he does have that anthemic sound that the u2 fans exept with unquestioning loyalty every time. actung baby is cool it has a cock on the cover. u2 seem sound enough id like to chew the fat with them tell bono to stop dying his hair tell the edge that his two sounds are nice but its a bit boring a this stage

thats a hard one. im sure theres a few deadly albums sitting on someones harddrive or 8track or whatever waiting to be unleashed on the public. but cant even think of five

I've seen U2 play three times in Ireland; at the RDS in 93, Lansdowne Road in 97 and Slane in 2001. Filled with youthful enthusiasm I really enjoyed the first two concerts but the Slane Gig was a serious let down. The fact that they were promoting the worst album of their career didn't help (although judging by what I've heard of their latest effort it doesn't seem any better). The simple truth is that they no longer feel that they've anything left to prove. Acthung Baby is their best work and while Zooropa, Passengers and Pop weren't entirely convincing at least they were interesting. Inconsistent as they were these albums contained some of the band's best work. But even more importantly they gave you the impression that the band were still striving to make relevant music and they still seemed open to new ideas. In short they were still trying to make an album as good or better than Acthung Baby. But when U2 released All That You Can't Leave Behind it was just an admission that they'd given up. They'd grown too lazy, too wealthy and too tired to even bother with trying to push new ground or experiment. They admitted artistic defeat and just started pedalling back to basics pub rock as a highly lucrative pension scheme. It's a shame, a real shame. As for there new stuff that Vertigo song just reminds me of She Sells Sanctuary and that can't be a good thing.

I think there are easily 10 better Irish albums than U2's effort last year, As Keenan would say 'ahh here it goes': 1. Jeff Martin 2. Jimmy Behan 3. Jape 4. Republic of loose 5. Cathy Davey 6. redneck manifesto 7. David Kitt 8. Q 9. Snow Patrol 10. Bryan Mcfadden There ya go!