MUSIC - What are ASF members listening to?

[GumbyLearner]

 

[GumbyLearner]

Only the hunter was hunted.

If you want a way out....(talk to Bono, the guy that rubs shoulders with everyone)

 

[GumbyLearner]

For Bono

 

[GumbyLearner]

Also for Bono. From the cradle to the grave. And all that bling & opulence!

 

[GumbyLearner]

For the Bono

 

[GumbyLearner]

For the Bono

 

[GumbyLearner]

 

[GumbyLearner]

 

[GumbyLearner]

NZ and work colleagues. I hope all works out well.

 

[Logique]

Only the hunter was hunted.

If you want a way out....(talk to Bono, the guy that rubs shoulders with everyone)

GL, not aimed at you but them.
Rattle and Hum was a boring movie, from an overrated band who've made a career out of elevator music. Several boards of guitar effects and two listenable songs per album. Bono is a legend in his own lunchtime.

 

[GumbyLearner]

Bono is a legend in his own lunchtime.

He has got a massive ego that's for sure.

Here's a brilliant critique

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/imagine-theres-no-rebels-20101218-191en.html

Imagine there's no rebels
by William Easterly
December 19, 2010

While Bono calls global poverty a moral wrong, he does not identify the wrongdoers. Instead, he buys into technocratic illusions about the issue, without paying attention to who has power and who lacks it, who oppresses and who is oppressed. He runs with the crowd that believes ending poverty is a matter of technical expertise - doing things such as expanding food yields with nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants or solar-powered drip irrigation.

These are fine moves as far as they go, but why have Bono champion them? The technocratic approach puts him in the position of a wonk, not a dissident; an expert, not a crusader. (Little wonder he hasn't cranked out a musical hit related to his activism.) Can you imagine Lennon passing himself off as an authority on the intricacies of Vietnamese politics and history? His message was simpler: This war is wrong.

 

[Logique]

Cheers GL, been accused elsewhere on ASF of being too political, so it's 100% music here.

For the info of U2, an imbedded video, this is what a real rock band sounds like boys. Playing live in Ireland too. Being live, the production values aren't perfect. Pure Telecaster sound, minimally modified, with a booming bottom end. Frusciante = awesome guitarist musician. The Youtube video has a 20sec silent intro, be patient.

 

[Tink]

Michael Bublé - Sway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG8giVJKQPI&feature=related

 

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Kaoma - Lambada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AfTl5Vg73A&feature=related

 

[Logique]

He has got a massive ego that's for sure.
Here's a brilliant critique
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/imagine-theres-no-rebels-20101218-191en.html
Imagine there's no rebels
by William Easterly
December 19, 2010

GL, had a chance to read it through, and agree all the way.

We need more high-profile dissidents to challenge mainstream power. This makes it all the sadder that Bono and many other celebrities only reinforce this power in their capacity as faux experts. Where have all the celebrity dissidents gone? It's not a complicated task. All Lennon was saying was to give peace a chance.

William Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and co-director of NYU's Development Research Institute.

THE WASHINGTON POST

 

[Solly]

 

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[Solly]

Another ****ing infraction...oh well

 

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