In this thread, were are hating bono

[dulwichdreadlocks]

ibilly99 Wrote:

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> Mr Dreadlocks - please keep on message tis a

> thread for the haters of Mr David Hewson - we are

> doing this for the kids and the good of the

> planet.

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e236WjdLBcE&feature

> =related

Why are you call me Mr Dreadlocks?

[ibilly99]

Oops - assumption is the mother of all f***ups - apologies are you a ms ?

[HonaloochieB]

I'm not keen on Bono because he isn't, nor has ever been or ever will be, as tall as me.

The bastard.

[Narnia]

Do you feel the same way about everyone shorter than you?

[HonaloochieB]

Brendan Wrote:

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> And honaloochie I have requested that you are

> banned for 3 weeks for being pro bono.

I could make a reference to being a lawyer and working for nothing.

But let's us both shrug and get on with our lives.

[HonaloochieB]

Declan Wrote:

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> Do you feel the same way about everyone shorter

> than you?

No I reserve my ire in this matter strictly for Bono Vox.

[Ted Max]

Was it because when you recorded Band Aid, he insisted the mic was set at his height, meaning you had to lean right over to get any pick-up, which compressed your lung capacity, meaning you were "off" on the high notes, and got dumped out of the mix by Mitch?

[HonaloochieB]

I was hoping that this wouldn't get out actually TM, as the tall blond geezer out of Heaven 17 I was incensed when my contridution was axed by 'Madge' Ure on the grounds I was singing like 'some pissed-up Sauciehall Street Ned that's just been hoofed in the nuts by his buuurd'.

I thought at first he was being complimentary but Gary Kemp who has a smattering of Jock informed me otherwise.

They left in Bananarama's contribution though. I mean Bananaf@ckingrama,

Every time I hear the song it's like a dagger in my heart.

[Ted Max]

If it's any consolation, I heard that Keren already had her claws into Ridgeley by then, and got him to tell Bob that if the B-sisters didn't get their share, George M himself might just decide he wasn't interested, which could have nixed the whole project. What with O'Dowd still in New York at the time.

So someone had to get the chop, and you did yourself no favours with that display at the wrap party, let's face it.

[HonaloochieB]

It was all politics, not what you know it's who you know.

But there was a time when being the tall blond geezer out of Heaven 17 carried a little kudos, not to say respect.

As for the wrap party, you've been talking to Jody Watley haven't you? What a cry-baby that one is.

And that dress was never a bloody Zandra Rhodes either no matter what she says.

[Cassius]

What's the difference between God and Bono?

God doesn't walk around Dublin thinking he's Bono.

[Ted Max]

So that means Bono must walk around Dublin thinking he's Bono? The bastard.

[woofmarkthedog]

I am blacklisting Dublin as a "leisure break" destination now just incase I do bump into him ( Nobo ) or God (oh the things I've said in his name.....well put it this way......I'd get my legs slapped that's for sure) and god would'nt be too happy either.

What's weird is .......you never see God & Nobo in the same room at the same time......eh, bit weird that...if know what I'm trying to say

*Taps side of nose with paw/finger...............white dust falls out........(no really it doesn't)..who saw that...hrrumm*

[woofmarkthedog]

Void

[giggirl]

giggirl Wrote:

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> There's something about Bono that makes me want to

> drop-kick a puppy

Sorry to quote my own post but I?ve been given a telling off for it. Apparently I need to justify my harsh words. WHATEVER!

First and foremost, the tax situation is untenable. Just to make it slightly worse, in the golden years, when Ireland was a tax shelter for U2, they played the Oirish ?look at us we still live in our home country aren?t we great? card. They couldn?t get out of dodge fast enough when their tax status changed though.

Musically, well, they have actually had one or two good tunes haven?t they? Be fair. OK, everything since Achtung Baby has been a bit samey. Is Bono an annoying cock? Undoubtedly. So is Mick Jagger but it doesn?t detract from The Stones being the best rock band on the planet.

For me, Bono is annoying because he is drunk and bloated with his own sense of importance. It?s ugly to watch. He hasn?t always been like that; it?s what he has become over the years.

Here are some personal ramblings (ramblings being the operative word, sorry, I may edit later, if I can be bothered) ?.

I met my own personal Mr Big at the ZOO TV backstage party at Earls Court in 1991 and we had some good years together. I wouldn't have missed that party for the world. Strangely enough, he thought Bono was a tosser (and I jumped to his defence). Oh how he would laugh if he were reading this today.

Bizarre fact ? in the 90s Bono was guest speaker at some literary affair in Swansea ? strange but true. He addressed a small audience for a good two hours and he was brilliant; funny, self-effacing, intelligent, inspiring?.. OK you get the gist. It was a very intimate venue and there was no pre-publicity. A few days later there was a report in the paper (The Guardian I think) and it ripped him to shreds; twisted everything he had said to make him appear arrogant. Anyone reading that report would think he was a complete tosser and he wasn?t. I think of that sometimes when someone is being slated on the forum; humour and self-effacement do not always come across.

I was at the Earls Court gig on the night of the day that Bono?s father died. That gig was utterly amazing. The whole band was right at the top of their game. It wasn?t just that the crowd was on-side from the outset (although they were), it was also that the band really delivered that night.

