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Re: U2 thread - v. Free Music!!!
« Reply #315 on: September 25, 2016, 03:57:34 PM »
He should stop making movies.

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Re: U2 thread - v. Free Music!!!
« Reply #316 on: September 26, 2016, 04:52:34 AM »
The usual predictable anti U2 hatred on Twitter.


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« Reply #317 on: January 09, 2017, 11:12:29 AM »
U2 is doing a stadium tour this summer and they're playing The Joshua Tree in its entirety for the 30th anniversary!

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Re: U2 thread - v. Free Music!!!
« Reply #318 on: January 09, 2017, 11:19:28 AM »
Yeah I saw that and Noel Gallagher is the opening act.

Predictably - Liam Gallagher is blasting him on twitter as usual

" all that brown nosing finally paid off LG "

Totally forgetting that OASIS opened for U2 in 1997 on the PopMart tour. Guess he didn't have a problem with them then.

And let's be honest - if U2 rang Liam "out of work" Gallagher and offered him a tour support slot - he'd be all over that in a heartbeat.

Liam is a such a prick. I hope to God Noel never reforms oasis but that Liam does with someone else and it's terrible.



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Re: U2 thread - v. Free Music!!!
« Reply #319 on: January 09, 2017, 02:45:29 PM »
I've never seen U2 but I will definitely try and make it out to see them if they come anywhere near me.

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Re: U2 thread - v. Free Music!!!
« Reply #320 on: January 09, 2017, 07:42:56 PM »
No St. Louis date. Bastards.

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« Reply #321 on: January 09, 2017, 08:13:08 PM »
I've never seen U2 but I will definitely try and make it out to see them if they come anywhere near me.

There are no words that can describe their live experience.

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Re: U2 thread - v. Free Music!!!
« Reply #322 on: January 09, 2017, 09:15:57 PM »
Not coming to north carolina but they are going to Tampa. I make a trip down if my brother is game.

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« Reply #323 on: January 12, 2017, 06:54:56 PM »
A lot of concern about online U2 fans about the new album being delayed because of this tour.  And many seem to be unhappy that they are jumping on the bandwagon of doing nostalgia tours where you play a whole album from decades ago, but that's typical from a fanbase that takes themselves and the band way too seriously.  If legendary artists like Rush and Peter Gabriel can do it, then U2 is not above doing it.

That said, my brother and I are considering going to the Dallas show.

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« Reply #324 on: January 12, 2017, 10:31:40 PM »
That said, my brother and I are considering going to the Dallas show.

just be aware that AT&T Stadium has TERRIBLE concert acoustics.  That place was designed to be a football stadium first and foremost, and as such the acoustics have LOTS of reverb to keep the crowd noise at peak levels.  Anything other than sitting right in front of the stage and the music gets lost in the wash.
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« Reply #325 on: January 13, 2017, 11:38:02 AM »
Noted, thanks!  :)

My brother was a big U2 fan in the 80s, but they lost him post-Rattle and Hum, so seeing all of TJT is definitely something he'd love to see. 

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« Reply #326 on: January 17, 2017, 08:59:45 PM »



That said, my brother and I are considering going to the Dallas show.

Scratch that idea. Ticket prices are insanely ridiculous.

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« Reply #327 on: January 17, 2017, 10:33:59 PM »
Chicago sold out with an hour. But they usually do more than one show, so here's hoping.

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« Reply #328 on: January 18, 2017, 05:48:51 PM »
Looks like most of the shows saw tickets go fast.  Not surprised, as fans usually eat these nostalgia tours up with a spoon, and U2 usually draws well anyway, although I have heard blurbs about them doing this to get some good vibes back after the arena tour they did for Songs of Innocence wasn't the resounding success that they hoped it would be.

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« Reply #329 on: May 27, 2017, 06:51:35 AM »
The Joshua Tree tour has begun (with a very safe and greatest hits-like set list).

Their appearance on Jimmy Kimmel the other night was cool (although Kimmel, while funny, is a terrible interviewer).

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« Reply #330 on: May 27, 2017, 09:36:07 AM »
The Joshua Tree tour has begun (with a very safe and greatest hits-like set list).

But they're still playing my favorite U2 song (Ultraviolet)

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« Reply #331 on: May 27, 2017, 10:28:00 PM »
That is also one of my favorites.  In a set of mostly "hits,' it's good to see they at least busted out one killer deep track.

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« Reply #332 on: May 30, 2017, 06:49:48 AM »
Ultraviolet is an amazing song; probably my favorite song on my second favorite U2 album. 

