George Harrison Hated U2 

What would you have done?

I'm not a big U2 fan, but your comment is a logical fallacy, exemplifying the deterioration of sensible dialogue.

​@@jameshallgring2326 how?

Laugh and shrug my shoulders.

James You are a psuedo-intellectual.

And of course in recent years, Bono has been known to feign for another George… George Soros.

BONO the TURD. "He didn't have the record for the world's biggest turd.... HE IS THE RECORD." ~South Park.

Beatles were the biggest over hyped egoists every created

I KINDA have to agree with you on thjat TBH. If he'd shut up and said "I respect that opinion" I'd have had more respect for Bono

But you both have a point here.

True!

True!

There is no music today, just loud noises.

There's plenty of great music today... You just gotta know where to look. Most of it's in the progressive metal scene, with bands like Dream Theater and Epica leading the charge.

@@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 I'm referring to popular music as it might have existed in ways most people listen to, such as what now streams the most. Personally, I listen to a lot of Asian music, as well as metal, etc. I am happy with what I listen to and there is a ton of it.

He got stabbed and died young. Hardly a winner, more like karma for being a jealous loser.

How did the guy who died first “laugh last”?

@@e32b61 I was just wondering about that. Laughing from the great beyond?

The guy has worms for eyeball he ain’t playing shit

@@e32b61 History backed him up. He called them out at the height of their popularity and as it turns he was 1000 percent right. U2 went on to make complete shit music, the forced download of a crap album debacle, etc. Beatles music stood the test of time. U2 and Bono… not. Oh, and I was really baked when I made that comment

I got my mind set on you.

yeah but still great music.

I mean, yeah, but U2 released their most "pop" album of their catalog the same year, and while it was a middling affair and a sign of the end for U2, it doesn't really discount the greatness of Achtung Baby and Joshua Tree and everything else that came before. I bet George would be pretty pissed if you only judged the Beatles on the merits of their first two albums.

Remember when Bono and Apple had the gall to automatically download one of their crappy albums onto your ITunes? Many people ran out of storage on their phones because of it.

@@reginaldcampos5762 Good call. I remember this. I remember thinking how bizarre it was at the time.

I didn't think I could appreciate his existence anymore, but this short proved me wrong.

@@neilwiththedeal "about" and "from" are different things.

One of George's strong points - he had excellent taste.

The beatles were just an early u2

Turns out he died. I didn't even know be was sick!

To be fair, Mick Jagger wanted the rolling stones *to be a blues band* so that was a compliment of the highest order. That you think it comparable to what is being said here, just makes me think you know nothing about them.

@@franksmith4730 I think you should calm the eff down and stop attacking people. You'll feel better.

Well, Paul wasn't lying. The Stones were great songwriters (especially the albums from 1968 - 1974), but they weren't adventurous and progressive like later period Beatles. There's room for both.

paul knew what to say. he knew mick and co. when they were trying to be a blues band. i think only charlie watts really stayed a blues player.

Totally different context. The Stones CONSIDER(ED) themselves a blues band. They, unlike certain other bands, *cough* (Led Zeppelin), made a point to credit those who originated the music. So, no, NOT the same.

Imagine liking the Beatles 😂😂😂

@@trainwreck420ish alright Cletus. Wouldn’t have modern production without the Beatles

@Nobddy the Beatles? Ok, so bluegrass didn't record with several mics in the 40s? Can you be less vague? They didn't make any recording devices. Most of recording technology is from world war 2. So how are the Beatles responsible for anything other than suck

​@@Nobddywithout George Martin you mean

@@BonerinSweatpants-ex7ne Fair enough. He played an important role, but no one would know his name if it weren’t for the Beatles. And it’s doubtful he would have made the production choices he did without direction from the band.

He needed to lighten the fuck up tbh

Maybe when it comes to Today’s Popular Music. But there is an Insane Amount of High-Quality Music that has been recorded in the Last Decade. It just happens to be in Genres like Metal and Electronic (and in Subgenres that wouldn’t be considered to have “Mainstream Appeal”). For Instance, I could rattle off a Whole List of Metal Albums that have been released in the Last 4 Years alone.

