Guess he doesn't like U2... funny thing is I don't like em either, but I don't give a **** what he thinks.

haha yeah saw this the day it was updated. ****ing love it, and i ****ing hate U2, so it works out.

He needs a hug.

haha, maddox hit the nail on the head, i hate U2 and i am so sick of hearing their ipod commercials in the electronics dept. where I work.

maddox used to be funny. oh wait, no he didn't.

Wrong. Maddox owns anyone and everyone.

Maddox=win

U2 is an amazing band, that makes amazing music. Die.

I like U2, but that was funny as hell.

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=manly_suicide

Cant . . . stop . . laughing . . .

This children is an example of one of those fanboys he was talking about.

RadioHead wins.

I dont find it funny...

No it's one of those people who likes GOOD MUSIC.

Jesus Christ you guys take him way too serious. Honestly, read his frigging FAQ. He pretty much states in the FAQ that it's just a joke and not to take his crap so serious. The dude has said some stuff I find offensive and disagree with, but in the end I go "Who cares?" and laugh and move on. I love the guy's material. Don't take his crap so frigging serious.

I don't take Maddox seriously, I take the people in this thread who think U2 really DOES suck seriously :p...and U2 doesn't suck... really they don't....

Keep saying it, maybe it'll come true some day!

Your sn and your sig make this comment very ironic.

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Maddox is the MAN, no questions asked. I respect him b/c he has the balls to say whatevers on his mind at any given time, and he doesn't care if you like it or not.

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You're arguing with a person that has the username RadioHead about what kind of music is good? Don't get me wrong, I don't like (the band) Radio Head, but I don't think you're going to get very far.

And the fact is, U2 isn't that great. I can only listen to so many songs that make me want to go into a coma just to escape the bordom that is being induced by the song... or another song where bono yells the same thing over and over again for half of the chorus. It gets really old really fast. And don't give me any crap about how the lyrics are so meaningful. People also say that Led Zeppelin lyrics are meaningful (they're not) but at least those songs sound good.

And don't worry Sajn, I know what you're going through. U2 has released maybe 3 albums in the time that you have been alive, and in a desperate attempt to seem sophisticated to all of your peers that are busy listening to Simple Plan and Good Charlotte, you decided to start worshiping U2. It's not all bad news though, it'll pass in time, and once you graduate high school and you're not trying to impress anyone (hopefully) maybe you'll start liking music that actually has something to it. I used to feel this way about Led Zeppelin. I used to talk without end about how much I loved Zeppelin, until I realized that I don't like their music that much... It'll happen. Just give it time.

The great part about good musicians is you don't feel like an idiot for talking about them. Can you honestly say to someone that you like a band with a man who calls himself "bono" in it? Honestly... If I'm standing around telling someone what kind of music I like (which I wouldn't waste my time because most idiots don't listen to any band that doesn't spend half of its money at hot topic, and the other half in the makeup aisle of k mart), but regardless, if I'm standing around telling them about what kind of music I like, then I can simply refer to a guitarist as Tony Iommi, or Slash (which is a nickname, granted, but god damn, at least it sounds cool), or I can say Angus Young or Steve Vai. It's really simple and fun!

The worst trend to ever come about is liking something that is supposed to be obscure in a vain effort to make yourself look sophisticated.

It's like all of the wanna be film buffs around my college that deny liking anything made after the year 1990 because all contemporary film "sucks." Yeah right. I'm not impressed by the fact that you only like things that were created before you were born. The fact is, before you were born everyone was so hopped up on drugs that if they're still making music or film today it sucks badly because in yet another vain effort, they have attempted to clean up their image because while it was once admirable to be rebellious and law breaking, now we have to look up to our favorite musicians as they are "role models."

This isn't really going anywhere, and it's basically been a pretty meaningless rant about how much I hate where pop culture is going, and where it has been for the past 6 years or so (that I can remember). Flame me. I've probably earned it.

Sorry, but how does he have balls for saying something whatever's on his mind? This is the internet, people can say whatever they like (most of the time) with no fear of retribution. I'd hardly say he was courageous or admirable for stringing together a website full of his rants. I admit the artical was quite funny, I just wouldn't say Maddox is particularly any more "manly" for making such statements.

Good job he doesn't care really, imo it's not that funny...

Daft_Vader, Maddox is also more easily locatable. He says where he lives and even goes as far as to post lots and lots and lots and lots of pictures of himself on the site. He even says people run into him in public and recognize him frequently.

