum' with Chester Thompson for quarter of an hour and then leap out from the drum kit and sing something like afterglow.

 

I don't know...maybe Phil and the boys will get some much overdue respect once they are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

 

Also, Steurmer maybe able to technically play circles around Hackett but Steve's playing had far more emotion and subtleness.

 

p.s: U2 suck (apart from Angel of Harlem).

[English St]

Kings of Leon.

[Dude]

Someone we all can agree on:

 

[cryptique]

I don't know ... that stretches the definition of "musical act/artist." Choosing him concedes that he fits the category.

[Dude]

I don't know ... that stretches the definition of "musical act/artist." Choosing him concedes that he fits the category.

 

True, and it may not be human, but a vegetable or a mineral instead. Is poop a mineral?

[Mr. Heartbreak]

My vote: The Black Eyed Peas.

 

Seriously, if you really could only eliminate ONE musical act or artist, you would keep them and get rid of U2? The Eagles? The Doors?

 

If not The Black Eyed Peas, then how about OutKast? Or Los del Rio, authors of Macarena, one of the most annoying songs of all time? Or The Baha Men, those schmucks who popularized Who Let the Dogs Out?

 

How about Kanye, that arrogant twit? Heck, even the Village People or Kool & the Gang would be a step in the right direction.

[CommerceComet]

I can't stand the Black Eyed Peas, but I'll concede that the "I Gotta Feeling" song works well as a stadium anthem, best played right before kickoff, tipoff or first pitch.

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Someone we all can agree on:

 

 

 

Wow...

 

I was...like...ready to really piss on this thread with all the righeous indignation I could muster and you have to go ahd do that.

I think we are all in agreeance that Fred Durst should go.

[The High Heat]

I think we are all in agreeance that Fred Durst should go.

And take The Eagles with him.

[Sir Stewart]

I think we are all in agreeance that Fred Durst should go.

 

Well played.

[bjorn_skurj]

Jesus - I am listening to Vampire Weekend's "California English" and it sounds like the latest single from Jar-Jar Binks' developmentally disabled cousin.

[slice_oftheday]

Jesus - I am listening to Vampire Weekend's "California English" and it sounds like the latest single from Jar-Jar Binks' developmentally disabled cousin.

 

wow thank you for the laugh good sir

[Gobias Industries]

then how about OutKast?

 

I'm going to step in here and defend OutKast, because Stankonia is a pretty flawless record, top 10 of the previous decade for me.

[embiggen]

I like The Doors and Stone Temple Pilots.

 

you can bury the Eagles though, and STYX. also Foreigner can go to hell.