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you and peaceful chaos are not going to find a date here, and neither will bukowski.

methinks you doth protesteth too much pnw….WAY TOO MUCH! and besides, ALL vancouverites are exactly stereotypes. vancouver is full of wankers…and you are one of them.

hey bukowski! wanker!

hey ‘v’…you may not be a guy but your are certainly NOT a woman. you are simply a vancouverite ‘type’ (brrrrrr…and that is scary!).

los vi con el atasco de la perla el pasado mes de diciembre. era el acontecimiento más grande honolulu del concierto ha tenido siempre. vacaciones perfectas.

Is that you?

In your own words (metallica post):
“When a guy starts a fight with me, I don’t back down; I have to win. I treat women differently because I have far more respect for them than men, okay?”

Let’s just leave it at that; you don’t have to “win” (I’m not a guy).
peace.
-v

Is that you?

In your own words (metallica post):
“When a guy starts a fight with me, I don’t back down; I have to win. I treat women differently because I have far more respect for them than men, okay?”

Let’s just leave it at that; you don’t have to “win” (I’m not a guy).
peace.
-v

hey! what gives Dear PeacefulChaos? whats with the bad press from you? if you ever come to vancouver man, if you do, i’ll give you a good spanking…mmm…mmm…mmm…t hen we can do the davie stroll together.

…and you pnw are spotted all the time doing the davie stroll…mmm…also something not out of the norm for a ‘vancouverite’.

the davie stroll? lost me on that one. musicians & actors are spotted in vancouver all the time - not out of the norm.

Couldn’t get tickets to see U2 the last time they were in Van - sold out in minutes…but did see them last year in Hawaii (last date of their tour).

I like Vancouver so much because I am an original Vancouverite. Home turf. Yes, I know that Marty is from Burnaby.

and by the way “dear mullins the innocent”, marty mcfly (aka m.j. fox) is from burnaby, next door to vancouver. but at least he never did the davie stroll…like U2 and sgtpepper.

hey there, “dear mullins the innocent”, why do you like vancouver so much? is it because U2 were doing the davie stroll the other night with sgtpepper?

memo @ yoko. understood.
kquotes r good advice 4 artists.
~ peace from van ~

vancouverites are among the coolest in the world. just ask marty mcfly.

Come off it sgtpepper, this is you writing about yourself. You accuse me2 of doing this but you have been doing it all along. Its getting to the point on this site that no one is who they label themself as. You are all bogus but sgtpepper is the biggest bogess out of all us bogi! I dont even know who I am anymore.

what happened to sgtpepper? is this the same sgtpepper that was posting at the end of last night? I don’t see how it is possible to go from being clearly redundant(but annoyingly insignificant and certainly uninsightful) including the written version of verbal diahrea and diatribes and insults to fingering the sweet spot, panty-dropping and every other form of shallow feminism? I demand to know who is posing for the now (in the original’s own words) “completely unoriginal and boring and menopausal sgtpepper?”

la la la, we’re the green berets,
la la la, give us 3 hurrays,
we live and die for the USA,
We do whatever President Bush do say,

what a hoot! that is a great poem! it is so fresh…so innocent. it may not be art, but i like it!

love is like a flower,
growing in a trash can,
smelling stinky by the hour,
like the jockstarp of a man,
but it also smells just like…
…the postings on this site,
like vancouver city and its dykes,
and posters who are loafer light,
as i said, ‘love is like a flower’,
not like a weed thats called U2,
they have lost all of their power,
and their fans just go ‘boo hoo’,

i know i am but what about you? and of course, u2.

Traitors!
I thought we were friends! I thought we were bum buddies (especially those of you from Vancouver)! I thought…I thought…I thought…oh to heck with all of you! You are all as bad as U2…nothing left in the cupboard!

leave if you want but I for one am hanging in. I am hanging in just like U2 has for many, many years. Like them, I have nothing of any worth to contribute but I am hanging in. And my reason is simple, I have nothing else to do.

I am also out of here.

I just want to confirm that I did in fact write that last posting.

I have nothing more to write. Not that I ever had anything to write but even that pitiful amount is now toast, as in, Star Trek toast…much like my life. Without being able to post on this site I have nothing else at all interesting in my life or worth getting up each day for. In this respect, I am like sgtpepper.

si vou plais…poulet! That is what all of you are, ‘POULET!’

Its not the first time I have ‘lay down’ but I will not lay down here and let people insult U2. No way! Like, NO WAY! I really mean it, NO WAY!. There, I said it.

I want to say this. I am abivilent towards U2 but not so towards the Stones live.

I feeeeeeeel good!
Do, do do loolooloolood!
Just like I knew that I would now.
I feeeeeeeel good!
Do, do do loolooloolood!
So good!
So good!
Do do do do do!
Aghhhhhhhhhhhh!

I know how you feel sgtpepper, really, I do. I squealed like a pig once and i enjoyed it. I went, “Weeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeeeeeee, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, all the way home!”

Ha ha ha!
Now you are sqeeeeeeeeling like a pig sgtpepper! I have completed your ‘deliverence’.

I am beginning to see the light on this site. I have been misled by posters I thought were friends. Maybe me2 is the only true friend and poster on this site after all.

I forgot to add that for all star trek fans the most important question in the solar system is “How close is ‘Uranus’ to ‘Mars’?” The answer is, “The shortest distance between myself, alan.mullins and sgtpepper.” The other almost as equally important question is, “How many Klingons around ‘Uranus’ is there?” And the answer is, “The total number of postings combined of sgtpepper and alan.mullins with that number being identified as actual, genuine, bona fide ‘Klingons’.

Ummm… I didn’t post this last comment(obviously if you read my other posts). The Star Trek convention must be over. Hey– you’re mom is calling you to take out the trash! God speed my good man! Enjoy what I imagine your life must be like!

Come off it sgtpepper. Whats with the love you have for me2? I thought you had at least one brain cell but now I see you are just like the rest. Its you that needs to get a life!

i agree completely with you alan.mullins. how observant you are.

right on sgtpepper. what a loser that me2 is. even though the postings from me2 are from someone who knows the music business and what is good and what is rubbish, i still dont like me2. i guess i am saying i am jealous of someone who has so much talent. why does one person have so much talent and people like me, insignificant, sgtpepper, and other such losers have so little…in fact…none?

at last, postings that are back on track. no more me2. no more postings from me2 for a week now. maybe me2 has gone away. i hope so. i love U2 no matter what rubbish they bring out, i will buy it. i love bono.

come on now, i wants you to squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel like a pig!

before the sentence:
oh, i am really brave, i want to be brave and do my time. oh look at me, i am not afraid.
after the sentence:
hey, i’m not afraid of jail.
after the first 2 seconds in jail:
i want my mommy i want my daddy i want my teddy i want my lawyer i want whatever it takes to be domne to get me out of here…i am afraid. i want my u2 cd’s to listen to. wait…i’m not as bad off as all that…forget u2, if they cant help themselves then they sure as $%#@ cant help me!

