I read in a review of U2's last show in San Jose that in a post concert interview, Bono said "We're so tired of the Rolling Stones copying our every move. First it was the screens, than the acoustic set. Now I hear that when they go on tour they're going to open with Zoo Station and call the tour 'Tongue TV.' What's next? Keith eating sushi?"

I don't know what that last bit is about, but if it's true that is SUCH bollocks!

(tho' I bet Tongue TV would be the cat's ass!)

I don't think Bono really said that.

He was drunk.

Just remember one lousy, simple thing:

It's only rock'n'roll, but I like it.

Bono thinks he is God almighty.....

He has lost sense of reality after meeting Bush, Clinton, Pope etc. .....

Bono should remember that Mick is far better than Bono on stage and how will he look when he is sixty....

That short / chubby legged irish stupid....

If you have watched "being mick", you know that Bono and Mick are freinds, they even huge. You would say that it's just a play for the camera, but why in hell would bono sing together with Mick on Joy if they were not freinds. Bono and U2 looks up to the Stones. Rolling Stones gave birth to the stage performence that u2 uses today. I think u2 finds Stones as their idols.

Stones were doing acoustic sets in 1969. I think U2 is a joke. And Bono, people talk about the Stones were wigs. There was a guy on the Howard Stern show who does hair transplants for famous people and he said he has done many for Bono and he had documents to prove it. Not that it matters if he is bald or not, I just wanted to make fun of him.

Sharks Will Cry Wrote:
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> I read in a review of U2's last show in San Jose
> that in a post concert interview, Bono said "We're
> so tired of the Rolling Stones copying our every
> move. First it was the screens, than the acoustic
> set. Now I hear that when they go on tour they're
> going to open with Zoo Station and call the tour
> 'Tongue TV.' What's next? Keith eating sushi?"
>
> I don't know what that last bit is about, but if
> it's true that is SUCH bollocks!
>
> (tho' I bet Tongue TV would be the cat's ass!)


uh..doesnt it occur to you that maybe he's just having a laugh??

Christ - people get so precious and sensitive about all this!

U2 used the truck thing, which Stones used in the 70'ies (Stones coiped this from earlier days)

Stones did the Stadium shows way before U2 was a band.....

So who copies whom?

This is said very, very tounge-in-cheek. No doubt about it. I must admit that Bono hit the nail

"That short / chubby legged irish stupid...." top move...I didn't know Bono had short legs!!!

Do you reckon the Stones would make it out of the Lemon thingy? And I bet Keith would love to dress up as a cowboy aka: the Edge!

Sounds to me like a flippant comment to one of a long list of journos....

IF Bono said that he did so tongue-in-cheek.

Keef'll do im!

Of course this was tongue in cheek. U2 and the stones are friends. Edge played with Ronnie on at least one of his solo albums, Keith and Ronnie helped Bono out on the song silver and gold and Bono sang on Joy on Micks last solo album and he guested on iorr in Chicago on the last tour. So if he said it he was just having some fun!

Cheers,
Wuudy

....... and I wont forget to put roses on his graveeeeeee

... by the way.... he forgot than in 1975 the Stones copied this of present the tour inside a truck too.... I dont understand how he leaved it go....

"There was a guy on the Howard Stern show. . . . ." That in itself ought to invalidate anything he might have said.



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sir_carlos Wrote:
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> If you have watched "being mick", you know that
> Bono and Mick are freinds, they even huge. You
> would say that it's just a play for the camera,
> but why in hell would bono sing together with Mick
> on Joy if they were not freinds. Bono and U2 looks
> up to the Stones. Rolling Stones gave birth to the
> stage performence that u2 uses today. I think u2
> finds Stones as their idols.


Today I've watched it, and Bono looks soooo silly next to Jagger!

"got to be worked on
don't have no bark nor bite..."

When Sam Cutler gave birth to the title "Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band In The World", Bono was 2 years old. But I agree with BowieStone - I can't imagine Bono said that, and if he did he's just jaleous!

For what its worth (not much I know) Bono was born in 1960, so he'd have been 9.

ok I admit a mistake, but the point is the same=)

YEAH sure . Bono didn't say this.i think this is tabloids crap

bono is an assholoe whether he said it or not

he knows the Stones still can destroy his redundent sounding band any day of the week , so of course he should be jealous
thats how spoiled children act

hahahahaah

If Boner said that..............Well..........@#$%& him then.

JumpingKentFlash

IF YOU REALLY LOOK BACK THE STONES INVENTED THE CIRCLE STAGE IN 81
CHECK OUT HAMPTON, SO U2 CANT STAKE CLAIM TO THAT ONE, IT WASNT REALLY A CIRCLE BUT IT WAS RAMPS RIGHT BY THE FANS

'in the round' style stages have been around for decades

take a look at the film of the Beatles' 1964 washington shows for example, even Sinatra's "The Main Event" comeback TV special at Madison Square Garden in 1973.

U2 did use satellite stages long before the Stones did however. They first did it on the "Zoo TV" tour in '92-'93 (and again in '97), whereas (apart from a one off such as the Miami PPV in 1994 when the main stage was just extended into the audience for 3 songs) the Stones didnt do so until 1997.

The two bands are influenced by each other for such pyrotechnics and various gimmicks. I was at the same U2 show in Dublin in 1993 that Mick attended when he was in Ireland to work on Voodoo Lounge and theres no question that a professional performer like him would not be looking for production ideas from other major acts



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What's up with this forum?
There are people saying that "Love is strong" is not good.
Then somebody else says that "Love is strong" is OK, but
"Anybody seen my baby" is bad. Then another person starts
a thread "U2 blasts stones?!". Pffff.....
OK, let me just say this one more time. It's not a question of
esthetics, or personal opinion. The fact of the matter is that
U2 is a fake act. You hear their records and you think "Cool".
After ten times it's just a bore. And the stones albums all kick
ass. And it's not going to be the last tour.

and all of those are 'facts'...?



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"And the stones albums all kick ass"...the equivalent period in time for U2 today (27 years) the stones had just released Steel Wheels......