Posted on 01/09/2017 5:38:58 PM PST by Blue Turtle
For the Edge, the election of Trump caused them to see a parallel between the world they wrote about 30 years ago and the world today. “That record was written in the mid-’80s, during the Reagan-Thatcher era of British and U.S. politics,” he added. “It was a period when there was a lot of unrest. Thatcher was in the throes of trying to put down the miners’ strike; there was all kinds of shenanigans going on in Central America.
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U2 move their assets out of Ireland
The rock band U2 came under criticism yesterday after reports that it has moved a portion of its multi-million-pound business empire out of Ireland for tax reasons.
The band, fronted by Bono, the anti-poverty campaigner, has reportedly transferred some of its publishing company to Holland.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1525823/U2-move-their-assets-out-of-Ireland.html
Sitting in a liberal church this weekend, the minister invited a rather liberal black singer who said she’d finally come up with a song after a creative drought in response to Trump. She was crying, singing what I’d call is a mash up of “all we need is love” and “God is with us through the storm”.
Does that count as the fourth stage of grief?
What I do remember is that Ireland didn’t even bother to fight Hitler.
Patrick Stewart and Paul McCartney in the same boat...sticking their noses in American politics
Only good Irish band was Thin Lizzy.
18+ years now on FR and I finally see a reference to Negatvland.
don’t forget the Unforgettable Fire. My uncle played that on vnyl when i was a kid.
Never cared for them.
That had much to do with being a brand new country and the fact that they couldn’t bring themselves to be allies with their recent oppressors.
Finally we agree.
Meh.. “Under a Blood Red Sky” was the most awesome.
I think 3 or 4 of the members have died in the past 5 years, unlikely to see/hear much more from Negativland...
Phil Lynott had more talent in his little pinky than Bono ever will have.
Damn drugs.
Yep.
He’s jamming with Jerry Garcia.
That's a big one. When I learned, years ago, that they were doing that I lost a lot of respect for them. I used to love Bono, but when he actually called himself a champagne socialist, and laughed, I thought... yes. Yes, you are.
For me, the best metaphor is when Bono did a duet with Luciano Pavarotti, and his voice was so breathy and affected and wavering compared to that powerful, trained, deep, spot-on tenor, it was like seeing a plastic doll next to a jade statue.
Die U2 Die!!!!!!
They’re Welsh. They were going to call the band UU, but Wales has Strict Limits on how many vowels can be used.
If they stopped working on new songs because of Trump, they can always re-do one of their old songs into ‘Megyn Bloody Megyn’ instead.
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