(imagine a deep, gravely voice saying this), “arrrr, have ye ever been to sea billy boy?”
(imagine a whiny, squirming little voice that is high pitched), “No sir cap’n ‘oindgroinder, but oi beens blahn ashore a few toimes.”

i think i’m done with the hallway (wink wink, nudge nudge),
i think i’m done with the broom (wink wink, nudge nudge),
i think i’m done with the litchen table baby (wink wink, nudge nudge),
and oh yeah you know, i, i’ve been bad (real bad…crack crack…oh come now, i been badder than two cracks of the whip…crack crack crack crack crack, and crack! oh yeah, i deserved that),
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… i write good songs.

stayin’ up for days in a chelsea hotel writin’ sad eyed laddie of the lowlands for you,
me2, ohoh, me-ee-ee2, whatever made you wanna change your mind?

oh yeah, i remember, you are ALL losers who post here…even me2 (although, me2 is not as big a loser as the rest of you).

ever since i was a young boy, i have always tried to do the right thing, from soho down to brighton, i always used to sing, but i ‘aint seen nuthin like him. i dont know where i am going with this…do you?

U who?

hey…you cant do that!

you gotta do that, you gotta do that, yeah yeah! you gotta do that you gotta do that, yeah yeah. then you and me can be together etrnally, oh yeah. you gotta do that you gotta do that, yeah yeah.

yeah, yeah, yeah….i love you all, yeah, yeah, yeah.

i am so annoyed i could…i could…i…i…well…you just better watch it, all of you!

come off it! get serious with postings or take a hike! get off of here loser and chaos and peper and…and…and…just get off!

i know i am but what about you?

what absolute LOSERS you are, 99% of you! nothing to write about of any substance. say what you want about me2 but at least me2 is entertaining, and, me2 knows a lot. the rest of you collectively couldnt organize a barbeque in a slaughterhouse!

Yes, come back me2, keep creating your own fans club changing your name, keep wasting your time with your infantile humor, keep collecting plastic coins from our pockets and play with your friends to be an adult

I think me2 has been here– the writing patterns of some of the other posters who “proclaim his genius” have been very similar to his. Or, maybe me2 got kicked out of his parents basement and is without a computer. Or maybe there’s a Star Trek convention somewhere. I’d like to hear what bands me2 likes so I can trash on them.

now you’re even more bored.

since me2 stopped posting here all that’s left are posters who have the same traits as U2…no creativity…no imagination…no life…no self respect…no intellect…no humour…and ever so obvious ‘genatalia envy’ problem. Please…PLEASE…come back me2 and save us from losers with nothing else to do but try and have some semblence of a life by posting anonomously on this site because they live their pathetic lives vicariously through the likes of you me2. Such jealous, petty, losers. Brrrr…I feel dirty just writing about them. COME BACK AND SAVE UA ALL me2!

what happened to me2? is this the same me2 that was posting at the end of last week? I don’t see how it is possible to go from slightly clever(but annoyingly redundant and uninsightful) diatribes and insults to name-dropping, career-dropping and every other form of shallow braggartism? I demand to know who is posing for the now (in the original’s own words) “completely unoriginal” me2?

Now, Peps…just becuase U2 rocked in the 80 90…I often here the new gen..saying old u2…The old is good the new is good…more complex music…more diverse…dont go with popular opinion to judge the tunes…I think they have yet a come back album that every song is absolute old shcool with contempary new U2…They will be back strong with nothing but the good music that they come up with…al mullins…myrtle beach, sc

me2? himzero!

Let me laugh me2, keep dreaming that wasting your time in this web site means money to you, you worth nothing more than a what people think of you, in my case, just a reason to laugh at your candid ideas of life

You’re going to lose all your customers if you keep referring to them as losers.

do do do do do do do do do,
do do do do do do do do do,
well, little things you say and do,
make me want to be with you-oohoo,
rave-on, crazy feeling,
i know you got me reeling,

the money just keeps pouring in to my bank account from you losers that keep buying all the stuff i market including U2 stuff.

Job?
Or do you mean career, or perhaps livlihood or seasoned professional?

Do any of you people have jobs?

I’m Glad to them working with Daniel Lanois, Achtung Baby was their last great album.

U2 is an incredilble band, but their musical accomplishments were in the 80’s….They have not sold nearly as many albums as the greatest bands of alltime that some TRY to compare them to, including VAN HALEN(soundscan look it up)They are not really a rock band they are a hybrid of a POP/ROCK band.To compare them to ELVIS, THE BEATTLES, and ZEPPLIN is laughable.whoever said VH is an oldies act doesn’t listen to much mainstream FM ROCK MUSIC because they are a staple of any credible rock station in the country. On the otherhand you are much more likely to hear U2 on your local POP STATION. For the record VAN HALEN’s last #1 release was ME WISE MAGIC in the late 90’s, and that hardly qualify’s as an OLDIES ACT.By the way they are adding a second show in many of the city’s on their tour, because the first date SOLDOUT in minutes, so put that in your bowl and smoke BITCHES!!!

Im not huge on U2’s post-Zooropa output but they were the band that changed the way I perceived music and how I reacted emotionally to it (Joshua Tree did it). Anyone who hasnt listened to October for a while I say put it on and be amazed at the way it has got better over the years after being pretty good anyway.
BTW how much of a cock is that me2 clown? Obsessive compulsive self-lovers are everywhere on blogs- I prefer to share my contempt of them to with the online community rather than engage the fools directly.

Me2, I won’t charge you for the reverse psychology lessons…it’s on me, because it’s the oldest trick in the book. Good luck with your advertising career. Sell, sell, sell!

Oh yeah, and thanks for being a good sport.

I don’t pay American taxes, but thank you for the free lessons. You were a good tool for my writing and marketing skills practice.

i’m bored…again. now i am going to answer the age old question that personkind has grappled with for a long time but to no avail relative to an answer, ‘how close is uranus to mars?’ the answer is…wait for it…it is the distance between the respective (not collective) brains of insignificant, mw, ir, dearme2, and their tongues. boom boom! and now that my research is completed into ‘manipulation and reaction’ on an internet site like this one, (in only two days….wow). i had budgetted for a much longer time and cost to achieve a measurable outcome but you folks here made it SO easy (pavlov would be proud). can you imagine the irony? YOU are paying ME through your taxes for my research this weekend into how easy it is to manipulate people. and you are also paying me my salary (commission and bonus and expenses etc) through your purchase price when you buy music and/or go to concerts that i market. I market the sale of them by using reverse psychology and manipulative marketing procedures…and you fall for it every time and fall over yourselves to spend your money…wow! it just does’nt get any easier to make a living than this. you guys are SO gullible. i can tell you this with complete confidence knowing you WONT change!

