More from ABE !!!!!!


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Sun, 27 Sep 1998 18:23:51 EDT


Hey Wire - I just wont go away.... (who knows why ? )

I just wanted to post some more of my thoughts about U2 and their recent
dealings -

1.) Sweetest Thing '98 SUCKS. Bono's voice sounds shot , the guitar is a
novelty, and all in all whats the difference ? Not to mention that the DO-DO-
DO-DO part at the end is an abomination ! Oh , but let's not forget BOYZONE !
Their involvement really made a big difference...

Compare this updated version to the old (REAL) version and it just sounds
weak. Bono's voice back then was so much stringer and clearer , unlike this
raspy , aging pop star voice he's doing now. His voice isn't BAD , but he
needs to apply his new voice to NEW songs , so it doesn't sound BAD when he
sings his older songs...

Now I don't want to offend anybody , so let's make this clear - I still love
Bono - I love his voice - but the truth of the matter is that you don't go
back and re-record a song that had nothing wrong with it in the first place ,
then try and make it a big deal by slapping a '98 and a DO DO DO by Boyzone at
the end. So in conclusion , this money making scheme failed. However, the
money making scheme of Live music on those singles as B-sides is very
appealing - so CHA CHING ! You got me boys !

2.) Adam wrote another nasty evil letter as an attack , so I'm going to attack
him now :
Chris was upset at the lack of a US single. Is that so bad ? No, I don't think
so..

<<Umm ... hello. Have you ever heard of the import section of the record
shops?>>

Not everyone has the motivation,funds etc to do that ADAM, as WIRE officially
pointed out to me, not to mention that it royally sucks to have to wait for it
to get over here - months , years ...etc... So chill out

<<<<, and a slap to the continent that has paid more of their earnings than
Europe...>> <-- CHRIS

Well ... that was just plain rude. What makes you so high and mighty? What
makes Europeans less deserving? >> <--- ADAM

Nothing makes anyone less deserving , but the US should have the single too.
Is that an attack on Europe ? No. And the thing about Social Security was
plain garbage to use as an example. To say that a CD will make or break a
retirement fund is a waste of breath, so nice idea idiot. ( Oops, I insulted
him - sorry WIRE. I'm sure that some liberal bleeding heart like Dan Eliot
who plays music in class instead of teaching them will write me in sincere
protest and then Robbie who has a comment for every post ever recorded on Wire
will tell me how out of line that was, why, and what should be done about it
as well as the position of the stars. ) And by the way Adam here is the first
attacker, im just defending...

3.) <<>To re-record a great song, then NOT make it commercially available in
>the United States is plain-out rude to all the great fans (like us)

  Try living in Australia mate.>>

Hey Mate - Move to America then. We have better food here too.

4.)<< Just an addition to my last post.....

  NOT TO MENTION ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT DONT GET SINGLES AT ALL!!! Whew
I think thats everything.>>

They should move to America too... er... Maybe not , nevermind that last
statement, they'll probably get my job...

5.) <<"The job of rock 'n roll is to blow people's heads. Everyone else is
into nostalgia." - Bono

looks like U2 has become everyone else for a moment :)>>

Amen , my brother !!

6.)hey can I tell ya a little secret?? secret is ....the sweetest thing 98
version IS availabe in the US....on the full length Best Of cd ya
dope.....thats the whole point ya see..to get U to buy the Best Of album and
NOT the single.>>

Hey bonehead - what about the b-sides to the single ? Are THOSE on the
Greatest Sellouts album ?? No - Ya DOPE. And furthermore anyone who says the
word 'ya' is a fucking illiterate Buttmunch. Learn to speak or move to
Australia or some other 3rd world country.

7.)<<On a side note, it seems to me that lately Wire has gotten somewhat
bitter.
Theres a lot of fighting back and forth about trivial things. About how people
spell things, and so forth. Do we really need to bicker back and forth about
these things? I know life is not always happy, but can't we vent in more
healthy ways? Like punching the wall, for instance( it was a joke for those
who may be confused)? Just a thought. >>

Well - here's a lesson little girl - LIFE IS BITTER HELL !!! There will always
be conflict on WIRE because we all think differently. If you can't handle it ,
then close your eyes. Does anyone really care if U2 is pursuing the younger
generation ? I sure as hell don't. What the Hell are you people ? The BORG ?
'We need to assimiliate the young... ' There doesnt NEED to be new fans ,
because they already are the most dominant band in the world ! If young people
want to watch Marilyn Manson and Puff Daddy , then so be it. Times change ,
bands get old. There should be no mad rush to get U2 popular again - let's
face it , they are OUR band , the older fans band, and they should keep
singing DEEP , meaningful songs for ours and their enjoyment and young kids
cant handle that , so they like the Spice Girls....

And in conclusion - Kudos to 99X here in Atlanta for blasting U2 to hell every
time they have to play ' Sweetest Thing 98 ' . I believe Barnes said ' Oh boy
its the Greatest Hits of U2 - now you can buy those songs you already own -
for more money- Whoopie !!! ' . I'm glad that although there are stupid
brainless fans who think this is a great idea and are about to pass out with
joy at the thought of re-buying a 25 cent piece of cover art, people who DO
have brains see this for what it is...

Abe

PS - Gee, I just can't wait for the NEW album to come out... too bad they
pushed it back to next year or whenever for this old garbage...



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