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First of all let me say I like much of U2's music. But for the record, Eno saved U2's floundering career. This is a well-documented historical fact. U2's association with Eno was *Eno's idea* - he heard something he liked that he knew could be B-I-G with the right amount of coaxing. Regarding the Edge's guitar style, I remember reading an interview in Guitar Player or somewhere with one of those dime-a-dozen Satriani/Vai/<insert lame sound-alike speed-virtuosi here> geetarists. The interviewer played a little U2/Edge music and asked him what he thought about his style. The trog said, "I don't hear it" (TRANSLATION: Where are the 500 mph Mixilodian scales, ProCo distorto-box, and erzatz-Halen power-dives? ANSWER: Up your myopic dinosaur ass.) For the 'youngins' out there, The Edge was once considered a neo-psychedelia reverb-monger (a good thing at the time) along the lines of Echo & the Bunnymen and Teardrop Explodes. So..., it took a visionary like Eno to bring U2, and the Edge, to where they are today, commercially and technically. -Larry T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Biffle" <mbiffle@svg.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>; <ew37@bellsouth.net> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 11:42 AM Subject: Re: Negativland on tour... > >>> "X-ray" <ew37@bellsouth.net> 04/19 11:34 PM >>> > >>non-mentioning of the fact that it was ENO that came up with the > whole idea with the TV screens/satellite access and all, Again, credit > placed where not deserved. > > > Hmmmm. Not sure I agree. U2 has quite often given credit to Eno > for the initial concept of that tour (even in the tour program). > Certainly the band were the "directors" of the production whereas Eno > was the one who wrote the 1st draft of the script (sorry for the > analogy). I'm not sure it's fair to > suggest that it was Eno's baby and U2 were just along for the ride. > > I remember Bono saying something like... "We finally have enough > money to do such a bloated grandiose thing... Why not? If not us, then > who?" I think he's correct in that statement... they were huge, had > the capability, so they went for it and staged an incredible, very > successful production. For it's sheer scope, it was certainly the most > modern and hi-tech I've seen to date. Sure beats the Stones bloated > retro machine... > > >>Then I saw U2 making scads of money making music that sounded like > someone elses' work > > > Just out of curiosity, other than the rootsier Joshua Tree/Rattle > and Hum period, who do you find them to be imitating??? Again, just > curious. > > I think it became popular to disinherit U2 due to their tremendous > success... The Edge managed to assemble several existing simple guitar > techniques into a cohesive style... and has continued to experiment > far more than your average rock star type does... His stuff on Pop is > really cool... Great sounds... it is ROCK music... If you can't hack > rock, then sure... they probably suck for you. But I think U2 is a > great ROCK band... They benefitted a lot from their association with > Eno. > > -Miko > >