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Amph U2 fan discussion

Discussion in 'Community' started by Bria, Apr 17, 2001.

  1. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Come on Josh, you can't fairly judge an album from 30 second low bitrate streaming samples!
     
  2. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    KW, it's definitely not an album you can get a feel for by listening to 30 second snippets. Given your past avowed love for Pop, I'd suggest you give it a full, repeatred listen, I would suspect you'll like. Not that I'm sure I do. I've been listening to it since yesterday morning, i still haven't made up my mind. It grew on me quickly, but now a few songs are sttarting to rub me the wrong way a little bit.

    The one definitive statement I can make at this point is that I really don't like Magnificent, and I don't think that will change no matter how many times I listen to it. Sort of like "Between a man and a Woman" from HTDAAB.

    Sound-wise, the album is a amazing, familiar and totally different at the same time. The big question mark for me is Bonos lyrics. His lyrical style is decidedly diffferent than anything he's done previously, almost stream of consciousness at times, and I'm not sure if that's in a good way.
     
  3. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    A 1981 U2 concert has been posted at Wolfgang's Vault (free streaming upon registration).

    California Hall (San Francisco, CA) 5/15/1981
    This show was so early in their career, the band had to repeat songs for their encore.

    Click here

     
  4. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    It Might Get Loud is being played as part of the NZ Film Festival. Yay!

    Trailer:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbLX-1XQp_o


     
  5. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKOmN7j8dds

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe6VtCRTvsU

    LOL! So cute!
     
  6. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/2983485/U2-teams-with-YouTube-for-concert


     
  7. DarthLowBudget

    DarthLowBudget Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    That's pretty cool, but I wish I could've gotten tickets to the show proper, considering I'm close enough to ride my bike to the Rose Bowl.
     
  8. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    A little over an hour to go!

    http://www.youtube.com/u2official#p/u
     
  9. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Stream has started - show kicks off in 20 mins. Getting a bit of pause-buffering, (probably due to NZ's crap pipeline in), which is annoying as hell, but hopefully it'll settle down in the next 20 mins (he says ever-optimistically).
     
  10. zacparis

    zacparis VIP star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    What sort of connection do you have? I haven't seen any pauses yet.. although I probably won't watch for long, it's sucking up a lot of bandwidth.
     
  11. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I'm pushing it via the home wireless network - would probably have been better off trying to hook the lappy up with a cable to the router.

    Ahh well, we'll see how it goes.
     
  12. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    So far no stuttering. Got it piped through out 42@ display & simulated surround sound. Audio's great. :D


    Now, play your old stuff, you *******! :p
     
  13. zacparis

    zacparis VIP star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I prefer their 90s work actually. [face_thinking]

    Getting lots of buffering pauses now though. [face_plain]
     
  14. DarthLowBudget

    DarthLowBudget Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    My brother and a couple of our friends are at this concert right now. And I'm sitting here streaming on YouTube. Typical. Looks like it'd be a fantastic show to be at, at any rate.
     
  15. Asterix_of_Gaul

    Asterix_of_Gaul Jedi Master star 5

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    So I got lucky enough to attend. It's only the second concert of my life, but it was definitely worth it. My ears are ringing slightly.

    I was super excited to see Slash alongside the peas in the opening. The overall set-up/lighting was spectacular.

    :D:D:D:D:D:D
     
  16. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    It looked and sounded spectacular from the other end of the earth too. Glad to have experienced it (in a somewhat diminished capcity) with you.
     
  17. Asterix_of_Gaul

    Asterix_of_Gaul Jedi Master star 5

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  18. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    FYI, it's still up on youtube. Sound isn't the greatest, thugh I'm on my work laptop.

    And I'm quite thrilled that they're doing a second tour through Europe playing cities they missed the first time. My wife and I are going to the Munich show next September. Woot!
     
  19. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Happy 50th Birthday, Bono. You old ****.
     
  20. shanerjedi

    shanerjedi Jedi Padawan star 4

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    :cool:

    If only that face had a slight pompadour.
     
  21. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    Japes, more like you **** with a bad back. Bono was rushed to the hospital in Munich during rehearsals last week for emergency back surgery. On doctors orders, he has to rehab for 8 weeks -- which means the North American tour that was scheduled to kick off in a few weeks has been rescheduled for 2011!

    More from the u2 website:


    More news on u2.com.

    The old **** better be up and around by the fall, I have tickets for the Munich show on September 15!!!
     
  22. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    He pinched his sciatic nerve. I've done that, it's paralysing. But a few painkillers, some ice, some head, some bed and it's all better in a week. Surgery? What the hell?


    Oh, I realised I typoed 'heat' above. Figured it would be funnier if I didn't correct it.
     
  23. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    Typo? D and T aren't that close together on the keyboard.
     
  24. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    It's a remembered pattern from hand-coding html.
     
  25. Harpua

    Harpua Chosen One star 9

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    Best typo ever. :p