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U2 — I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
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horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: May 08, 2013 - 09:09
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
Great song, hope I never hear it again.

 
Great song, hope I never hear from you again. {#Clap}

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 16:09
 
 fredriley wrote:
Whoah! Isn't that calling the kettle black? As it happens this gets 3 from the Nottingham jury (though St Bono himself gets a 1 ;-|).
 

A 3 is too low and unfair.  I give it a 10.  Overplayed? Yes.  Bad? No.

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 09:25
 
 fredriley wrote:

Nottingham's in the Midlands, unfortunately - true North in England would be Yorkshire and above, which are far more interesting and scenic places than the Midlands Sprawl.

 
Fred, everyone knows anything above Watford is the North.

SweTex
(Swede living in Texas)
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 12:49
 
I always thought he sounds kinda...constipated.

Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 12:47
 
Cant abide Bono as a person but this track is a Classic and it never seems to age.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 12:46
 


This song puts a spring in my step this summer day...

 

mindless
(Auckland City, New Zealand)
Posted: May 27, 2012 - 15:39
 
 gypsyman wrote:

know what you mean. maybe 10 years from now...
 
Came here to say the same thing. Not going to give the song a poor rating. It doesn't deserve it. But it's had its fair share of airplay. Time to make room for some new music?

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 22:07
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
Great song, hope I never hear it again.
 
know what you mean. maybe 10 years from now...

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 22:04
 


This song puts a spring in my step this spring night...

 

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 17:28
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
Great song, hope I never hear it again.
 
Well put; I know the feeling. There are so many songs that we know are great, but we're just plain tired of hearing 'em. I'm a U2 fan but so many of their songs have just been beaten to death by constant overplay, although I must say this one holds up better than many.


dave3ld
(What a great station!)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 12:18
 
Heard it too many times (sigh).

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 19:20
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song about a pilgrim on a quest for meaning...
 

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 11:43
 
 Byronape wrote:

You funny Europeans and your expressions...  Dog's bollox...  isn't that the dog's ass?  So saying something is like a dog's ass is a good thing.

If I ever told my wife that I thought she was the dog's bollox, she'd kick me in the nuggers.
 
No, bollox isn't the ass, it's a plural and I think you call them nuggers.

Det
(Lower Saxony Germany)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 11:40
 
emperial {#Crown}impressions I had with them

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 11:39
 
Great song, hope I never hear it again.

Byronape
(Purgatory)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 11:39
 
 fredriley wrote:

Their work may be the dog's bollox to you and fair play to you, but it's not worthy of the moniker 'masterpiece'.
 
You funny Europeans and your expressions...  Dog's bollox...  isn't that the dog's ass?  So saying something is like a dog's ass is a good thing.

If I ever told my wife that I thought she was the dog's bollox, she'd kick me in the nuggers.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 15:14
 



The Joshua tree is a plant in the southwestern United States, with sword-shaped leaves and greenish-white flowers grouped in large panicles...

a group of Mormon settlers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-19th century named the plant the Joshua tree, after Joshua of the Old Testament— the forks of the tree reminded them of Joshua's hand raised as he prayed, and also the shape of the leaves reminded them of Joshua's spear...

the name of U2's album, The Joshua Tree, is complicated... first, the entire album has a religious theme... second, the title is a tribute to the global power of the United States... third, the album also shows U2's fascination with American culture, politics, and forms of music...

this song is gospel music...  a pilgrim on a quest for meaning...  love it...





grungepuppy
(Flagstaff, AZ)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 15:14
 
 xkolibuul wrote:
I'm always amazed how many people insist on discounting brilliance once it becomes familiar.  I've listened Joshua Tree into the ground over the years.  It is still brilliant.
 
I agree 100%. One of the best albums of the past 30 years.



willmcnaught
(Eugene Oregon)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 15:14
 
so so true! xkolibuul wrote:
I'm always amazed how many people insist on discounting brilliance once it becomes familiar.  I've listened Joshua Tree into the ground over the years.  It is still brilliant.
 



horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 21:45
 
This song has a very zenlike feeling to it.


xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Nov 06, 2010 - 00:18
 
I'm always amazed how many people insist on discounting brilliance once it becomes familiar.  I've listened Joshua Tree into the ground over the years.  It is still brilliant.

planet_lizard
(Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy)
Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 10:19
 
 Stingray wrote:
PATHETIC!
 
