you too, me as well, or maybe noone at all

....spent much of the last week looking after a poorly luke and i'm off work again tomorrow. he's on the mend, not too much to worry about in case you were getting in a panic over him..

as a consequence of the views and comments of a new facebook friend i got to thinking about my love of all things u2. challenged a couple of months back about how many times i'd listened to the new album, which i claimed was incredible, i had to be honest and say just a couple of times all the way through.... how often do i make the effort and listen to u2, the band i claim are my favourite band. well if i'm been honest; hardly ever..... so why do i still say they are my favourite band. its got to be something to do with the influence they had (many years ago) on me as i was growing up and the influence they had on my early musical development.

i have such a diverse taste in music now that u2 seem, well , a little uninteresting. but.... i'm still happy to say the album is excellent. because, well... it is! like them or not they are still a group of musicians who know what they are doing, and possibly that's the problem. they know what they are doing so well now that they don't have to push the boundaries or experiment. but do i want them to or do i just want them t be u2? yes... i just want them to be u2..... if i want something more challenging, innovative and invigorating i will turn to the many other bands and artists i turn to. but sometimes (just sometimes) i turn back to the familiar, the comfortable. and i don't think this is a bad thing. when i listen to u2 i continue to be inspired. not to sound like them but simply because they inspired me for such a long time that they will always continue to inspire me.

...and yes bono is a tw*t (insert your own vowel - 'i' or 'a' both work!) and yes you wonder how adam clayton has got away with it for so long, and yes you wonder what edge is thinking about with the woolly hat, and yes you think it's about time larry dropped the jnr. but still... i love them all and i will always love what they do.... and maybe it is out of sentimentality but they are part of my musical journey, part of my heritage, so thanks to them for getting me to the point where my horizons were open for the next thing and the thing after that....

...thats all, nothing more nothing less.

listening to maps, the caravan palace, unkle and ladycop.....