I am a non-existent figment of your imagination.
Are you ready Me2…on the count of 3…
1..2..3…..snap out of it! Gone!
Feel better now? It’s vanished…and out of your mind forever.

You are paying far too much attention to somebody so extremely insignificant. What a lot of talk about nothing.

is this ever an interesting site and postings. i wonder however about just who this me2 poster is? they seem so well connected and knowledgeable about the entertainment industry and in particular the music industry. i guess living and working in LA gives an advantage as that is where all the action is these days. i do agree with the comments or rather, observations, me2 makes about U2. They used to be a good band…not great…but good. But unlike the great bands that were and are in and of themselves and their talent and originality, U2 is good as much because the rest of the bands are so mediocre, average, pretty pathetic even. And you know what? These bands know it but more importantly, they know that buyers these days will buy any old rubbish so long as it is packaged in shiny containers and promoted by smart marketing. In fact, its no longer about the quality of the music but in fact, it is ALL about marketing. Look no further than the reality and talent shows for evidence of this. They are full of wannabes…just like the artists of today and for some years past. And a perfect example of hype over subsyance these days and for quite a while is Rap. Rap is full of wannabes and no-talent people who are in it for one reason…hype. Anyway, thats my piece for what it is worth.

for someone to admit…in a public forum like this…that they are insignificant is sad.

oh oh, how so sad,
ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah,

ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah,

oh oh how so sad,

see the sky with its eyes wide open soaking all the land,

rain is falling and ???

whoooooo is me2?

ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh,

whoooooo is me2?

ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh,

i bet you really wanna know,

i now sit in a room full of gold,

filled with grammy awards as well,

i got it all for being so bold

’cause in La i never kiss and tell,

WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO THE !@#$ IS ME2?

It’s not important. Let it go.

Why aren’t you ignoring me? I’m not important to talk to, really I’m not. It’s an insignificant argument which is going nowhere fast. I’m sure that you have much better things to do in Hollywood, like shopping, than wasting your time here.

whats with you people? just because me2 is right and is kick assing the lot of you does not give you the right to insult him. disagree with me2 but do it in the same manner that me2 disagrees with you, i.e., with aplomb (something that you people lack and something me2 is proving to have in abundance). yes, it is annoying when someone gets the better of you…every time…as is what is happening with me2. but hey…get over it…accept defeat, and join his club. it is obvious you are all followers and he is a leader, and as we all know, there can be only one (leader that is). me2 has proved his credentials for the job of leader time and again these past few days and you guys have proved your credentials as followers time and time and time and time and time again these past few days. accept it and move on. i for one acknowledge you as leader here and now me2. sheesh…that was’nt so hard.

…you ARE joking ‘dear peter g’? i hope so. because, if you are not then you have a problem.

temper temper dear me2…never a wise thing to lose. game set and match to me yet again dear me2.

You’re also a complete boring waste of time to talk to. I can’t be bothered. I hope you choke on the LA smog which your limo is contributing to.

Nobody gives a rat’s a&$ about your superficial diamonds. They are not a girl’s best friend.

Which is why me2 should NOT be offending U2 fans by calling them losers. The fans ARE U2’s customers.

…could’nt stay away, eh dear me2. you love being bested and being shown for what you truly are. you are so obviously pavlovian it is like taking candy from a baby. oh…if you are looking for something to do later, come over to my place and use my toothbrush to clean to dust off my diamonds (diamonds that i bought from money that losers like you gave me by buying product i promote). i love me…dont you?

me2 did the same for me several times. i tell you, any artist who has received the help of u2 has nothing but good to say about me2. having me2 onside is like having direct access to the bank vault…oops…the fans.

Oh, and by the way, if you really are a music artist, then I am YOUR client. You do as I say.

thank you me2. once agin you have gotten pre-sale interest in our product (in this case the upcoming u2 cd) bubbling nicely). you have done it successfully before on behalf of so many other artists and you are doing it again, also successfully, on behalf of u2. the losers who post on sites like this will buy the new u2 cd in droves. yes, you have earned your fee once again. way to go me2!

I hope that you drown in your superficial tears, loser. Yeah right, if you were a real music artist, you wouldn’t be wasting your time arguing with me.

i agree with me2.
as me2 puts it, it is, ‘game set and match to me2′.

dear me2,

honestly…is that the best you can do ‘dear me’? lowering oneself to simple insult, foul language, and the like but worse still…posting without either IQ or EQ…is is someone i pity. i pity you dear me2…oh indeed…i pity you, and such people as you. i now stand…alone…in the vacuum of what once was (you remember…why all this was started, i.e., u2 being empty husks of what they once were). i weep tears, enough tears to potentially wipe out the memory of the last many cd releases by u2 to the point where they are washed clean…clean enough to start afresh like a spring day seconds after the sun begins to take the moistness out of the early morning dew. oh yes dear me2 (and of course, ‘types’ like you), i cry for you like a wolf in the dark forest howling to the great wind for some slight release of the burden of being the best there is (oh yes…i know only too well the feeling, the burden, of such a unique creature…for i too am such a unique creature). you have my pity (and of course a ‘moon’ from me as i drive past you in my chauffeur driven, custom built, very expensive, gas guzzling vehicle, on my way to take truckloads of money for the service i provide to oh so many artists including u2). you posters are such small people.

Superficial winners, and arrogant a&&holes ARE the biggest LOSERS, you moron. Me2, Bukowski, whoever the fu@k you are, you are an arrogant prick.

You don’t know who I am, so take a hike, a&&hole. I won’t be back.

You don’t “get it”. And you never will. This is just a meaningless blog. Good luck to you.

oh! dear me…dear me. and again, ‘dear me’. tsk tsk tsk. is that any way for a loser to talk (oops…write)? everyone…everyone…loves a winner, or say they say (i have always wondered, ‘who are they?’). are you and the rest of the crowd (most of them anyway), a member of the great unwashed ‘they’? is yes, then be gracious…like i always am. if not, then let me gracious to you as you stew in your jealousy and other such joy removing emotions (its not good for you, you know), and say this to you et al, ‘it is great being me…i love you all’. and yes, i even love u2…i just dont think they have ‘it’ any more and havent had ‘it’ since the joshua tree.

Now you can shove your useless trophy up your butt.

again, i win. i always do.

And so, as a final parting word to all you egotistical, arrogant jerks, I am a self-proclaimed “NOBODY” with absolutely zero talent. Never had any talent, and never will. I am boring, understated, unworthy of recognition, and I expect to be IGNORED.

