I'm probably going to get super flamed for this, but as much as I love punk/indie rock I still have to gotta say to me one of the bands that had a huge impact was U2. The music that they created crosses most major genres of music, with the exception of rap/hip-hop (well....if u can find a B-side of 'Holy Joe' :-D)....you can hear them on everything from pop/light rock/country/oldie/hard rock radio stations, at least in my area. A number of their songs are truly timeless...like 'With or Without You', or 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'. Not to mention alot of punk bands cover U2 songs...with very interesting results :-D.....anyway, let the flaming begin
no man, i agree with some of that. I think "One" is some of the greatest music written in the past 20 years or so.
What I have to point out, however...is that whole "Discotechque" or "pop" album, and the whole "K-Mart/Pop-Tart" tour or whatever it was called...that whole thing should be forgotten...but I don't let U2 fans forget that. haha.
It's not unbelievable that a mostly punk listener likes the sound of U2, since U2 sorta started out punkish. When U2 first formed a band, all they really did was covers of songs by The Clash. U2 got their first record deal, by pulling off a song by The Clash, as one of their own songs. hahaha But, then after signing the paper, they of course thought they better start writing songs, before someone found out.
actually, U2 started out as a christian rock band. all were into hardcore religion until one (adam clayton) wanted out...so they decided to change the format of their music....BUT a lot of their music today still has some "religious" undertones...with or without you....about religion, can't live with it/can't live without it.
I agree with skaorsk8, the POP tour wasn't great BUT they did redeem themselves with all that you can't leave behind
*been a U2 fan since one of my sisters bought the "october" album back in the early (way early) 80's
At some point they did The Clash stuff tho.. promise. I heard an interview with Bono and The Edge, where they talked all about it. They said all they knew about playing the guitar was power chords, and they were really big fans of The Clash, so that's what they would play. Maybe before or after or during the same time, they did Christian rock.. I dunno. They left out talking about that, in their interview, altogether, so I wouldn't know.
