The TroubbllLLARGGGHHH
― arthur treacher, or the fall of the british empire (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
just saw their new ad where they rock out to "the miracle of joey ramone" in vibrant colors while images of patti smith and joey and the clash etc appear in their hearts
Everyone who's being obnoxiously zen about any aspect of this campaign needs to go bake themselves a cookie cuz no one's going to give them one
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
"i for one took in stride when u2 appeared in my itunes" tell apple they'll appreciate it
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxxHCYDIMAEWiLd.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
u gonna get the new U2
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
was about to vent about how these guys are managing to make the '90s stones look humble and unostentatious but to be fair the stones didn't have the ability to do much more than traipse around the TV and play stadiums, who knows what kind of campaign Bridges to Babylon would have had in our brave new world
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
the ad in question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXJz3C12bWs
i was at an extended family gathering back when u2's "vertigo" ipod ad was on tv and some xtian music-loving relatives who knew i was writing rock reviews saw it and said "is this the kind of music you write about?"
can't believe it's been ten years
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
is this the kind of music you post angrily on the internet about
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
and ¡quatorze! years since "Beautiful Day"
― some dude, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
I knew some born again xtians in wisconsin who hopped off the U2 train around the time of the achtung baby tour bc shit was getting a bit profane. Macphisto really messed them up. They were all pretty happy with "all that you can't leave behind" tho.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
yeah i'm sure these guys would have dug "walk on" or whatever, but "vertigo" was definitely too in-yo-face for them
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
whether that ad is an "alternative rock is dead" moment or a "u2 dug up alternative rock's corpse, fucked it and left it out in the rain" moment it definitely belongs on the timeline
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:14 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― marcos, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:31 (nine years ago) link
My Baja Fresh visit earlier, the playlist included Sunday Bloody Sunday, (something I can't remember), Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, One, and then circled back to Sunday Bloody Sunday. I was basically like, "guess I won't stick around and polish off these chips".
― how's life, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:31 (nine years ago) link
could just be the manager's ipod classic
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:31 (nine years ago) link
I hate how 'This is Where You Can Reach Me Now' sounds like every Danger Mouse produced track ever, though.
― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, September 17, 2014 10:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Is this the one that sounds exactly like "Come Undone"?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
who invented the phrase 'Raised By Wolves'? feels like it must have been Izzard in that sketch from around 1992/93. i know it's been the name of a Caitlin Moran-penned TV series since then too but i assumed she was just nicking it from him.
― piscesx, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
xp I don't think so. it's the one with the theremin synth that danger man puts on every album he produces
― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
it kinda sounds like the black keys
― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_H1XBnPu0
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
feels like it must have been Izzard in that sketch from around 1992/93
this phrase is super old
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
can't tell if serious
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
that U2 ad pisses old people off...kinda like Joey Ramone. I see what they're doing.
― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah i'm sure the kids love it
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
Another hour, another PR victory!
“The punk rock thing to do is annoy people and get in their faces...If people have a problem with the way we released the album, I’m sure they’ve read about it online.”
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
fuckin step up and take a swing at bono! he's in u face! he wants you to (U2)!
― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
all up in yo shit, the fly in your free ointment, he's almost as punk as google+
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus
― rushomancy, Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowgli
― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Prepare to buy the White Album... Again
― ambient yacht god (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 18 September 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
U2's corporate connections:http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/after-tough-years-elevation-partners-profits-on-sale-of-forbes-media/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/in-search-of-star-power-fender-enlists-members-of-u2/
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 18 September 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
marie antoinette was so punk rock
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 19 September 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
'let them listen to cake!' she said, and then everyone had 'The Distance' on their phones.
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 19 September 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link
'california, i've seen for myself, there's no end to Greece' - Bono predicts to the rest of the board in California that Greece will remain solvent
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 19 September 2014 02:00 (nine years ago) link
No, it's "Grease", it'll be a school production staple for ever!