Especially Rap & Hip Hop. No talent. Just talking into a mic to a computerized beat.

​@@Hawken54 don't forget all the half naked people and sweaty cottage cheese butt cheeks flopping all over the place on public television for all the kids to see.. cause that's considered music nowadays. 🤢🤮

​@@robertloader9826 😅😅😅

Me too.

@@HowardARoark Howard Roark!! Is it really you?

Bono has proven that George’s 1997 comment was spot on.

@@shspurs1342 George Harrison is rocks dad. Even if you disagree , you keep your mouth shut out of respect. 😀

@@freemorox5896 you didn’t understand my comment i am saying that George was 100 percent correct with those comments. Because everyone knows what Bono has become.

@shspurs1342 I did understand...I was talking about Bono. No probs

The finest Yorkshire Haiku : )

Faker? I love both the Beatles and U2. None of the, even as soloists, strike me as a faker. I’m actually dissatisfied on Harrison’s comment.

@@owensmith3995 Bono is the Worlds most egotistical Bellend.

@@owensmith3995 Yeah, faker, sells himself as a great guy, man of the people, do the right thing, save the children and all that jazz, but the truth is he endorses colonial wars, hangs out with fat cats WEF, nation killers, and sings the praises of neonazis guilty of murdering over 400 asians, with an axe… Ask the Irish, ask Roger Waters, Bono is Deep Fake.

I was born when he passed away

@owensmith3995 Dang, I agree with you, and I would have preferred not learning about this disrespectful little tiff between those two. I regard the Beatles as the best of all time! But I absolutely love U2 as well!

Nah mate. I hate them more. 🏌️‍♂️

I was a DJ for 20 years. I refused to play U2. I usually told the requester, they should probably go to a different club.

@@whyis45stillalive Good job, you were looking out for them .

I loved U2 when i was at Manhattan College as a native NYer (& MC is in a mostly Irish area). So like everyone at school, we went to see them 3x & slept out all night for tickets. After the gig, we waited all night & some met Bono & some of us met The Edge at different concerts. *The Edge just stopped jumped out of his car (Groupie drinking a Beer in the back of the limo) & signed autographs & left quick. *Bono on the other hand, at 2am, had the giant garage door open up at the end of the slanted platform where the equipment goes down, suddenly walked up out of nowhere & appeared in the middle of the huge garage entrance way, & slowly walked up the incline to the top, like the G*d we thought (& he was convinced) he was. Very dramatic. So when i told my very ethnic Irish uncles i went, they were horrified & all my Uncle Butch could say was: "And what the hell does Bono know about Billie Holiday, anyway?" I didn't have an answer then...but I get it now.

@@jdsciano I was at the show in Red Rocks 1982 where the Sunday Bloody Sunday video was shot . Got right up front , but I had snuck in through the woods without anything that even looked likeva ticket.

lol 8 Courics

@@MikeV.-sy6fl right lol

Lol yes! I love that episode

@@marcosflores8188 me too hahaha

and it's hilarious, that ep

No

​@@tombsower6926 Yes.

No. He was wrong. In fact it was almost the pot calling the kettle black. What were the Beatles if not a better quality boy band? If it wasn’t for George Martin they would’ve been forgotten. As far as U2, they were an alternative pop/rock when they came out. They were not popular in the main stream until later. People can disagree with what I say about the Beatles, but I don’t think what I say about U2 is even open for discussion. I was there, and they were not aiming to be part of the “in crowd“. I didn’t think they were that good after their first album but they were hardly what I call a bunch of sellouts.

Beatles would’ve been forgotten without George Martin? Are you out of your mind? George Martin had little in the thought making process of making music even Paul McCartney stated this. As far as U2 there was no term alternative rock band when they came out they were simply a Rock Band and they were good and got progressively better as the years went on making great albums. Does Bono have an ego? Absolutely he stated that they are now the Greatest Rock Band on a live tv awards show. 🤦‍♂️ on the Beatles thing.

