The Rev. Bono (A critic finally calls this phony out)

Chicago Sun-times ^ | May 9, 2005 | JIM DEROGATIS Pop Music Critic

[BurbankKarl]

I remember working a U2 concert (Amnesty Int'l) once and "Edge" was banging some 16 y.o.....that was all I needed to know about the band.

[inkling]

I saw U2 in 1981 at the Hollywood Palladium.

I saw them in '81 in Phoenix. They were the opening act for the J. Geils Band (how times change...).

[Xenalyte]

Decent music, centimeter-deep lyrics.

I have yet to hear a U2 song that has more than 20 different words.

[GSWarrior]

(how times change...).

I've still got my ticket stub....cost me $8.50!

[DAC21]

"At least Pearl Jam is still going strong"

Was there supposed to be a sarcasm alert here? I haven't bought anything from them since Vitalogy. They don't hide there hatred of Bush like U2, they wear it on there shoulder.

[DarthTinkerbell]

I used to love Bono. When he started wearing the Yoko glasses, it became all too apparent that his performing was nothing more than public masturbation.

How dare he ask us to dig deep to solve AIDS in Africa! St. Bono could buy Africa! How dare he wear the stars and stripes and claim he supports the troops! How has he supported the troops? Arghh!

[My Favorite Headache]

LMAO...line of the day...just add the sarcasm tag next time or you might confuse people.

[free_life]

Bono - court jester of the liberal left "we are the world" monkeys.

[MonaMars]

"I thought they were pretty decent about 20 years ago"

Yup. Best concerts I ever attended. Now, every time I hear
Bono opine on this crisis or that, it reminds me that well-meaning fools can be just as troublesome as geniuses with evil intent. Just sing and look pretty, Bono.

[tnlibertarian]

Even ignoring his socialist preaching crap, $6.72/song, what a bargain! And they played, what, 2 songs from the only decent album they ever made, The Joshua Tree.

[skidmarket]

""Edge" was banging some 16 y.o."

Boy or girl?

[Billthedrill]

...impassioned windbaggery and the passionless rock 'n' roll.

Ouch. Rock's version of "jumping the shark." When you take yourself that seriously, you're history.

I miss Da Ramones.

[KC_Conspirator]

Yes, and if the fans are still interested, they can always pay the admission and go to the U2 Museum.

I remember one of their tours about a decade or so ago (1992) where Bono acted like he was calling Bush the Elder on a phone onstage and was put on hold. So then he goes off on how "Bush is making the American people wait on hold". Truly stupid and shameless. On the good side, I have only been to a couple of U2 shows and they played very long concerts, giving you your money's worth.

[LibertarianInExile]

Bump to that.

I know probably ten of their songs by heart though, because people insist on playing that crap.

Lousy music, worse politics.

[stylecouncilor]

I miss Da Ramones.


Bump to that!

[Vision Thing]

Bono.

Bonehead.

Bono The Clown.

Oh no, it's Bono.

Bono petite.

Bedtime for Bono.

Yoko Bono.

[FierceDraka]

As a fan who's seen the group a dozen times and who ranks 1992's Zoo TV tour on the short list of the best concerts I've ever experienced, U2 has never seemed as pointlessly pretentious and preachy.

LOL! Mr. Derogatis is just now picking up on that whole preachy-thing of Bono's?

Hell, I noticed that back in 1983 when I first heard "Under A Blood Red Sky" at a friend's house, and I've had the same impression ever since. Especially when I was in college and one of my friends was playing "The Joshua Tree" 18 hours a day in the dorm. (shudder)

/ unrepentant, unreconstructed, but somewhat reformed METAL-HEAD!

[FierceDraka]

"I haven't bought anything from them since Vitalogy.

I haven't bought anything by Pearl Jam since "10". They turned into pretentious jerks, too. Ever seen the interview with Eddie Vedder where he's affecting a British accent? Sheesh.

[FierceDraka]

How dare he ask us to dig deep to solve AIDS in Africa! St. Bono could buy Africa!

Typical limousine liberal, if you ask me.

If he wasn't a flaming hypocrite, Bono would take everything but what he needs for survival and give it to the poor.

Same goes for Streisand, Mellancamp, Springsteen, Michael Moore, the Kerrys, the Kennedys, George Soros, the Clintons, the entire news departments of the MSM, and the rest of that lot.

[Rummyfan]

Vitalogy was my last too. Are they still together writing and recording?