You seem to have a problem with your caps lock Stingray?


planet_lizard
(Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy)
Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 10:19
 
 fredriley wrote:

Nottingham's in the Midlands, unfortunately - true North in England would be Yorkshire and above, which are far more interesting and scenic places than the Midlands Sprawl.

 
You need to get out of the sprawl. My bit of the Midlands is very scenic and it's but a stone's throw from Nottingham. And then what about Derbyshire?



fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 10:06
 
 Stingray wrote:
Hahahaha...! Seems you Northern England dudes are quite funny!
 
Nottingham's in the Midlands, unfortunately - true North in England would be Yorkshire and above, which are far more interesting and scenic places than the Midlands Sprawl.


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 10:02
 
 fredriley wrote:
I've found what I'm looking for - the mute key. Ah, blissful peace from the warblings of St Bonio and the Tax Evaders.
 

Hahahaha...! Seems you Northern England dudes are quite funny!



nicolewe
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 10:02
 
I won't rate it as low as I want to b/c it's not technically a bad song, I'm just so &^%%$%^ sick of it!{#Beat}

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 10:00
 
PATHETIC!

dkwalika
(Upper Midwest)
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 09:59
 
Seminal album; overplayed single.

window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 10:21
 
 SaintPeter wrote:
Bono!  Keep looking!  Keep singing the same tired tunes!!
 
Um, this is a recording.  He's not actually singing it over and over.  See, musicians sometimes record their performances, then they sell those recordings, and people...
Oh, nevermind.  I don't want to be like those kids that enjoy telling their classmates that Santa's not real.

That's right, SaintPeter, tell him what you think!  Maybe yell a little louder, it's hard for him to hear over The Edge.


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 10:15
 
 lemmoth wrote:
How could anyone lambaste this masterpiece. 

Oh yeah, its FredRiley and Keller ——- Nevermind/.
 
Mozart's Symphony 40 is a masterpiece. Beethoven's Pastoral is a masterpiece. U2 isn't in that category. Their work may be the dog's bollox to you and fair play to you, but it's not worthy of the moniker 'masterpiece'.



SaintPeter
(Denver)
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 09:55
 
Bono!  Keep looking!  Keep singing the same tired tunes!!

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 12:53
 
How could anyone lambaste this masterpiece. 

Oh yeah, its FredRiley and Keller ——- Nevermind/.

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 12:51
 
It's 23 years old.  Amazing.

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: May 30, 2010 - 17:03
 
 keller1 wrote:

Agreed. 3.

 
I'll go out on a limb and assume you guys didn't buy the LP like some of us did when it came out?  Check the rating.  It's pretty accurate.


keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 22:27
 
 fredriley wrote:
I've found what I'm looking for - the mute key. Ah, blissful peace from the warblings of St Bonio and the Tax Evaders.
 
Agreed. 3.


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 02:23
 
I've found what I'm looking for - the mute key. Ah, blissful peace from the warblings of St Bonio and the Tax Evaders.

ugly
Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 01:03
 
The lyrics to this song are just beautiful.  I used to live in Joshua Tree and the park is definitely inspiring. The thing  that gets me is that I have felt exactly like this song what I am looking for and after all the years since this song first came out, it's still true for me.

t00lur
Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 01:01
 
U2..i dont know why, but i still don't understand their music, however i see it is pretty good rated

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 16, 2009 - 20:26
 


magnificent song...



bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Mar 14, 2009 - 17:19
 
Awesome album - but I have just kind of been totally let down since.  I know a lot of their fans feel differently, but from my vantage point, this was their peak performance, followed by a creative plummet.

MJMJ
Posted: Mar 14, 2009 - 17:18
 
One of those songs I can never quite play loud enough

panlad
(Serenity)
Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 14:22
 
 von_Hayek wrote:
 panlad wrote:
 Ok, so today I have a bit too much time on my hands.  But I've finally had enough and I prefer to use my powers for good and not for evil.

Letter to haters:
"Whaaaa!  I hate U2 and/or especially despise Bono."
 
If he personally "dissed" you my condolences. {#Cry}
But quite frankly I don't care and neither does anyone else- except for the hordes of people who also seem to think it's a good use of their time imposing their irrelevant opinions on us.  
Get a grip.  Your time is better spent doing community service or even work.(perish the thought!)

As you can see my ego likes to complain as much as yours does.  The main difference is I don't feel the need to inflict it on everyone ad nauseum. ad nauseam.

