Rough and Ready Marks Of 'Serious' Artists:

[The Groke]

20. Do a lot of work for charidee, but dont like to talk about it

21. Believe that you had a personal hotline to world leaders

22. Refuse to appear on any TV program apart from something that Jools Holland presents

This about "serious" musicians, not Bono!

 

[AverageJoe]

Haha!

Are you telling me that Bono is really a fun-loving free spirit?

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

vera on caprichord

Yes. See also:

Ethel on mellotron
Mavis on ondes martenot
Gertrude on bvindagvidiotone

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Haha!

Are you telling me that Bono is really a fun-loving free spirit?

Nah. Hewson has most definitely transpired to be an exotic portmanteau of breadheaded renaissance man, louche, ego-heliumed raconteur and general goat-faced fuckwit.

 

[akirajoel]

24. Interview topics: depression, capitalism and how hard it was to make your latest album.

 

[The Groke]

24. Interview topics: depression, capitalism and how hard it was to make your latest album.

"To be honest, we came close to packing it all a few times, but we pushed through the barriers and frankly I feel the album is stronger because of it..."

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

24. Interview topics: depression, capitalism and how hard it was to make your latest album.

Plus depictions of falling into black holes and drowning in trianglular rivers, borderline-violent intra-band turbulence and turning green during record company meetings.

 

[akirajoel]

"To be honest, we came close to packing it all a few times, but we pushed through the barriers and frankly I feel the album is stronger because of it..."

Heh.

 

[akirajoel]

25a. Ditch your guitars - buy turntables.

25b. Ditch your turntables - buy guitars.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

25a. Ditch your guitars - buy turntables.

25b. Ditch your turntables - buy guitars.

25c. Ditch it all and make the new album on a solitary laptop in the middle of some tundra somewhere.

 

[shoddysolutions]

7b. Quote from clever books in your lyrics / titles / band names.

7c Use the titles of clever books as titles for your songs