@@mrsteamer "if". You have lost the argument. Go away.

So if he had insulted You or your band ( hypothetically speaking ) are you saying you would have sat back & took it like a good little boy !!!! I doubt it ,, You’d probably have done far worse than Bono !

Middle finger isn't really an argument, just says I don't like your words. Does nothing to disprove them. In Bono's defense, music industry and ego often go hand in hand, while humble isn't bombastic enough for such a flashy medium.

George was absolutely right but you could say all that about the beatles to. George Harrison was thick he didn't realise that when he said it.

Yup no doubt about it..i say 💯% RIGHT!!

Guitar player was good...Bono is an A§§. Hated what he did at Live Aid.

By George, he's got it!

Absolutely. And Bono is a pretentious f...

Ha ha. That really does say it all! 😂

WHAT THE - That is Imelda Marcos level entitlement. when was this?

​@@HolidayInGuantanamoI remember this, I was working with a bloke who really took the P out of it. So it'd be between 2000 and about 2006 or 2007, it was about then that the bloke left.

And the seat was first class!

@@eliyahum4285 I would have sat on the F’N thing. And no, l wouldn’t have wiped my ass with it either.

That implies his songs are good tho.

Now all someone needs to do is show up with a sign that says hey Bono, shut up! No that’s it, nothing more

@@VuotoPneumaNN It implies people listen to egocentric musicians. People attending their concerts would already at least appreciate the music.

My favourite sign was U2 can also pay your taxes

@@braindeadbogan9272 Could have been at a festival

The Marrano Bono was a conscious hypocrite....while telling his audiences to donate money to various politically correct causes....he was doing the maximum to evade taxes.....shifting money to offshore banking.He shifted money to The Netherlands....rather than pay Irish taxes...which could have been used to build housing for IRISH people.Instead Irish are forced to subsidize housing for alien people....illegal immigrants. Bob Geldof is said to be worth €70,000,000....at the very least....he had one hit record....so where do you suppose he got the money?....it is OBVIOUS...from the millions of money donated to "save africa" scam....why doesnt the Guardian investigate?....BECAUSE THE MEDIA IS PART OF THE CRIMINALITY.The media no longer performs its role in a democracy....for which the executive level staff is going to pay dearly for keeping the public in ignorance....when the SHTF.

Plus U2 really isnt that good. Joshua tree is terrible.

Think you just missed the irony, as George clearly did. U2 always been one step ahead of the game. That’s why their career has lasted over 40 years.

@Geraldo-ro9rc weird comment man. There are millions of u2 fans out there including myself. It's all subjective. I think they're great. And I love Harrison's stuff too :)

@@1729krish Well said. I think this guy has completely missed the point that music/performance is subjective.

“They currently reside in the ‘Where are they now?” file…”

Yup. The Beatles are still popular, and they will remain so. U2 not so much.

Because you knw Bono soooo well !

Yes!

You’re joking right?

@@antoinepetrovyou’re joking right?

U2 ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF ALL TIME WETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

No Bono just stood up for himself & his band mates , George was the one Who INSULTED first , As a musician He should have known better , U2 Are a fantastic talent & like the Beatles write their own music , credit where it’s due , they came out of Ireland 🇮🇪 against all the odds & made it worldwide .. Let’s b fair here ..

@@lydialily846 George was right though. Bono has always been an egomaniacal clown and U2's music is way overrated.

@@jamesreynolds852Absolutely

​@@lydialily846If we were fair we'd side with South Park on the Bono issue. Oh, wait, most of us do side with the notorius South Park episode.

@@thomasbell7033 I haven’t seen it so can’t comment on that !

... he wrote, listening to Ted Nugent!

OK boomer

Yeah! I thought so too!

Bang on. Bono's problem is simple. He's always been a punk. And knows it.

@@poguemahone3783 Ha ha you poor thing.