Those who are really truly “great” don’t self-proclaim themselves as being great. You’ve got some seriously over-inflated ego issues.

me2, what’s YOUR excuse for posting here all the time? I’ve been working for about 20 years. Don’t worry, I’ll be out of these posts soon enough…you guys can continue wasting your time here getting on eachother’s nerves, for all I care.

me2,
To answer your question, no excuses. I’ve just been taking a meaningless temporary break from the outside world to re-evaluate.

I’ll take that as a compliment…U2 doesn’t need your pity, and neither do I. Don’t go out of your way to do me any favors.

it may not be art, but i like it.

u2 may release cd’s but it ‘aint music!

so this is where you have been freekin hiding the past few days me2…eh? i am really ticked off at you! you promised to help tune my organ for the fundraising show i am doing at your request on behalf of the ‘pathetic posters club’ of the world. did you forget? and i understand you had a party last night and did not invite me,,,why? if you want the bitch back you better get the rocket man straightened out again or else bennie will flame you with his jets!

i have legit reasons for posting here often…i am a high achiever, multiple tasker, extremely prolific, well read, funny as in tasteful, and, i am extremely talented (unlike u2). and, my life is full. plus, i only critique, i never criticize. whats your reas…oops…excuse for posting so often mw?

i agree

…actually, it is obvious you have NO life outside of these postings or sites mw. seriously, you have my pity. and of course…so does bono and u2.

…and once again the pavlov principle holds true. now then…what else can i easily get mw to do? let me see…oh yes…here goes.

What a kiss-a$$ you are.
How pathetic.

Now I’d like to offer a critique to both “…the Great” and to “me2″. You are BOTH boring. You ramble on for eternity to try and prove a point which can be stated in a few sentences or less. You are both “redundant”. It’s useless drivel which goes nowhere.

…and if that’s you, Bukowski, all the writing and so-called poetry that you’re leaving behind all over this web site is BORING AS HELL.

…and tutu, your poetry really sucks. WTF is that?

I’m not stupid enough to post any exciting and creative ideas of my own all over publicly viewed BLOGS. So think of me as boring here…outside it’s a different life and a different world.

the grammy awards did’nt think that ATYCLB was boring. However, I think you are boring mw.

the runaway train came roaring down and it blew,
the runaway train that used to be called u2,
the runaway train came roaring down,
lost its steam and began to drown,
and never again blew, blew, blew, blew hoo hoo hoo.

“All That You Can’t Leave Behind” was BORING!

I did not give Courtney permission to use my name. But I do agree with her about U2. And I have a comment about them of my own…’yawn’.

I watched myself last night on cable in the Pam Anderson Roast…was I wild or what? And Tommy Lee? Grrrrrrr…meow…ruff ruff ruff…ah ah ah ahhhhh…awooooooooooooooo! Like I said, I have met Bono and he is BORING! He is all pompous, self righteous, and just plain not interesting. We talked about the next cd and it was like, ‘gag’! He asked if Hole would open for U2 but Hole needs more than U2 to open Hole I told him. He hummed a few tracks from the cd and like…BORING!

oi be wunderin sur bout thon u2 fellers. oi haves to agrees…they lost it. begorrah!

I heard about this site at a party in LA last night and after reading the postings I have to agree…some of them ROCK! I have to agree also that creativity ‘dont come easy’. But I hope that posters like me2 dont back off boogaloo to anyone!

I’m sorry to say but Schools been Out for far too long. The good old days are gone and they ‘aint coming back.

WOW! This site rocks! Where the heck do get posters like Dorothy, me2, Peter G., and the like from? I dont know what this is site is doing to attract such great posters but keep it up! I for one will be reading here often and telling all my friends ‘In the Neighbourhood’ and Village to do the same. Rock on!

i think me2 is more concerned than informed. i think me2 is more for U2 than not. i think me2 is the most wonderful thing to happen to this site than the rest of you put toegther! there…i wrote! and, i have wanted to write it for a while. i have wanted to remove all my ribbons and braids and let my hair blow free in the wind! i have wanted to strip au natural and go streaking free through the corporate head office of sony records and say ‘hey…this is not a dress i am wearing that needs ironing, it is me, the real me, the way i am, and i am not ashamed or embarrased!’ i have wanted so much to take a blank canvas and gallons and gallons (or litres) of water based paint in many colours and use my natural body as the brush to create exciting, stunning, wonderful, thought provoking, emotionally inviting works of art and in so doing, reinvigorate a world long since lost in the grief of pablos passing! there! i said it…hmph!

Why is that most people…posters…are so insecure that whenever anyone either disagrees with anything posted or offers a point of view and/or opinion that requires a semblence of reflection and in so doing a challenge to retort in a likewise manner, that instead, they write drivel like, “…why are some people so negative…?” Most people who post on sites like like (not all…but certainly most) are geldings (regardless of gender…they are geldings). And in so being, reflect exactly the core essence of what it is they defend…attempt…to defend, i.e., lifeless creativity that has long since lost the spark to create if in fact it ever had any spark. This is exactly the point that the poster of recent days, ‘me2′ has been making and in doing so is proving his point[s] and also the main point i.e.’ that U2 and many such artists (and I use the word ‘artist’ sparingly here) have literally lost ‘it’. Fair enough…disagree with him…that i believe is what he/she wants, at least, as a starting point. But go further, beyond your comfort zone and in particular with those artist you naively defend, and try to be more than what you have become and in doing so, do what the artists you defend have not become, i.e., more of anything anymore. go for it me2! It is thoroughly refreshing to see a stallion among the geldings; refreshing, just like a breath of fresh air that for a brief moment the likes of U2 once was with one album (joshua tree) and maybe a second album (all that you cant leave behind) but as for the rest…BORING!

Peter, I guess that would depend on genes and DNA (I have friends who look almost exactly the same as they did 15-20 years ago, who have not aged). But if you are not referring to physical changes, I agree that career and attitudes evolve over time.

U2 put on a great live show. And if you like the band, the show will be one of the most fun nights of your life. Of course they aren’t producing Achtung Baby now. Some say that was their greatest album, and I agree it was great. But no good band, artist, or creative person is still doing what they did in 1991! Think about it, are you doing the same job, in the same company, in the same place as 1991? And if you are you have likely grown and changed a lot during the last 16 years. No one repeats one great accomplishment, or rests on one great album. One thing U2 fans enjoy is the new directions they take as musicians and artists and human beings. I have enjoyed almost all of their music (besides a few duds) and the live show is great. So why do people feel the need to be negative? Instead of being negative about a band you don’t like, why not post about a band you enjoy?

I also wanted to add that although I have enjoyed U2 concerts throughout the years, I much prefer going to a live show in a smaller venue. Not only is it more comfortable (such as a nightclub setting, where you can actually sit if you want to and have drinks), but the sound quality is far superior than in an arena. With that said though, U2 is one of the last bands around which can fill up those echoey pockets in stadiums.

