[kj] OT: Pirating of new U2 release

peter.west410 peter.west410 at ntlworld.com
Tue Nov 9 10:44:02 EST 2004


In my rightful opinion U2 have never been relevant,Just a bunch of
flag-waving,pretentious posers.
    "I threw a brick"........  I don't think you did Bono.
They were a safe inoffensive band,Some thing you could play at a family
gathering and your granny would nt mind.
    Getting a female on stage to dance with!!!!!!!!!!What was all that about
 They were  a cutting-edge political rebellious band for accountants of this
world.Safe, inoffensive and reliable for Top of the pops producers.
   PW

Yasser Arafat,brain dead...............No change there then.With the main
obstacle to peace on his way out,Hopefully the factions can make peace now.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Pirating of new U2 release


> I think U2 stopped being "relevant" (whatever that means) after ACHTUNG
> BABY (an at-the-time refreshing image overhaul they've still not
> recovered from). Apart from the odd track here and there, it strikes me
> that they've long since stopped making music that "mattered". That
> said, I've always liked them despite their elephantine pretension
> (although since when is humility a staple of great music? I ask you --
> are Killing Joke humble? No, and nor should they be!) As the kids here
> in the States say, U2 have "jumped the shark", and are now as old, out
> of it and fuddy-duddy as Emerson Lake & Palmer were in 1977.
>
> REM, as far as I'm concerned, probably should have called it quits
> after CHRONIC TOWN, but to continue since Billy Berry's departure earns
> them a death warrant, I'd say. And Michael Stipe is nine-times as much
> of a jackass as Bono can  be.
>
> Alex in NYC
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 9, 2004, at 04:01 AM, Patrick Davies wrote:
>
> > For me U2 stopped being relevant when they did a live gig on telly. Was
> > it a tube special? Bono in his rock star pose jumped off the stage and
> > said it didn't exist that they were one with the audience. I saw it as
> > self indulgent bollox and never listened to them again under my own
> > steam. Not long after that they were doing stadiums I believe.
> >
> > REM never, to my limited knowledge, made such illusions. However Stripe
> > was so far out there it took them to the other year to let people know
> > there was someone else in the band by acting like a pr*ck on an
> > airplane.
> >
> >
> > iPat
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> > Thomas Kennedy wrote:
> >
> >> Good.  They suck shit anyways...
> >
> > Do people still care about U2? they haven't been relivant since the mid
> > 80s. I can't understand what people see in them anymore, but then again
> > I say that about R.E.M. and people still seem to rate them quite
> > highly.
> >
> >
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