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U2: Overrated?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by lcjjdnh, Dec 4, 2017.

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  1. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    And Spirit had to listen to it on the Mary Poppins soundtrack and as written by Giovanni Battista Granata in 1690.
     
    Buck, Dec 4, 2017
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  2. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    U2 is your blind spot.
     
    QYFW, Dec 4, 2017
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  3. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    This seems like an ... overreaction. But there is probably some backstory between you two that I missed. It's so hard to keep up these days.

    To answer the question, yes I think they are overrated. Total blah music. Pulls no emotion from me at all.
     
    TyWebb, Dec 4, 2017
    #15
  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I was joking.

    I'm a U2 fan.
     
    Dick Whitman, Dec 4, 2017
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  5. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    You fucking edited it before I could clip the part I wanted to keep forever and paste in my diary!

    Everyone, he said "I like U2" before he changed it to the above. There's no way I can prove it, but he knows it and I know it. And that is all that matters.
     
    TyWebb, Dec 4, 2017
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I wouldn't call U2 overrated. But depending on the years of its existence, and the albums you are talking about, I definitely consider U2 differently -- almost like a different band during some of its different periods.

    I posted this recently on a concerts thread. When I was in my mid to late teens, U2 was my favorite band. I played Boy and October and War and the Unforgettable Fire (which was my favorite album -- yeah, album, I didn't even have CDs yet) all the time.

    Then, they made me wait 3 years for a new album, which came out during my freshman year of college. That album was the Joshua Tree, and I was all excited to buy it the day it came out.

    My initial reaction was, "What the hell is this?" I have since come around to it a bit (but not entirely), but with that album, I pretty much moved on from U2.

    That is how I feel about U2 personally. At the same time, I also know that in the 90s and 2000s, U2 got huge in a way I wouldn't have imagined in the 80s.
     
    The Big Ragu, Dec 4, 2017
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  7. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    I'm like Ragu, though I really liked The Joshua Tree and even Rattle and Hum. Pretty much can't stand most of what they've done since.

    To me, they're like a baseball player that comes in and hits .360 for his first 5 years, then settles back into the .240 range and hangs around for 15 more years. Did he do great things? Sure. But for his whole body of work, I can see how some consider him "meh."

    I'll go see them in concert when they come near me, especially this last Joshua Tree tour, but I'm not breathlessly awaiting their next album release.
     
    BurnsWhenIPee, Dec 4, 2017
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  8. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    "All That You Can't Leave Behind" was a great album. I'm not a huge fan of U2, but I really liked that one.
    Other than that, they've become the 80s/90s generation's version of Springsteen -- people associating feelings and shit with them, for reasons they can't explain, in a way that has elevated them to a level way higher than they probably deserve. Their longevity has also helped, in that they've kept touring and come out with a good album often enough to stay relevant.
     
    Batman, Dec 4, 2017
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  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    This is not a thing.
     
    Dick Whitman, Dec 4, 2017
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  10. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    I've just about got it figured out now, I believe.

    "Clean" is no fun.
    "good melody" just doesn't rock enough
    "pleasant to listen to" doesn't have an "edge" (whatever the hell that is, although I almost always find it to be "not pleasant to listen to")
    "catchy" is fucking bubblegum!

    Whew! Gonna go find some Partridge Family to listen to now . . . after I finish this U2 song.
     
    BTExpress, Dec 4, 2017
    #22
  11. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    Double Down, Dec 4, 2017
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  12. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    I need to see this player.
     
    JC, Dec 4, 2017
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