Fast forward a few years? the last time I saw U2 was at the Staples Centre in LA for the last tour. They were awful. It was embarrassing. The worst gig I?ve been to in living memory. Honestly. It was like watching a third rate tribute band at the Swan in Stockwell on a bad night. The band was all over the place and Bono stalked the stage like a puffed-up peacock singing karaoke. Now I?m a girl who likes a glass of free champagne and I had a party invitation burning a hole in my pocket but I made an excuse and left before the end. There aren?t many things I can think of that are worse than being in downtown LA with no ride home but even that was preferable to staying at that gig for a moment longer. Enough said.

Sorry for the ramblings.

If you?re still with me, and like the drop-kicked puppy analogy, then get a load of this. It?s funny.

[ibilly99]

That was VERY funny giggirl and thanks for sharing your personal journey deep into the heart of darkness that is NOBO.

I feel that this thread has been a shining light in the darkness and paradoxically to hate NOBO is to love so many good things - we are not nihilistic, uncaring human beings who rant for our own demented pleasure - no it is precisely because we care and seek the truth that informs our passion to denounce false idols. This generation faces a rapid decline in optimism, living standards and hope and will turn to anger when they realise how there future has been squandered by the greed of a generation and its politicians ? NOBO stands at the apex of creepy sucking up to those in power and despite his fine words his deeds condemn him as just another money grubbing , power hungry ,messianic guitar playing mega-rich faux Oirish despot.

Once rock was genuinely transgressive and anti-authority ? but attending a White House prayer breakfast with Georg Bush radical he aint.

I heard a story that NOBO approached Michael Eavis to headline at Glastonbury but when the great and saintly Michael (now there is a true self-effacing hero of our age) told him how much they could pay that was it - off goes NOBOin a huff (and consider all the profit from Glasto goes to good cause like Oxfam and Water Aid ) ? you can?t buy credibility and you can?t fool the good people of East Dulwich.

Less we forget he is a tax avoider and partner in a private equity fund ? now READ ON for he is an Anti-Christ sent to deceive and confuse the meek with false tongues ..

Product Red, styled as (PRODUCT) RED, is a brand licensed to partner companies such as American Express, Apple Inc., Converse, Motorola, Gap, Emporio Armani, Hallmark, Microsoft, and Dell. It is an initiative begun by U2?s front man, Bono, and Bobby Shriver of DATA to raise money for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Bobby Shriver has been announced as the CEO of Product Red, whilst Bono is currently an active public spokesperson for the brand.

So that would give the impression that they?d be raising a whole heap of money for those starving brown children, right? Well, they?re certainly ready to spend the money on making sure that you know that they?d love to help those starving brown children!

Allow those at Advertising Age to warm the cockles of your heart.

By any measure, the buzz has been extraordinary and the collective marketing outlay by Gap, Apple and Motorola has been enormous, with some estimates as high as $100 million. Gap alone spent $7.8 million of its $58 million outlay on Red during last year?s fourth quarter, according to Nielsen Media Research?s Nielsen Adviews.

So how much money has all this spending on advertising managed to net for the people who actually need it? Yeah. Not so much.

So you?d expect the money raised to be, well, big, right? Maybe $50 million or even $100 million.

Try again: The tally raised worldwide is $18 million.

Apparently you people aren?t buying enough iPods to save the world.

I suggest investigating BuyLessCrap.org. They have this crazy notion that rather than but something you don?t need so that they can give a sliver of the profits as a donation, you might be helping more by, oh, I don?t know? donating.

Join us in rejecting the ti(red) notion that shopping is a reasonable response to human suffering.

We invite you to donate directly to the (RED) campaign?s beneficary The Global Fund and to? other charitable causes? without consuming.

Say? that?s just crazy enough to work!

[beef]

"Don Fleming too had his problems. Everybody in the music industry is aware of his long running feud with Bono of U2. I remember a show at the Warfield Theatre in San Fransisco in particular. The Velvet Monkeys had dressing rooms next to each other connected by a ventilation shaft. Bono kept yelling through the the shaft at Fleming 'I am the light!' to which Fleming would respond, 'I am the dark!'. Needless to say, this upset Bono a great deal. Years later, while being interviewed by Geraldo Rivera, Bono would respond to a question by saying 'Don Fleming? You mean El Diablo." - Jim Dunbar, famous music industry insider.

We're not the first to hate Bono, we won't be the last. But yeah, we're having fun doing it.

And listening to a puppy makes me want to drop kick Bono. Hard.

[ibilly99]

My video tribute to this thread ...

[V511]

Hello all,

Just wanted to say thanks to you all for restoring my faith in human kindness.

Keep the hate going...

S.

[woofmarkthedog]

Its easy with NOBO

Like falling of a bike.............

I REALLY HATE HIM...............

Oh that feels so good........not a bit of guilt even

[giggirl]

Enough already guys - you're beginning to creep me out. Hate is very powerful you know? Can't you just say that he's an annoying prick and leave it at that? Chill the F out already!

[wee quinnie]

Sorry if I am going off topic here.

But loving Brendan's contributions.

[Brendan]

Please stay on topic.

;-)

[ruffers]

giggirl Wrote:

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> Enough already guys - you're beginning to creep me

> out. Hate is very powerful you know? Can't you

> just say that he's an annoying prick and leave it

> at that? Chill the F out already!

Not powerful enough so far

Must. Build. The hate.

[Moos]

No, what giggirl said. Really. He's just an annoying egotistical rock star, he's not Josef Mengele