Me2 might very well be quite informed and connected, but Hollywood is SO polluted with smog. The view must be somewhat hazy. I’ll take Hawaii’s views over LA’s anyday.

i have been reading this site for a few days now and i have to say it is a BIG ‘right on!’
this me2 person has got to be the most informed and connected person there is. are you in the music industry me2? you know a lot and you know what is going on…how come? do you tell it like it is when you drift around at all the meetings and you meet with all the artists and execs? i have a feeling you do. anyway, keep it going man or woman because you ROCK!

no disrespect intended…really…but get a life irishwhatever…U2 dont even come close to being the best rock band in the world. heck, even van morrison gives them a run for the money (yes…back to money) and van just stands there like a carboard caricature of himself as he has done since time went memorial (ooh…i like that). my goodness, prince also beats the pants off U2 for value for money and even he is coasting these days (although, i do admit, that is a savvy move he did giving his cd away for ‘free’ with the newspaper even though nothing is truly free.

and mw….of course you buy sub-standard product…we all do (yes… I admit it, even me. its either that or no product at all). however, i burn more than i buy, i.e., a track here, a track there, etc. i ‘aint buying a complete cd just to get one track…no way! if it was not for sub-standard product, we would not be buying any product at all! you even write that you used to buy a lot more than now, and the reason is simple…today there is a plethora of sub-standard products including what U2 has released the last many cd outings. the state of music today is awful! very few even half-decent products or artists. why else do you explain the continuing success of artists like the beatles, elvis, travelling wilburys, bob dylan, et al? for example…and I want you to think / listen carefully, logically, etc, just look / listen at Rap….it has been, is, and will always be the refuge of artists (oops…wanabees) that are not musicians and barely literate relative to language competency that will stand the test of time. ever since the likes of marvin gaye (now there is an artist), otis redding (wow!) and the like went off to a better life, and tamla motown went down the tube (due mainly to the greed and ego of the owner) music of that genre has hit the preverbial brick wall by enlarge. rap specifically is at least 98% sub-standard. buyers are buying a myth, a vicarious lifestyle, etc, but what they are not buying is music. anyway, I digress. music is changing…fast! it is in crisis and although there is nothing wrong with crisis in and of itself, in the case of music the crisis is negative. the beatles and dylan and elvis and to a degree the stones etc can only carry so much of the burden (and the stones are corporate these days but at least they have a foundation and back catalogue of music to have earned the right to be corporate…as ironic as that sounds). even now as i write on my rooftop while i kick off the moss, a few of thes lines have got me quite cross, but the suns been kind as i write down thes lines, etc. get the point?

I don’t ever buy sub-standard product. In fact, I used to buy a lot more music in the 80’s and 90’s than I do now.

I don’t ever buy sub-standard product. In fact, I used to buy a lot more music in the 80’s and 90’s than I do now.

Best Rock band to date! No one comes close!

I have been reading this page the last few days and I want to post something. But, I cant think of anything to post. The reason for this is simple, the poster called me2 has posted it all. Me2 is accurate. Me2 is right about the state of cd sales, and artists who are struggling to stay in the spotlight and who have the money to produce product that targets just enough buyers to either break even on costs or produce a small profit (mainly made on tax write-off of expenses). When will buyers ever learn? For example, a concert is expensive to get into and by the time the ticket cost, travel to / from, food / drinks, ‘t’ shirts, etc, are taken into consideration it is like ‘wow’! This does’nt even count the cost of the cd that is bought at the concert by so many goers. And what about the treatment you receive at the concert…like cattle! Meanwhile the artist gets it all…and I mean ‘all’! I know I am being naive here (of course I am, after all, I still wear Red Shoes and I am now 93 years old) but why dont you posters revolt instead of just being revolting. Instead of being revolting like the artists you support and defend, why dont you revolt against them and stop buying the sub-standard product they release? I tell you, I woke up when I got bumped in the head by a swirling farm implement inside the same tornado that picked both of us up and whisked us of like a milk shake to the land of Oz where everyone and everything stays in the same sweet innocent reality that is oftentimes called, ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’. Now then….’Do I Have Buy-In?’

oh boy…what a night! now as i breakfast on my roof (all the freeloader stars are still asleep in the rooms below) i can email this to you my fellow posters and friends.

if you have to ask what it is i always win at then you dont understand and so, i cant be bothered explaining.

i have never antagonized anything or anyone (far too easy to do, far to obvious, and not worthy of me). i have however agonized (over why a special person like me has so much to do because so many others do so little). for example, pointing out that bono and the boys have, with their new cd, again, no clothes, the same as many…many…of their previous cd offerings. now, this may be the actual purpose (never underestimate someone who is a legend in their own mind, but not to be confused with someone who is a legend in their own time, i.e., me) of the marketing strategy. cd buyers these days (most of you posters on this site being the exception…not) are quite astute music critics as is quantified by cd sales in recent years that are plummeting fsater than superman after being hit mid-flight by an attack of green kryptonite rays. and bands like U2…who have made their profits…can afford to release product that has added things like free movie tickets, free concert tickets, free dvd’s, free booklets, etc (actually, nothing is ever free but it does show you the desperation by such bands / artists at wanting to stay in the public eye by producing product that will not produce a profit. it wont be a net loss (cost recovery…accountants always win) but it wont make a profit. however, it keeps them on the covers of such mags as rolling stone. and, posters like you not only buy this drivel, but actually defend it. as that famous thespian and orator called lurch said, ‘ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh….oh!’

no w…do all of you see my point? are any of you beginning to see my wisdom in all this?

do do do, do do do,

i look in your eyes i see nobody else but meee,

i said, ‘i look in your eyes i see nobody else but meee’,

i am what all of you here want but nobody else can beeee (but me),

do do do, do do do,

(break)

do do do do do do do do do do do do do,

(one more time),

do do do do do do do do do do do do do,

i picked you all up from the gutter and your postings are all the thanks i get,

i said, ‘i picked you all up from the gutter and your postings are all the thanks i get’,

all you want to do is insult me but dont realize you owe me a huge debt,

do do do, do do do,

(ad infinitum)

oh man, anyone who says “bono is in politic because of marketing” is an IDIOT!! you must know something about before you speak, you know?? :XXX

What, no antagonization this time? That in itself is a miracle.
Me2, you must be completely exhausted.

me2,
you always win at what?