If he came back to life, he'd hear WAP and nope out straight away 🤣

@@mattjcwig If he heard that I think he'd write an Epistle to rival Saint Paul's to the Romans

yes indeed I'm not a fan of today's so called music.

@@donnaatienza8001 top40 has been absolute dreck for quite awhile. 15 years? more?

He would hear MGK trying to play guitar, and then he would gently weep, lol.

I was born when George Harrison Died

And I’m the messiah

Stupid comment Harrison's own music is pretty rubbish so.......blah blah blah blah

I love George and I'm not a huge U2 fan but he's not correct. It's just an opinion on something that's subjective. Reminds me of when Noel Gallagher would talk about Jay z or Arctic Monkeys. It's just one opinion where another person might say they have _some_ good songs which is how I see U2. Personal taste is different to being correct.

​@@Deity333of course you are...

Hey, all of the Beatles used tax shelters in their day. To the point where most of them left Britain for the US

@@jim2laneThis comment right here. All of the Beatles used tax shelters.

Yeah, they're NOT big on accountability or answering difficult questions. More than a little hypocritical, those guys.

​@jim2lane They weren't as dodgy and evasive about it though. During the Beatles' breakup, tax issues were known to be a sticking point. U2 are just chickenshit evasive about potentially hypocritical finances. They're KNOWN for that.

@@cpfs936 I didn’t know you were an accountant to the stars accountant or working for the British and Irish Revenue Services. You “know” so much.

So was Bono

@@Medusa13579 No he wasn't, Bono is not worth the toenail clippings of George Harrison.

@@MrBannystar It's a pointless and cyclical argument. We have different tastes. You will never agree with me, and I shall never agree with you.

@@Medusa13579 You were still wrong to say that Bono was right to flip off George Harrison, it was petty and childish.

He's jealous and resentful of musicians with talent.

I've never heard this before, but I've thought the same thing for the last 30 years or so. Can't stand the self righteous Bono who thinks he's the heavenly reincarnation of John Lennon

U2 goes like this..."duk-a-duk-a-duk-a-duk-a-duk-a-duk-a-duk-a-duk-a-duk-a-duk-a-duk...but I stiieeieeeeeieeeiel haven't fowowowuunnd what I'm looking foowooaarrrr." Here's some advice, "Bono". Take your stupid made-up name, your silly out-of-tune voice, and that baby middle finger of yours and put them where "Here Comes the Sun" don't shine.

👍🏻

@@danfoss1535 to be fair, John Lennon (while far more talented than Bono) was also a complete a-hole.

God Bless you bro!

Did Prince say something?

His demeaning of the band, demeaned their fans. Bono was showing them appreciation by firing back.

Why should he have to take shit from George Harrison, a mediocre guitarist?

@@teemusid WRONG! if I don't like you or your band, it's got nothing to do with your fans.. if your fans like your band, that's their business.. I don't dislike your fans, I dislike your band. You can't project disrespect of the band onto the fans, that's just ridiculous.

@shipsahoy1793 WRONG! Snarky George was so dismissive, that he was demeaning their fans' taste in music. You can say you don't like a band because I don't enjoy their style, or the lyrics don't speak to me, but George went further.

@@teemusid Well I didn't know about that.. Anyway, I was speaking for what's right or wrong generally, not George's commentary, but the correct response would've been no response at all.. Honestly, Bono's ranting response was just as, if not more, irresponsible.

100%

Too true!

Bono was a precurser to talentless " musicians " taking over

@@Anthony-Testicali 100%

Especialy the Shit of the last 20 years...just Copy of copies...Radio died also...only Thrash left....but they make money 💰💰💰 ...SICK World !!!

They can't all be The Spice Girls, Karen.

@@HC-cb4yp Why not? Seems like every musician today basically is The Spice Girls.

indeed so

George Harrison knew music. I'm sure he had his reasons for being critical of U2.

Bono is a fruitloop!

Bono is faked...

