Originally posted by hkle77:This is a tree leg band, not U2. I won't gonna see this band live. No Larry, no U2. With Paul McGuinnes as a manager they would have never signed such a contract.
Agree?
Originally posted by DavePoptart:I see a lot of people bitching. Just be happy we get to see U2 again Jesus Christ
Originally posted by Remy:[..]
Here's the quote:
"I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that we could go forward with different members. But also, equally, I could imagine us deciding not to. It would be a big challenge. But I think at the time we would know what felt right."
Interview: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/u2-reimagines-40-of-its-best-known-songs-in-new-album
Originally posted by bonoschild:[..]
U2 is Bono and maybe Edge? Sorry, that's laughable. Listen to their shows between 80-83 and beyond in depth and you can definitely hear why U2 is all four of them. Yeah they can get away with using a stand-in drummer for a group of shows, but it's the spirit of the four of them that makes them U2. Would you really want to see Bono with three session musicians under the name U2? I definitely would not.
Originally posted by coldrain:[..]
Then don't go. It sounds like at least most of you here have yet to experience one of your favorite bands losing a member or three. A lot of things can go wrong as people age. And in the music business you have other occupational hazards like drugs/booze that take people out on a regular basis. Some of the greatest bands out there survived the loss of one or more of their original members. Why? Because it comes down to who is really an integral member of the band, and who isn't. Take The Cure for example. How many musicians has that band gone through over the years? The answer doesn't really matter because The Cure is Robert Smith. I thought Boris Williams was their best drummer by far, but they moved on without him and so did I. The Who is Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey. Keith Moon, for all his antics, was a side man. So was John Entwisle. The Grateful Dead survived the loss of three of their keyboardists (all drug/booze related), but there was no going forward after Jerry Garcia died. He had more talent than the rest of the band combined, and it's too bad that he squandered it by not taking care of himself and being such a druggie. I saw the Grateful Dead over 250 times between 1985-95, by the way.
Like another poster here said, just be happy that U2 is still playing 47 years later. Most bands don't even make it 7 years, let alone 47.
Originally posted by DavePoptart:I see a lot of people bitching. Just be happy we get to see U2 again Jesus Christ
Originally posted by bonoschild:[..]
Thanks for that, but everything you've said has been repeated here many times..your view on who is and who isn't an "integral" member of U2 is just that- your view. So if, at some point down the road, Bono goes on the road with three random musicians and calls it U2, have fun with that 👍