[DevilsSon]

Originally Posted by spunkywho

guess it shows that I had some drinks while watching the grammys



why? did you want to buy some?

yeah and sell ithem to JBJ after rewriting BONO into BONJOVO or something...

but hey, BJ do have a GRAMMY
1995 V Live From London Best Video Performance, Long Form

did you know that? I mean, yeah- that video is THE ROCK SHOW

[tweety_b]

Originally Posted by danfan

I honestly feel as though they could release a hip-hop cover album, and critics would still praise them for their originality.

Actually, I read somewhere an interview in which Bono said that he likes Kayne West and that he's approaching to hip hop music cause he has always liked "experimentation"....

[Javier]

i wanna see bono rapping about the ghetto, that would be cool.
Maybe he'd win another grammy for it, uuhh wait that maybe maybe out of place since maybe is a crtainty

[spunkywho]

Originally Posted by Javier

i wanna see bono rapping about the ghetto, that would be cool.
Maybe he'd win another grammy for it, uuhh wait that maybe maybe out of place since maybe is a crtainty

ugh - Bono is not going to rap - ugh.

The closest he might be getting to is in the form of Aersomith doing that Walk this Way thing and REM's The Outsiders.

Bono is NOT going to rap.

ai.

[cjboog]

I personally LOVE U2. I think they deserved every grammy they won this year, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb kicks ass. I would even be willing to say it is my favorite U2 record and I own all of them except 1. They are still making great music, and "Bomb" has sold almost 10,000,000 copies around the world. They are excellent live and they won those grammys because they still make the best music.

[tweety_b]

It's interesting to see how people talk about album sales as this is the parameter to measure a band's quality.....

[Solid Sambora]

Originally Posted by tweety_b

I wonder what critics would say if U2 decided to make an acoustic best of...

TLFR never really got any kind of acclaim in the UK (it should have as it was one of the best albums that year!), but if U2 followed suit they would be hailed as geniuses over here. And just think how many Grammys they would have after that...

[danfan]

Originally Posted by tweety_b

It's interesting to see how people talk about album sales as this is the parameter to measure a band's quality.....

Exactly.

While it shows a bands longevity and the fact that they are doing "something" right, it does nothing to prove their quality as a band.

New Kids On The Block anyone?

[DevilsSon]

Originally Posted by danfan

Exactly.

While it shows a bands longevity and the fact that they are doing "something" right, it does nothing to prove their quality as a band.

New Kids On The Block anyone?

Beatles anyone? Led Zeppelin anyone? AC/DC anyone? Status Quo anyone?

I think sales do tell something about a bands quality. Most of the great bands sold shitloads of records. Of course, a lot of crappy bands sold a lot to but not over long periods of time. And besides, if you look at how much Beatles, Zeppelin, AC/DC, Rolling Stones, U2, Status QUo, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Metallica and Deep Purple sold together you would get more than 2.5 Billion records which is definitely more than ALL boy-bands and Britney Spears similar creatures sold together.

[ponrauil]

Originally Posted by danfan

New Kids On The Block anyone?

How many hit albums (around 10 million sales worldwide) did they have?

U2's got at least 4 or 5. You can't do that without quality.


Ponrauil