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MikeWaters · 04-22-2009, 07:35 PM

So I've come up with a theory. If you are over 30, and you think U2's new music is good, original, and relevant, then you are a pathetic loser.

By "new music" I mean their music over many years now.

How many times am I going to have to read about pathetic losers "scoring" $300 U2 tickets over the next several months?

My friends (and enemies), meet the new Rolling Stone / Billy Joel fans. They are the forgettable ones, paper in the wind. Settles, yellows, flakes, and breaks into dust.

Be gone, cretin.

il Padrino Ute · 04-22-2009, 09:10 PM

I believe U2 peaked with The Unforgettable Fire. Each album since was worse than the previous.

I would pay to see U2 only if I could be assured that nothing written after 1984 would be played.

MikeWaters · 04-22-2009, 09:14 PM

I can see an argument for TUF. I personally think they peaked at Achtung Baby, and then fell off a cliff.

Rattle and Hum is forgettable. But TUF, JT, and AB are among the best albums of our generation.

il Padrino Ute · 04-22-2009, 09:54 PM

There were a few songs on Joshua Tree that were very good, but I didn't like Achtung Baby at all.

My theory on those who liked AB is that it was released when they were in high school/college and U2 was at the peak of their touring career and this was their formal introduction to U2. The band found a niche that fans of several genres liked.

I was introduced to U2 when Boy was released, my soph year of high school, so I much prefer their earlier work.

MikeWaters · 04-22-2009, 09:55 PM

AB broke some new ground. Nothing they have done since has.

il Padrino Ute · 04-22-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

AB broke some new ground.

That's a fair statement.

Venkman · 04-22-2009, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

There were a few songs on Joshua Tree that were very good, but I didn't like Achtung Baby at all.

My theory on those who liked AB is that it was released when they were in high school/college and U2 was at the peak of their touring career and this was their formal introduction to U2. The band found a niche that fans of several genres liked.

I was introduced to U2 when Boy was released, my soph year of high school, so I much prefer their earlier work.

That's probably part of it.

Achtung Baby came out my freshman year at the Y. Great album and the last one I bought of theirs, or even listened to. Bono's zooropa persona or whatever it was just turned me off to him and them. I've heard their newer songs on the radio and I'm just like, "meh".

Levin · 04-23-2009, 05:58 PM

Since when does good music have to be groundbreaking? An old canard of pretentious fools.

U2 has created some very good music since AB -- very good. Maybe not groundbreaking, but very good.

Rembrandt painted how many self-portraits, all dark and light?

RedHeadGal · 04-23-2009, 07:07 PM

What a relief--I'm not a loser on this count. I loved Joshua Tree back in its time (what did I know?--it was junior high), but otherwise I am mystified about their staying power in the music world.

OTOH, I do still love Billy Joel. . .

MikeWaters · 04-23-2009, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by levin

since when does good music have to be groundbreaking? An old canard of pretentious fools.

U2 has created some very good music since ab -- very good. Maybe not groundbreaking, but very good.

Rembrandt painted how many self-portraits, all dark and light?

lmao.

04-22-2009, 07:35 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	You too? Yeah right. So I've come up with a theory. If you are over 30, and you think U2's new music is good, original, and relevant, then you are a pathetic loser. By "new music" I mean their music over many years now. How many times am I going to have to read about pathetic losers "scoring" $300 U2 tickets over the next several months? My friends (and enemies), meet the new Rolling Stone / Billy Joel fans. They are the forgettable ones, paper in the wind. Settles, yellows, flakes, and breaks into dust. Be gone, cretin.

04-22-2009, 09:10 PM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I believe U2 peaked with The Unforgettable Fire. Each album since was worse than the previous. I would pay to see U2 only if I could be assured that nothing written after 1984 would be played. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

04-22-2009, 09:54 PM	#4
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	There were a few songs on Joshua Tree that were very good, but I didn't like Achtung Baby at all. My theory on those who liked AB is that it was released when they were in high school/college and U2 was at the peak of their touring career and this was their formal introduction to U2. The band found a niche that fans of several genres liked. I was introduced to U2 when Boy was released, my soph year of high school, so I much prefer their earlier work. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

04-23-2009, 05:58 PM	#8
Levin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,484	Since when does good music have to be groundbreaking? An old canard of pretentious fools. U2 has created some very good music since AB -- very good. Maybe not groundbreaking, but very good. Rembrandt painted how many self-portraits, all dark and light? __________________ "Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12

04-22-2009, 09:14 PM	#3
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I can see an argument for TUF. I personally think they peaked at Achtung Baby, and then fell off a cliff. Rattle and Hum is forgettable. But TUF, JT, and AB are among the best albums of our generation.

04-22-2009, 09:55 PM	#5
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	AB broke some new ground. Nothing they have done since has.

04-23-2009, 07:07 PM	#9
RedHeadGal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: DC Posts: 995	What a relief--I'm not a loser on this count. I loved Joshua Tree back in its time (what did I know?--it was junior high), but otherwise I am mystified about their staying power in the music world. OTOH, I do still love Billy Joel. . .