The nymphs from Solsbury Hill are presently away on vacation in the Caribou, due to creative drainage they need to refuel.

is that all? is that all? come on…tell me that is’nt all. how very common…how very boring…how very peasant of you. ah well, as usual, it is game, set, and match to me. i always win…i never get tired of winning. and you know what? i never get bored because, unlike U2 e.g., i am always fresh, creative, imaginitive, quite humouros (but in a very sybtle, intellegent manner). i simply go from strength to strength. now, as i take a deep breath while standing on my glass bottomed patio jutting out of the west corner of my house on top of a hill overlooking a fabulous Holywood sunset with a cool breeze gently cajoling my thick mane of hair that makes even Robert Plant jealous (no mean feat) and which he comments about each time he visits my place for a party, I will now toss this laptop over the edge into the abyss of humanity below and go back inside to rejoin Courtney, Jack, George, Matt, Beyonce, Eric, Amy (sans husband for a change), and the rest of the gang (all hangers-on)…including the bassist from the group U2 who comes here often and tells us all tales that are a complete riot about how saint bono thinks he can walk on water. ah yes…a lot of fun. celebs are such gossips about each other…meow! later on i have two of the stones coming over (guess which ones?). if the wind is blowing at just the right angle and speed from where i live i can pee and it will drift on the air down to britneys place. what a riot! from my viewpoint i see all sorts of sights in the pools in the houses around here…all sorts of things (wow). ok…now that i have proved my point about U2…who is next? let me see now…could it be…YOU?

I have to agree with sgtpepper on at least on point - live U2 concerts are among the best. Whether you are a fan of their older or newer stuff, they do it all.

Peter G. and I know you can’t be the real one, or you wouldn’t even be involved in this stupid mess to begin with - My cd lists my fave song as SOLSBURY Hill, not Salsbury. The rest of you, lighten up, please! Sheesh! What a tempest in a teapot!

Musicians will make the music they make, and listeners will listen to the music they listen to. No need to trade barbs here…

I’ll get you all started after a red herring - I LOVE Mozart!!! So there!

well me2 I am signing off. This is beginning to be exceedingly redundant. I am sure everyone is sick of our equally prejudiced banter anyway. I will however, say one last thing to whoever reads this (in order to keep this post relevant) - buy U2’s album when it comes out and make sure to see them live. No matter what happens with this next album, they still put on one of the best shows I have ever seen.

U2 fans with high expectations should not be too skeptical…yet. That creative-exhaustion thing can happen to the most talented artists. I’m more of an earlier-era U2 music fan…but I’m willing to wait to hear their upcoming release before forming a premature opinion. They might surprise everyone and bounce back with a burst of innovation, as they did during the 80’s and early 90’s. And if they don’t, so be it - they’ve had a really good run, and will probably continue touring anyway. I don’t have a problem with that.

by the way me2…why dont you fly over from africa and we can go fox hunting or grouse shooting or rabbit poaching or some such thing that we english do for relaxation (even big english do these things, also medium english. its not just the exclusive domain of ‘we’ english. size does’nt matter). well actually, size does matter. i mean, just look at the stage shows i put on…wow! i have suggested to bono that U2 hire my stage manager and set designer but I was told there is not enough room on a U2 stage for a set, back-up singers, and all the trimmings that add to a good show. i was told there is only room for bonos ego.

even though bono is a friend and we have collaborated a few times in the garden at my english cottage where i am a lord (ok…i admit it, being a lord is not as grand as being a saint like bono but it still allows me to lord it over a few people. ok…maybe not as many people as bono lords over being a saint, but who is counting? ok…bono is counting but who cares? actually, he cares, and he has to count, as his fan base is dwindling as is evidenced by decling U2 cd sales while my sales are actually on the upswing…way to go PG fans…I love all of you, and of course, I Grieve for U2). now then, getting back to my gardenening with bono. do you know he has green fingers? well, of course he does…he’s friggin irish! everything in ireland is green. in fact, everything is 40 shades of green for cryin’ out loud! i am holding a late summer solstice ceremony on salsbury hill to ask the ancient wikan and wood forst nymphs and the like to cast a good spell on the next U2 cd to help sales. i can do this for the sales as after all, that is just numbers but i’m afraid there is NO spell can help put creativity, originality, enjoyment factor, etc, back into anything U2 puts out. Hey…theres a limit even to miracles!

is that the best you can do sgtpepper? you really are a U2 fan…no originality, no creativity, no imagination, no ability to place the blade where it will do even slight damage, etc. as i wrote before, noel coward was right about U2…and you. Yawn.
oh…and you were…are…wrong about your ‘understanding’ of what the miracle drug was. just admit and take your lumps (there surely has to be even one spot left on your cranium where a lump can reside among all the others you have taken over the years as a result of putting both your feet in your generously sized mouth at the same time. at least your socks or whatever must be clean…you can wash them as they are on your feet while the feet are in your mouth. i even find myself funny…is that narcistic or what? mind you, it is well deserved…eh? hey…if bono and the band can be narcistic, why cant i? i mean, clutching at straws of hoped for connections to creativity renewal by asking old friend to co-write on their next cd. hello! its like shuffling the furniture on the titanic to give a sense of false purpose, sense of direction…a future. regardless, the ship is still going to down!

maybe I was not wrong about miracle drug, correction taken back

my name sgt.pepper, me not as smart as me2. me2 be readin duh dictionary and studyin duh history books and he real smart. me2 like d-day and wwII. We are all inferior to his “honorable” (or honourable if you prefer the english way) dilatations on U2. The fact is that U2 is great. Even as they’re getting older their pop sensibility remains intact and Bono’s lyrics are as poignant as ever. And wldirishrose I apologize, I did completely misinterpret “Miracle Drug.” I just assumed that it had to do with Africa - my mistake.

Re. Wild Irish Rose’s — I was with you just until you made the comment about “Miracle Drug”. What on Earth are you talking about???? Bono specifically commented on that song being about the quest for treatments in Africa. Prior to the Boston shows in 2005 he went so far as to personal congratulate at least two drug development researchers in the audience prior to starting into the song.

I recall that National Enquirer article about Elvis’s statue being found on Mars. Then again, some of the best advice I ever saw published was “Don’t believe the hype” and “Don’t believe everything you read”. Stop making sense! You’re giving me another migraine.

hey, me2…what you saying? who you are? what you mean? i going see u2 when visit my country and i enjoying them. i buying all cd’s and i liking them (actually, i not buying cd’s but…but…i do buying burning cd’s. i meaning, why paying full dollars when i can buying burning copies…eh?). and me too like you me2 as i liking old u2 but not new u2 as new u2 be through and also screw u2 fans with new u2 stuff that not so good as old u2 stuff so this mean that me2 be right ’bout u2 being through. making sense?

there you have it. i dont like it, but there you have. we either start the invasion tonight as planned, bad weather or not, and take a chance, or we postpone it…again. If we postpone again the next date we have wont be until at least july 24, the next full moon. And, the longer we postpone the more chance there is of our plans being discovered. I mean…how much longer can we hide 250,000 troops? My decision is…we go…tonight. I dont like it but, there you have it. Oh…about U2…they are now in their ‘red shirt’ phase (and have been for 10 plus years), i.e., the expendable star trek crew member…they are toast! Has beens! No more! Irelevent! Nothing more in the hope chest! Dried up! Creativity all gone! In cruise control! Rudderless! Etc, etc, etc. Why dont they have the good grace as the Beatles did and call it a day. That was the smartest thing for the Beatles that the the Beatles ever did…break up. Just like Elvis…the best career move he made was bidding a final goodbye. Same with…well…you know what I mean.

