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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 5:05 pm

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Tall Midget wrote:

"Mysterious Ways" and "Even Better Than the Real Thing" have to be in the team photo.

"Mysterious Ways" isn't bad if you imagine that it's about cunnilingus.

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SomeGuy wrote:

Tall Midget wrote:

"Mysterious Ways" and "Even Better Than the Real Thing" have to be in the team photo.

No way, clown.

Up yours, ya prattling prick.

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Tall Midget wrote:

"Mysterious Ways" and "Even Better Than the Real Thing" have to be in the team photo.

"Mysterious Ways" isn't bad if you imagine that it's about cunnilingus.

That's a good point.

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Tall Midget wrote:

"Mysterious Ways" and "Even Better Than the Real Thing" have to be in the team photo.

"Mysterious Ways" isn't bad if you imagine that it's about cunnilingus.

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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:09 pm

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Vertigo

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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:50 pm

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shirtless driver wrote:

Hey RPB, off topic but I was trying to remember a song you posted in a thread about music you're embarassed to like.
It was some Chicago bar band, but I can't find the thread.
I think the lyrics were something like "like the sunshine I am golden" or some shit.
Do you remember what it was?

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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:51 pm

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Tall Midget wrote:

I name "Pride (In the Name of Love)," which perfectly illustrates Bono's brand of fake social progressivism. How daring to write a song celebrating MLK in 1984.

You think he's fake?

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Furious Styles wrote:

Never cared for "When Love Comes to Town." Feels forced.

Very Dave Grohlish. "WE'RE PLAYING WITH B.B. KING!!!!!!!!"

They took themselves a bit too seriously at times

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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:54 pm

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Tall Midget wrote:

I name "Pride (In the Name of Love)," which perfectly illustrates Bono's brand of fake social progressivism. How daring to write a song celebrating MLK in 1984.

It really is amazing how you can hear the difference between the real and the phony. It's very hard to conjure emotion. You listen to the shit he actually knows and feels like the stuff about the Troubles and he really puts it across. With something like "Pride (In the Name of Love)", he may as well be singing a jingle for floor polish.

I think maybe they were trying to bring up the mood from War

But you're right about that song vs a bunch of other ones you can tell are meaningful to him

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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:56 pm

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IMU wrote:

Vertigo

Still?

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This whole section is a microcosm of the I don't listen but I hate Bernstein threads. So many miserable amateur psychologists.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

This whole section is a microcosm of the I don't listen but I hate Bernstein threads. So many miserable amateur psychologists.

IMO, there is really only one poster in this thread whose thoughts on music should be dismissed out of hand, and his name isn't IMU.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

This whole section is a microcosm of the I don't listen but I hate Bernstein threads. So many miserable amateur psychologists.

I don't quite understand this comment, but if you feel we're not talking about music properly, perhaps you could instruct us?

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shirtless driver wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

This whole section is a microcosm of the I don't listen but I hate Bernstein threads. So many miserable amateur psychologists.

IMO, there is really only one poster in this thread whose thoughts on music should be dismissed out of hand, and his name isn't IMU.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:29 pm

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DannyB wrote:

Bullet the Blue Sky is almost a complete rip-off of Stranglehold by Ted Nugent. I heard Stranglehold on one of the SXM stations a couple of weeks and actually thought I was the first to realize it. Apparently people have been discussing it in the interwebs since 1995.

Nah - closer to "Benny Dancer" by Robin Trower.

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rogers park bryan wrote:

IMU wrote:

Vertigo

Still?

I haven't heard a new U2 song since around the time that came out. At least...I don't think I have. I'm sure there is a lot of bad on that album and every album after.

But Vertigo is baaaaadddddd.

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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:34 pm

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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

This whole section is a microcosm of the I don't listen but I hate Bernstein threads. So many miserable amateur psychologists.

I don't think any of us expected him to say that.

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Numb is kinda weird but gets stuck in my head sometimes. I hate pride. I like Mysterious ways.

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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 12:54 pm

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Tall Midget wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

Furious Styles wrote:

Never cared for "When Love Comes to Town." Feels forced.

That's a terrible song.

Yes. Yes it is.

NO way! Its got BB King!

I have never liked 'With Or Without You.' I don't think its their worst, but for me its one of the move over rated/loved songs of all time. Then again, my favorite album of theirs is Pop, so what do I know?

Lemon (actually, almost all of Zooropa) and 'Stuck in a Moment...' are pretty fucking brutal.
I also dislike 'New York' just because of Boilermaker Rick.

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

Tall Midget wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

Furious Styles wrote:

Never cared for "When Love Comes to Town." Feels forced.

That's a terrible song.

Yes. Yes it is.

'Stuck in a Moment...' would get my vote with 'Stand Up Comedy' being close behind.

Have to disagree with 'Zooropa', I found it fabulous. But I do agree on 'Pop' as it's pretty damn great.

Most of my "Most Hated U2 Songs..." come from ATYCLB, HTDAAB and NLOTH.

There were some clunkers on Rattle & Hum but it was a good album overall, I actually respect what they tried to do with it and of course I like where it led them next.

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"Lemon" is okay. Just okay. "Stuck in a Moment..." does nothing for me either. But I unapologetically love "With or Without You." It's a perfect song.

The worst U2 song is probably either "Vertigo" or some random b-side or some other cut off How to Dismantle. Bad U2 is like bad Simpsons; I just don't give it any thought and concentrate on all the good.

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New York features some of Bono's worst lyrics.
That's a song I don't listen to for the words.
The band was fucking amazing on that track.

Do You Feel Loved is mostly ignored, from an ignored album, but I would put that in my top 10 U2 songs ever.

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I loved the final reworked version of Please

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It'd be easier if we could just name a decade

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rogers park bryan wrote:

I loved the final reworked version of Please

and the thread for U2 best so g hasnt even been started, and its alteady been won

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rogers park bryan wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Furious Styles wrote:

Never cared for "When Love Comes to Town." Feels forced.

Very Dave Grohlish. "WE'RE PLAYING WITH B.B. KING!!!!!!!!"

They took themselves a bit too seriously at times

I've seen "Rattle and Hum" recently. There are some very Spinal Tap-esque nuggets in there. Some movies like "Purple Rain" don't hold up well. "Rattle and Hum" works pretty well as a comedy the second time around.

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Telegram Sam wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Furious Styles wrote:

Never cared for "When Love Comes to Town." Feels forced.

Very Dave Grohlish. "WE'RE PLAYING WITH B.B. KING!!!!!!!!"

They took themselves a bit too seriously at times

The concert footage is awesome if you like the band. And its mostly Bono, there are parts where you can tell the band is laughing at itself (musical journey)

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Come to think of it, "New Year's Day" is a really crappy song.

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Tall Midget wrote:

Come to think of it, "New Year's Day" is a really crappy song.

Ever see them live or listen to the Under a Blood Red Sky version?

I dont care much for the album version actually. Live version is more bass and tighter less over the top piano.

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