• Shoegazer [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    do people actually listen to U2? Literally the only reason I know about them is because Apple installed their music on my phone like a decade ago

    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Gen X band, did a bunch of "activism" like live aid and iirc were responsible for popularizing the whole free Tibet thing. Probably have fed connections.

      • VHS [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Also anti-republicanism in Ireland, connected to Bill Gates and Davos, etc. Very sus

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      I've been listening to them since around 1980. I still love their early stuff. Bono is a pretentious putz but I think the Edge and the drummer (Larry Mullen Jr.) are great.

    • Mother [any]
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      3 years ago

      they’re a very Irish part of our lives

      :speech-r: :meemaw:

  • vertexarray [any]
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    3 years ago

    it coud be good. what if they make a contract with a small supernatural animal and become magical boys

  • read_freire [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    The only explanation for Walk Hard not being another Blazing Saddles is that it is in fact the end of history. The end of Anglo history.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      I'll paraphrase a tweet I read yesterday...

      Bono isn't a man. He's a shell corporation organized in the Caymans.

  • medium_adult_son [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Looking forward to Abrams making this into a Mystery Box show like Lost, but somehow based on real events. Or turning it into a generic action movie that shits all over the franchise like Star Trek/Wars.