Most creative-types, including musicians, are “intuitively” advanced. One of the keys to innovation is open-mindedness. With that said, I think that psychic rock in a sense has probably already been around for a long time.

U2 must be the best band of all time if they have found a way for records to make themselves. Who knows - maybe psychic rock will become the next big thing.

no such thing as `the best’ band - certainly no agreed criteria it is good we like different sounds etc - what a boring place it would be if we didn’t I am a massive u2 fan - have been since Boy. they are my fave band - but that doesn’t make them the best band ever. The last tour was awesome whereas the last album was good rather than great There is other good/great music out there you just have to try a little harder searching for it - try Cherry Ghost and richard Hawley for a start. I am sure the next u2 album will stir up the same debates - no bad thing imo, it is good we still have a band as good/popular as u2 Mike

…on that note, one of my favorite & most memorable concerts was The Joshua Tree.

U2 is amazing..and reading all of your comments make me laugh.
I love U2. From Boy to How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb..love it all. I even *adore* Pop.

Anyway, I just wanted to correct sgtpepper on the comment about Miracle Drug. It has nothing to do with Africa. It’s about a friend who had a disease and left him unable to talk and communicate. Until the technology and medicine allowed him to talk and let the thoughts that were in his head be expressed. Turns out he’s a brilliant writer, from what Bono says.

Do your research please!

Also, if you don’t like U2, you’ve problem never seen them in concert. Which means you are missing out on everything that U2 is.

If you don’t like them, it’s fine. No need to start the insults.

I’ve got nothing but love for U2.

Achtung Baby & prior is worth hearing at their concerts.
What they do next remains to be heard.

Thank you for shedding that light from both perspectives.

hey man….you are welcome Bono. call me sometime when you are in Ghana or somewhere and we can go bag some wild game on a safari or something.

I have to admit, after reading all the postings to date, it seems to me that me2 is beating the pants off all you other posters. I dont like what he says about me and the band but if I am going to be honest, I have to admit…me2 is right. So…the rest of you can stop defending me and the band…we give up. And further, as a result of this and the postings from me2, me and the band are going to break up and release no more songs. Hey, dont be sorry for us, we had a good run. And besides, we have plenty of money (money that you suckers gave us for the crap we have released the last many years). Me and the band have ridden on the coat tails of the Joshua Tree with every record we released after…its true. It was our sgt pepper but unlike the Beatles, we could not follow it up with a white album or an abbey road. At least they broke up when creativity and originality dried up as a group but me and the band decided to stay in it for the money (lots of it…LOTS!). Anyway, the games up…me2 has found us out and pointed out that the Emperor (me…Bono) has no clothes. And you know something? I am glad. Its been wearing on me for a while. Now, I can spend all my time in Africa. I can walk the talk instead of talking the talk as I have been doing. Thank you me2…sincerely…thank you.

get a life sgtpepper and also a name that is at least an attempt at being original. even subconsciously you are exactly like U2…no originality anymore if in fact you ever had any to begin with. writing stuff like, ‘oh…you guys piss me off, etc’ that is really original, informative, imaginative, intelligent…blah blah blah. you have committed…just like U2 has these past 10 plus years…the ultimate crime. That crime is…you bore people. Yes, Noel Coward had it down pat, i.e., the worst crime of all…boring people! And you, sgtpepper…are BORING! Now then…hows that for a me2 comment / retort that manages to skewer three pieces of old meat (sgtpepper and bono and U2) all with the same length of wordsmith steel. Ahah…enguarde you scoundrel, you are defeated…surrender and at least show a little honour (if you know what the word means that is…which I doubt). oh, U2 are still boring, have sold out, are no longer relevent, even with danny boys help and eno bicarbonate salts help, and almost anyones help, they will still be unable to get it back again. I mean…how low do you have to be to release a dog like how to dismantle an atomic bomb? Game, set, and match to me2 I’d say…eh?

Thanks for shedding some light, sgtpepper, from that particular perspective. Creativity can suck the energy right out of you, and there is nothing formulative about it. The wheel cannot be reinvented, but it can be reintroduced in new ways. I have respect for any band or artist who has sustained such longevity as U2 has. And as far as “relevance” is concerned, if you have the ability to adapt your own personal interpretation of music and lyrics to any given and changing situation, then the term “relevance” becomes a useless adjective.

I’m sorry but all of you are pissing me off, especially me2! Sure U2’s old stuff was full of passion and attitude, but their new stuff still reflects what their lives and thoughts are. What do you want? They’re older! Miracle Drug tells how committed Bono is to helping Africa and how much he is willing to give up in order to accomplish what seems impossible; and the city of blinding lights reconfesses his love, even after 20+ years of marriage - how many people can claim that! By the way have you ever tried to write a good, melodic song?! It is an incredibly hard thing to do! and to be able to do it for over 25 years, with constant sound and producing re-invention, is a feat almost nobody can claim. Only the Beatles reinvented themselves in a more covincing way than U2.

You guys are giving me a migraine.
However, I’m going to make my statement short and brief. Regarding the whole issue of “selling out”, who does it bother more, the fans or the music artists themselves who felt they have “sold out”? Perhaps somebody here can shed some light on my question.
Later.

Wow…I cant believe it, I agree with me2. Especially in relation to the comments lacking in real observation by calligirl and jennawhatever. Get your facts straight girls and read what is written before trying to respond. You are letting the debate get you all hot and bothered instead of remaining dispassionate and focudsed…like me2 does and does very well. I dont know the guy, or woman, but the postings from me2 are right on the money!

i guess no one bothered to ‘read’ my comments about ‘danny boy’ and his artistic output the last few CD’s…as limp as week old lettuce and just as tasty.

and, no one i read including my own comments has been criticizing longevity (i wish you people would learn to read as well as write). what has been getting written is a form of factual observations…NOT…criticism s. let me make it simple for you (sheesh…i hate when i have to do this). its like global warming…it is a fact…simple! the only debate is the cause, i.e., man made or natural or both and if so, what is the solution? like U2…they are worn out, lack spirit, have lost creativity, imagination is zilch, etc, etc, etc…they have sold out! what has this got to do with longevity and criticism thereof? get you facts right you…you…you…U2 no matter what fan and/or groupie you!

