Oh U2, you are still the hardest band in the world to figure out. Are you still the pensive political rockers that have ear of heads of state and millions of fans worldwide, or just another band on a slow decline sure to culminate with the licensing of Joshua Tree to sell pizza and acne medicine? If blogger Perez Hilton is to be believed, Bono and his compadres are much closer to the latter. Hilton points out that U2's new single, "Get On Your Boots," failed to sell sixty thousand copies this week, while Kelly Clarkson moved nearly five times that amount of her new single, "My Life Would Suck Without You." While Hilton believes this is the death knell for U2, he is deluded. This band could have buried with Rattle and Hum and Pop. U2 got stuck in their own lemon, a la Spinal Tap, and came back from it. One single is a blip on the radar; Bono is going to be annoyingly front and center for years to come. As a matter of fact, if it has not yet been speculated that Bono might in fact be transplanting his brain into a robot body to increase his longevity, consider the topic open for discussion. [Perez Hilton]
U2's "Boots" not exactly made for selling
Oh U2, you are still the hardest band in the world to figure out. Are you still the pensive political rockers that have ear of heads of state and millions of fans worldwide, or just another band on a slow decline sure to culminate with the licensing of Joshua Tree to sell pizza and acne medicine? If blogger Perez Hilton is to be believed, Bono and his compadres are much closer to the latter. Hilton points out that U2's new single, "Get On Your Boots," failed to sell sixty thousand copies this week, while Kelly Clarkson moved nearly five times that amount of her new single, "My Life Would Suck Without You." While Hilton believes this is the death knell for U2, he is deluded. This band could have buried with Rattle and Hum and Pop. U2 got stuck in their own lemon, a la Spinal Tap, and came back from it. One single is a blip on the radar; Bono is going to be annoyingly front and center for years to come. As a matter of fact, if it has not yet been speculated that Bono might in fact be transplanting his brain into a robot body to increase his longevity, consider the topic open for discussion. [Perez Hilton]
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January 28, 2009 at 10 p.m.
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D. Lane, it's not cool to like U2. You know he goes to sleep to "Bad" every night. |
January 28, 2009 at 11:24 p.m.
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I think the point of the post is that I wasn't paying attention to Perez, but I really just wanted to bring up that Bono may be a robot. |
January 29, 2009 at 9:46 a.m.
| GGYO |
Time to put on some headphones and give this single a listen. Great riffs, great drums, very good catch lyrics and strong base line. That's rock and roll plain and simple. Perez whatever and those L.A. fake losers are just that. People are looking to expose others and their downsides. Bottom line, Not U2's best but hardly a crap song. The title is odd but the song is cool. Takes a few listens |
January 29, 2009 at 9:46 a.m.
| Kevin |
D.Lane....you summed that up perfectly. Perez Hilton's bashing of U2 is designed to draw people to his lower than cow dung website...so Mike Burr,you took the bait. |
January 29, 2009 at 9:46 a.m.
| dad |
since when has perez hilton become a legitimate source of news... get some credible sources before writing an article jack ass |
May 4, 2009 at 2:57 p.m.
| ebe |
u2 did release a lemon of a single, but they will be around a heck of a lot longer than Hilton. What kind of fake name is that Perez Hilton? Couldn't he/she do better than that? |
"Bono is going to be annoyingly front and center for years to come".
You pay attention to someone named Perez Hilton and Kelly Clarkson and it annoys you that Bono may be around for years to come.
Wow.
You just reminded me why I don't read this website much...