were U2 the least rock n roll rock group ever?

[HUGHPHUG]

they were just so ordinary, kind of gay looking

they didn't even have that edgy nonce thing going on

I mean, it's just pop music really, not rock, but they're considered rock by mentals so...

here they are in their New Kids On The Block phase

hang on though, bit more rock here, Sonny Bono got that oooooh thing going on, red glasses n that

 

[revoltub]

I think they have more rock elements than coldplay or imagine dragons tbf.

 

[Beechwood]

I've never really been much of a U2 fan. With that said, I think they would be a fun band to see live. They have a lot of energy. I could do without the political commentary they like to give out.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Yeah if they qualify as rock then genres don't mean anything.

They're a new wave band that tried to shed that label once new wave went out of style.

Also, they suck. They're like Coldplay before Coldplay.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

I think they have more rock elements than coldplay or imagine dragons tbf.

do people think Coldplay are rock? I thought it was some suicide soft ballad pop hybrid, not sure about the dragon people

just googled Coldplay and they have some random AIDs victim from the 80s

 

[syct23]

They were kinda like a European alternative rock or something like that.

kind of reminded me of something like Scorpions, considered Rock but they were mostly known for their ballads.

only song I cared to listen to from U2 was Sunday Bloody Sunday, after that I really couldn’t name anything else.

 

[Cherry Brigand]

I hated U2 before it was cool to hate U2.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Never cared for their music, plus Bono seems like a knob.

 

[revoltub]

do people think Coldplay are rock? I thought it was some suicide soft ballad pop hybrid, not sure about the dragon people

just googled Coldplay and they have some random AIDs victim from the 80s

They are technically considered a rock band yeah.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

I hated U2 before it was cool to hate U2.

Never cared for their music, plus Bono seems like a knob.

Same and same

 

[THE Red Beard]

You know how I knew U2 sucked balls? They had their album preloaded onto iPhones...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidp...under-and-whose-fault-it-was/?sh=3b0cb8bb6df7
Least Rock N' Roll thing ever!

 

[THE Red Beard]

Great thread 10/10

 

[Sweater of AV]

The term "rock n' roll" hasn't really made sense in ages. There are much weirder examples than U2 that are considered rock n' roll imho.

Either way, they had some early stuff that wasn't too bad but overall I was never really a fan.

 

[Long Dark Blues]

They look like dorks.

God Part II is their best song.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

I think we can close this thread now, majority of sherdog have voted that U2 are shit

 

[BisexualMMA]

They were pretty legit their first few albums. Stuff like Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Years Day. They kind of became more pop as the 80s progressed, something more like Simple Minds and INXS. I think their stuff from the mid 90s onward kind of colors the perception of how they started out and they are somehow actually kind of underrated in that regard at this point I would say.

 

[Thai Domi]

I don't dig on the politics and all, but they're an amazing band and Achtung Baby is more or less a perfect album. I saw them at Williams-Brice Stadium in 1992, Public Enemy opened.

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

I have disliked U2 since the day I first listened to their crap.

 

[AFanNotAFighter]

Was never a fan really. Women went gaga over Bono for inexplicable reasons.

 

[Vergilius]

You can't tell me this man isn't a sizzling sex symbol to rival Jim Morrison.

NGL, I actually like some of their work.