Classic or Dud: U2

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'pop' is dope imo.

that whole thing may be the dumbest conversation ever transcribed. a post-exodus av club writer talking to the second best drummer in the foo fighters.

next up ask him about vaccines and whether or not HIV causes aids.

Ugh, I can't think of a drummer who's more of an utter non-entity than Taylor Hawkins.

Like, who listens to "Achtung Baby" and just thinks such a dark record is actually the band being silly, ironic and goofing around?

This is otm.

'pop' is dope imo.

― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, May 23, 2014 10:43 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ this. They should've packed it in after Pop, because everything after was strictly snoozeville.

"AVC: It feels like both Pop and Achtung Baby were supposed to make listeners think U2 was this fun party band, which they never really were."

featuring such floor fillers as "so cruel" and "wake up dead man"

yeah but he likes Queen. Those guys were fags. It was so fucking funny, man.

I'm down w their post-pop stuff generally (NLOTH >ATYCLB>>>HTDAAB) but probably the worst thing abt U2 is how they distanced themselves from their most bizarre '90s stuff so quickly.

achtung and pop : quite simply, brilliant albums.

i hated, i mean, really hated, u2 before these albums (and bh was even more anti-u2 than me, out of principle !).

however, a friend gave me tix to see the zooropa live show in leeds, and i have never seen anyone totally denouce their previous groove as quickly as bh did that night.

after the gig the band became hq faves ..

i do wish the band would kick that groove again (there is a chance given that the new track was all about the minimal electro drums ?)

In HateSong, we ask our favorite musicians, writers, comedians, actors, and so forth to expound on the one song they hate most in the world.

Kevin and Bean, holy shit, they were (are?) the worst.

Taylor Hawkins: Let me start out by saying that I love U2. I really do, especially the first four records. They’re very, very important records. They were super, duper important to me growing as a musician, whether I was 10 or 12 or 14. Boy, October, War, The Unforgettable Fire, and The Joshua Tree, those records, they’re part of my musical DNA and structure.

(Insert Drummer Math Joke Here)

Achtung Baby is cool and I liked No Line on the Horizon, remember old friend giving me shit for how dad-rawk some of it was though and I have to concede he was right in parts

This HateSong seems like bullshit

Or rather, a mildly diverting idea executed terribly

Their panicked backsliding from Pop is so tragic. They were really finding something there, oh well.

The panicked backsiding started with Pop itself. Jettison the U2 anthems, begin with "MOFO," and you got something.

This HateSong seems like bullshit

Actually, I've liked a few of those. The Black Lips guy's Lorde one was good, the Black Eyed Peas one was good, the Macklemore one was good (both by comedians, it helps). It's Taylor Hawkins who executes poorly.

http://www.avclub.com/article/bitchface-comedian-joe-mande-why-he-hates-macklemo-202946

http://www.avclub.com/article/eugene-mirman-on-why-the-black-eyed-peas-i-gotta-f-92678

http://www.avclub.com/article/black-lips-cole-alexander-naivete-lordes-royals-202578

Maybe this was the Macklemore?

http://www.avclub.com/article/al-madrigal-on-why-he-abhors-macklemore-ryan-lewis-98825

So ... there's a new album out.

01 The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
02 Every Breaking Wave
03 California (There Is No End To Love)
04 Song For Someone
05 Iris (Hold Me Close)
06 Volcano
07 Raised By Wolves
08 Cedarwood Road
09 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
10 This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
11 The Troubles.

I love this tracklisting so much I almost want to hear the album

Sounds fine so far.

Snap reaction: the fact that this is the real Bono and not any of a few dozen not-Bonos is a benefit to an album that's trying (albeit not too hard) to sound like all the bands fronted by not-Bonos.

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

Jesus fucking

Haha are those really the song titles? Those are great.

track-by-track at rolling stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/u2-songs-of-innocence-surprise-album-guide-20140909

The amazing song titles on "No Line on the Horizon" are what sparked the ILX precovers concept.

However "Songs of Innocence" is a terrible album name.

the next album is called Songs of Experience

Sex of Songperience

the tedderization of everything is complete

Dongs of Senecense

I guess there was a proposed album called Songs of Ascent that was never released?

Please tell me there isnt a song on this thing called The Troubles

jesus

Not about the IRA! But an earlier song is.

the mIRAcle (of joey ramone) right?

The Miracle (Of the Troubles)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/09/09/u2-makes-history-offers-new-album-for-free-on-itunes-during-apple-event/

U2′s new album being automatically added to our iTunes library is the most disgusting invasion of personal space by technology in history

the mIRAcle (of joey ramone) right?

lol

when I got my first Mac in 2001 it came with some songs preloaded, including New Order's "Age of Consent", and I guess Apple did that? so not unprecedented ... though still it's 2010s we're talking about here

Wait, is this getting downloaded to our computers without us asking for it or do you have to click download to get it in your iTunes?

You have to click download. (Note: you do not have to click download. No one is forcing you to listen to U2.)

some folks on twitter exaggerating a bit, and quoted in that Post article

some folks on twitter exaggerating a bit

nothing new to ILX there tbf

I remember that my sister's macbook has Nick Cave's 'Into My Arms' preloaded sometime in the early 2000s

Free album? When is Bono gonna come through with some fuckin' free t-shirts, man?

Is there really supposed to be a period after Troubles?

The Troubles.

WTF man

That is so fucking precious

So everyone who bought a MacBook in the early 2000s was greeted with "I DON'T BELIEVE IN AN INTERVENTIONIST GOD"
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