Getting ready to write this, I put on (ha -put on, streamed) U2's No Line On The Horizon and I swear it's the revenge of Bono. Is there a worst moment in rock and roll history than the way he sings "mmmmm" in "Moment Of Surrender"?. He should spend eternity in purgatory for that alone.
Onstead the greedy, drunken lout once more of my money to become a subscriber to U2.com. And the sizzle is, free downloads of two songs off their upcoming live album. Both songs you own in different version. One, "Nothing Like The Real Thing" is a masterpiece" and the other "One Tree Hill" isn't a masterpiece. And that makes it $25 a pop.
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I'll tell you what: if the live album doesn't become available on ITunes, I will personally apologize to the band. Till then, beware of U2, as Zappa once put it, they're only in it for the money.