U2 this weekend in jhb and NOT an excited word on the forum ???

Keira-WitherKay · 2011-02-10T10:43:25+00:00

wow i'm surprised that with U2 being here in jhb this weekend and there's no excited posts re going to see them , or are they just not flavour of the month...

U2 this weekend in jhb and NOT an excited word on the forum ???

Warren

chris77 wrote: Bob, to be honest, I'm with you. I will rather watch an artist in a small intimate venue doing the acoustic solo thing than go to a stadium to watch a big act live. It seems though that everybody is giving U2 a lot of kak for being dated and past their prime, but will gladly fork out to watch another bunch of geriatric rockers riding the nostalgia ticket.

For the record, I wouldn't pay R900 for AC/DC either ?

I wouldn't say U2 are past their prime, just that they're a different act musically to what they used to be, and that's fine since I think it's cool for bands to evolve. I just don't really like what they've evolved into is all.

domhatch

i'll be there. look for the guy with no hair, rapturous expression on his face, singing along to every song, and the bored-looking wife by his side. yes, she got big jewellery for her birthday.

i LUUUUURRRRRRV u2, and i always will. every album, some more than others, some songs more than others, every dvd, some more than others, but this is one of my idol-bands. good thing this is one of them tolerant-type forums, eh?

yes, bono has his god-complex, the edge ain't satch or the guru, but i'll be there with bells on. larry mullen, now there's a guy into his playing chaps and gals...

can't wait
dom

Riaan-Combrink

I'll report regarding the Cape Town show after the 18th.

I also agree that U2's since-Popmart output is not seminal, but I've never seen them live and its on the Bucket List! So when opportunity presents itself ....

Personally, I enjoyed everything up to and including Achtung Baby. After that, not so much.

Squonk

Brentcgp wrote: I would rather go watch Dan Patlansky at Tanz tomorrow ?
And its R100 bucks... and I can sit and eat, have a beer, go home and not sit in traffic for 2 hours.
And appreciate more talent than all of U2 combined...

Missing the point somewhat, This is a big Stadium event, I dont think it's fair to compare it to watching someone performing at Tanz cafe.
It's also got nothing to do with Talent, the U2 show is an Event, on a huge big scale, with huge big atmosphere.

It seems as though U2 are the Justin Biebers of the rock world ?

aubs1

Squonk wrote: ........, the U2 show is an Event, on a huge big scale, with huge big atmosphere.

Absolutely Squonk, I'm no U2 fan. I'm going! Just for The Event!

I have the Blue Ray version, did'nt really "get into it" ...... but what the hell ..... 8)

BMU

I always enjoyed U2 when they came on the radio and thought they were a pretty good band. Then I won their entire album list on a radio phone in show, up to Achtung as I recall.

Having a real sit-down, focused listen to that stuff, turns out they were one of the most boring bands in the world. I narrowly escaped with my psyche intact by throwing that shit in the dustbin.

And that's my U2 history.

Bob-Dubery

Squonk wrote:
Brentcgp wrote: I would rather go watch Dan Patlansky at Tanz tomorrow ?
And its R100 bucks... and I can sit and eat, have a beer, go home and not sit in traffic for 2 hours.
And appreciate more talent than all of U2 combined...
Missing the point somewhat, This is a big Stadium event, I dont think it's fair to compare it to watching someone performing at Tanz cafe.
It's also got nothing to do with Talent, the U2 show is an Event, on a huge big scale, with huge big atmosphere.

It seems as though U2 are the Justin Biebers of the rock world ?

Nah. We're just experiencing some diversity here.

I understand actually that this show is going to be an EVENT. I just don't see the point of events. I'm a miserable git, a purist. I like to go see musicians playing music and I reserve the right to say that she/he/they sucked if in my opinion they did. The whole event thing seems to mitigate against that, or seems to have a different objective. It's a bit like going to a 20-20 cricket match. It's not really about or not just about what happens out there on the field. There's fireworks and boring bloody banal music and mexican waves and dunk-a-hunk and hot tubs and etc etc etc

As I said: meh.

And as I said: YMMV.

Tonedef

Did anybody catch The Mission UK at The Doors a few years back?

Now THAT was my kind of concert. My best mate got Wayne Hussey's pick, passed down by the man himself on stage. He keeps it in a little jewel box, it's like The One Ring in his household ?

Squonk

X-rated Bob wrote: [
Nah. We're just experiencing some diversity here.

But lets us non purists share in on the other side of your diversity here ? It's still Diversity.

I am not for Stadiums etc, but I need to experience at least one Event before I wear crocs and listen to Abba ?

@ BMU a lot of the stuff that you have posted on the forum is pretty sh1t as well ? Thank God we have different tastes

Tonedef

Squonk wrote: It seems as though U2 are the Justin Biebers of the rock world ?

