Reply #49: In another thread, you say that you LIKE losers

[DisgustipatedinCA]

You rated your top 10 rock songs of all times, and 8 of the 10 are KNOWN DRUG USERS, and therefore, LOSERS. Would you care to explain why you're so down on drugs, but your favorite bands use them?

Thanks so much.




10. U2 - Bad
9. U2 - Sunday bloody sunday
8. U2 - New years day
7. U2 - Gone
6. Boys don't cry - I wanna be a cowboy (not sure if this qualify as rock n roll)
5. U2 - Acrobat
4. U2 - Love is blindness
3. Clash - London calling
2. Officer Negative - JCHC
1. U2 - Bullet the blue sky


You seem to really like the band U2. That’s cool. There’s only one problem: according to your reasoning, they’re LOSERS:
http://www.u2faq.com/8.html
"8.4 Didn't Adam get arrested for doing drugs?
{M2} No. In August, 1989, Adam was arrested near his Dublin home and charged with possession of marijuana and with intent to supply marijuana to another person. Less than a month later, he appeared in court and admitted to possessing 19 grams of marijuana. The intent-to-supply charge had already been dropped by the State. Under Irish law, the prosecution agreed to apply the Probation of Offenders Act, which allows defenders to make contributions to charity in return for a dismissal of charges without conviction. Adam agreed to pay £25,000 to the Women's Aid Refuge Centre and there is no mention of this incident on his record."

And it looks like you’re also a fan of The Clash. Too bad they’re losers too.
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/02.17.00/clash-0007.html
"That year, the band split up (owing to drugs or political differences, depending on whom you believe), with Strummer moving on to a solo career (he wrote the theme song for Sid & Nancy and pursued film acting) and Jones heading up the landmark Big Audio Dynamite, which pioneered a rock-reggae-house-hip-hop hybrid years ahead of its time."