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« Reply #333 on: May 30, 2017, 07:45:33 AM »
Ultraviolet is amazing on the Rose Bowl DVD.

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« Reply #334 on: May 30, 2017, 05:33:58 PM »
Ultraviolet is an amazing song; probably my favorite song on my second favorite U2 album.

I think it's my favorite song on my favorite U2 album. :biggrin:

Yet still probably only my 3rd or 4th favorite U2 song (All I Want Is You will never be topped, and I think Bad is comfortably number 2 now).

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« Reply #335 on: May 30, 2017, 06:02:58 PM »
GREAT call on "All I Want Is You".  What an incredible vocal.

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« Reply #336 on: May 30, 2017, 06:10:21 PM »
The PopMart version is really good even though Bono's voice isn't the best on that tour.

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« Reply #337 on: May 30, 2017, 08:12:44 PM »
GREAT call on "All I Want Is You".  What an incredible vocal.

For sure.  Then again, everything about that song is incredible.  That outro is just out of this world.  :hefdaddy :hefdaddy

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« Reply #338 on: May 31, 2017, 03:51:12 PM »
Every time U2 say they're gonna release a quick follow up it takes at least 3 years :lol

It doesn't look like Songs of Experience will be out this year.

They labour over their music too much.

Even though they claim they record quickly - it's just the arrangements that take the longest.


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« Reply #339 on: May 31, 2017, 03:55:06 PM »
They joked about that blaming The Edge on Jimmy Kimmel's late night show.
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Re: U2 thread - v. Free Music!!!
« Reply #340 on: May 31, 2017, 03:57:33 PM »
Yes they're never satisfied.

They allegedly recorded backing vocals to a song whilst mastering the album... :lolpalm:


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« Reply #341 on: May 31, 2017, 04:17:38 PM »
 :lol

That's crazy!
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« Reply #342 on: May 31, 2017, 04:21:27 PM »
No Line On The Horizon was overcooked to the point of it losing all of it's flavour and was re-heated in the microwave and covered in spices to try and make up for it...

...but it just ended up an over produced stodgy bland stale mess.

Songs of Innocence was a lot more raw and was much more lively for it.

Also - crucially - No Eno or Lanois to compress the living shit out of it.

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« Reply #343 on: May 31, 2017, 04:23:49 PM »
I remember the delay for the Pop album and they already booked the tour so they had to release it.
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« Reply #344 on: May 31, 2017, 04:29:30 PM »
The finished songs on the Best of 1990 - 2000 compilation were all better versions.

No Line might be their worst album by a long way.

I loved Songs Of Innocence though.

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« Reply #345 on: May 31, 2017, 11:30:21 PM »
No Line On The Horizon >>> Songs Of Innocence

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« Reply #346 on: June 01, 2017, 02:44:20 AM »
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« Reply #347 on: June 01, 2017, 06:25:09 PM »
No Line On The Horizon >>> Songs Of Innocence

While I do not agree, No Line on the Horizon does have a soft spot in my heart because it was integral in me getting back into U2 in a big, big way (after being off of them for well over a decade).  That said, I never listen to anything from it anymore, largely because it sounds like a muffled mess.  Granted, Get On Your Boots would sound like trash no matter how well mastered it was, but Magnificent could have been a major U2 classic, if it had sounded better.

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« Reply #348 on: June 01, 2017, 06:56:12 PM »
No Line On The Horizon >>> Songs Of Innocence

While I do not agree, No Line on the Horizon does have a soft spot in my heart because it was integral in me getting back into U2 in a big, big way (after being off of them for well over a decade).  That said, I never listen to anything from it anymore, largely because it sounds like a muffled mess.  Granted, Get On Your Boots would sound like trash no matter how well mastered it was, but Magnificent could have been a major U2 classic, if it had sounded better.

I only say that because I love Magnificent, Breathe, the title track, and White As Snow more than anything off of SoI

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« Reply #349 on: June 02, 2017, 10:36:16 AM »
From No Line On The Horizon I really like the title track and Magnificent. i loved the album initially then it got old real fast.

Everything else is just MEH for me.

Whereas I loved every song on Songs Of Innocence and still do to this day.

Plus Songs of Innocence just sounds better. U2 have said that Eno "hates distortion" - which is probably why on " When I look At The World " -

- you can barely hear it as it's way in the back and panned hard to one side.... ::)

Why not get a ROCK producer ?

Apparently Rick Rubin told them they always cover up weak songs with fancy chords and electronic sounds - and that made them start Songs Of Innocence over.



I agree with him. They always have that one song on the album which is just dull - and smothered in window dressing so you don't notice it has no tune.