To all the haters out there...



http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/6629835/u2?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=triple1&rnd=1104702615783&has-player=unknown 4/5

http://www.411mania.com/music/reviews/article.php?reviews_id=4025 8.5/10

http://www.uncut.net/music/u2/reviews/400 4/4

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j3ri288q053a~T1 4/5

http://top40.about.com/od/reviews/gr/u2atomicbomb.htm 4/5

http://top40.about.com/od/reviews/gr/u2atomicbomb.htm 4.67/5

http://www.speedmonkey.net/MUSICREVIEWS/how-to-dismantle-an-atomic-bomb.htm 9/10

http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,3347,00.html A/A+

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2004-12-27-critics-music_x.htm USAToday Album of the Year

http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=1225 4.5/5

http://www.earmedicine.com/100447.php 4.5/5

http://www.rockhall.com/home/default.asp U2 to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

it's the way he does it, IMO.

Wow, someone needs a slap. I've heard much more then just the last 3 U2 albums released. Another thing your wrong about...I don't listen to music to impress anyone, I listen to what I want to listen to, and I listen to it because it sounds good. I don't give a flying poopsicle what anyone thinks about my music. I'm sure I'm just trying to impress someone by listening to U2 on my PC when only I'm around, or on my CD player on the bus, or even when I'm in the car. I just know that somehow my friends will hear the music from my house and love me for it! Music that actually has something to it? You need a check up from the neck up. U2 is great and I listen to them because I enjoy there music. I enjoy more bands then U2 but since this thread is about U2, I'm going to talk about how I like U2.

Awards make not something good, young padawan.

I didn't say you had only heard 3 of their albums. What's next, Sajn? The Beatles? How about we talk about how great Nirvana is for a little while. When are we gonna talk about Elvis and how great he was? What's next? Beethoven?

U2 is one of those bands that is "classic" and "good" to people that don't have good taste. Just like how people are instantly willing to say that the Beatles are good, or Nirvana is good. I hate the Beatles, and Nirvana is pretty good, but the fact that so many of these bands are instantly described as "amazing" and "genius" is really really "sickening."

The problem with U2 is not that they make crappy music (they do), the problem is that they're trying to cross over from being "classic" to being "cool" and "contemporary." Being on a macintosh commercial doesn't make you cool. Jeff Goldblum was on an iMac commercial, and if it wasn't for the fact that he was already awesome, he wouldn't be cool because of it. But U2 thinks that by selling out and being on that commercial that they're going to be considered cool by all of the trendy high schoolers that carry around iPods, the iPod being the official badge of the trend squad. The good news is, the iPod fits perfectly in the pockets of those hollister pants, and the white goes nicely with those K Swiss shoes. I wish I had someone as smart as the Macintosh advertising department around to tell me what kind of music to like.

i really do hate U2

Your username makes this fact null and void. I apologize.

I'd heard that U2 wasnt given a single cent for that commerical. How is that "selling out?"

If you cannot at least respect someones opinion that a certain music group is good without calling them out on their "poor taste" and referring to their interest in the group as "sickening," how can you expect anyone to respect your opinion that the same music group sucks?

Wow.

Let me just say, for the record, I agree with any and everything Bill has said.

To add to that--to any emokiddies out there, stop listening to it so I don't have to endure it everywhere I go. For the love of god.

Selling out doesn't always require the transferring of funds. It could be the giving up of ideals to achieve a certain status in life.

While I agree it's everyone's opinion, I think that word is used too ****ing defensively around here. Sure it could be your opinion that Yellowcard has a message and is staying true to the music and is a great band.

But then your opinion, good sirrah, would be wrong.

Obviously the Beatles suck. What with you not liking them and all, theres no room for others opinions!

Since when do you decide who makes crappy music and who doesn't?

Really, when you say things like "The problem with U2 is not that they make crappy music (they do)” It makes you sound like an *** trying to pass off his own opinion as a fact. Sajn likes U2, you don't, but he's wrong?

And you assume Sajn tries to make himself feel sophisticated by listening to music he feels is better then the music his friends listen, but you go on a rant about iPods as if you are too good for all the kids that get them, again assuming that most kids that buy iPods buy them because they are a trend.

No one has a right to pass off an artist, band, album, or song as crap just because they don't like it.

Let's move this to the music forum, and let everyone forget this petty little sesh eh?

/2 pence

I have only seen a few of Maddox's things, and while I don't like them, I don't hate them either. I'm just "meh".

And as for anyone that tries to determine which music is universially bad and which is universally good: "Good music" and "bad music" is subjective, non-empirical, and based entirely on one's own taste. So until God gives you the divine power to tell other people that emo music sucks, Kenny G is a douche, or heavy metal is satan music, just keep your unnecessary negativity to yourself and leave the rest of us alone with our music.

No flaming or insults, please... -DSettahr

For the record, I was criticizing a sub-culture, not specifically any one person.