TS: U2 vs. Bob Dylan

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Have at it, O smug idolslayers of ILM. Inane Lanois scorn welcomed as well.

― oh, look at me, I'm "logged out" (rogermexico), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.maggiesfarm.it/talking235Bono.jpg

― p@reene (Pareene), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

i'll take the one with sleeves.

― p@reene (Pareene), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

Lanois did right by U2, he didn't by Dylan.

But Dylan wins this by a fucking country mile.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

Where is TEH CONTEMPT?

― still not really logged out (rogermexico), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 02:55 (nineteen years ago)

Why do you have this masochistic desire for people to slag off the old people?

― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

I'm tempted to type out the whole bit about Bono in Chronicles Volume One, "Bono's got the soul of an ancient poet", etc.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

Don't do it, it'll drive you insane like the Necronomicon.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:02 (nineteen years ago)

And the smell too AMIRITE PEOPLE

xpost

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:02 (nineteen years ago)

Bob Dylan never rhymed 'sky', 'high' and 'fly' in the same chorus, so I give it to U2.

Sorry. It's late. Goodnight.

― Obvious Ninja (Haberdager), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:04 (nineteen years ago)

"If Bono had come to America in the early part of the century he would have been a cop." is probably OTM, though.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:04 (nineteen years ago)

"If Bono had come to America in the early part of the century he wouldn't have been much cop."

― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:06 (nineteen years ago)

Shit, Slate's got it. Here you go:

"One night, Bono, the singer from U2, was over for dinner with some other friends. Spending time with Bono was like eating dinner on a train—feels like you're moving, going somewhere. Bono's got the soul of an ancient poet and you have to be careful around him. He can roar 'til the earth shakes. He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him. We were talking about things that you talk about when you're spending the winter with somebody—talked about Jack Kerouac. Bono knows Kerouac's stuff pretty good. Kerouac, who celebrated American towns like Truckee, Fargo, Butte and Madora—towns that most Americans never heard of. It seems funny that Bono would know more about Kerouac than most Americans. Bono says things that can sway anybody. He's like that guy in the old movie, the one who beats up a rat with his bare hands and wrings a confession out of him. If Bono had come to America in the early part of the century he would have been a cop. He seems to know a lot about America and what he doesn't, he's curious about."

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:09 (nineteen years ago)

Why do you have this masochistic desire for people to slag off the old people?

Dunno. I think about 20 posts into this thread I just... snapped: New Dylan album for August.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

Whoops!

But yeah, all the Dylan contempt just seemed kinda weird and pointless. He's reached the "best album since Blood On The Tracks" stage of his career. Hell, he invented it. Slagging Wennerite OMG DYLAN circlejerks = right and good. Slagging Dylan and Lanois... bizarre.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:20 (nineteen years ago)

Totally agreed. However:

He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.
He's also a closet philosopher. He brought a case of Guinness with him.

― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:21 (nineteen years ago)

Seems like they have a lot more in common that you'd guess:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7wp9wHnfAkU

This, after Dylan's anti-digital, music-is-shitty-today rant last week yet.

― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:27 (nineteen years ago)

lanois is pretty indefensible (except for martha + the muffins).....

HAPPY??????

― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:32 (nineteen years ago)

Awww... thanks fer tryin'!

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

What are those two boys screaming about in that there picture?

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:53 (nineteen years ago)

maggie's pa.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:55 (nineteen years ago)

"under a red sky" vs "under a BLOOD red sky"

dylan wins

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

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