(full disclosure, Alice has auditioned, will report back)
― Mark G, Friday, 19 September 2014 08:56 (nine years ago) link
"California" keeps getting stuck in my head and then turning into Prefab Sprout's "Cars and Girls"
― goodoldneon, Saturday, 20 September 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/u2s_the_edge_could_be_allowed_to_build_fivemansion_clifftop_compound_in_malibu_1.php
One thing we know about U2 in 204 is that they do not care what anyone else wants. They do not care if you want their album, they are going to make you have it, and guitarist The Edge does not care if you want his mansion development on your untouched coastal land, he is going to do whatever it takes to build it. The Edge, aka David Evans, has been trying to build five "eco-friendly" houses—including one for himself—off of Sweetwater Mesa Road in the Santa Monica Mountains since 2006 and, after years of kinda-shady machinations, has gotten the support of the California Coastal Commission staff (they've recommended the CCC approve the project at its meeting in early October, with a few changes).The Edge submitted plans for the five houses separately, under separate names, which CCC staff originally took as an attempt to skirt environmental rules, according to the LA Times. They also found that the project "would scar a steep, undeveloped ridgeline visible from much of the coastline, cause extensive geological disturbance and destroy environmentally sensitive native vegetation." A few months later, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy suddenly switched their stance on the development from con to neutral after The Edge gave them $750,000 in cash, $250,000 worth of work by a consultant, and 97 acres of land for conservation. Then, in 2012, The Edge's "extensive team" started lobbying for a pro-development, anti-environment state bill that would've helped clear the way for the project. After passing the Assembly, it was rejected by the Senate.Finally The Edge tried just making the plans more acceptable. Following a year of negotiations with the CCC, the path has been clearcut for a modified version of the 151-acre development; the size has been slightly reduced and plans call for less grading of the hillside; some of the houses are also shorter and together they'll be placed lower on the ridge, so they won't be as visible from below. The five houses range from 8,786 to 14,980 square feet and would be accompanied by a new 20-foot-wide access road.
The Edge submitted plans for the five houses separately, under separate names, which CCC staff originally took as an attempt to skirt environmental rules, according to the LA Times. They also found that the project "would scar a steep, undeveloped ridgeline visible from much of the coastline, cause extensive geological disturbance and destroy environmentally sensitive native vegetation." A few months later, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy suddenly switched their stance on the development from con to neutral after The Edge gave them $750,000 in cash, $250,000 worth of work by a consultant, and 97 acres of land for conservation. Then, in 2012, The Edge's "extensive team" started lobbying for a pro-development, anti-environment state bill that would've helped clear the way for the project. After passing the Assembly, it was rejected by the Senate.
Finally The Edge tried just making the plans more acceptable. Following a year of negotiations with the CCC, the path has been clearcut for a modified version of the 151-acre development; the size has been slightly reduced and plans call for less grading of the hillside; some of the houses are also shorter and together they'll be placed lower on the ridge, so they won't be as visible from below. The five houses range from 8,786 to 14,980 square feet and would be accompanied by a new 20-foot-wide access road.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 05:03 (nine years ago) link
the edge on the ledge
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 05:29 (nine years ago) link
blueprint of the tunnels underneath the five houses:
http://www.lds-temple.net/6a00ccff9823bf6ea501101675fe6c860d-500pi.png
― da croupier, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 06:00 (nine years ago) link
― how's life, Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:31 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
always go for the chips first, the salsa bar's better than the burritos anyway
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 06:15 (nine years ago) link
anyway yeah i have no idea how i didn't want to punch them all in the nuts and also the face many many many times in 2002 or whenever the atom bomb album came out. i was 14 and totally into select 80s singles but still, they're essentially the same band now but they've become literally the most punchable group of human beings in existence. whatever they were in the 80s when they had mullets, they're different now, they're inhabited by some other species, i don't wanna say aliens or demons or ghosts or w/e because that's all way too nice, i really need to convey that they are constructed from some sort of compounded anal leakage or like a combination of things used in the second round of fear factor. just seeing bono's face trying to squirm out of his head makes me fearful. how did i ever not want to punch them? but i'm scared.
i still don't know what the other two guys look like
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 06:21 (nine years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/12/u2-job-art-divisive-interview
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 October 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
"art"
― definite classic, predicting a solid 8/10 from the p-fork boys (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 12 October 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
I've liked waaaaay more from this band than I have ever liked, but this image makes me hate everything about them retroactively:
http://cdn.u2.com/non_secure/images/20150201/news/ie_bed_logo_9002/large.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 04:18 (nine years ago) link
Who's the dude on the left?
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 04:35 (nine years ago) link
beaker
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 05:39 (nine years ago) link
no it's ridge from Bold & the Beautiful iirc
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 05:40 (nine years ago) link
http://htmlgiant.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bob-carol-ted-alice-1969-2.jpg
― salthigh, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 06:08 (nine years ago) link
Classic, for their heavy influence on Minor Threat
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 08:12 (nine years ago) link
ghastly though that image is, it's somehow nice to have it confirmed that the edge even wears his hat in bed
― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 09:53 (nine years ago) link