You and your friend don't like this band? Well U2 don't know what you're missing!
The lead singer is so cute he gives me an instant Bono in my pants. His voice used to be great, but its his political activism and passion and intensity that give him The Edge over most other vocalists. I'm currently Mullen over whether I'm going to one of his shows soon. Maybe I'll meet him backstage, but he probably won't know me from Adam. When I tell him I'm gonna be as famous as him, he'll be Dublin over with laughter. When I tell him I'm gonna be more poltically influential than him even if it kills me, I'm sure it will ring his alarm Bell...fast. Anyway I Shannon be talking like this. I'm still a struggling musician for ire...land a record contract is the first item on my to-do list.
U2.
One of the greatest bands of all time - and they covered the entire range - from doing patriotic (crap) stuff after 9/11, to doing brilliant passionate angry protest music in the early days. Which was their prime, for me.
And a lot of wonderful love songs and good rock and roll in between.
I guess the only negatives of U2 are that Bono probably smokes too much - or used to - and it caused him to lose that soaring voice that he had. Who knows - maybe he would have lost it even if he didn't smoke, but how stupid.
Love them, but I definitely don't think they are quite as intelligent as some people think. They stood up for the right things in terms of Ireland and independence and rebels (although this is not a rebel song!), but in terms of the whole world, while I really respect and appreciate their peaceful approach, I also think they are a little bit biased and don't even realize it.
The early stuff will always be my favourite and I'm not saying that to be a hipster, but just because songs like New Year's Day and Pride and The Unforgettable Fire and Sunday Bloody Sunday sound better than anything they released later. And the energy, and the heart.
The Joshua Tree was the beginning of the commercialism although it still sounded good and Bullet The Blue Sky was a brilliant political song, and Where The Streets Have No Name sounded soaring.
After that they never reached those dizzy heights again. But have maintained their success and popularity throughout the years and that is a massive testament to their musical talent and their originality and their drive and their passion.
So I love them, and I love U2. read more