Rain


I liked Joshua Tree, but I still felt that they were holding back. There something "clumsy" about it. But that's just my tastes. Still, it has a warm spot in my heart.
  

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I don't know, tree like a tree...

We also have to remember that many of those legendary bands weren't necessarily the greatest musicians in their own time either. 

well, in 70ties far more members of the bands were actually a very good musicians or even virtuoso on theirs instruments then today...




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i hate this forum software...

Bill Bailey - U2 Technical Failure

Glyn Barnes


Bill Bailey - U2 Technical Failure

LOL exactly! 

 
You too?

Eh, the Cure is ok...  I've only got 23 of their albums and a couple of DVD's (The Cure: Trilogy is HOT!).

In response to the OP, you only have to ask "What's the deal with the Kardashians being so appreciated?"

The masses are weird.

I agree with most of your assessments on U2. I like them, BUT I know people that plan their vacations around U2 tours so they can travel from California to see a show in Europe. I can hardly see myself standing in line for tickets--let alone planning a vacation to see one of their shows. I do think that they're like a folk singers for their generation. Maybe that's the attraction.

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Glyn Barnes


Bill Bailey - U2 Technical Failure

LOL exactly! 

Yes, like all good comedy its based on an element of truth , but to be fair I do like a lot of U2's stuff, I have bought some of it. The Edge's style is effective and musical, he is not Hendrix, Clapton, Santana, Blackmore, Howe, Gilmore, Thompson, SRV or McLaughlin but he does not try to be.
 
I don't put them up there with my greats, but they are massively popular, long lived and have often stood out from their contemporaries.

I think that U2 showed what some of us already know. You don't have to have really great musicians (virtuosos) in your band to be a good band. All you have to have is some who will stick it out for the long run and work hard.

i never liked U2. 

julibee


I take serious exception to that.  

I am a child of the 80s, after all.

I absolutely hate Led Zeppelin.

Oh yeah????  Well I don't like Dylan!  So there!