Who loves the Edge from U2?? I DO!!

[Moldburst]

Man - the Edge from U2 just doesn't get enough respect. I just heard "Where the Streets Have No Name" tonight for the 800 millionth time and his delay work, tone, vibe, and feel are STILL ridiculous.

:AOK

[jamiefbolton]

I believe history will show that U2 is our generation's The Beatles. The band that has the most influence on our generation is U2 just as The Beatles changed our parent's generation.

[High Voltage]

Which generation are you referring to? Im in college and it seems like a large amount of my friends dislike U2. I personally love their stuff. But when I ask my friends what they dislike they can never give specifics reason and they never mention anything about the music. Alot of them say things like "If Bono really cared so much about helping so and so and fighting against hunger he wouldn't be wearing a $500 pair of sunglasses" and such. Although that would be a whole different discussion...

[Teh RedWizard]

^ OMIGOSH,cause it's like sooooooo trendy to be hatin' on stuff that the previous generation held dear...even though we,being the sheep that we are,can't name one Bono-fied legit reason as to why!



Edge is great mang,as far as guitarists go he's only behind Gilmour,and Lifeson for me.

[teleman55]

Edge is great. Him and Keef. Two guys who do it great and way different from everybody else.

[Ken Ho]

Originally Posted by Moldburst

Man - the Edge from U2 just doesn't get enough respect. I just heard "Where the Streets Have No Name" tonight for the 800 millionth time and his delay work, tone, vibe, and feel are STILL ridiculous.

:AOK

Great first post man. I agree. I never tire of hearing that riff.
He's the ultimate "say it all with a few notes" for me, if that is important.

[bostonwal]

Originally Posted by violetlove

He's the ultimate "say it all with a few notes"....

.... and LOTS of delay! But I love the guy so I ain't knocking him. It's hard to do anything with a prominent delay sound and not have people say "trying to be The Edge, huh?" He owns that effect now.

Originally Posted by orangewizard

Edge is great mang,as far as guitarists go he's only behind Gilmour,and Lifeson for me.

Alex Lifeson is also in my top two.

[pir8matt]

Originally Posted by High Voltage

Which generation are you referring to?

If I had to guess, I'd say he's probably talking about generation X. I'm in that demo and U2 played a pretty big role in my formative years.

Originally Posted by High Voltage

Im in college and it seems like a large amount of my friends dislike U2. I personally love their stuff. But when I ask my friends what they dislike they can never give specifics reason and they never mention anything about the music. Alot of them say things like "If Bono really cared so much about helping so and so and fighting against hunger he wouldn't be wearing a $500 pair of sunglasses" and such. Although that would be a whole different discussion...

Sounds like your friends are worrying more about sunglasses than the music. What Bono does as a philanthropist doesn't really have anything to do with the music, does it? Play em some older stuff, like from boy or october and see if they even recognize it. So many newer bands cop sounds from those albums and people who aren't familiar with U2's older stuff don't even realize it.

I mean, if you don't like it, you don't like it, but you gotta give props where they're due. Not to say that U2 didn't have their influences either, but you could go on and on about any artist that way, I suppose.

[pir8matt]

Originally Posted by Moldburst

Man - the Edge from U2 just doesn't get enough respect. I just heard "Where the Streets Have No Name" tonight for the 800 millionth time and his delay work, tone, vibe, and feel are STILL ridiculous.

:AOK

I played onstage with U2 in 1985. We played 'knockin on heavens door' by Dylan. It's still one of my best memories, looking over and seeing the Edge there, giving me the cues for the changes, and then the big rock-n-roll finish. Good times.

[Baby Evil]

The Edge's technique explained
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EDuK46ZqFM

Jan

[mwc2112]

Originally Posted by Baby Evil

The Edge's technique explained
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EDuK46ZqFM

Jan

Hahaha... hilarious!

That being said I really like the Edge. U2 was huge for me in high school... first concert I ever went to (Zoo TV tour in '93). They've kind of fallen out a bit and I certainly don't listen to them as much as I used to, but when I hear Streets, especially, I always listen.

[dverna]

My favorite guitarist. Try listening to Live From the Paradise from March 1981.... what a tone.

That being said, his Joshua Tree tone is iconic and never gets old. Achtung Baby was brilliant --"the sound of 4 men chopping down the joshua tree".

Looking forward to the new album -- pushed back to January/February '09 time frame -- apparently 50+ songs written. I am optimistic.

[RMC519]

Watch out guys and gals...the U2 haters will be chiming in soon...

Personally, I thank Edge for his huge influence on guitar tone/technique/style and songwriting every time I play...of course, I really dig U2 and he is one of my main influeces.
He was/is integral in changing rock guitar from blues-based playing to tonal-percussive-texture style stuff...again, thanks Edge!

Can't wait for the new record!

[loudboy]

Great player, and instantly recognizable, even though his tones are all over the place. One of a handful of guitarist you can say that about.

Hugely influential, too.

Too bad he can't play the blues... <g>

[Joisey]

Originally Posted by pir8matt

I played onstage with U2 in 1985. We played 'knockin on heavens door' by Dylan. It's still one of my best memories, looking over and seeing the Edge there, giving me the cues for the changes, and then the big rock-n-roll finish. Good times.

East coast? I might have caught your act. If you had big blonde hair and a trench coat then I saw you. I got picked in 87 to play harp on Trip through your wires. I sucked.