The U2 Thread

<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The U2 line was not bad. Plus The Bangles:

I wish it was Sunday

That's my fun day

My I-don't-have-to-run day

That is not bad lyrics, that is good pop lyrics written by Prince. Whoever wrote this article wishes he had U2 or Prince level talent. just another hater</div>
U2 level talent? Please...

 

Haha!

 

<div class="quote_poster">Sasha Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">U2 level talent? Please...</div>

obviously you're not a musician then....
anyone who has tried to write or make music will realize that u2 are a uniquely talented group.
just ask R.E.M., Run DMC, the O'Jays, Axl Rose, Springsteen, Radiohead, Coldplay, Oasis or countless other people that rate them highly.
just cause you don't like them doesn't mean they aren't super-talented.
I don't like the Beatles, but i'm not going to say they're not talented.

you must be one of those guys that think it's easy to write a hit song. it's not...most of the bands you see around that are cool cause only a few people like thing are dying to figure out how to write a song like U2

 

I'm a musciain. U2's old work was unique. I loved it. Any of that new stuff they have goin' is laughable at best. How about the lyrics to Vertigo? That just stunned me.

 

<div class="quote_poster">M Two One Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm a musciain. U2's old work was unique, but any of that new stuff they have goin' is laughable at best. How about the lyrics to Vertigo? That just stunned me.</div>

laughable at best??
yes, those lyrics suck, Bono is an inconsistent lyricist i admit.
but listen to Crumbs From Your Table and tell me that's not a well crafted song. anyway why judge them on their last album or two? Achtung Baby, Joshua Tree, War, unforgettable fire, even Zooropa are all amazing works.

PS I think you posted the band Dredg and I checked them out. Thanks for the tip, i really like their stuff. however, guess which Irish band they owe a huge debt to?

 

<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">obviously you're not a musician then....
anyone who has tried to write or make music will realize that u2 are a uniquely talented group.
just ask R.E.M., Run DMC, the O'Jays, Axl Rose, Springsteen, Radiohead, Coldplay, Oasis or countless other people that rate them highly.
just cause you don't like them doesn't mean they aren't super-talented.
I don't like the Beatles, but i'm not going to say they're not talented.

you must be one of those guys that think it's easy to write a hit song. it's not...most of the bands you see around that are cool cause only a few people like thing are dying to figure out how to write a song like U2</div>
Technically, they're not a very diverse group. Their sound is pretty boring most of the time. Bono of course being the lowpoint, but the drummer is atrocious as well. I can stomach Joshua Tree to some point, but then it just gets repetitive and boring with their catalogue, especially their last few efforts.

BTW, since when did Oasis and Axl Rose start to matter when discussing music?

 

<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">laughable at best??
yes, those lyrics suck, Bono is an inconsistent lyricist i admit.
but listen to Crumbs From Your Table and tell me that's not a well crafted song. anyway why judge them on their last album or two? Achtung Baby, Joshua Tree, War, unforgettable fire, even Zooropa are all amazing works.

PS I think you posted the band Dredg and I checked them out. Thanks for the tip, i really like their stuff. however, guess which Irish band they owe a huge debt to?</div>

You don't even know anything of Dredg, so don't act as such. Most of their influences are artists that paint, not write music. Such as Salvador Dal? who they created an entire album after, one entire track of which is off of a single painting from the man. Also so you know they used to be a metal band before Leitmotif. Most of their musical influences came from their previous genre which they basically ditched. They don't owe anything to U2.

Also re-read this - "U2's old work was unique. I loved it."

I own most of their albums including the B-Sides so I don't know why you're even getting upset.

Chill out and enjoy the music.

 

Haha, yeah how does a post-rock/progressive/metal act have any debt to U2? Dredg writes technically complex music, stunning lyrics, while U2 does nothing like that.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Sasha Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Haha, yeah how does a post-rock/progressive/metal act have any debt to U2? Dredg writes technically complex music, stunning lyrics, while U2 does nothing like that.</div>

Bono was never great at lyrics, but their old stuff was influencial to many other artists. Can't hate on "Sunday, Bloody, Sunday," bro!

