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12-05-2014, 04:28 PM | #1 |
Demi-God
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"He and I were the top two scribes, and everybody else was a distant third"
http://m.spin.com/articles/billy-cor...n=spinfacebook
"He and I were the top two scribes, and everybody else was a distant third" See billy, this is why people hate you... |
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12-05-2014, 04:28 PM | #2 |
Shut the fuck up!
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it's true
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12-05-2014, 04:38 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, it is the truth. SP and Nirvana were the two biggest bands in the world at that time. Plus I don't see him as being an ass in this at all. He had some very nice things to say about Kurt.
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12-05-2014, 04:43 PM | #4 |
Shut the fuck up!
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I think U2 was the biggest band in the world at the time
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12-05-2014, 04:55 PM | #5 |
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12-05-2014, 04:56 PM | #6 |
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Achtung Baby was 91. They were big but not nearly as big as SP and Nirvana in 94-95. Both Pop and Zooropa were seen as disappointing.
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12-05-2014, 05:20 PM | #7 |
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Maybe it's because I am stuck in middle America, but I have never actually met a U2 fan. I have went through the album collections of hundreds of friends, family and strangers and I can't recall ever even seeing a single album. As far as the Pumpkins as concerned I'd say 94-97 they were untouchable.
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12-05-2014, 05:25 PM | #8 |
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12-05-2014, 05:29 PM | #9 |
Demi-God
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He doesn't have to state it!
It's up to us to say and for him to be a humble gushing fuckhead so then we can be all like, "aaaaaaw he's so cuuuuuuute!" And then he sells more records because people love how "grounded" he is...! Plus, isn't there some famous quote that talks about keeping your ego in check and let others decide if you're good or not? |
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12-05-2014, 05:32 PM | #10 |
Brazilian Blouselord
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Nah everybody disagrees with you and agrees with him now stop.
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12-05-2014, 05:34 PM | #11 |
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12-05-2014, 05:38 PM | #12 | ||
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That interview is classic Billy. Especially the comments on Eddie Vedder. Quote:
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12-05-2014, 05:45 PM | #13 |
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It's cute that he thinks he ever spoke for a generation more than The Downward a Spiral did.
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12-05-2014, 06:19 PM | #14 |
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let's make things clear.
Guns N Roses were the biggest band on the planet 91-93, However, top 3 were undoubtly Guns N Roses, Nirvana and Metallica. Followed by U2, Bon Jovi and Pearl Jam. Everything else is use your illusion. Odd, U2 biggest album EVER couldn't place them among top 3, yet they sold just as much then and are the biggest band now 20 years later that they hadn't recorded a decent record. Today was a hit, but Pumpkins couldn't sell out an Arena even US before MCIS. Check size venues they played before and after MCIS. In Europe they played aftrenoon shows on mediocre fetivals until 1996. |
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12-05-2014, 06:56 PM | #15 |
Virgo
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CroPUMPKINS where are you living now?
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12-05-2014, 07:11 PM | #16 | |
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12-05-2014, 07:41 PM | #17 | |
Shut the fuck up!
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12-05-2014, 07:45 PM | #18 |
Virgo
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i don't get all this talk - i never got no u2 album downloaded to my phone wth
did you have to have ios 8.0+ to get it or something |
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12-05-2014, 07:46 PM | #19 |
Virgo
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i mean yea i understand that it's kind of like spamming your phone but for real these are smart phones you ahve to be smart to use them so either get smart about it or stop complaining that the things just magically happen on your phone and you cannot control it no way no how
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12-05-2014, 07:47 PM | #20 |
Minion of Satan
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U2 was huge in 1992-1993. Arguably bigger than anyone else. Zoo TV tour earned more money than anyone else's tour at the time and that's a fact, you can look it up.
Thing is though, i also came from a remote area and finding U2 fans then was hard. But eveyrbody had a GNR and Metallica t-shirt. But people would look at me weird with my U2 records... it was bizarro world. I felt how can U2 be so huge when i know NO ONE who listens to them. U2 was too GAY for the boonies Also, probably the demographics for U2 fans was a bit older than HS, they'd been around a while already |
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12-05-2014, 07:48 PM | #21 |
Virgo
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most motherfuckers with $500 phones don't even use email regularlly let alone know what data pushing is
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12-05-2014, 07:49 PM | #22 |
Virgo
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oh but i can do facebook on it
90% of smartphone users |
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12-05-2014, 07:51 PM | #23 |
Virgo
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basically what i am saying is that i don't want to live in a world where u2 is the number one band
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12-05-2014, 07:52 PM | #24 |
Virgo
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tv is for hicks and old people
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12-05-2014, 07:53 PM | #25 |
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also @jerry's ray why don't you link to the actual article next time instead of linking a page where you have to click a link to get to the article
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12-05-2014, 07:56 PM | #26 |
Shut the fuck up!
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GnR was history after 93
Kurt was dead by April 94. For all but a handful of fans Nirvana existed for 3 years. u2 kept putting out albums and doing worldwide tours straight through the 90s. saying they're the "biggest band in the world" isn't just about album sales in 91. And it doesn't say their product is any good. (I can't stand much of what they recorded after 91). They have more fans, sell more tickets and over the long term have sold more albums than all of the other bands that existed in the 90s. |
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12-05-2014, 08:21 PM | #27 |
Minion of Satan
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but i guess Corgan and Cobain spoke more to Gen X than U2. Especially sicne by 1991 U2's lyrical content had started being more lightweight. though i suppose it fit with the more personal topics of grunge lyrics but Bono had been a rock star a while, he wasn't as relatable.
Also their shows worked so well in great part because they were spectacles, it didn't matter if you were only ambivalent about U2, or just casually liked them, you might still want to go see their shows. |
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12-06-2014, 12:06 AM | #28 |
Demi-God
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This is an issue for me. See, I'm not good with the new fangled widgets above. I just recently found out how to upload pics on here without having people click the links. Give me time...
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12-06-2014, 12:11 AM | #29 |
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Aside from including Eddie Vedder I wouldn't argue with Billy.
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12-06-2014, 12:12 AM | #30 |
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NIN before Kurt
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