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  1. Originally posted by ahn1991:We say that Bono should change his persona, but let's remember that Bono's been doing the political schmoozing for quite a while. I wouldn't say that this has any influence on the band's musical direction. U2 without Bono's activism is U2 no longer. That's pretty much how I see it.

    Plus, didn't we already get news that U2 wouldn't release something until 2013 anyways?

    At the beginning of ZooTV they threw away the activism, it wasn't until things like Sheffield and Sarajevo started coming up that they slowly went back to it, and even then it was with reservation.
  2. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    At the beginning of ZooTV they threw away the activism, it wasn't until things like Sheffield and Sarajevo started coming up that they slowly went back to it, and even then it was with reservation.

    Sheffield?
  3. Wasnt Zoo TV Sheffield the show with Salman Rushdie onstage??

  4. That was London during the Zooropa leg.

    EDIT: Maybe Alex means Sellafield?
  5. Wembley 11th Aug 93 he was on stage - i was at that show.
  6. Ah alright. It was just a guess

    Yeah he probably means Sellafield


  7. Babyface (performed only 5 times) and Zooropa (3 times) and Mr. Rushdie. Must have been a legendary concert.
  8. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    At the beginning of ZooTV they threw away the activism, it wasn't until things like Sheffield and Sarajevo started coming up that they slowly went back to it, and even then it was with reservation.

    I'm not sure you can say it was with reservation... plus with the phone calls to leaders every night it may have been in an effort to be ironic but it was still political.
  9. My mistake! I meant Sellafield, damnit.

    And look at the Sellafield stuff, yeah it was political and done with green peace, but it was done in their rock star personas, and the Sarajevo thing was still done using the theme of the tour, same goes with macphisto. There's a difference between standing there before One talking about poverty and AIDS medication and forcing people to watch innocent people beg for peace in the middle of a rock show. One is our front man preaching and the other is watching the actual thing happen. Yeah the latter is more political and in your face, but it still put the political thing on U2 and not Bono alone. Bono is the only really public activist now, it's not even U2 as a group anymore.


  10. On “State of Grace,” which Swift released yesterday, she sounds heavily influenced by U2 (or even Switchfoot) — ethereal guitars and moody overtones ring out over a driving midtempo drum beat as she delivers a lyric you could imagine Bono singing: “This is a state of grace/This is a worthwhile fight/ Love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right.”
  11. Hardly a piece of U2 news, but I definitely can see the influence...


    PS. That might easily be the tackiest and cheesiest lyric video ever.
  12. "She sounds heavily influenced by U2 (or even Switchfoot)"

    Being influenced by U2 is a good thing but being influenced by Switchfoot? Well, that isn't.
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