I am willing to admit that Joshua Tree was a good album

[rekil]

Christ yeah. I once had a dust up with a load of Air Supply fans. Nasty. And I'm not even going into that rumble with TOTO obsessives that I narrowly escaped from

Mad but harmless, like bus station tramps.

 

[Idaho]

my mate did the sound on a Toto tour. Started off dreading it, by the end he, i dunno, 'a lot of respect for their musicianship'.

shudder

Africa rocks.

It is also nearly impossible to sing at Karaoke.

 

[Mallard]

I find his singing and the trademark guitar thing on there grating plus the fact that I've heard the tracks hundreds of times but never voluntarily. Musically,not a patch on the Sugarbabes.

 

[rekil]

I'm sure everyone's seen Bill Bailey's summation of U2's sound but

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

well, the man's clearly a clown

Ba - zing!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

but a clown that's clearly dead inside.

Which makes you a clairvoyant?

 

[DotCommunist]

I think most clowns are dead inside. Entertaining through slapstick day-in day-out. It would drive one to suicide. In fact I'd go a far as to say J.W. Gacy wouldn't have done those evil things if he'd just left the clowning alone. Clowns= intrinsicaly predisposed to evil

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I think most clowns are dead inside. Entertaining through slapstick day-in day-out. It would drive one to suicide. In fact I'd go a far as to say Gacy wouldn't have done those evil things if he'd just left the clowning alone. Clowns= intrinsicaly predisposed o evil

But which came first with Gacy: the urge to facepaint, or the urge to kill?

 

[DotCommunist]

But which came first with Gacy: the urge to facepaint, or the urge to kill?

I'd say he was driven to murder after realising how essentialy humiliating it is to dress up in silly clothes and make up, just to entertain children. Marylin Manson alas, has not learned from Gacy's folly

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I'd say he was driven to murder after realising how essentialy humiliating it is to dress up in silly clothes and make up, just to entertain children. Marylin Manson alas, has not learned from Gacy's folly

But let's face it: Gacy had to be the world's worst clown. It's like he painted the words 'serial killer' on his face with white and red paint.

 

[ouchmonkey]

I think most clowns are dead inside. Entertaining through slapstick day-in day-out. It would drive one to suicide. In fact I'd go a far as to say J.W. Gacy wouldn't have done those evil things if he'd just left the clowning alone. Clowns= intrinsicaly predisposed to evil

Bang On!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

But the real treat was JC2's ultra-naive agreement with him afterwards.

Oh, I get it: soulman is actually one of the U75 musical elite, and he was doing a parody of a cultural know-nothing as an amusement for the other elite members.

I really should read these very important threads more closely, shouldn't I?

 

[soulman]

Don't let the weirdo's get to you..

 

[Detroit City]

It was a good'un too

its in my top 10 albums ever. i've listened to it at least 100 times...but not within the last number of years.

another one in my top ten ever is Cosmic Thing by the B-52s

and Physical Graffiti by The Zep

and Wish You Were Here by The Floyd

 

[Antoine]

i like it

most of the songs are good. not partiularly meaningful, but nice singalong stuff

isn't it one of those albums you buy when you are 16 and play on repeat and then forget about?

 

[Detroit City]

isn't it one of those albums you buy when you are 16 and play on repeat and then forget about?

no

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Don't let the weirdo's get to you..

As if.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

its in my top 10 albums ever. i've listened to it at least 100 times...but not within the last number of years.

another one in my top ten ever is Cosmic Thing by the B-52s

and Physical Graffiti by The Zep

and Wish You Were Here by The Floyd

Philistine!

 

[Detroit City]

Philistine!

excuse me for my taste in music

 

[Antoine]

i think having a favourite album ever is stupid

i have a favourite album for when i was 21, and a favorite song for waking up, and a favourite album for drinking whisky and missing my gf etc

but just to make a best album ever list.....

 

[Detroit City]

but just to make a best album ever list.....

like religion, music is an extremely personal thing

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

excuse me for my taste in music

Hey; I own Rumours, Dark Side of the Moon, all the Beatles albums, and an ABBA record.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

...plus some other stuff.

 

[Antoine]

I listened to Graceland by Paul Simon all the way through today

 

[Detroit City]

I listened to Graceland by Paul Simon all the way through today

thats a great disk....i like diamonds on the soles of my shoes the best

 

[Antoine]

it's not great at all, it is a nice idea, but it gets boring by about number 5

 

[ouchmonkey]

Is this turning into a
"records I like that are even worse than The Joshua Tree" thread?

 

[skyscraper101]

U2's Joshua Tree voted the best album of the 1980s

Not my words, the words of Radio 2 Listeners

Radio 2's best albums of the 80s

Artist	Title
1) U2	The Joshua Tree
2) Dire Straits	Brothers In Arms
3) The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses
4) Michael Jackson	Thriller
5) Guns N' Roses	Appetite For Destruction
6) The Human League	Dare
7) The Smiths	The Queen Is Dead
8) Paul Simon	Graceland
9) ABC	Lexicon Of Love
10) Prince	Purple Rain

U2's Joshua Tree voted the best album of the 1980s

The record beat Michael Jackson's Thriller and George Michael's Faith to top a Radio 2 poll.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Stone Roses at no.3 though, fucking hell. It wouldn't even make my Top 50.

 

[editor]

The Stone Roses at no.3 though, fucking hell. It wouldn't even make my Top 50.

Whenever I've been coerced into DJing that song, it never fails to impress me just how how shit and flat the mix is. Lifeless, insipid stuff.