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Have you ever liked U2?

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    #92
    magentas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭magentas


    never liked them


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    #93
    Sl!mCharles
    Registered Users Posts: 492 ✭✭Sl!mCharles


    Agree with a lot of the posts on here, their earlier stuff is far superior to their current standard of output.

    Least favourite album is the most recent one.

    I have a playlist of their tunes on the pod that I listen to from time to time.
    Exit, "40", An Cat Dubh, Tomorrow, all f*cking banging tunes.

    Bono ain't that bleedin bad neither. IMO

    :)


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    #94
    Kingdom Bhoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Kingdom Bhoy


    Seen them 15 times live and they are still a class act.


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    #95
    happo
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭happo


    I only heard 'A day without me' from I think it was 'Boy' for the first time recently and I was really impressed. The song has a raw energy that I feel their latest stuff does not have.


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    #96
    ElasticMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭ElasticMan


    th3 s1aught3r wrote: »
    Liam Gallagher said he has never met a U2 fan. Or someone who admitted it I guess

    Thats strange that, I was watching Noel Gallagher's interview with Dave Fanning last week and Noel was telling Dave that he's been a big U2 fan for the past 20 years and that he used to get stick from different band members because of it.

    Liam's a forgetful fellow ain't he?


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    #97
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    Only albums that did it for me personally were the Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby (love that album) and Zooropa. I could take bits and bobs of all the other albums. I'd be indifferent to their other stuff.

    Live, I would have to say they can't be faulted...a juggernaut....

    Bono seems to get most of the flack for his antics outside of the band, but at the end of the day, he's never carried himself badly ala Liam Gallagher etc, and doesn't come out slagging people off, nothing wrong with that....


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    #98
    Simon Adebisi
    Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭Simon Adebisi


    I love em.

    And i like Bono too.


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    #99
    jam08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭jam08


    it goes without saying their earlier stuff is better... yeah they can be unlikeable at times but you cant't really say their crap until you've seen them live.
    If theres one thing U2 are good at it's playing live, don't think there's anyone better live (maybe Springsteen). Even alot of their new stuff can be absolutely epic live!


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    #100
    Jerichoholic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    jam08 wrote: »
    If theres one thing U2 are good at it's playing live, don't think there's anyone better live (maybe Springsteen). Even alot of their new stuff can be absolutely epic live!

    There's no maybe about it.


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    #101
    Oasis_Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,467 ✭✭✭Oasis_Dublin


    I like a band to get up and play their tunes and then feck off. Leave your head bands with different religious symbols on them for the looney house.


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    #102
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    jam08 wrote: »
    If theres one thing U2 are good at it's playing live, .

    In the late 90's I'd agree.

    But I saw their "360" performance last year and it was forgettable. Tired old performances. Who the hell cared about "360" anyway? Its just so they can pack in seats all around and make a little extra cash while also pandering to their Microsoft XBox Sponsors.


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    #103
    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    Am I the only person who likes their most recent three albums in comparison to anything else?


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    #104
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    Scuid Mhór wrote: »
    Am I the only person who likes their most recent three albums in comparison to anything else?



    It looks like it.

    biggrin.gif


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    #105
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    Scuid Mhór wrote: »
    Am I the only person who likes their most recent three albums in comparison to anything else?
    Good God! Seriously?


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    #106
    Yahew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭Yahew


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Not as bad as....

    A mole, digging in a hole
    Digging up my soul
    Now going down, excavation
    I and I in the sky
    You make me feel like I can fly
    So high, elevation.

    And yet the same man wrote.

    I believe in the kingdom come
    Then all the colours will bleed into one
    Bleed into one
    Well yes I'm still running

    You broke the bonds and you
    Loosed the chains
    Carried the cross
    Of my shame
    You know I believed it

    But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

    Well, maybe a bit too religious for most but it seems like it was by an adult.


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    #107
    alie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,780 ✭✭✭alie


    I have always liked them , hubby a fan and both kids. I have met them and bono drew a picture for me of the unfinished pint!


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    #108
    TheoBoone
    Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭TheoBoone


    Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me is probably one of the greatest rock songs of the 90s.


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    #109
    ciaranmac
    Registered Users Posts: 495 ✭✭ciaranmac


    Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum are two of the greatest ever albums by any Irish band. I don't think they've done anything since then that can stand comparison to what they did up to that point.


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    #110
    rednik
    Registered Users Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭rednik


    I've always liked them, a great band. But like all great bands they have their duds too.


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    #111
    kevinmcm
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭kevinmcm


    No Line On The Horizon is a fantastic album.


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    #112
    Re-Tuned
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭Re-Tuned


    Super Band, however their last few albums have been average.
    They always have a killer single, but the rest of their recent albums have been padded out with average songs.

    Actung Baby is a class album from start to finish, I actually like most of the songs on "Pop" too. love "Last Night On Earth"


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    #113
    heyheyhey1982
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭heyheyhey1982


    Actung baby is a great album- in my top 5 i'd say

    I love Pop, Do you feel loved is a great song.

    They have released a fair bit of average stuff lately (last 10 years)
    And there shows used to edgey zoo tv etc. but are now just bland. even the claw was hugely expensive but did do much for me. Also the croke park thing is wearing thin, we cant see you from canal end!!!


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