Bill Bailey mocks U2

[nmiller]

I think it's a perfect depiction:
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[trickness]

Awesome

 

[UnderTheGroove]

That's hilarious!

 

[Slackerprince]

Yeah, Edge and his army of delay pedals are laughing all the way to the bank.

S

 

[BluesForDan]

every time I try to go and show that to somebody, i can't find it on youtube.

weird.

 

[JohnK24]

Who's Bill Bailey and does he still live in Mommy's basement ?

 

[cram]

The good part about this bit is that the edge would laugh as part of the audience as well. From all I've ever heard from him, that's what I think would happen... a good laugh of it all.

 

[Shiny McShine]

It's strange, but even though I can play/improv and have a more guitar oriented approach to playing (Edge has more of what I would consider a keyboard approach to sound with the guitar as a controller), I still really dig what he does with so little. It's odd to mock it because he creates some really moving soundscapes to accompany Bono. Some of the stuff is really fun to play too like Pride with a Voxy amp and a TTE.

 

[nmiller]

Bailey's not trying to say U2 sucks, only that that they rely a lot on effects; he has a dark and quirky sense of humor. He mocks a lot of musicians, many of which he really likes:

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I also came across this, which suggests that The Edge would indeed laugh along:

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[greggorypeccary]

nmiller - that's from "It Might Get Loud". With the 100 or so threads here about that film, you haven't seen it yet?

 

[nmiller]

Nah, I haven't been to the movies in years.

 

[bluesjunior]

Who's Bill Bailey and does he still live in Mommy's basement ?

Actually he is quite a well known, loved and respected comedian over here and with a degree in music is more than qualified to satirize U2 or even Me2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bailey

 

[circusinthesky]

I love Bill Bailey. Excellent in Black Books, as well as Spaced, and stand up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcE9ppYolK8

Embedding disabled on that one.

 

[dohootowl]

The good part about this bit is that the edge would laugh as part of the audience as well. From all I've ever heard from him, that's what I think would happen... a good laugh of it all.

Agree 100%

 

[beckstriad]

I love the one where he makes fun of Michael Bolton. Also, the one where he does Cockney versions of songs like "Eye of the Tiger". Hilarious.