U2 live. Music realism

@kb54 + 1 Though I don't agree with them being as important as you do, that's all about personal taste... I saw them several times during the 'Boy' to 'War' period, and those were superb live shows with great music....

I don’t care if it’s Bono, Ted Nugent or Carlos Santana, I pay my money to hear the music and not to hear them speaking from a soapbox!

Somehow there exist some CDs that I bitterly regret having in my collection and I wish for some kind fairy to whisk them away while I am sleeping.. 

U2, along with Adele, Springsteen, and one Robert Plant solo which has no redeeming features.

My favorite band of all-time.  I suspect I don't agree with the politics of 99% of the artists I listen to.  Doesn't mean I cant enjoy their music.  I'm sure it sounds great in person  with the equipment u have !

I don’t understand why anyone posts a video online of any system playing any music. A $500 or $1M system will sound the same. It would be cooler to have narrated tour of the room/system/library.

U2: Bad is a great tune. We’ve seen them live twice - both were fantastic shows (Elevation-Tampa and Vertigo-Boston). Joshua Tree was a great album. But I don’t listen to them as much as I used to for whatever reason.

I thought their tribute to 9/11 in Tampa during the song New York was moving (emotional/bit of a downer moment but cool nonetheless) and Bono opening his jacket to show the American Flag lining was a pretty awesome. In Boston, bringing the girl onstage from the audience and lying down next to her singing was also very cool.