to all u jaded punks:
as a long time u2 fan since day 1, and ALSO someone who listens to current music (no need to name call anyone who likes u2 a ‘tool’– great band btw …it’s fair to say that since the beginning of rock and roll, there’s always been the voice of dissent relating to ‘rock is dead’; get over it. nothing is original, it’s ALL derivative of something which came before (props to the rock gods who started it all), so why criticize and slam a band as enduring as u2 merely b/c of their longevity and need to change it up once in awhile? in the end it comes down to taste– not ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, or ’sellout’– at least they keep trying to stay relevant, irregardless of playing in large arenas or not. at least they are NOT aged dinosaurs re-living the ‘early albums’ on every stinkin’ tour. it reminds me of that line about woody allen movies, and how jaded fans always say ‘i like the early funny ones’…noone said you had to like all of it, but at least respect them for their legacy, and what they are still engaged in doing– making music that people can relate to. if u don’t like it, don’t listen to it. oh and yes! eno and lanois!!!!! bring it…

Not to get off the subject here, which has obviously inflamed more than a few passions, but have any of you listened to Daniel Lanois’ albums? In particular, Acadie. It gives great insight to how great an influence he has been on U2. The old makes way to the new only when the new has something better to say, and a better way to say it.

have any of you seen the trailers for the upcoming movie “accross the “universe” starring that famous over-the-top, self indulgent, one dimensional, self-parody, ‘actor’ called bono as he embarrases the absolute heck out of himself with a flat performance (much like many of his recent U2 performances). Brrrrrr…I thought I was watching Paul McCartney in that sad attempt of his at acting in the movies a while ago. Oh…and bonehead…oops…bono…makes a lame attempt during the interview where he is wearing an Edge type hat to hide ‘whatever’ to explain the plot and his role (his role is as always, i.e., bono playing bono). come on bono…its called hype and oversell! you have ruined a once half decent group that had great guitar riffs by the Edge and even better bass riffs by the bass player that looks like he could make the Proclaimer twins a threesome (triplets). As for the drummer…ah well, drummers are a dime a dozen.

“I Grieve”…for U2

I agree. I’m better than U2

My ol my, how we soon forget. U2 is and will always re-invent themselves . I have been a fan since the Eighties and each album/cd gets better than there last one. U2 will go down as one of the best rock bands ever! along side The Beatles,Rolling Stones,Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, and countless others. I will be sad the day when U2 stops making records, I hope to never see that day.
peace out!
R8B

I agree that U2 are too big for their own good. Some bands get so big they lose they hunger, U2 lost their long ago. They write some good songs, but it’s too contrived. I don’t feel the real emotion anymore, and music for me is all about emotion. I need to feel the songwriter’s hurt or joy. For me, Peter Gabriel is the greatest. He still has it and it’s real. His lyrics are sublime and he keeps pushing himself. Never settles. U2 needs to push harder and Bono needs to let out something personal that is not cloaked by clever lyrics.

More or less since Achtung Baby I have agreed with the “U2 has lost it’s way” sentiment…. but a recent viewing of the Slane Castle DVD has me diving deeper into the more recent stuff, and finding that there’s still some great stuff there. Having the Eno/Lanois team back with them can’t be a bad thing….

WAR, the U2 album.
“Read” the messages in the lyrics.

Unfortunately, I have to agree with me2 about U2. They have lost it and they are wandering and wandering and wandering and are lost in the desert of their own self indulgent arrogance. U2, or rather, Bono, believe in their own hype. They have become legends in their own mind! Saint Bono? So freakin’ true! Hey Bono! You ‘aint no….hey….hey…wait a minute…hold on there…get out of my office, get out…leave me alone…i dont care if you disagree with what i am writing about U2 it is my opinion and I am entitled to my opinion…hey…hey…what are going to do with that bucket of human fecal matter…dont, dont you dare, dont you…oh…oh…oh…that stuff smells really bad and it is sticking to my hair!

WAR?

Uh…what is it good for?

Uh!

ah…absolutely nuthin’!

Good God, y’all!

rubin’s make-a-band vs. destroy-a-band ratio is pretty damn low. if all the geezers want classic U2, eno/lanois are the way to go.

wtf does rick rubin’s solo stuff sound like, anyway?

@onebeautiful:

it’s larry MULLEN, jr. at least google the shit or something before you correct somebody, pretentious ‘tard.

WAR

i’m feeling quite ‘fruity’; even bordering on ‘naughty’. anyway, that aside (mmmm…fruity…naughty…mmm ). Oh yes…where was I? I mean, just listen to that absolute embarrasing hunk of crap called how to dismantle an atomic bomb! The one and only saving grace in the whole schmozzle was the honesty of calling the overpriced, unimaganitive, same old same old, predictable, lump of you know what, a ‘’bomb'’ (although, I think that was a freudian slip on the part of U2). ’nuff said. Oh…one more thing…U2 has lost it. Last good album was…mmm…let me think…it was…oh yes…wait a minute…i’m thinking…i mean…ok…for cryin’ out loud…there has’nt been one for a while. OK…satisfied?

Hey 1 other comment.
For the guy who says U2 is nothing but a Pop group.

Well what band hasn’t written a Pop song to get it going.

these all did
Springsteen
Led Zepplin
Bob Dylan
Rolling Stone (many times!!)
Aerosmith (what a joke now)
The Eagles
Pink Floyd
Beatles (the biggest Pop group)
and so many more

I’m 19, love all types of Music and have to say I find myself listening to a lot of U2.

I started with How To..bomb. This album is so different in so many good ways. It has its Pop, it has its hard rock, but most of all the writing is all there.

Then I was told to pick up Actung Baby and my god I love this album.

Then I got All that you can’t..behind wow another classic album here.

Then last week I opened up the Joshua Tree. I knew a some of the classics, but wow this album is full of great stuff. I didn’t even know U2 wrote Bullet The Blue Sky, wow.

If I go through all their catalog all I find is great songs, songs that everyone knows. I sometimes find myself not even knowing this song or that song was a U2 song - because U2 to me is very new, very fresh.

All I have to say is
Thank you U2
and I can’t wait for the next album.

quite strange that people say ’stop dissing U2′. How is it possible to have a band loved by ALL - no need to answer that. The whole idea of opinion is to be able to constructively share it with others and either agree or not.(my view on U2 is irrelevant -it’s interesting to see the mixed reactions). One thing that can’t be denied is that for good or bad, a lot of interest has been created.
Consider that most influential bands have had ‘defining moments’ in their careers. There appears to be many defining and continuing moments when reading the opinions of others here. I suppose the whole point is that there will always be those for and those against, so don’t beef about peoples opinion as long as it is well intended.
saying ‘dude they suck s**t’ about ANY band just ain’t really enough.

The album will be great becasue of one person Eno. Look at what and who he has produced to see the the over arching effect this guy has made to music over the last 30 years.
U2 is smart enough to know this guy (and Lanios) made Unforgettable Fire what it was and then listen to the first U2 album once they were no longer producing.
F Rick Rubin and Lillywhite-the real creative force is Eno alasy was always will be.