New U2 iPod Released

[Counter]

They found a sound and have shafted it for all it's worth since their inception. They will continue doing so for as long as they can. Churning out hit after hit, all with the same sound they have been humping since birth.


Is that why their 1980s music sounds so different from their 1990s work, and why there is a distinct divide within U2 fandom as to which era fans prefer?

Most people who make these ignorant statements know little to nothing about U2's work.

You don't think 10 years of the same stuff is a bad enough offence?

I thank you for the education and congratulate U2 on changing their sound enough to make their fans feel their are two distinctive eras.

Snore.

Wake me up when they release an album which challenges there audience.

 

[macenforcer]

Hating U2 and Bono aside. The U2 ipod is just plain ugly. Red wheel? YUCK!

 

[Abstract]

If they made red clickwheel black iPod, I'd buy it. I don't think it's ugly. It's just the signatures in the back and the association with U2 that ruin it.

I hate Bono's constant campaigning for Africa, Aids or whatever his latest cause celebre is- Thanks! The moment I take your consideration into account- what with your £150 million fortune... Yeah lecture me on responsibilities!

Meh, way more than half a billion quid, actually. He isn't donating that much away, either. And I know some clown will say, "Oh yeah, well he has donated way more than YOU! What have you done?" Um......I don't get flown to Africa to pose in front of cameras for free. I also owe money as a student and like most people.......I don't almost have a billion dollars to my name, so no, I can't compete for Bono, even if he hasn't donated much relative to what he owns.

Angelina Jolie is a bit different though, I think. She talks the talk, but she walks the walk as well. I have more respect for her because she cares so much that she adopts children from these countries, and doesn't just ask other people to help them, or ask others to donate.

 

[Ubuntu]

Bravo! This is all these celebs do nowadays. Angelina, Pitt, Bono...

At least they're doing something. Might not be for the right reasons, but they're doing something.

 

[amacgenius]

or being a racist prick.

I tried not to be that direct but...

 

[skoker]

I tried not to be that direct but...

Touche!

 

[luminosity]

Wake me up when they release an album which challenges there audience.


I doubt you have any clue how ignorant you come across.

U2 was riding on top of the music world in the late 1980s after the Joshua Tree, and two successful tours back to back (TJT and then Rattle and Hum). They had a distinctive sound, huge success (how many musicians have been on the cover of Time?) and a ton of money. And they proceded to risk throwing it all away so they could dream it all up again (in bono's words).

Achtung Baby was a major departure for them, and some fans never forgave U2 for it. It was a huge success, both critically and otherwise, but the continued risks they took with Zooropa and then Pop cannot be understated or ignored.

Ever listened to The Fly, Acrobat, or Ultraviolet, from AB? have you ever heard anything from Zooropa? i doubt it. Listen to Lemon, Daddy's Gonna Pay for your Crashed Car, or Numb. I doubt you've even heard of these tracks.

Listen to Mofo sometime, from Pop.

Challenge their audience? That's all they did for most of a decade. It ended up biting them in the rear, and so they turned their back on it and came out with ATYCLB.

What ignorant nonsense some people spout.

 

[supermacdesign]

U2

Does anyone still give a damn about U2?

Ummm, they just came off one of the most profitable world tours in history, yeah I think a few hundred million people still care about them. Not to mention the album of the year grammy win. Besides if Jobs is huge fan what are you gonna do? Ha!

 

[LaMerVipere]

What year where you born? '86? Believe it or not, there are people older than you that do listen to U2, and that buy U2 music, and would be interested in a U2 iPod. Me being one of them, if I didn't already have a 5G iPod.

Oh quit it with your age discrimination. Look at the bloody poll results, it's obvious the vast majority of people here couldn't care less about this lackluster product offering from Apple.

And for the record, I love music by artists from the 1980s and even before. U2 made some great music, but I just happen to think U2 are nothing special in the world of music today, and they sure as hell don't need a special edition iPod version 2.0.

 

[supermacdesign]

Ignorant fools, do some reading first.

If they made red clickwheel black iPod, I'd buy it. I don't think it's ugly. It's just the signatures in the back and the association with U2 that ruin it.



Meh, way more than half a billion quid, actually. He isn't donating that much away, either. And I know some clown will say, "Oh yeah, well he has donated way more than YOU! What have you done?" Um......I don't get flown to Africa to pose in front of cameras for free. I also owe money as a student and like most people.......I don't almost have a billion dollars to my name, so no, I can't compete for Bono, even if he hasn't donated much relative to what he owns.

Angelina Jolie is a bit different though, I think. She talks the talk, but she walks the walk as well. I have more respect for her because she cares so much that she adopts children from these countries, and doesn't just ask other people to help them, or ask others to donate.

It is Bonos star power that gets things done not his own personal fortune. For example the BILLIONS and BILLIONS of dollars 3rd world debt he had countries like the US and the EU lifted and the hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars he has raised to fight aids and starvation. U2/Bono bashers should get the hell off there backs, not a single band in the world has done a lick what these guys have accomplished.

 

[supermacdesign]

Again with comments about U2 being irrelevant today

Oh quit it with your age discrimination. Look at the bloody poll results, it's obvious the vast majority of people here couldn't care less about this lackluster product offering from Apple.

