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jeremyvedder wrote:
maybe they will play sunday bloody sunday
Turn it up loud, Captain!
_________________ Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
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Little late on this, but they rocked SNL like very very few bands have before.
"I will follow" at the end, going into the crowd - that is why many consider U2 the best band around today, and while PJ is still the shit, very few know how to command a room, arena, stadium like Bono & co. I had chills (which says a lot for an SNL performance).
BTW, anyone near Brooklyn right now need their U2 fix? Go out your doors and listen for them (as I tried to quietly warn everyone about last week)
I'm not sure what to make of U2 anymore. Are they sell-outs or what? a U2 ipod? I remember a very long time ago (during Joshua Tree era) Bono making a remark "we don't need the pop kids to buy our albums" or something to that effect (that they don't want to be though of as Pop) and look at them now, they are everywhere you look, ipod ads, SNL, driving on a flatbed through NYC filming a music video... If this isn't to appeal to the Pop crowd then what is it?
Basically doing everything PJ would NEVER do re-inforcing why I like PJ so much.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:59 am Posts: 18643 Location: Raleigh, NC Gender: Male
otsuigm wrote:
I'm not sure what to make of U2 anymore. Are they sell-outs or what? a U2 ipod? I remember a very long time ago (during Joshua Tree era) Bono making a remark "we don't need the pop kids to buy our albums" or something to that effect (that they don't want to be though of as Pop) and look at them now, they are everywhere you look, ipod ads, SNL, driving on a flatbed through NYC filming a music video... If this isn't to appeal to the Pop crowd then what is it?
Basically doing everything PJ would NEVER do re-inforcing why I like PJ so much.
Anyone with me on this?
Or you could view it as them adopting new technology or perhaps they've changed their opinions on "pop kids" since 1987.
Very few bands IMO have the chops to back up the kind of promotional flood that results from a new album. U2 at least does it in a cool way (small, surprise gigs). To me, driving down the New York streets playing on a flatbed, while not original (see The Stones circa 1972) is still pretty bad-ass.
They rarely disappoint musically and can still put on live shows to rival anyone else on the planet, so I don't care if Bono is shilling for Palmolive, Viagra, or anything else.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:03 am Posts: 24177 Location: Australia
otsuigm wrote:
I'm not sure what to make of U2 anymore. Are they sell-outs or what? a U2 ipod? I remember a very long time ago (during Joshua Tree era) Bono making a remark "we don't need the pop kids to buy our albums" or something to that effect (that they don't want to be though of as Pop) and look at them now, they are everywhere you look, ipod ads, SNL, driving on a flatbed through NYC filming a music video... If this isn't to appeal to the Pop crowd then what is it?
Basically doing everything PJ would NEVER do re-inforcing why I like PJ so much.
Anyone with me on this?
I have allowed every single indescretion U2 have ever made to not bother me
except the ipod ad, which really upset me for reasons... anyway...
i still love them despite this type of stuff.
but i could never feel the way about u2 that i feel about pj.
_________________ Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:46 pm Posts: 9617 Location: Medford, Oregon Gender: Male
That was one of the best SNL performances ever. Hands fucking down. U2 proved why they are one of the best rock bands in history, and Bono certainly cemented his place as one of the best frontmen ever. Amazing band. Can't wait for the tour.
_________________ Deep below the dunes I roved Past the rows, past the rows Beside the acacias freshly in bloom I sent men to their doom
That was one of the best SNL performances ever. Hands fucking down.
I hate to admit this... but at the end when he went over with the cast and was singing while holding Amy Poehler and she was crying and other cast members were crying, I started to get a little teary myself. heh
I love when people get overwhelmed with live music like that, so I felt I had to do my part too.
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does anybody know where i can watch it online?
