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Posted: 1/27/2014 10:50:34 PM EDT
I was driving home earlier from work and one of the radio stations was playing one of their newer songs (From the last album I think....)

What the hell happened to this band?

 
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:52:04 PM EDT
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Their heads disappeared completely up their own asses. It happens*.

*see Metallica, Van Halen, et al.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:52:21 PM EDT
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Now? They've always kind of sucked.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:52:25 PM EDT
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What if they've always sucked and it's just that your taste in music sucked the same way?
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:53:06 PM EDT
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shortly after the joshua tree album came out, bono swallowed a bad load and went full retard.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:53:28 PM EDT
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Blasphemy!



 
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:56:42 PM EDT
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LoL U2 lol
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:58:04 PM EDT
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Sadly, unlike Francis Gary Powers, they have yet to be shot down.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:58:46 PM EDT
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Bono's doing a pretty good job of that himself.

 
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:59:15 PM EDT
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Two decent songs in, what? 30 years?

Yeah, they've always sucked.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:59:48 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/27/2014 10:59:48 PM EDT
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I think they decided to go full suck when they were partially through writing Joshua Tree.

 
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:00:04 PM EDT
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I agree, OP.  I like a bit of older U2 -- hell, even up to about 15 years ago.  Everything since then has been shit.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:00:21 PM EDT
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Oops, left the selector all the way back.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:03:38 PM EDT
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I disagree. What's happened at least until the last couple albums was they became a singles band. Achtung Baby was a great album, Zooropa had a couple good songs but was forgettable, POP....Same thing. The album they put out in 2000 was ok but it was better live (Saw them twice in 2001) The album that came out after that was generic U2 at best and researching the most recent album they put out

 






Also you see the crowds that go to see em now they want a greatest hits set.

 
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:07:07 PM EDT
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They got tarded right after The Unforgettable Fire.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:07:34 PM EDT
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....Wait...When did U2 NOT suck??
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:07:53 PM EDT
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Two decent songs in, what? 30 years?

Yeah, they've always sucked.
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In The Name Of Love

New Year's Day

annnnd, that's about it...


The Edge is the worst guitar "player" EVER!
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:09:52 PM EDT
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In The Name Of Love

New Year's Day

annnnd, that's about it...


The Edge is the worst guitar "player" EVER!
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Two decent songs in, what? 30 years?

Yeah, they've always sucked.
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In The Name Of Love

New Year's Day

annnnd, that's about it...


The Edge is the worst guitar "player" EVER!


FIFY
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:13:24 PM EDT
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Self righteousness.

To be fair, Bono advocates capitalism as the best way to lift developing countries out of poverty.  He's got one redeeming notion.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:16:20 PM EDT
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But surely we can all agree that "The Edge" fucking sucks, yes?
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:17:38 PM EDT
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Do you play guitar?
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:19:04 PM EDT
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Not really



a slug should grasp that..........................................





Fuck bono and fuck u2
 
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:21:32 PM EDT
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But surely we can all agree that "The Edge" fucking sucks, yes?

Do you play guitar?


I try, and I suck too... LOL

But even "The Edge" admits he can't read notation and just strums. I kind of admire him for getting as far as he has.

Nevertheless. He sucks.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:24:09 PM EDT
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I try, and I suck too... LOL

But even "The Edge" admits he can't read notation and just strums. I kind of admire him for getting as far as he has.

Nevertheless. He sucks.
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But surely we can all agree that "The Edge" fucking sucks, yes?

Do you play guitar?


I try, and I suck too... LOL

But even "The Edge" admits he can't read notation and just strums. I kind of admire him for getting as far as he has.

Nevertheless. He sucks.

Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:25:31 PM EDT
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Can anyone post a kick-ass solo from "The Edge"?

'Cause I'd like to hear it.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:26:42 PM EDT
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Try the one from 'Til the end of the World.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:28:22 PM EDT
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Pretty sure Bono's head was always up his own ass.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:28:59 PM EDT
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You grew up and angsty, whiny, potato eating lyrics just don't  do it for you any more?

U2 has always sucked.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:31:52 PM EDT
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U2 is like forrest gump....FUCKING SUCKS!!

ok to be fair edge is a bitch... bono is a huge bitch... it is like the rest of the band does not exist..

Honestly nothing worth a fuck after Joshua Tree and even then the majority of the shit is just shit.

I remember looking at a musican co worker and asking how the shit like U2 was possible when the edge could barely fucking play.
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:33:35 PM EDT
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Try the one from 'Til the end of the World.
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Can anyone post a kick-ass solo from "The Edge"?

'Cause I'd like to hear it.

Try the one from 'Til the end of the World.


Mostly strumming and hardly anything I'd call kick-ass...

Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:35:27 PM EDT
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Mostly strumming and hardly anything I'd call kick-ass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vHoj-PBGzs
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Can anyone post a kick-ass solo from "The Edge"?

'Cause I'd like to hear it.

Try the one from 'Til the end of the World.


Mostly strumming and hardly anything I'd call kick-ass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vHoj-PBGzs

Okay mr Ray Vaughan..  
Link Posted: 1/27/2014 11:37:10 PM EDT
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Can anyone post a kick-ass solo from "The Edge"?

'Cause I'd like to hear it.

Try the one from 'Til the end of the World.


Mostly strumming and hardly anything I'd call kick-ass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vHoj-PBGzs

Okay mr Ray Vaughan..  



This is what it is, but I've never heard "The Edge" rip a solo like this.....

Link Posted: 1/28/2014 12:05:07 AM EDT
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you mean they havent always sucked?

Link Posted: 1/28/2014 12:41:10 AM EDT
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Could "The Edge" even play this?

I don't think he could...

Link Posted: 1/28/2014 12:41:45 AM EDT
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in bizarro world bono sings in metallica
Link Posted: 1/28/2014 12:45:06 AM EDT
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I wasn't aware they ever didn't suck.
Link Posted: 1/28/2014 12:52:18 AM EDT
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As usual, FPNI
Link Posted: 1/28/2014 12:54:31 AM EDT
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My bet would be that he can play that no problem.



 
Link Posted: 1/28/2014 12:58:56 AM EDT
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They have always sucked, you’re just out growing their crappy music.
Link Posted: 1/28/2014 1:03:10 AM EDT
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My bet would be that he can play that no problem.
 
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My bet would be that he can play that no problem.
 


came here to post this..
Link Posted: 1/28/2014 1:13:36 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/28/2014 1:16:05 AM EDT
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They would have to have been good at one point to start sucking now.  Since they never were good, they can't start sucking now.
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This
Link Posted: 1/28/2014 1:22:48 AM EDT
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came here to post this..


Could anyone not play that?


Link Posted: 1/28/2014 2:03:30 AM EDT
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even though almost every song sounds like "bugabugabugabugabugabugabugabugabugabuga--bugabugabugabugabugabugabugabugabuga
there are a few I like.
Link Posted: 1/28/2014 2:26:06 AM EDT
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He has a distinctive sound, either you like it or you don't.  There's only so much you can do with it.  I like everthing on their first couple albums (Boy through UFF).  Joshua Tree is almost all good as is Actung Baby, after that they got spotty.

Nowadays, they're Generation X's Rolling Stones, i.e., have engaged in unintentional self parody and should have quit decades ago.
Link Posted: 1/28/2014 3:31:24 AM EDT
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They always sucked.
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