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is on spotify. i thought i'd check it out. i lasted half of the opening track and got bored and listened to something else, ironically from the era when u2 were making some great stuff…
the new u2 album
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'put on yer boots' de ne de nedene dene nene......
it's horseshit. embarrasing, even.
it's horseshit. embarrasing, even.
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the fact that bands like u2 are still around and being trumpeted is an indication of the sad state of british music. the fact that nothing decent has replaced them is a sad state of affairs. the same goes for the cure too, but at least robert smith isn't trying to pretend he's the solution to the world's problems.
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I'm not impressed with the latest but when they are on form they can knock out some pretty good rawk songs.
I think this latest one sounds a bit like mid 90's Alice in Chains.
I think this latest one sounds a bit like mid 90's Alice in Chains.
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papercorn2000 said:
the first four studio albums are indeed quality. the joshua tree was the watershed album that a) made them
broke them (delete as you see fit).
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I liked that one but I really loved Achtung Baby!
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i like achtung bono…
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They have been a bit patchy since then.
Loved the Zoo TV gig (Parkhead, Glasgow July '93)
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papercorn2000 said:
They have been a bit patchy since then.
Loved the Zoo TV gig (Parkhead, Glasgow July '93)
wish i'd been there, the sugarcubes supported. and i'd have beaten the rush to get out
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Hmmm, I remember it being Utah Saints (crap) and Stereo MCs (brill) as supporting acts.
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papercorn2000 said:
maybe they didn't do that one, but iirc that tour was about the last thing they did before they split in '93 (sob).
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alecstilleyedye said:wish i'd been there, the sugarcubes supported. and i'd have beaten the rush to get out
OT, but I saw the Sugarcubes in Leeds in the late '80s. That pub-bore singer the Sugarcubes had (can't remember his name) antagonised the crowd from start to finish and at one point I really thought he was going to get a good kicking.
Later on, I had the misfortune to share a house with a bloke who sued Bjork claiming he'd composed her debut album. The case did actually get to court, but the claim failed.
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einar örn bendiktsson, off the top of my head…
what was your housemate's justification for his claim?
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alecstilleyedye said:
They had briefly worked together - I don't think that was disputed. He took the view that he had composed music that later ended up on Debut. Bjork argued that he was merely a "secretary", recording what she'd written. As I recall, she also argued that he was so off his head on pills that he couldn't possibly have remembered who wrote what in any event. This last bit seemed entirely plausible and it was never really clear to me whether or not he really believed his own story.
