kidlewis Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'd certainly argue U2 aren't diverse within their own style. Whilst I love delay effects on piano and guitars it became the norm for the guitar hook of a U2 song to have it. Elevation and beautiful day are fizzy pop jumped up crap. In fact that entire album is turd. U2 are pretty irrelevant post 2000. Certainly since 2000 coldplays material destroys them. U2 early stuff is better agreed. Radiohead would be a much closer battle and have shaken up the music industry a lit more. Whilst Bono is on his quest to become Geldoff mark 2. Radiohead offer a pay what you like for their album wholly downloadable online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 The most painful experience of my life was going to U2. That's not a piss-take; I mean actual, physical legitimate pain. My lil' sister was obsessed with them, so for her 18th B'day my folks bought her and a friend two tickets to see U2 play Twickenham (fair few years back, this was). Her friend bailed at the last minute, so I was asked if I wanted to go as it was just down the road from me (my family are all up in Yorkshire) and I figured why the heck not? I'm not desperately interested in U2, but I've got one of the "Best of's..." kicking about somewhere and I reasoned I might like the support (as it transpired, Doves - who I very much do like - were one of the support acts so that was filed under the win column). Anywho, my sister is desperate to get there early so we can get a spot near the stage. 11:00am to be precise, and the queue already stretched around the stadium. Now, I hadn't bothered to check the weather report for the day, so I missed the announcement that this was going to be one of the hottest recorded days in British history. What followed was as close to torture as I think I'll ever come. For 3 hours we were huddled like cattle twixt steel grids, underneath the midday freaking sun with **** all cover and **** all sunscreen. I wound up trying to hide my head in the collar of my (black!) t-shirt, but I couldn't escape the sensation of being slow-cooked. By the time we got in, I was red. And not in the oh-so-hilariously jokey way that people who come back from their holidays say "Ooh, I look like a lobster!"; I was actually, literally bright red. My skin looked like a **** carapace. But the pain, oh that didn't come until the next day. I couldn't move an inch without incredible, unbearable pain and was vomiting intermittently. I spent about £30 on suncare and cooling lotions and went through them in a day, no exaggeration. That episode of Family Guy where Stewie gets sunburn? That was me. Actually, properly me. It was over a week before my body returned to some semblance of normalcy. Sunstroke isn't a **** joke, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Sunstroke is terrible, especially when it's really bad and you vom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 27, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2011 I got heatstroke at an outdoor Rolling Stones gig in '82. Burnt red, and spent the evening shivering and puking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Had sunstroke/heatstroke once...wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy! Horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I queued at Celtic Park to see them in 93 from about 10 am Had the exact opposite, howling gales and pissing down all day, and this was in august Not a great experience but the concert itself was aweso E and we were right at the front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robojoel Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 U Poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 U Poo You tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robojoel Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 U Poo You tool. Hey! I was just trying to be concise :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 It was too good an opportunity to miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted October 27, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2011 spent the evening shivering and puking. Had a similar experience at a Coldplay gig once. Nothing to do with the weather though. :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Nicest bestest thing I can think of that is U2 related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 UJew Jewish U2 tribute band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 See I wouldve said Jew2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 UJew Jewish U2 tribute band They're actually not that bad. I particularly like "New Year's Veh", "Sunday Bubbe Sunday" and "Hold Me, Zetz Me, Kiss Me, Kvetch Me". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I queued at Celtic Park to see them in 93 from about 10 am Had the exact opposite, howling gales and pissing down all day, and this was in august It was also in Glasgow. You should have seen it coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I queued at Celtic Park to see them in 93 from about 10 am Had the exact opposite, howling gales and pissing down all day, and this was in august It was also in Glasgow. You should have seen it coming. Yeah should have And the area around Celtic park makes Aston look like Knightsbridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted October 27, 2011 Moderator Share Posted October 27, 2011 Nicest bestest thing I can think of that is U2 related Amen to that. As to whether they are or aren't - not in my book, nowhere near, but lotos of people like 'em. But who cares. It's just publicity for Q magazine, really. Joshua Tree was very good and some of their really early stuff was decent. They just went up their own orifices pretty quickly and became dreadful. They've done now't half decent for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Joshua Tree i remember when the album came out I always skipped past "bullet the blue sky" Now I think it's the best track on the album don't know if it means my music tastes have changed or that I've grown bored of the more commercial / dull tracks of that Album "streets have no name" "With or Without You" etc ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Listen to Spanish Eyes and In Gods Country It's hard to not be impressed with those tracks and a dose of 1987 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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