Will Ferrell obviously has more self control than most.

Bob-Dubery

Squonk wrote:
X-rated Bob wrote: Nah. We're just experiencing some diversity here.
But lets us non purists share in on the other side of your diversity here ? It's still Diversity.

But that's exactly what you're doing, isn't it? Having your say?

Look... I'm really not trying to diss you here. I'm just disagreeing with you (which does not imply disrespect) and explaining my own POV. There are things over which reasonable people may disagree.

I quite like differences of opinion, at least partly because if my own opinion can't stand up in the face of a contrary one then it probably needs revising.

I am not for Stadiums etc, but I need to experience at least one Event before I wear crocs and listen to Abba ?

Now THAT was low blow ?

Squonk

X-rated Bob wrote: [q
I am not for Stadiums etc, but I need to experience at least one Event before I wear crocs and listen to Abba ?
Now THAT was low blow ?

Didn't mean it like that Bob ? You know I have crocs and on occassion listen to Abba already ?

Bob-Dubery

Squonk wrote: You know I have crocs and on occassion listen to Abba ?

Just want to point out that this apalling admission was made of the poster's own volition and was not made under duress.

Keira-WitherKay

here's a peak at what the stage will look like......... in time lapse watch the build ......... see what you missing by not being there it should be phenominal ............

http://www.blabla.co.za/2011/02/08/u2-360-claw-stage-setup-time-lapse/

kayDUB

Dear haters

Go argue about Gibson vs Tokai. ?

Seriously though, U2 are one of my all time favourite bands. They've stayed together for YEARS and managed to move with the times and still sell albums 30 years later. IMO they are a great example of ... wait a second here, I'm falling into the trap.

Bob-Dubery

Keira WitherKay wrote: here's a peak at what the stage will look like......... in time lapse watch the build ......... see what you missing by not being there it should be phenominal ............

I'm sure the stage and the PA and the lighting will be top notch. I'm sure that the big screen will be really big.

I'm sure too that it's a whole load of the Emperor's new clothes.

Or sleight of hand, distraction (a time-honored showbiz tactic). Get them talking about the stage and the scale of the event and how ROCK 'N ROLL it's going to be and they won't pay any attention to the music at all and forget that they're sitting a furlong away from the stage, and possibly behind it, and looking at some little matchstick figures off in the distance. Unless
a) they're behind the stage in which case they probably won't even get to see the Bono matchstick shake it's booty because the drum kit will be in the way
b) they're in the golden circle in which case they will all need a neck brace the next morning and will have other things to worry about than wether the band could actually play or not.

In my rather blunt and cynical opinion. No self-respecting band or management team would actually go on the record with anything like that.

Tonedef

Aw, c'mawn XRB, fess up! I think you're secretly sour because you couldn't get ticketz ?

Bob-Dubery

Tonedef wrote: Aw, c'mawn XRB, fess up! I think you're secretly sour because you couldn't get ticketz ?

LOL.

Look, I'm coming on a bit strong here, but please rewind several posts of mine in this thread: These big stadium shows just don't do it for me. Fab lights (and they will be fab, I have no doubt about that) and a great SHOW is, for me, no substitute for great music.

Mr-M

To answer the original question Kiera, read the rest of the replies barring just a few positive remarks. The majority of the more active forumites here aren't all that fond of U2... I suspect it might be a deterrent to many of those who are going owning up to it.

Personally, I'll be there and I'm going to love it from the Red Zone. Am I interested in the event and the show? Yes, but not nearly as much as I am in the music. Many have expressed their (mostly overwhelmingly negative) opinion on U2, which is all of course subjective, and therefore I'll offer my own subjective opinion. I like their music, past and present. Of course I only started on the latest album and worked my way back, which is possibly why I appreciate the whole catalog more than those who started at the beginning. My favourite album is Achtung Baby.

I was aware of their big hits, but I used to ignore their music for the most part until reading a special edition of Uncut Magazine about them when the latest album came out. It went a long way to changing most of the opinions and perceptions I had of them, which were at the time along the lines of most of the posters here who don't like them. Now I understand them and their music more, and in my case at least, to gain new understanding was to find new appreciation for them. Now I'm a fan. I suspect if I had given them a chance in the past, I might have enjoyed their music as much as I do now. I'm not implying it would be the same for anyone else.

Still, I do admit that their 360 DVD was a bit underwhelming for the first few songs, so I am hoping they will deliver the goods for the JHB 360 concert.

domhatch

Tonedef wrote: Did anybody catch The Mission UK at The Doors a few years back?

Now THAT was my kind of concert. My best mate got Wayne Hussey's pick, passed down by the man himself on stage. He keeps it in a little jewel box, it's like The One Ring in his household ?

One Ring to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.

I think we've solved an age-old mystery here - where all our missing plectra go!