Comments on: Bono Blasts File-Sharers

By: Bono: China Content Filtering Proves P2P Fight Winnable

Bono: China Content Filtering Proves P2P Fight Winnable — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:14:20 +0000

[...] in March of last year U2 frontman Bono blasted file-sharers for turning music into “tap water” and then lamented that the [...]

By: Troyman3775

Troyman3775 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:53:30 +0000

totally agree

By: roebeet

roebeet — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:30:51 +0000

How narrow-minded.

If he wants to pin some blame on how music has been relegated to “tap water”, he should just look in the mirror. MP3 players and places like iTunes have done that much more than file sharing (which has been going on since the days of the first cassette recorders, I might add). And lest we forget, Bono and U2 had no problem endorsing iPod’s, just a few years back.

Congratulations on continuing to alienate your fan base.

By: shawners

shawners — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

They have been all over promoting the album but they faced one serious flaw.. The song Get your boots on is OKAY at best but nothing like VIDA La VIDA from coldplay.. Its on ew.com
It peaked at number 37 on billboard listening charts..
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/03/sales-of-u2s-la.html

So for music surviving the INTERNET age it can happen.. But at least we know what we are buying and if its a worthy purchase. This album isnt.

By: MP3Pr0

MP3Pr0 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Bono’s just made because U2 sucks anymore and he’s using P2P as an excuse for lack of music sales.

By: comanci3

comanci3 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Bono……..Go fuck yourself. I can’t imagine why anyone would dl your bloated crap music anyway.

By: Spurge

Spurge — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Bono! At best the latest album is average. It’s just not up to former U2 standards ok. No matter what it would have been a below average album. Don’t go blaming the internet for that. You cannot expect to be no.1 all of the time. You are now alienating your audience and you will become history if you continue along this path attacking filesharers. Maybe you should consider you next Album to be called “History” . But I guess MJ beat you to that one.

By: alive2dive

alive2dive — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Bono let me tell you just this: Thank you for your music. It’s really great for boosting up the ratio.

By: Signa

Signa — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

He just hates being called “Number 2″

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Have to agree with Shawners here the quality of U2′s work is amateurish. U2 relegated themselves to being just another face in the musical crowd. Quite frankly it seems like they just don’t care and music is just an avenue to fund their other interests. As such their opinion holds very little value in connection to the modern music infrastructure. The laws need to be opened up to foster creativity and allowed true artist to flourish. Let the corporate formulas go the way of Freudian psychology.