U2: "Get On Your Boots" (Grammys 2009 - Video)

You wasted your time writing the review and now you want us to waste our time writing a comment?
Ok, I'll give you a few words.
In a performance that was very rough and ready, almost dirty - you accuse them of being 'too proficient'?
You call The Fly, Until the end of the World, Mofo, Please, Bullet in the Blue sky, Electric co., Out of Control, Exit, Even better than the Real thing pop if you want to, I'll call it a rock no other band can match and are so afraid to even try. Stick with furious finger fretting magicians with no soul

What?

I think his point is that U2 was not a pop band "first." Which is right..."Boy" is pure rock, "October" is basically an extension of "Boy." And then they hit their rockest of albums "War." I can see "zooropa," "pop," and "all you can't leave..." as pop-rock albums though.
The thing is, U2 can't really do anything to satisfy hipsters these days. Whatever they do, they'll find something to criticize. Of the 3 big bands, U2 was the best last night. Coldplay lacked showmanship originality and a real rock presence. Radiohead simply chose the wrong song- one that is "generic radiohead." There wasn't a lot of life to it and it fell flat. But radiohead can do no wrong. They could come out and pounce on garbage cans for 5 minutes and you guys would get hard-ons.

since when POP is a bad word? and on the grammys...

geez get a life.

NLOTH is a pop album, it might be rocking but it is, pop music, at its best

No one said it was a bad word. Just that U2 is much more rock than pop. It's just an observation...call it whatever you want. No need to be such an e-douche(zing!). I haven't heard the new album so i don't know what it is "at its best."

jaysus feckin christ, at the end of the day u2 r a bang on band who rock they aint exactly girls aloud or rihanna which is what i call pop music u2 does rock

I have been a fan of u2 since the late 70's. I love all of the records - well not a fan of Rattle and Hum. But my favorites have to be Pop and Achtung Baby. When they performed Please in concert had to be the most magical moment of any show I have ever been to. Pop is an amazing records that just happens to have some electronic influences. I thought the next 2 records after that were safe but did not push the envelope. I think No Line will!

Terrific performance, one of the highlight's of the night in spite of CBS's atrocious sound mix. Very confused review mister Winistorfer - 'Too proficient', Pretenious' yet 'Absurd'- straight out of the Entertainment Weekly school of journalism.
Agree with everything dukkookim said. And then some.

U2 IS BACK !!! Thats all that matters.... leave the jelous critics to there boring lifes. What a TUNE U2 cant wait to see you again :P

U2 is the worldwide trendstetter; EVERY new release is a step forward for the entire music industry. U2 has shown for 30 years that they keep on inventing themselves AND creating new a music hype again and again. EVERY new major pop or rock band follows the U2-movement. Convince yourself: After EVERY new U2 album, there's always a couple of great bands sounding a lot like these Irish Boys: Coldplay, Kings Of Leon, the Killers are pretty good examples of the last couple of years...
I felt some Bob Dylan and Beatles-groove in

God bless America.