BCB 100 - U2
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BCB 100 - U2
As a teen they were my favorite going-concern band. Not so much anymore, but The Joshua Tree still holds up as monumental album for me.
Favorite Album - The Joshua Tree
Favorite Song - "A Sort of Homecoming"
Favorite Album - The Joshua Tree
Favorite Song - "A Sort of Homecoming"
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'I Will Follow' is a great tune but that's about as far as I go with these guys. Oh, I like 'Gloria' too. I suppose I like them when they're being young and earnest and purposeful rather than middle-aged, incredibly po-faced and burdened with messianic tendencies.
Still, I do really like the two I've mentioned.
Still, I do really like the two I've mentioned.
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I quite like 'em. I'm of the right age. It may be unfortunate, but they didn't pass anybody by who was born, say, between 1960 and 1975. They might not admit it, but it's true - we've all got a soft spot.
Have we got this far without anyone saying 'messiah complex'? Well done!
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First band I ever saw - although most of their albums are pretty mundane affairs, they have occasionally hit some heights. Unfortunately, too much of their most popular work ("The Joshua Tree", all their recent albums) has been empty, chest-beating blather. On the other hand, their early 90s work is seriously undervalued.
Single: She Moves In Mysterious Ways - oddly enough, their attempts at indie-dance were right on the button.
Album: October - it meant a lot to me when I was 16.
Single: She Moves In Mysterious Ways - oddly enough, their attempts at indie-dance were right on the button.
Album: October - it meant a lot to me when I was 16.
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Album : Achtung Baby
Track : The Unforgettable Fire
*EDIT*
Change the track to "All I Want Is You".
Track : The Unforgettable Fire
*EDIT*
Change the track to "All I Want Is You".
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The most inconsistent commercially successful band ever? I love some of their records passionately, find some of them boring as hell. Bono needs to be smacked at times, but he's also given us some great vocal performances. And it's pretty hard to deny that the Edge has his own guitar style, Verlaine-influenced though it may be. Taken as a whole, I'm glad they're around.
Album - Achtung Baby or War
Song - One
Album - Achtung Baby or War
Song - One
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Re: BCB 100 - U2
geoffcowgill wrote:
Favorite Album - The Joshua Tree
Favorite Song - "A Sort of Homecoming"
That'll do for me too.
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toomanyhatz wrote:The most inconsistent commercially successful band ever? I love some of their records passionately, find some of them boring as hell. Bono needs to be smacked at times, but he's also given us some great vocal performances. And it's pretty hard to deny that the Edge has his own guitar style, Verlaine-influenced though it may be. Taken as a whole, I'm glad they're around.
Album - Achtung Baby or War
Song - One
Pretty much sums it up for me. Saw them during the War tour, and it was equal parts ridiculous meglomania and inspired passion. But then, that's U2 in a nutshell, innit it?
Album - Achtung Baby
Song - 'One'
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The Giraffe wrote:toomanyhatz wrote:War
that's the one that made me turn against them for quite a while.
Me too.
I used to love U2, but hated War and couldnt be bothered for a while, won me back with The Joshua Tree, lost me again with Pop, and apart from some great moments on ATYCLB, I just cant be arsed anymore.
Song - So Cruel or Till The End Of The World
Album - Joshua Tree
So Long Kid, Take A Bow.
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I remember when i first started to take notice of U2 was when their best of 1980-90 was being promoted. I looked at the tracklisting, and saw so many songs that i knew and loved, but didn't know they were all by them. Fantastic stuff. Pretty tricky to pick a favourite track. I've liked 'Staring At The Sun' since i first heard it, plus i like most of the stuff on the 80-90 compilation. Then there's One, and i really like 'Vertigo' too.
If pushed, i'd probably go for
Album - The Joshua Tree
Single - With Or Without You (don't start, i'm not listening)
If pushed, i'd probably go for
Album - The Joshua Tree
Single - With Or Without You (don't start, i'm not listening)
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Song: 'One', probably.
Album: Boy or Achtung Baby. Can't get a cigarette paper between them.
Album: Boy or Achtung Baby. Can't get a cigarette paper between them.
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A band i feel just about scrape into the top 100 because they have had a a massive impact, although to my mind the impact is not in proportion to their musical talent.
Album: Unforgettable Fire
It's probably down to my age and lack of musical knowledge when it was released but I was taken aback by the sheer atmospheric nature and artiness of it.
Track: Sweetest Thing
I'm not sure of the story behind this. Was it an old track to support a greatest hits or something? Anyway, at a time when they had become totally overblown it was a reminder that they did actually have the ability to write a pretty decent tune.
Album: Unforgettable Fire
It's probably down to my age and lack of musical knowledge when it was released but I was taken aback by the sheer atmospheric nature and artiness of it.
Track: Sweetest Thing
I'm not sure of the story behind this. Was it an old track to support a greatest hits or something? Anyway, at a time when they had become totally overblown it was a reminder that they did actually have the ability to write a pretty decent tune.