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ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:25 am

Surely Jordan Rudess doesn't play for just one band though?

Functional · Post by **Functional** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:42 am

chk071 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:19 am When i was young, everyone wanted to be like The Edge. Never figured out why.

Who wouldn't want to be called The Edge while making music with least of it at the same time?

Functional · Post by **Functional** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:44 am

ghettosynth wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:25 am Surely Jordan Rudess doesn't play for just one band though?

Look, it'd be cold in hell before a guy like him would play in U2. I don't care much for his music but he is one of the Continuum players, after all.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:49 am

Functional wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:44 am
ghettosynth wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:25 am Surely Jordan Rudess doesn't play for just one band though?
Look, it'd be cold in hell before a guy like him would play in U2. I don't care much for his music but he is one of the Continuum players, after all.

Is there something wrong with U2's music? I thought that they were a popular band? Isn't the Queen of England a U2 fan?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:53 am

Functional wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:42 am
chk071 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:19 am When i was young, everyone wanted to be like The Edge. Never figured out why.
Who wouldn't want to be called The Edge while making music with least of it at the same time?

I rather wanted to be like James Hetfield at that time. Or something.

Functional · Post by **Functional** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:58 am

I mean, who is to say whenever any given art is "wrong" or "right", but, U2 is considered "boring". As for popularity, it's that whole thing where music uses lowest common denominators and gets marketed to the skies.

So basically, there's an endless amount of these articles and opinions on them: https://www.salon.com/2014/09/18/how_u2 ... a_partner/

But regardless, I'd doubt that he would play ever for them. Guy's a genius keyboardist and that's just not what U2 would really be able to use.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:01 am

Didn't U2 give an album way to everyone? I don't remember Dream Theater ever doing that.

Sinisterbr · Post by **Sinisterbr** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:02 am

U2 has been for almost 40 years in activity. To call it boring is to simplify *a lot* their career.

Functional · Post by **Functional** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:21 am

ghettosynth wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:01 am Didn't U2 give an album way to everyone? I don't remember Dream Theater ever doing that.

Exactly. https://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/15/tech ... index.html

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:31 am

Functional wrote:Guy's a genius keyboardist

Quite honestly I think he sounds like every other keyboardist in rock/metal bands, but certainly not a genius. Playing fast and having good improvisational skills isn't really what I'd attribute the word genius to.

Orbit-50 · Post by **Orbit-50** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:45 am

chk071 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:19 amWhen i was young, everyone wanted to be like The Edge. Never figured out why.

It's because, not only was he good-looking super cool guy, he had one of the best, most distinctive, guitar sounds in the history of all guitar players. It was his use of hard picked 8th note arpeggios, and heavy use of delays and reverb that produced that awesome euphoric sound he was well known for. I'm pretty sure there was a lot more to his sound than that, but that's basically what it was in a nutshell.

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:56 am

I think Bill Bailey explains The Edge's guitar playing best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8dZwXnMrRU

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:56 am

chk071 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:19 am No. That's Dream Theatre ( think).

TheatER

They're US, not UK based

LeVzi · Post by **LeVzi** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:57 am

Have U2 been relevant in the last decade, even just once ? Apart from Bono's occasional political rant.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:05 am

LeVzi wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:57 am Have U2 been relevant in the last decade, even just once ? Apart from Bono's occasional political rant.

I don't know, but I'd wager that they found what they were looking for....

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