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Always liked them
Jun 24, 2020, 7:29 PM
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Especially in late 90s - early00s
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We had tickets to go see them with ...........
Jun 24, 2020, 7:32 PM
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STERLING® in Atlanta and bailed.
Glad I did because I would have missed 63 to 17.
#priorities
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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Joshua Tree and before for me...
Jun 24, 2020, 7:31 PM
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Before Bono became completely self-absorbed. I know I’m pushing it.
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You have a point. He is an observant and insightful person,
Jun 24, 2020, 11:26 PM
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but he loves his platform, no question about it.
On the other hand, where many celebs are thoughtlessly political, he at least chooses his positions for the right reasons.
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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I actually agree with him for the most part***
Jun 25, 2020, 12:22 AM
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Re: I'm thinking most of you hate ..........
Jun 24, 2020, 7:34 PM
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My first concert as far as going just for that. 1985. 12 years old. Under the Blood Red Sky U2. Red Hot Chili Peppers opened. I didnt appreciate the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the time. Too young. Anyway, my old sister took me. U2 was great. They are great live.
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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Saw them in Tampa when I was in college...
Jun 24, 2020, 7:36 PM
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Very good
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Re: Carl, you gonna backtrack on Kung Flu?***
Jun 24, 2020, 7:58 PM
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What's there to backtrack on? What am I missing?
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I hate U2, they are like a Journey remake
Jun 24, 2020, 7:54 PM
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better than Abba or Tiny Tim I suppose.
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That is four totally different musical styles...
Jun 24, 2020, 8:00 PM
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U2 and Journey aren’t even comparable.
And the ABBA and Tiny Tim?
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Re: That is four totally different musical styles...
Jun 24, 2020, 8:01 PM
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Who do you like better?
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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Well, not ABBA or Tiny Tim....
Jun 24, 2020, 8:04 PM
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I like U2’s and Journey’s older stuff better.
Of the two, I’m more of a Journey fan.
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Obed® would drive across the country to see U2.
Jun 24, 2020, 8:30 PM
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And I’d go with him if he would take me. Maybe.
I’m pretty sure he at least drove a good distance north to see them.
Obed®
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Let's do it. And yep, good memory,
Jun 24, 2020, 7:45 PM
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took my son to see his first "real" concert at the U2 Joshua Tree show in Chicago in 2017. Field tickets at Soldier field, we ended up about 10 people away from the stage. Amazing experience.
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Hate is such a strong word
Jun 24, 2020, 8:46 PM
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but, no, not anywhere on my playlists.
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OK Neil Diamond for you then. ;) ******
Jun 24, 2020, 8:50 PM
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Re: OK Neil Diamond for you then. ;) ******
Jun 24, 2020, 8:53 PM
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Unless you have an iPhone and never deleted
Jun 25, 2020, 7:48 AM
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The album they forced on you
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Re: I'm thinking most of you hate ..........
Jun 24, 2020, 9:34 PM
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Eric Clapton < Bruce Springsteen < Beatles < U2
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That’s one thing I admire about you.
Jun 24, 2020, 10:59 PM
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You take your wrongness and proudly wear it like a pair of new assless chaps at Burning Man.
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like others said, their early stuff is great
Jun 24, 2020, 9:37 PM
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they became victims of their own success and went down the pop sewer IMO. Like many other bands have. Joshua Tree was peak U2.
about the only U2 song I'll stop the radio station scan and listen to nowadays.....most others are just played out for me.
https://youtu.be/ytRekLUX3GE
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Funny you picked that one.....I’d put the B side of the
Jun 24, 2020, 10:52 PM
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Joshua Tree down as good a cluster of songs as they’ve ever written, and far better than the more popular stuff on the a-side.
The Joshua tree 30th was cool because it was the first time they ever played RHMT live. Seems Bono even had trouble hitting those high notes consistently even back when he wrote it, so they just left it off set lists.
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that's a good tune***
Jun 24, 2020, 10:05 PM
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That’s pretty good but could be sooooo much
Jun 24, 2020, 11:15 PM
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Better if they’d souled it up. Get that bass good and muddy, slow the tempo about 10bpm, and throw in a few BB King-esque licks.
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Don't hate them. They're just meh. I lump them with REM
Jun 25, 2020, 7:39 AM
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Few good songs but otherwise overrated.
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I'm a big U2 fan...
Jun 25, 2020, 7:43 AM
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mainly the older stuff. I like Achtung Baby and earlier. I believe Joshua Tree is one of the best albums of all time.
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Like their music but they lost me with their politics***
Jun 25, 2020, 7:51 AM
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This always cracks me up. There is no way I want to mix
Jun 25, 2020, 8:30 AM
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politics with EVERYTHING in my life.
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Not only that, but with U2, if anything they...
Jun 25, 2020, 9:12 AM
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drifted more conservative from their early days. They were Irish radicals in the beginning.
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One of the great, edgy bands to rise out of the original
Jun 25, 2020, 7:58 AM
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punk/new wave movement. A solid rock and roll band with a punk ethos, they were set up to last beyond simply being a period piece. Like most bands that reach great heights of fame and mass appeal, they definitely had their self-indulgent periods that didn't move me near as much, but overall a fantastic body of work. I can't say they moved me near as much after Rattle & Hum (a career pinnacle in my opinion) and the albums got a little more hit and miss for me personally. Boy, October, and War were staples of my Clemson years...I really need to go back and groove on those early gems again.
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