U2 on Tonight Show

squeeb
squeeb Posts: 426
edited March 2014 in Music & Movies
Okay - it's been a while since I have seen a poll on this forum. So, I thought I would give it a shot.

What did you think of U2's performance on Jimmy Fallon last night?
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited February 2014
    meh...
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,774
    edited February 2014
    Not a huge U2 fan. Lat nights performance I agree was "meh..."
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,663
    edited February 2014
    Didn't know they were on and wouldn't have watched them if I did.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited February 2014
    I thought the song they did atop the tower with the sunset over the NY skyline was pretty cool.

    They had a marching band drum section (someone speculated Rutgers?) playing along as well - perfectly timed.

    I am not a U2 fan either - but the song was pretty good and had some energy to it.

    I gave it a nod.

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited February 2014
    Might have watched them if they were on the tonight show in 1985........
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,272
    edited February 2014
    headrott wrote: »
    Might have watched them if they were on the tonight show in 1985........
    +1 you perfectly described my feelings.

    I have four U2 CDs, three from the 80's and Rattle and Hum. Something happened in the early 90's, they completely changed their sound. As if they changed from rock to pop. Love their 80's stuff. I blame the guitar player's hat-thing that he is never without. He never wore that dumb thing in the 80's. So is his first name THE, and his last name EDGE?
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited February 2014
    Agree with many others here, might have been a U2 fan back 20 years ago, but since then I grew up and no longer listen to their music. Letterman and now Fallon are just mouthpieces for the DNC , screw 'em.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,018
    edited February 2014
    I personally thought they went downhill after Boy and October.
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,272
    edited March 2014
    Hermitism wrote: »
    I blame the guitar player's hat-thing that he is never without. He never wore that dumb thing in the 80's. So is his first name THE, and his last name EDGE?

    They just showed U2 in the audience at the Oscars and the guitar player wore that dumb hat...TO THE OSCARS! When I was a kid, we used to wear hats like that to keep our heads warm when we went sledding in the snow. We did NOT wear them year round or with a suit.
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  • VCoak
    VCoak Posts: 200
    edited March 2014
    Did not know they were on yet I would have passed anyways. U2 was good ten + years ago.
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    edited March 2014
    Have to disagree with those who think the stupid hat was the downfall of U2. Must have seen them 10 times "back on the day".

    The album which in my personal opinion was "The Joshua Tree". Bought that piece of crap, played it once, and nailed it with 5 ought buck shot, just simply wasn't worth 00 ought. That was also when Bono decided that his signature look would be those idiotic rap-around sunglasses. It was the sunglasses, not the stupid hat, that killed that band.
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,272
    edited March 2014
    LOL

    You mean you didn't like the song "With or Without Brew"?

    And yes, Bono was wearing sunglasses indoors tonight!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,983
    edited March 2014
    squeeb wrote: »
    Okay - it's been a while since I have seen a poll on this forum. So, I thought I would give it a shot.

    What did you think of U2's performance on Jimmy Fallon last night?

    U2 maybe 10-15 years ago like others have said. Fallon....will be gone inside a year. The dude simply isn't funny and can't deliver a joke to save his life.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited March 2014
    Hermitism wrote: »
    I blame the guitar player's hat-thing that he is never without. He never wore that dumb thing in the 80's. So is his first name THE, and his last name EDGE?

    I assume he is bald, and doesn't want anyone to see him. Just like the Beach Boy who always has a baseball cap on his head.
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  • JerryR1verz
    JerryR1verz Posts: 76
    edited March 2014
    I enjoyed it personally. Regardless of whether you like U2 or not... they seem to be everywhere and never go away. Talk shows, on a roof somewhere, the oscars, etc.
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