 

I never thought he was anything special. The only song I truly like form them is Miss Sarajevo; because one, it's about my hometown, and two, Pavarotti sings with him on it and Pavarotti is just that...Pavarotti.

Dici che il fiume
Trova la via al mare
E come il fiume
Giungerai a me
Oltre i confini
E le terre assetate
Dici che come fiume
Come fiume...
L'amore giunger?
L'amore...
E non so pi? pregare
E nell'amore non so pi? sperare
E quell'amore non so pi? aspettare

AAAAH!

 

I also liked "Love Is Blindness," but Venus' cover is better. lol

BTW, you ever heard much of that band? I'm sure you'd love them.

 

<div class="quote_poster">M Two One Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You don't even know anything of Dredg, so don't act as such. Most of their influences are artists that paint, not write music. Such as Salvador Dal? who they created an entire album after, one entire track of which is off of a single painting from the man. Also so you know they used to be a metal band before Leitmotif. Most of their musical influences came from their previous genre which they basically ditched. They don't owe anything to U2.

Also re-read this - "U2's old work was unique. I loved it."

I own most of their albums including the B-Sides so I don't know why you're even getting upset.

Chill out and enjoy the music. </div>
I bought the dredg album and i've listened to it a few times, that is enough to tell me that they have a lot of influences, but to me the singer sounds quite similar to Bono and the guitar player sounds like the Edge. check out the guitar on matroshka or the song to ode to the sun - TOTAL u2. but they're a very strong band and they have their own sound. and yes i am enjoying the music.

 

By buying one album, that does not tell you the bulk of what a band is about. Dredg owes no thanks to U2. U2 and Dredg have completely different styles.

How can you place such a ridiculous and untrue statement onto them? They get nothing from U2.

http://www.myspace.com/dredg


Invalid Video Link

The sound, the style, the lyric style, it is ALL different. If you were comparing The Backstreet Boys and Nsync, then you'd have a case.

You should know a band before you go off and make assumptions about their influences. Not good.

This is U2.

Invalid Video Link

None of Dredg's lyrics have or ever will sound like that. Come on now.

 

Quote of the year here for me, "guitar player sounds like the Edge." Edge doesn't even have the same playing style as Mark. When Edge uses hypnotic guitar samples let me know. Take a listen to their live album "Live At The Fillmore" and older studio albums and you will have an entirely different opinion. Trust me.

Here, check this for starters.

Take a listen to Leitmotif and El Cielo. Most dredg fans are hoping the next album coming up will make up for Catch Without Arms. Not to be rude anyway, man.

 

<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> funny. everytime i mention U2, not even trying to start a musical debate, i'm guaranteed at least 3 posts talking about how u2 are garbage. but if you say so. </div>

Yeah, well that's BS I agree. You don't see me bashing them though, do you?

I'll be sure to cut on any band bashing on here since I am a TL now. No worries.

 

<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">funny. everytime i mention U2, not even trying to start a musical debate, i'm guaranteed at least 3 posts talking about how u2 are garbage. but if you say so.</div>

"about music. phun's opinion is just as valid btw."

Where Dredg got their influence is not an opinion type deal. It is a fact thing, and the fact is, they have no influences from U2.

"funny. everytime i mention U2, not even trying to start a musical debate, i'm guaranteed at least 3 posts talking about how u2 are garbage. but if you say so."

We said Dredg and U2 sound nothing alike, we did not say U2 was garbage...but "Vertigo" is a garbage U2 song. It makes no damn sense.

 

Yeah, I don't like Vertigo either. I was really stunned when I heard it the first time. Same how I was with Dredg's tracks Zebraskin and Matroshka. Actually more like really saddened.

Meh, oh well.

<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Listing the 20 worst lyrics will always be harder than listing the 20 best. There's just so much crap out there. Nice find, M.</div>

Yeah I agree. Some of them were hilarious though. Like the line from REM.

 

Since this has been a recurring theme in this forum, I just went ahead and split it into another topic.

 

I loved U2 from the beginning to now, I still love some of the new stuff.