Reply #19: I'm calling out callers-out of U2!!

[Dedalus]

If you don't like U2's music, fine, but calling them bullshit is bullshit. People rip on them because they're immensely successful and because Bono is a causehead, but at least he means it. He's pretty much the only rock star in history who actually tries to get shit done on a practical level. Maybe trying to meet with politicians and do shit that involves boring paperwork makes him a sellout to some people, but it's hard not to admit that this ultimately does more good than, say, John Lennon sitting in a bag (I love John Lennon, but it's hard to see what he expected this to accomplish).
As far as Bono jumping around on stage and having an ego, these things are equally applicable to the majority of male rock stars. Jeez. When big rock stars DON'T care about shit, people give them shit, and then when a band like U2 demonstrates that they DO care by doing shit like stopping a concert in the middle to show footage from Bosnia to the crowd, people give them shit about that too. It's like they can't win, and this Catch-22 attitude is based solely on how famous they are. REM does similar shit, but everyone loves them for it, and this is just because their rep is still slightly more underground, not because of any objective difference in the beliefs or the behavior.
And as far as the music and the other 3 guys go, Edge, Larry, & Adam are one of the tightest & most innovative groups of people to ever play rock music. No one wants to admit that there would be no Radiohead without U2, but it's true.