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  1. Why do you disagree? All the residents that have issues probably didn't go through half the shit Edge has over this when they built and probably would have never made as many concessions as he has. I bet none of them have public trails on their property... And just look at how all of those designs blend into their surroundings. I'll bet the other homes in the area look exactly like what they don't want his house(s) to look like. This is an issue of pretentious people worried about someone else having a better view from the hill than they do... hypocrites, every last one of them. Good for Edge fighting for his dream home so much that he has spent a small fortune to ensure the integrity of the environment around him...

    Originally posted by ahn1991:[..]
    This is one of the very few things a U2 member has done outside of music that I really disagree with. At the same time I think it's hilarious that other people living in massive houses on the coast are opposed to Edge's massive house because of "environmental concerns." It makes sense for someone like me who grew up in the suburbs (albeit also in a nice house) to oppose the general idea of building massive coastal properties, but these jokers are calling the kettle black in this case.
  2. I disagree based on the principle that I don't think anybody should have the right to build massive cliff-side private properties on the California coast. The beautiful coastline we have should be a public resource for all residents to enjoy.

    That's why I see Edge's situation being utterly hilarious because most of his opposition comes from people who already own massive properties.
  3. I think this is interesting: current Bono explaining the story behind Bullet The Blue Sky.



    What I want to know is the story behind the megaphone #OkNo
  4. Best part of the video:
    "I saw a graffiti that said "fuck Jesus". I thought that was too harsh, but they said "no, that's Jesús (a very common Spanish name), he lives around the corner". Humor in desperate times.
  5. Great video!

  6. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:Best part of the video:
    "I saw a graffiti that said "fuck Jesus". I thought that was too harsh, but they said "no, that's Jesús (a very common Spanish name), he lives around the corner". Humor in desperate times.
    Haha yeah that made me lol.
  7. Wow, really insightful video. I love that BTBS was based on something Bono himself had experienced, to a certain degree, not something he had heard about or seen on TV or read about in the paper. It was also cool to know the inspiration behind his use of biblical language in this particular context. Hearing insights like this makes me appreciate their songwriting process and somewhat understand why it takes them so long to release an album.
  8. From Bang Showbiz:
    Meanwhile, Snow Patrol's next LP, which will be their first since 2011's 'Fallen Empires', will be released sometime next year as they are waiting to get into the studio with U2's producer to record it.

    Gary said: ''It should be ready by the Autumn but it's too late to get it this year. It will be out next spring. It's ready go - we're ready to go, like a coiled spring.

    ''We've finished the writing of it and we're going to record it mid-July, our producer is working with U2 at the moment and once he's finalised then he'll come and work with us.''




    My guess: Mixing July, Summer vacation August, Pre-release-work September.
    And then..,
    BAM!
  9. All I got was that Snow Patrol's next album will be out somewhere between 2019-2022, right?
  10. It's quite funny watching the CIA trying to create a hashtag for their U2 spy plane tweets.





    Guys, if you really are that far cut off from the world, you might at least want to run a little twitter search before making a hashtag.
  11. Originally posted by Ross1441:It's quite funny watching the CIA trying to create a hashtag for their U2 spy plane tweets.





    Guys, if you really are that far cut off from the world, you might at least want to run a little twitter search before making a hashtag.


    h/t to reddit - thread link
  12. That's actually a sweet album cover
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