Bono has charities - paying 99% of the proceeds to himself.

@@canavar1435 Lol!

Bono is as good a song writer as Lennon.

​@@jakovasaurit's a beautiful day o oh oh

I think that's mainly Bono though? Larry Mullins Jr. seems very low-key and decent. I always thought he stood out as the "hot one" but he never gott much attention and has remained very quietly in the background, just doing his job. He's been married a long time and is Catholic, I believe - unusual in the rock world.

Sinatra said U2 was the best band in the world.????? What was he on?.... What's that smell?... It's bullshit 😮

@@frederickpritchard994 he said "you two are the best band in the world" to his two backround singer ladys

As a guy who never understood Beatles popularity by singing cheese songs, I think George is wrong ,now what? Bono is lightyears ahead from George as a lyricst and a billion as a singer . Like beatels werent all about selling records? Like they werent in a mainstream machine?? And in 97 U2 was nowhere near their peak , U2 was the biggest band in the world during 87-93' ,than the downfall began. Learn the facts...

@@user-of7mk1jy7x 🤣🤣

@@snezakovicThere is no comparison between The Beatles and U2. One is monumentally historically significant, brilliantly innovative and highly influential (read: The Beatles). And the Other is boring, generic and overrated by every conceivable metric (read: U2). If only they didn’t decide to release an Album that is impossible to delete from your phone, I might feel differently about them. But that Obnoxious Gimmick was the Final Straw in my Remaining Respect for U2. 🤷‍♂️

_"Bitches ain't shit and they ain't saying nothing A hundred mothafuckas can't tell me nothing I beez in the trap, be-beez in the trap!!"_

@@debonaire_nerd Don't make Harrison feel like he's in Hell, just wouldn't be right

George Harrison was fn BASED

He’s the singer. He doesn’t claim to be much of a musician. But put up a link to your own music and we can see if your opinion is worth anything.

If only more people knew the truth about Bono who sold his soul & is a sellout puppet for the globalists & there agenda for all of humanity. Cheers from Canada🇨🇦

Bono is a total $ellout to his globalist overlords.

Bono payed for a first class seat for his cowboy hat while he'd preach about the planet on stage.. I'm not a musician but I can have a view 'can't l'

Bono is a better musician, lyricist, philanthropist than you will ever be. 🤣

U2 are a very good emetic, I’ll say that about ‘em.

Their guitarist blows. Guy strums the same shit every song.

@@Earthtime3978 Get educated.

@@rossco78clean your ears out.

Ya i like what i know about john and george. They wrere blunt.

Yes ! Profound Revelations !! I'll put in my diary.

I agree with George’s assessment 👍🏻

I feel the same way about U2. Also about the music today. George gets it.

Wilburys

The boyband prototype has no room to judge.

George started it. The third best songwriter in the Beatles by a mile, sitting on his pile of money in his country estate, whinging about other bands.

@@Dreynohow does one whing about other bands?

@@ivoshandor6859 You whinge by making nasty, personal comments despite the fact that you don’t know them. That’s how “one” does it. Any other childlike questions on what words (that you misspelled) mean?

@@Dreyno I was honestly curious. It’s not a term I’ve ever heard before.

@@ivoshandor6859 Whinging? It just means crying but is used to denote complaining, cribbing, moaning etc.

Agreed!

You’re joking right?

You should be showing respect for U2, THEY’RE ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF ALL TIME WETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

@@Twofloorbluebird trash taste

​@@TwofloorbluebirdOverrated

What????

@@lsmith992 It is sadly true.

What is WEF ?

@@billiewender49 World Economic Forum. It doesn't surprise me in the slightest, the guy has always had that aura around him.

@@MrBannystar thank you for your answer I will have to look up what that is but if it involves Bono it's bad

He liked to share women with Clapton too including their wives.

Bongo is already forgotten. In fact, I’ve never heard of him….

Ridiculous. I was born in the 70s. He's forgettable, believe me. Even his name is just mush.

