How to disarm an atomic ego

I like some of U2's music here and there, but I did about puke when I heard the title of their album. I don't think it gets much more pretentious than that. [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]

Of course, they can run around disarming all the atomic bombs they want.... if they can find any. I'm pretty sure most of the major bomb building countries are using hydrogen bombs these days. [img]tongue.gif[/img]


<font size="1">Note: This is a poke at U2's politics, not an attempt to debate nuclear weapons or actual bomb technology. [img]wink.gif[/img] </font>

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ November 12, 2004 01:08 PM: Message edited by: ?SNAPE? ]</font>

I built a bomb once...
I thought those fingers would grow back... [img]redface.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Joranthalus:
I'm confused...

They have a new album coming out.

They sent promo copies to radio stations.

thats pretty standard....

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pretty...except for the part where they have the stations play one new song an hour for 3 days. It's bad enough that the dj's usually play old U2 twice a shift, now I get to hear them after every third or fourth commercial break.

Well, so far this album is all-out mediocrity.

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Originally posted by Peter Hoffman:
Plus, the single is what causes songs to be overplayed and become intolerable.

If more bands released their whole album to radio stations, this wouldn't happen as much, as the stations might play 10 songs 1 time instead of 1 song 10 times.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Won't work that way. Radio stations get sets to play. If they play something outside the set, they pay more. The only exclusions to the rule are college stations...

Oh? So it's cool NOT to like U2 now? Damn, I wish someone would send me calendar with these event changes on them. I was accidently liking them. [img]wink.gif[/img]


BTW-I like their older stuff but don't know much beyond Joshua Tree. I pretty much ignored them after that.

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Originally posted by Andyman:
Oh? So it's cool NOT to like U2 now? Damn, I wish someone would send me calendar with these event changes on them. I was accidently liking them. [img]wink.gif[/img]


BTW-I like their older stuff but don't know much beyond Joshua Tree. I pretty much ignored them after that.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you'd started ignoring them before Joshua Tree you'd have been a lot better off...

U2 sucks ass!

Jor... back in 86 our options were good songs like "New Years Day" and "Bullet the Blue Sky" by U2...

... or that SWILL on MTV like Thomson Twins, Culture Club, and Loverboy. http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/puke2.gif

After Joshua tree, Bono started believing his own press releases and their music stagnated.

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Originally posted by Joranthalus:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Andyman:
Oh? So it's cool NOT to like U2 now? Damn, I wish someone would send me calendar with these event changes on them. I was accidently liking them. [img]wink.gif[/img]


BTW-I like their older stuff but don't know much beyond Joshua Tree. I pretty much ignored them after that.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you'd started ignoring them before Joshua Tree you'd have been a lot better off...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You guys ar harsh! So what's the dealio with my computer bubble boy? Answer my post.