Wolfman Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) I remember a friend said he was reading a book on U2 and said something about there being some bad blood between the two. Anyone know if this is true? Edited June 23, 2008 by Wolfman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Hopper Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I remember a friend said he was reading a book on U2 and said something about there being some bad blood between the two. Anyone know if this is true? All I know is I can't stand U2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninelives Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I remember a friend said he was reading a book on U2 and said something about there being some bad blood between the two. Anyone know if this is true? That's news to me. I've only heard Bono say complimentary things about Zep - never anything bad about Robert or vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the queen without a king Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 All I know is I can't stand U2. I hear ya...in regards to the supposed 'bad blood' never heard/read anything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euro Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 That's news to me. I've only heard Bono say complimentary things about Zep - never anything bad about Robert or vice versa. I might add the Bono is also known to slip in a refrain from Whole Lottal Love on occasion. i recall Robert saying that U2 were a brilliant band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 I remember it was something to do with "Tall Cool One". Even though I get sick of the media coverage on them, I really like U2 (I still think their old style was better though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninelives Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Bill Flanagan's book on U2 has a great little story about Robert and Bono in it but alas I don't own the book - someone read it to me a long time ago. Oh, I love U2 One of my favorite bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Bill Flanagan's book on U2 has a great little story about Robert and Bono in it but alas I don't own the book - someone read it to me a long time ago. Oh, I love U2 One of my favorite bands. Hey, did you see Rattle and Hum in about 88? I was the only person in the theater! Sat front and center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 Here's something I found: What really matters here (if any of this matters) is that Bono thinks of himself as short. Evidence: The platform shoes. Evidence: The narrator's joke on the 2001 Elevation Tour live DVD from Boston about how if a cinematographer wants to keep getting hired to film U2 concerts, he should choose lenses that make Bono look as tall as possible. Evidence: The anecdote in Bill Flanagan's 1995 book U2 at the End of the World wherein Flanagan talks about how Bono refers to Robert Plant as "the tall, cool one" and then gets really, really upset when he hears that Plant called him "the short, fat one." Then again, maybe it was being called "fat" that had Bono all broken up. Well, that and all those starving Africans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwizard03 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 No offence to You but who really cares who Bono the Poser likes are dislikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misty mountain Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I remember a friend said he was reading a book on U2 and said something about there being some bad blood between the two. Anyone know if this is true? If there was bad blood ;would U2 have put a couple of led zeppelin video clips (about 5 seconds)in there latest /last music video.you can clearly see Robert . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonAdler Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Hey, did you see Rattle and Hum in about 88? I was the only person in the theater! Sat front and center. I did!! We had a packed cinema, though--it was so cool I've always loved that band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninelives Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Hey, did you see Rattle and Hum in about 88? I was the only person in the theater! Sat front and center. I did. It was awesome. So is the Elevation tour video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmie ray Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Bono has the most whiney singing voice I've ever heard. His guitar player is a one trick pony who sounds like an ice cream truck in every song. If not for the empty void in music during the 80's, you wouldn't even be discussing this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninelives Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Bono has the most whiney singing voice I've ever heard. His guitar player is a one trick pony who sounds like an ice cream truck in every song. If not for the empty void in music during the 80's, you wouldn't even be discussing this... Yikes, have to disagree on this. There's nothing whiney at all, especially live. He's got an amazing range (he's sung bits of operatic singing live) and to me it's full of power. His lyrics are incredibly moving. It's not a musical void that has kept them popular for over 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmie ray Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Well, if this was a U2 thread, I would have left it be. Maybe I'm jealous that a band with very little to offer, to me, has had a longer time together and is still enjoying the limelight - while another band that has so much to offer to me had so relatively little time together and still dicks around when time is wasting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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