It's dangerous to speculate on what survives the Great Forgetting. I still hear U2 music on non-oldies stations.

Bono is already forgotten. My 18 yr old son knows the Beatles. He's never heard of U2.

@@bearmassaro ....and my kids are the opposite. Anecdotes are not data, and no one alive now determines the outcome.

Bono’s richer than bitter clown Harrison

Him being richer has nothing to do with it. I will say that the music Harrison released after All things must pass is pretty meh. He didn’t have the wellspring of songwriting talent like some of his former band mates.

@@beaulavergne5557 How many times as a kid did you prance around in front of the mirror in your blue shoes, imagining you were that nonce, Bono?

@@brandoa330 he’s also way more talented/ Harrison no Lennon/ McCartney/

@@beaulavergne5557Perfectly said by a hypocritical U2 fan. Isn’t it supposed to be about equity? Haha you showed your true colors.

Especially the Edge. At least Bono could sing at one point.

@@canalesworks1247 You call that singing?!

Perhaps but I would put both into the same category at all

Both suck

U2 sucks compared to, well, lots of things.

U2 just suck.

​@@SteveninTunethe most influential band in the history of music. & The most downloaded band right now today - the Beatles do not suck

@@user-yo3sz8xe2s never said they did that's your word to provoking the consumer sheep listening to the nice boring children's music. Not Velvet Underground People more l wanna hold your hand ya ya ya ya ya ya ya people. Millions Sold !! That's the gold standard Sheepys. Money Sheepys.

Agreed brother. While my guitar gently weeps is my favorite Beatle song and one of my favorite songs of all time. His songs were so sublime.

In your opinion of course. A million people could give you a million different lists. That's what is great about music, it is so subjective 😊 There really is something for everyone, and most of us have eclectic tastes.

@@Medusa13579 so how about expanding the discussion and share some of your favorite music

@@WTHenry2023 The Smiths, Echo and The Bunnymen, Prince, U2, Tina Turner, Nanci Griffith, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, The Eagles, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Guns and Roses, Smokie Robinson, The Bee Gees, Abba, Rainbow, Aretha Franklin, Shaggy. In no particular order, and I'm sure there are others. These were off the top of my head. Like most people, an eclectic mix 😊

@@Medusa13579 Thank you. Excellent!

So was Bono

Opinions are like rear ends. I could point to numerous super talented music in the 90’s, 2000’s and today. And super rot music from the 60’s and 70’s and beyond. Nothing new under the sun.

He was wrong in regards to the time in question. There were several grat bands in 97....disaster came afterwards. He was right about overrated boring confused Bono

George should have chosen Different words. Disrespect he showed just brought my opinion of him down.can you imagine Paul saying that about anybody? George had less class than Paul for sure

@@Steve-gx9ot what’s funny is his seeking the Godhead and internal peace. More diplomatic ways to say it isn’t to your taste

@@michaelbrickley2443 100% Michael. There was some real crap put out in the 60's and 70's.

Also crossing the border into Yorkshire is considered treasonous so you chose well

I actually love their album "War" from 1983 I think. Other than that.....meh 😅

because douche bags only expel , right you are , douche bags don't " suck "

How do you think they got famous, I wonder? Do you think millions of people are just stupid?

@@NinjaMatt2201 Yes.

@@NinjaMatt2201 Millions of stupid people.....? Welcome to North America. And everywhere else

Yup 1 of Klaus Schwabs puppets/a former student of "Young Global Leaders"

@@natomblin Right, as long as it’s filling his pockets he’ll spout WEF all day long.

... exactly what does 'woke' mean? I don't get it

​@@sancho8521politically correct / ultra left wing / WEF supporter etc etc

​@@sancho8521Sensible/sensitive about inequalities

​@@sancho8521 Modern communism. 🤔 😂😂😂

Woke is being brainwashed into thinking you are a social justice warrior...but all you really are IS A BRAINWASHED SHEEP.

😂😂

WEF stooge !

George was a 3rd man, Bono was a Frontman.