U2's new album dropped today and I wonder does anyone really care? It got me thinking do I even know a true U2 fan? The answer: nope. U2 has to be one of the most overrated bands in the history of recorded music.
I'm not saying that they are horrible, just that they are overrated. Bono's caterwauling and drawn out pronunciation of every word sounds like a slightly more melodic autistic child. Edge isn't nearly talented enough to be referred to as Edge. Their music is so pretentious. Every album bring about a new cause. I am all up for forgiving third world debt just as much as the next guy, but having someone with more money than God telling me the evils of capitalism is hard to swallow. Criticizing countries even your own for not contributing more to humanitarian aid is a noble cause. Moving your tax holdings to the Netherlands to avoid higher taxes at home is financially smart, but if everyone does this there will be no money for Ireland to give to anyone, even their schools and hospitals. That is neither here nor there my point is U2 is overrated.
There music is run of the mill rock with a few songs with decent lyrics. I am a pretty big music fan but I would be hard pressed to name more than 5 U2 songs. Most of their songs are boring and kind of depressing. If you want to rock out there are a hundred bands you would listen to before U2, and if you wanted to listen to music that matters there are a hundred bands you'd listen to before U2. To sum it up, who and why do people listen to U2? I don't know.
Oh, and enough with the colored glasses already. Bono looks like a cross between Ali G and McCartney.
2 comments:
Agreed, although I'll never stop loving that Beautiful Day song.
I hate U2 More than I hate Nazi's and meat eaters
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