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Tracks for Barack: U2 makes hopeful music for hard times
Boston Herald ^ | February 24, 2009 | Jed Gottlieb

Posted on 02/24/2009 5:53:02 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

Bruce Springsteen isn’t the rock ’n’ roll Obama. U2 is.

The Boss tried to sell “Working on a Dream” as the flip side to “yes we can,” but Springsteen’s latest is W.-style art - blunt, burgers-and-fries, stay-the-course-through-diminishing-returns rock.

It’s U2’s new “No Line on the Horizon” - now streaming for free on U2’s MySpace [website] page and in stores March 3 - that personifies No. 44. U2 was Obama before Obama was: political sloganeers of hope, from “Beautiful Day” to “Pride (In the Name of Love).”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: music; obama; rockandroll; u2
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1 posted on 02/24/2009 5:53:02 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I downloaded U2’s new album for free. It sucked.


2 posted on 02/24/2009 5:56:05 PM PST by exist
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Anyone know how Bruce’s sale are, I noticed that few are gone from the displays at Walmart?


3 posted on 02/24/2009 5:57:19 PM PST by razorback-bert (Will trade sex for ammo)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Well, you seem to have a bad attitude and will have to be re-educated in the coming months.


4 posted on 02/24/2009 6:02:29 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: exist

After Joshua Tree, I fizzled on them.


5 posted on 02/24/2009 6:03:13 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Me too. Went to see them in the ‘early days’. One of the best concerts I’ve been to. Oh, well.


6 posted on 02/24/2009 6:04:20 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama dozed.....people froze.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Ridiculous title for a ridiculous article. AMAZING album.


7 posted on 02/24/2009 6:06:51 PM PST by Wright Wing
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Saw them quite a few times here in Denver. Saw the famous Red Rocks show before they were really famous. It was so rainy and cold and before a big crowd showed up, Bono came out and talked with the fans that had showed up. I got his autograph on my ticket stub. Traveled to Sun Devil Stadium in AZ to see the Joshua Tree tour. I think we paid $5/ea for the tickets. For some reason they were offering them up here in Denver for really cheap.


8 posted on 02/24/2009 6:09:46 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
First we got Obama: The Water.

Then we got Obama: The Ice Cream.

I thought the insanity might end at Obama: The Wristwatch.

But noooooooooooooo!!!!

Now we have, Obama: The Album!!!!!

I swear, America has become Jonestown.

9 posted on 02/24/2009 6:23:54 PM PST by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: beaversmom

Same here

(Famous Casey Kasem outtake:
“That’s the letter U and the numeral 2; the four man band features...Larry Mullins on bass, Dave Evans, nicknamed
‘the Edge’ on—this is bulls-—! Nobody cares! These
people are from _England_, and who gives a s-—? Just a,
just a lot of wasted names that don’t mean diddlys-—!”)


10 posted on 02/24/2009 6:31:30 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Pardon me while I barf.


11 posted on 02/24/2009 6:44:20 PM PST by FrdmLvr (What fresh hell is this?)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

gag me w/ a spoon


12 posted on 02/24/2009 6:45:01 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

U2 - worse than waterboarding


13 posted on 02/24/2009 7:03:58 PM PST by philo
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