It’s immediate: they tell you Link and you think about Somalia, what happened U2? We could also ask them about Nick Cave or Papu Gómez. At a certain point it happened: saying “I like U2” transformed you into someone with no personality and no opinions, who is guided only by what Teté Coustarot says. You say “I like U2” and you missed the Tinder date. Attention, darling!
How far back are the 80s, when U2 were the biggest band on the planet. No one was unaware of Bono’s epic vocals or The Edge’s guitars. Time has passed and the band was turned into a continuous booklet meme.
Record as lad (1980), the captivating commitment of War (1983) con Sunday, damned Sunday, Pride in the name of love) AND The Joshua treewhen Bono was more of a conqueror than Napoleon Bonaparte.
1) One, two three, fourteen…!
They say that in Las Vegas, where U2 recently played, Bono received a standing ovation just because he was old. The group played shows for $1,200 a ticket and Bruce Dickinson, of Iron Maiden, exploded: “I have no interest in paying $1,200 to go see U2. A hundred dollars and maybe…”
Decrepitude in the best style Axl Rose, one day you realize that U2 is like listening to Maná in English. Lawyer Julián Elencwajg has already said it: “They are outraged by the yacht Insaurralde, but not by what is truly intolerable, which are U2’s latest albums.”
Bono and Lady Gaga, during a U2 concert in Las Vegas, on October 25, 2023. Photo: video capture2) Peace and everything else too
Bono is a man tired of giving peace a chance. Chic and clean rocker in Zorrito Von Quintiero style, the big difference is that the Irishman has a giant microphone and a monologue breath. We talk about the TED talk on “Messianic Leadership”, where it was said that you need to speak in short, strong sentences for journalism to understand the message.
He published a volume of more than 500 pages in which he recounts his conversations with Obama and recalls when Gorbachev rang the doorbell. Friend of Clinton, Bush, Blair, philanthropist… Uffffff.
3) Pop Art
U2 is a play on words meaning “you too”, aimed at the public. I intend, They are absolutely responsible for stadium rock, that is, populist and demagogic rock.. Said in Spanish, it could be the name of one of those Uruguayan bands (never from River Plate!) that usually cross the ocean.
Over the years we have understood why Bono can be both Pope and evangelical pastor or president of a First World country.
4) Are you still following?
The last three albums, and we’re not up to par, don’t have a single worthwhile song. Each new album is worse than the previous one. It’s hard to understand how they have fans. Lately they are shift workers at their own job. Or maybe we’re the ones who decided to condemn them to the category of “underrated song artists.” How long before we have to write “Why doesn’t anyone listen to Coldplay anymore?”
U2, at the Estadio Único in La Plata, on The Joshua tour. Photo: Martin Bonetto5) Self-parody
Specialist critics from three continents agree with comments such as the following: “In short, we don’t know whether U2’s future lies in becoming a feeble tribute band of itself.” Or: “U2 has no one to love them: it disappoints its fans and irritates others.”
Songs of surrender was insulted: “U2 ages their classics. It does Paul McCartney wondering how to reconnect Yesterday? The most exciting thing about new Pride of U2 is when the very high and powerful voice of the young Bono from 1984 finally appears.
6) Parents’ speech
Rocker, pacifist, candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, collaborator of Amnesty International, Greenpeace, committed to the fight against poverty in Africa, in favor of canceling the foreign debt of Third World countries…
We no longer know which of all their reputations we should respect. Let’s talk about Bono, the progressive father, standard-bearer of all the right causes, from hunger to the legalization of flat-earthism and who tries to be taken seriously even if he speaks with the “e”.
The Edge and Bono, guitar and vocals of U2, at the Estadio Único in La Plata. Photo: Martin Bonetto7) Will Ben Stiller play Bono?
We may come to believe that, musically speaking, U2 ceased to exist after that Zoo clothing. Perhaps the problem with the band is that Bono wasn’t murdered, nor was he killed, nor did he leave behind an exquisite Kurt Cobain corpse.
Let’s anticipate the plot: the singer’s biopic will talk about a sprained ankle and what happened when he went to a dealership to change his 4X4.
8) The blonde drummer
What a detail as to why you can say no one really listens to U2 anymore. It recently reappeared Larry Mullen Jr. who hadn’t played live for years. Has anyone discovered this? Is it true that Rombai’s drummer replaced you? It turned out that Larry hadn’t performed live with the band since 2019, when the Joshua Tree Tour ended.
U2, by far the biggest band on the planet. 9) Iconic Band Syndrome
There was a time in man’s life when U2 were indispensable. The problem is when solemnity becomes snobbish.
“Bono is our Sweet Lord.” Rodrigo Fresán said it already in 2005.
10) Become famous and sew
U2’s detractors – who number in their millions and reproduce like mushrooms – say Bono took a revolutionary holiday decades ago.
Why doesn’t anyone need it to live anymore? Is it because they didn’t compromise on some rap, trap or hip hop nonsense? What would happen if Rusherking grabbed Where the streets have no name and translate it into the famous current language of a recovering addict?
Source: Clarin
