Originally posted by RUMMY:Hmm...interesting question - and tough to answer.
No, it isn’t. Everything else is vomit.
U2 is U2.
The original four or nothing.
Originally posted by RUMMY:Hmm...interesting question - and tough to answer.
Originally posted by Sydney_MIke:I can tolerate the band playing without Larry temporarily provided they have his full blessing, but if his health becomes a barrier to a permanent return then I'd like them to call it a day.
Originally posted by Zwervervriend:[..]
Why's that? He may be writing the lyrics, but in performance he's the weakest for the last couple of years. Plus i think Edge is more 'the sound of U2' than Bono is.
Originally posted by Peterrrrr:Because you can't make anyone sound like Bono, but there are other musicians that can copy the other three well.
Originally posted by BloodyValentine:Bono sang on Colbert without U2 and I thought it was better than any U2 performance.
So if U2 stopped playing and Bono went solo, I'd be cool with that. It might even be better.
At this stage I think he sounds better in a less "rock" setting anyway.
Originally posted by Peterrrrr:Because you can't make anyone sound like Bono, but there are other musicians that can copy the other three well.
Originally posted by Sydney_MIke:I'm in the camp that U2 is ABLE (Adam, Bono, Larry, Edge) but then I wonder to myself why am I so adamant for this particular band that it must remain so when almost all of the bands I am highly fond of have lost original members. Bands like R.E.M, Blondie, Counting Crows, Placebo, The Airborne Toxic Event have all had line up changes but I still listen to them and forgive them because the nucleus, or more precisely the lead singer and guitarist, remained the same. The most comparable change I can think of would be INXS, where for me the death of Michael Hutchence should have been the end of the band, or at least a transition back to being The Farriss Brothers with a new singer, i.e. no longer INXS
So why do I / we hold this band to a higher standard? My conclusion is because they have been so stable over the years and so consistent in their messaging about Larry starting the band, of them being brothers or family, the equal sharing of rights and royalties, and the (seemingly) unbreakable bonds they've formed. We've bought into the culture of the band, not just the sound, or the image, or the live performances; we've believe in them as an inseparable quartet because of all we've heard over 40 years and more.
I can tolerate the band playing without Larry temporarily provided they have his full blessing, but if his health becomes a barrier to a permanent return then I'd like them to call it a day.
Originally posted by TRISTAN:Bono + Edge
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U2's creativity
So, as long as those 2 continue to be in U2, I am alright.
Originally posted by TRISTAN:Bono + Edge
=
U2's creativity
So, as long as those 2 continue to be in U2, I am alright.