Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2006 Hrmmm...iPod killed the radio star...I like the sound of that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2006 Neither Coldplay nor Keane is terrible. You just have to have a taste for that type of Euro emo-rock. Although I will grant you that Chris Martin can be pretty fucking annoying. Coldplay is dull and derivative. They don't outright suck enough yet to be completely terrible, but one more Coldplay-by-numbers album will do the trick James Blunt is horrible. I won't deny that Coldplay is derivative, but so is pretty much everything that is mainstream these days. They're not my favorites, but I still find their music entertaining. I happen to think that they could possibly have a long musical career, though, I discussed that in that thread we had recently on the subject of longetivity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2006 I don't mind Coldplay as "chiller" music here and there...but I can see it get boring with repetitive listenings. Much like U2. I hear the same songs over and over again, and even though "Bullet the Blue Sky" was one of my favorite songs for years...I can't stand it anymore due to overplaying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2006 I think, upon hearing their new album played in a record store, Coldplay are one band I will offer absolutely no concessions whatsoever. And incidentally, let the newest album stand as proof that no, THE FUCKING CUNT DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD VOICE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murmuring Beast 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2006 U2 are just as bad, really. Bono should be fired out of a cannon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zorin Industries 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2006 I'll take U2 up to The Unforgettable Fire, after that I don't care Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2006 I'll go War to Achtung Baby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Make it War to Zooropa and you've got a deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 I'm still the only one who loves Pop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest InuYasha Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Don't get me wrong, Barron. I like a lot of the songs on the current Top 40 list, but James Blunt's song is just plain annoying. The guy has almost zero talent, and couldn't have found a worse song to get overplayed on the radio. When INXS first came back out about 4-5 months ago, one of the local DJ's here overplayed it so much, people actually called in, asking her NOT to play it. The song I'm talking about is called "Pretty Vegas," I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 He's referring to the 1997 U2 album of that name, sir Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest InuYasha Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Ah. I would have understood better if he had put it in parentheses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Oh, and James Blunt isn't that great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Ah. I would have understood better if he had put it in parentheses. Why would that help? Albums are italicized Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 I was driving down the road the other day, and decided to turn on the radio instead of playing a CD, something I almost never do anymore. As soon as I did so, I heard a song start playing. It took me all of about thirty seconds to decide that I hated it with all of my being, but I stuck with it to be sure. I went home, decided to watch the music video on YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nufgyOerBiI and it only confirmed my hatred for it. The song was You're Beautiful by James Blunt. How anyone can enjoy that, I'll never understand. It's not even just the music or the vocals. The actual lyrics are some of the worst that I've ever heard before. It's like they totally just used a computer to write it, and picked the rhymes just bases on the most obvious ones that popped up. I just don't get how someone like this can hit it big. I haven't been more appalled at a singer hitting it big since Macy Gray, and that's saying something coming from me. And what in the living fuck is with this trend of singers singing almost entire songs in a falsetto-voice? Thank God I have pretty much given up on music radio. Not only would I like to see James Blunt beaten to a pulp, but as well as the people out there who have allowed him to get this far. EDIT: I also found this parody of that song and music video that day. It's pretty funny: http://youtube.com/watch?v=thtmaZnxk_0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Make it War to Zooropa and you've got a deal. I've never given October a full listen. I've only heard the title track and "Gloria." The fact that the piano is supposed to be a big part might make me look fondly on it, even though it seems to be the bastard child of the catalogue EDIT: soooooo, I'm going to give it a full listen. Also, I feel that Rattle and Hum could have been amazing if it wasn't so scattershot. But I guess that's how everyone feels Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 October is decent, but kind of a toss-off. Really, I like enough of the songs on Pop as well, but not nearly as much as I did six or seven years ago. The U2 catalog is gradually shrinking to a centralized point for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Hey, it's not THAT bad, but there's certainly filler. The piano is a nice touch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zorin Industries 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 Boys an anomoly,in that I enjoy every song on it, whereas on the rest of the U2 albums I like theres always one or two songs that don't appeal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2006 October just doesn't work. There's some good stuff on it, but a lot of filler. Bono losing his notebook right before recording really screwed them over. Rattle and Hum has some great songs but is just too bloated. I could listen to every song seperately and enjoy it, but as an album it's just too much. Pop has some bad clunkers, but the best songs on Pop are probably my favourite U2 songs. Please, Wake Up Dead Man, Mofo, Staring at the Sun, Gone- are all songs that I could put in my top 10 U2 song list (which changes daily) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest InuYasha Report post Posted March 2, 2006 Ah. I would have understood better if he had put it in parentheses. Why would that help? Albums are italicized Sorry; I was half asleep and at school when I typed that. I just looked at it again, and thought to myself, "WTF was I smoking.....?" I meant to say quotation marks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 songs that I could put in my top 10 U2 song list (which changes daily) 1 With or Without You 2 Where The Streets Have No Name 3 Sunday Bloody Sunday 4 New Year's Day 5 The Unforgettable Fire 6 I Will Follow 7 The Fly 8 Beautiful Day 9 Drowning Man 0 Bullet The Blue Sky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 I like that list, even though I need to listen to Drowning Man a bit more. I like With or Without You but it's not one of my favourites. I've been really into some of the B-sides recently, really digging Flower Child. City of Blinding Lights, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Mercy, In A Little While, Bullet the Blue Sky, Bad, Unforgettable Fire, Please, Mofo and Stay (Faraway, So Close!) is prob my top 10 right now. Although as I said, it changes constantly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pochorenella 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 What, no love for "One", people? Back on topic, I like that James Blunt song. It's the only song of his I've heard so far. And just to push the knife further, after being #2 for three weeks "You're Beautiful" is now YOUR new #1 song according to Billboard's Top 100 Singles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 One's good, but it's not a favourite. I prefer Johnny Cash's version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henry Spencer 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 Am I the only one who can't stand Bullet The Blue Sky? The only U2 album I ever listen to is Zooropa, so I suppose it's my favorite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 Bullet the Blue Sky is much better live. The version they did on the Elevation Tour was fantastic. Zooropa is some good stuff. Nothing except for Stay (Faraway, So Close!) stands out but I like everything on it. They debuted The First Time on the 3rd leg of the Elevation tour- really good song live. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 All I Want Is You Please (single) With or Without You The Fly Where the Streets Have No Name Bad Sunday Bloody Sunday Zoo Station Running to Stand Still Love is Blindness Even though I don't listen to them nearly as much as I used to, I would agree with Bob that my list of favorite songs probably changes from day to day. Most of those are usually on it, though. I don't think the individual songs from Zooropa stand out that well, but work wonderfully together, especially on the first half of the album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 Am I the only one who can't stand Bullet The Blue Sky? Probably, yeah. Is it the "one hundred, two hundred" part that bugs you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2006 Nope, I hate it too. Kind of by default though, I'll admit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
