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  1. Originally posted by Yogi[..]




    great post! I agree with you but I also think every other album was a trademark. Rattle and Hum showed blues and jazz and the gateway into American music. War was boombastic at the time. Although it didn't sound so different than the previous Boy and October it still delivered this raw sense of "tough" that I dont think many bands at the time were doing. Then Unforgettable Fire showcased the first experimental side of them. Groundbreaking, no, however the songs that they nailed were! And then again with Zooropa; no monument, but act of pure innovation. ATYCLB and HTDAAB are good records in my opinion, just didn't break the mold for future music to come. It was them trying to get back to the status they used to obtain, I just don't think the records worked particularly well. Elevation Tour on the other hand is completely different. From what I have heard from the new record and the stuff on Daniel Lanois site, I hear a lot of Hendrix, Beatles, Bowie and Arcade Fire and Achtung Baby U2. Eclectic bands to intertwine but who better than U2 right?
  2. Originally posted by Jcbasket[..]
    ATYCLB and HTDAAB are good records in my opinion, just didn't break the mold for future music to come. It was them trying to get back to the status they used to obtain...


    Completely agree there...

  3. Originally posted by AllBeacauseOfZoo[..]

    Yes I agree. U2 are the most amazing band in the world but to suggest that they have influenced club music is just plain and simply WRONG!

    I have been a DJ for 7 years in Manchester and London in the UK and the big players in this scene probably dont even know who Bono is. I have also been heavily involved in this scene and it is a VAST scene which spans the world- its fairer to say IT has influenced U2- not the other way round!!


    they might not have influenced them but i am almost 100% positive that your big players in the UK know who Bono is. If you are a musician you pretty much know. I myself have been DJing since 1997 and I knew of U2 (not Bono in particular) but U2 and the songs long before breakbeats/trance/ progressive house.
  4. i see my Pop comment is somewhat controversial...
  5. yea the clip of "walk out into the streets' sounds like an angry version of Window in the Skeis just kidding but i want the agressive sound back! make vertigo sound like its for 8 year olds.
  6. Originally posted by stj0691i see my Pop comment is somewhat controversial...


    you firestarter!
  7. Originally posted by Genaro92U2yea the clip of "walk out into the streets' sounds like an angry version of Window in the Skeis just kidding but i want the agressive sound back! make vertigo sound like its for 8 year olds.


    A-MEN!
  8. the latest video from U2.com with Adam chatting to fans outside the studio isn't working on either my computers. is anyone else having trouble with it? i'm guessing and hoping it's a problem with U2.com and I hope they fix it! sorry if this is in the wrong topic
  9. Originally posted by thefly07the latest video from U2.com with Adam chatting to fans outside the studio isn't working on either my computers. is anyone else having trouble with it? i'm guessing and hoping it's a problem with U2.com and I hope they fix it! sorry if this is in the wrong topic


    You mean the one with the ...And on Bass Guitar...? Works fine with me. You're not missing much however. Only goes for about a minute. Are you a member?
  10. Originally posted by aussiemofo[..]

    You mean the one with the ...And on Bass Guitar...? Works fine with me. You're not missing much however. Only goes for about a minute. Are you a member?


    yeah i'm a member and i got it to work .....i want more than a 51 sec video dammit for 40 dollars!
  11. Originally posted by thefly07[..]

    yeah i'm a member and i got it to work .....i want more than a 51 sec video dammit for 40 dollars!


    Told us nothing really did it? And Adam is a shithouse camerman!
  12. Originally posted by aussiemofo[..]

    Told us nothing really did it? And Adam is a shithouse camerman!


    lol i know. wonder if that's a new song he's jamming to, I suspect so but maybe not. whatever it was, there was some fancy finger work going on. "chatting with fans" was quite the overstatement
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