Best wishes for a more positive posting life,

The Tired Ones

Hey Bono Vox: Learn some latin.....

By the way, nice song: 7
  Thanks!
I had to laugh at that!
Better break out the big Oxford next time.



von_Hayek
(Fr-Su Duesseldorf, Mo-Th Magdeburg)
Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 08:25
 
 panlad wrote:
 Ok, so today I have a bit too much time on my hands.  But I've finally had enough and I prefer to use my powers for good and not for evil.

Letter to haters:
"Whaaaa!  I hate U2 and/or especially despise Bono."
 
If he personally "dissed" you my condolences. {#Cry}
But quite frankly I don't care and neither does anyone else- except for the hordes of people who also seem to think it's a good use of their time imposing their irrelevant opinions on us.  
Get a grip.  Your time is better spent doing community service or even work.(perish the thought!)

As you can see my ego likes to complain as much as yours does.  The main difference is I don't feel the need to inflict it on everyone ad nauseum. ad nauseam.

Best wishes for a more positive posting life,

The Tired Ones

Hey Bono Vox: Learn some latin.....

By the way, nice song: 7


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 08:04
 


Great song from a great album...  love it...



Hairfarmer
(Appalachia)
Posted: Dec 25, 2008 - 19:36
 
 a_genuine_find wrote:



Essential ingredient in hair farming?
 

Just referencing a track from this Negativeland album. A 'cover' of ISHFWILF, where the vocal is a whiney, northern California dialect speaking the lyric with occasional improves about how hard IT is to find. When they do the song live the vocalist (not a performing member of the band) is presented on a video monitor (old tv) and at the end of the song he looks up towards the top of the screen and finally finds IT. A bottle of 409 sitting on top of the tv. You have to see it to really appreciate the humour, my description is minimal as it has been about 16 years since the show I saw.



greyfin10
(Panama City, FL)
Posted: Dec 09, 2008 - 21:08
 
U2 were pretty influential when the first hit the scene.  I remember thinking they were pretty damned hip.  I covered Sunday Bloody Sunday New Years Day in a garage band that did alot of progressive and other sorts of non-standard pieces.  I think the very lamest cover we did was an INXS tune (the one with the sax solo, since the lead singer played sax.  Note: Never Tear Us Apart).

As far as U2, I think the haters come in several camps, but in the end I suspect few of those camps are about the music (but this is just a theory).  Bono isn't mainly about music anymore... and he is capitalizing on his success to "branch out" into activism.  Some see this as pure ego.  It very well could be, but I'm not in his skull to see.  He ALSO could be genuinely idealistic and feel it'd be a waste to not use his influence.  I personally don't dig musicians becoming evangelists, but... I understand the impulse.  I'd very likely do the same thing (I have to be honest with myself here).  But at that point, I'm not what people fell in love with right?  Sort of a bait and switch.

But, as far as the music goes... any song that has had so much radio play seems a tad odd for RP, but then, alot of people still love love love the song so... who's to say it sucks?  I can see this being a huge nostalgia song for lots of people who did memorable things while listening to it ;)

IMHO U2 couldn't possibly suck... even if they are a bit big for their britches these days.


Arianna
(in my mind)
Posted: Dec 09, 2008 - 21:03
 
{#Notworthy}{#Notworthy}{#Notworthy}{#Notworthy}

panlad
(Serenity)
Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 11:19
 
 Ok, so today I have a bit too much time on my hands.  But I've finally had enough and I prefer to use my powers for good and not for evil.

Letter to haters:
"Whaaaa!  I hate U2 and/or especially despise Bono."
 
If he personally "dissed" you my condolences. {#Cry}
But quite frankly I don't care and neither does anyone else- except for the hordes of people who also seem to think it's a good use of their time imposing their irrelevant opinions on us.  
Get a grip.  Your time is better spent doing community service or even work.(perish the thought!)

As you can see my ego likes to complain as much as yours does.  The main difference is I don't feel the need to inflict it on everyone ad nauseum.

Best wishes for a more positive posting life,

The Tired Ones 

toterola
(Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving)
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 - 22:29
 
Erin go bragh! Happy Autumn, everyone!{#Wave}

maninblack
(deep space)
Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 09:34
 
reply to: Posted: Aug 05, 2008 - 12:14:

Strange posts. If you don't care for RP's business model, go somewhere else...... {#Motor}