U2 in Vegas

[paolo]

i left vegas, drove to joshua tree national park, and then to the town of joshua tree

didn't see bono

Any piccies?

Yes....most crap but cali coast with waves, plus i literally stumbled over a sand dune to a freshly beached fishing boat, so good pics of that, the coast from hotel in vegas and of my van on the salt flats near bonneville

itchy feet

need to get going somewhere soon

[black_guardian]

U2 were only ever interesting between Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Outside of that they were either cosplaying as Americans or just too annoying to kill off.

[Sadact7]

Bono deserves to starve to death in a dust bowl with Starvin’ Marvin pointing and laughing

[Sid Pervcat]

[paolo]

boy, joshue tree...excellent

exit a favorite

rattle and hum, rot set in with self belief and attitude

achtung baby...still decent, too

zooropa....losing direction

after that....pish


to be fair, pumping out relevant good tunes for decades, when the comparison is with your early stuff, is not easy

[Sunbeam Alpine]

Greatly over-rated

[kancutlawns]

boy, joshue tree...excellent

exit a favorite

rattle and hum, rot set in with self belief and attitude

achtung baby...still decent, too

zooropa....losing direction

after that....pish


to be fair, pumping out relevant good tunes for decades, when the comparison is with your early stuff, is not easy

Their stuff until 1991 was flawless. Added to the first and third albums, their albums in their early years like Boy, Under A Blood Red Sky, War and The Unforgettable Fire were peerless.

[antdad]

Feck I'm an old cnut. Saw them @ Brixon Academy on the Unforgettable Fire tour circa 85.

[kancutlawns]

Feck I'm an old cnut. Saw them @ Brixon Academy on the Unforgettable Fire tour circa 85.

Fantastic group back then. Didn’t have anywhere the level of popularity they picked up in the 1990s. I found The Fly to be an horrendous racket. Thought they went too broad at that time. Beautiful Day and The Sweetest Thing were pretty good and a diversion but Bono showed his true ability with Luciano with the deeply moving Miss Sarajevo. An immaculate tune full of emotion. Captured the Balkans conflict superbly.

[antdad]

Yes they were, that's really interesting. I always think of Pav's daliances as a twee indulgence but then I read that Bono quite happily listens back to Miss Sarajevo as one of his proudest all times favorites.

[Sid Pervcat]

Feck I'm an old cnut. Saw them @ Brixon Academy on the Unforgettable Fire tour circa 85.

Saw them when they toured "Boy"...80/81?
Thought they were half decent.

Everything they did subsequently was/is a pile of steaming faeces

[antdad]

You out codgered me Sidney, good show.

[Sid Pervcat]

Yes.I am indeed an old (ish) cunt.

[paolo]

Feck I'm an old cnut. Saw them @ Brixon Academy on the Unforgettable Fire tour circa 85.

Saw them when they toured "Boy"...80/81?
Thought they were half decent.

Everything they did subsequently was/is a pile of steaming faeces

U2 OG!!

[paolo]

thk fuck it wasn't ub40!!