Members Coralkong Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 Well, let me preface this "rant" by stating that, in the past, I have followed U2's music quite closely and have been a huge fan. That being said, the latest album is absolute rubbish.AND, to top it off... I recently saw a video piece on The Edge where he discusses his guitars, guitar style, equipment, etc... To put it bluntly, he was awful. I know it sounds kind of trite, but without his equipment in the studio, he could barely hold it together. Maybe an "off" day, I don't know. It was as if someone told him he was a LOT better a guitar player than he is for so long, he has started to believe it.I was terribly disappointed, to be honest. I have always been a huge fan (especially of the old stuff), but after listening to their latest effort (No Line on The Horizon), well at least the first 3 tracks they played , I commented to myself: 1. Strike One2. Strike Two3. You're OUT! This group has really mailed it in, and I, for one am extremely disappointed. Terrible songs. Bono sounds like a cat-in-heat on it. The Edge sounds like he's making it up as he goes along (which isn't good), the bass actually sounds OK, and the drumming is pretty much mediocre at best. Awful. Someone should have put on "These Boots" and planted them squarely in U2's ass for such a {censored}-box album. Then made them go back and re-do it, because to put such a POS album out only cheats their fans, and makes the group look like a collection of assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RyanGillam Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 Bono's voice annoys me in general. It is wayyy too "samey" on all their albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coralkong Posted March 2, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 He's suscribing to that "I'm a 50 year old sex symbol" thing that rock-stars get. Maybe he figures he can flirt his way out of anything at this point. THAT annoys me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 I haven't heard the record yet, or a good review about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 23miles Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 U2 album - sucks!!!Who'd have thought??Thanks for the heads-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vedder323 Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 I haven't heard the record yet, or a good review about it. Hahaha! Man, well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 Dont like U2? Me 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted March 2, 2009 Moderators Share Posted March 2, 2009 To put it bluntly, he was awful. I know it sounds kind of trite, but without his equipment in the studio, he could barely hold it together. Maybe an "off" day, I don't know. It was as if someone told him he was a LOT better a guitar player than he is for so long, he has started to believe it.I was terribly disappointed, to be honest. You've never seen this? [YOUTUBE]8EDuK46ZqFM[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 I haven't heard the record yet, or a good review about it. For some reason unknown to anyone here, our office started getting copies of Rolling Stone magazine sent here. The March 2009 issue's cover calls the album "U2's Five-Star Masterpiece." I haven't heard it myself, other than the Irish radio leak of the Boots song, which didn't do much for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 U2 ceased being interesting to me in the mid-80s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted March 2, 2009 Moderators Share Posted March 2, 2009 For some reason unknown to anyone here, our office started getting copies of Rolling Stone magazine sent here. The March 2009 issue's cover calls the album "U2's Five-Star Masterpiece." That's the rubber stamp required for {censored} Album then ain't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zooLemon Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 Disagree. New album is pretty awesome. Edge has never been amazing technically but he's a very clever player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 Haven't heard the album. Don't plan to anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 "Achtung, Baby" was their peak for me. I haven't heard all of the new CD yet, but based on what I have heard, I liked the last two albums better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 I liked U2, back in, hmmmm.... '83? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benricci Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 That video is hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdegrande Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 I lost interest in the '90s, but to me that's taking a lot longer than most bands to run out of new ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JC777 Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 That's the rubber stamp required for {censored} Album then ain't it? That's truth. Rolling Stone has become completely irrelevant.It's sad really I used to enjoy reading it......20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ron2112 Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 I was a big U2 fan back in the 80's. Our band had many U2 songs in our setlist playing for largely Irish bars in Sunnyside & Woodside, NYC. After "Rattle and Hum" I could not get into their music much any more. Very sad direction for the band. IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pixiemixer Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] relevant on topic content about 2:32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raxus Prime Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 It's sad to hear all the negative experiences with the new album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cylon Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 it sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzball Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 It was the best album that I have heard this week.......Of course everything I have heard this week sucked.....And it was not much better. I guess it is easy to find a piece of corn in a pile of turds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarRules Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 I was a huge U2 fan in college in the 80's....guys my age made them what they were. But after Joshua Tree, which is a GREAT album and Rattle and Hum, the train derailed and plunged into the bridge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inkblot Posted March 2, 2009 Members Share Posted March 2, 2009 Since Achtung, Baby they have been pretty inconsistent. Seems like they ran out of ideas for songwriting, and Bono's voice has also tanked, which is a shame because he was fantastic in the Unforgettable Fire days. The grittier vocals went well with Achtung, Baby but it's been downhill since. Haven't even listened to the new album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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