And for the record, I love music by artists from the 1980s and even before. U2 made some great music, but I just happen to think U2 are nothing special in the world of music today, and they sure as hell don't deserve a special edition iPod version 2.0.

Again with comments about U2 being irrelevant today. They are without a doubt the "Biggest Band" in the world. No one has an audience or following like they do. Look it up, I dare you. Global album sales, tour reciepts, no one touches them. I'll say it again, Biggest Band in the world and that is why my friends they and only they have there own signature iPod.

 

[gugy]

Wow, I have never seem so much ignorance in a thread in this forum before.

First you guys have no f***ing idea about U2. One the best bands ever.
For those of you that think they sound the same. Take the time and listen to their music before commenting on it. Thanks for your intelligent input quietmind

Second, for those of you who think Bono is just taking advantage of the Africa situation for his own celeb cause. Give me a break. What have you done to help anybody? Definitely not much because it seems that you just have time to type nonsense in this forum.

Goliath, you seemed to be jealous of Bono's fortune. Maybe because you do not the talent or intelligence to make your own. So, instead you just blame the ones that are successful and are doing something positive for a cause they believe.

I believe most of you are a bunch of teenagers that enjoy listening to Britney Spears or the latest disposable pop group and have no clue about what is happening around you. Plus you are all frustrate because Apple did not release this Tuesday the ipod of your dreams. Grow up!

 

[bassman]

but I just happen to think U2 are nothing special in the world of music today

I guess you haven't heard of their sold out tours and grammys they have been winning. Some people must like them.

 

[gugy]

I guess you haven't heard of their sold out tours and grammys they have been winning. Some people must like them.

Right, the whole Vertigo tour was sold out all over the world. The top gross money making tour of last year and their latest album won all the grammys (5) this year plus 3 more the year before with the Vertigo single.

and they are nothing special in the world of music today.

 

[MattyMac]

I am actually going to be getting a 30gb ipod video soon with the new student promotion, but Im not really interested in this...

 

[Fuchal]

Right, the whole Vertigo tour was sold out all over the world. The top gross money making tour of last year and their latest album won all the grammys (5) this year plus 3 more the year before with the Vertigo single.

and they are nothing special in the world of music today.

It doesn't change the fact that How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb is disappointing highly-calculated play-it-by-the-books made-for-the-masses pop rock.

 

[LaMerVipere]

It doesn't change the fact that How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb is disappointing highly-calculated play-it-by-the-books made-for-the-masses pop rock.

Bingo.

 

[LaMerVipere]

I guess you haven't heard of their sold out tours and grammys they have been winning. Some people must like them.

Selling records and selling out tours is no measure of quality.

By that definition, most "pop" music or whatever it popular and selling hot at the moment is "great"—rubbish, I say.

 

[gugy]

It doesn't change the fact that How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb is disappointing highly-calculated play-it-by-the-books made-for-the-masses pop rock.

Well that's your opinion and you are entitle to it.

I rather stick to the music professionals and public that praised and support the album and tour. They seem more reliable than your single opinion. Not counting that I do like the album a lot myself.

 

[13iG_m4c_13oY]

They never were a great band. Not before they got their own iPod, and not after. They're one of the most overrated bands in the history of modern music.

Im sorry ur gonna have to speak up I think I cant hear you Their Triple Platinum Album (HTDAAB) got in my way or was it thier TWENTY_TWO Grammys that they have won.

 

[CubaTBird]

mmk bono is the man and the u2 ipod is pretty tight... but thats just me

 

[Chundles]

I like U2, I really do, I have tickets for their concert in November (or whenever it is).

This update however is a bit boring to me, I think it's time for a new band. A band with some similar following/history, people keep saying DMB but down here nobody could name one DMB song let alone buy an iPod dedicated to them. There are only really a few bands with the same level of history associated with them:

The Beatles (not likely though)
The Rolling Stones (Black and red with the lips engraved on the back)

Possibly Green Day - they've been around for 16 years but it's only recently they've had the really huge recognition. Black and Green, signatures on back.

 

[eXan]

Does anyone here even like U2?

No, I don't like U2, but I LOVE U2 iPod! I had one with B/W screen and now I want to get this!

 

[bassman]

Selling records and selling out tours is no measure of quality.

By that definition, most "pop" music or whatever it popular and selling hot at the moment is "great"—rubbish, I say.

Now see, that is your opinion. The people who go and see the concerts, buy the music, and like the iPod, do think it is quality. That is what business sees and acts on. The majority wins. I'm not saying your opinion is wrong, but I do see fault with yours, and all the others, sweeping generalizations based on opinion. I think the question was "what do you think of the U2 iPod?", not "what is your opinion of U2's place in the music world, and is what they have done worth anything?"

 

[conditionals]

Well that's your opinion and you are entitle to it.

I rather stick to the music professionals and public that praised and support the album and tour. They seem more reliable than your single opinion. Not counting that I do like the album a lot myself.

Um.

People who support the album and tour: Fans.
Music professionals who support the album and tour: Paid members of the Music Industry.
People who unanimously slammed the album for being average: Nearly every music critic, who spend their life giving informed and (generally) unbiased reviews.