I didn’t think it was possible to hate U2 more than I already did, but we have hit a new level here people. I’m hoping it flops horribly, but with the combination of Spider-man, U2, and dumbass America it may not.

Phew, good, other people who hate U2 and think they're ridiculous. They've basically been releasing the same two or three songs over and over again since the mid-80's; how they can actually convince themselves that this makes them incredible artists is beyond me.

Did Edge just say that he and Bono are 15 years old?

http://dommah.blogspot.com/2007/04/spider-man-musical.html
This is my take on how I think this whole thing will end up.

Its gotta a joke on the premiere evening, the curtains will unfold and reveal a big sign that says "Really?!" where after a little boy will point at the audience and shout "HaHA"

Plus I dont know my Edda, Bible or Mayan Mayland to good but I am certain that Doc Ock singing about the plight of Chinese childlabor is a sign of the end of the world

Come on it wasn't that bad. The fact that they are trying something new. Don't hate! These guys do alot of cool things and even though this sounds bad on paper. I get dragged once a year to bway and had to sit through f-ing grease ( abunch of packers and fat stage craft kids) So if I have to sit and watch men in tights for two hours aleast the music is U2 (not the beegees) and spiderman will show up. my two cents

Rob, I like how vomiting is now your default reaction to things you don't like. I picture your cupboards full of that sawdust stuff that elementary-school janitors use to soak up chunder in the hallway.

Sean — Actually, I really wanted to say that it made me vomit up a tampon, but given the actual apparatus of the douchebag, it didn't make sense. I looked up "douchebag" on wikipedia just to make sure, tho'.

> I looked up "douchebag" on wikipedia just to make sure, tho'.

What, you haven't seen enough pictures of Uwe Boll already?

Be careful what you say about Bono....Bono get angry, no like Bono when he's angry. Bono will smash puny Topless Robot.

Seriously, they are a good band, they make good songs. And they do a lot of good in the world, more so than say Britney Spears, or Taylor Swift, or some guy who has nothing better to do than to comment online about what talented people are doing with their lives. I too am appalled at a Spider Man musical, regardless of who is writing it, but lay off the U2.

I'm not a big U2 fan, but I think it's a knee-jerk reaction to hate on them for this interview. It wasn't even really that bad...

Glad I'm not the only one. I've hated them for two decades for being useless tits and now, well now, you can see why.

I'll give them the first couple albums but that's it. Joshua Tree and after is lame. This big headed ego crap started with Rattle and Hum and it's never slowed down.

My friends that get excited about a new U2 record just boggle my mind. Really. Really? They've been around 30 years. It'd be like getting excited about a new Stones record, circa 1994. Relevancy over.

And Bono has always been this much of a cunt. Nothing new.

I WORSHIP U2.......... but this is just a bad idea.

"Spider sense tingling" jokes anyone?

Hahaha wow I guess someone doesn't like U2. I am a fan, but this idea should have never existed.

I'm sorry U2 do good in the world? Fuck and that. Bono prances around with grade a assholes like Pope Benedict and Alan Greenspan, and preaches "debt relief in the first wortld. This is the same prick who shipped all of U2's assets to offshore accounts in the Netherlands, when Ireland changed it's incredibly generous artist tax relief. Oh did I mention he did this at the start of the worst recession in Irish History.

Yes Bono talking about protecting the developing world while swaning around with the economist who caused most of the grief in the 3rd world, and a reactionary religious asshole, who's happy to demand governments spend more on the third world just as long as it's not his money.

That man is a two faced pompous self righteous shit.

I remember liking U2 at one point in my life. Then I worked and lived with this total douche-bag of a person who happened to love U2 on an almost religious level. That killed it for me. U2. No thanks.

Okay, U2 may be douchebags who make wildly overrated music and prance around hypocritically pretending to help the world, but you're forgetting the main reason that this will be terrible: Julie Tamor. She is the queen of overly-artsy style-over-substance "directing". U2 taking the project, and themselves, way too seriously will only add to the already significant level of fail being generated by her.

Memo to The Edge:

Mike Nesmith was the ONLY rock musician IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD who could make an acceptable fashion statement out of A WOOL HAT. The rest of you should know that you are not fooling anyone and we know the only reason you are wearing that thing is because you currently have less hair than Ernest Borgnine. And not by choice, a la Billy Corrigan(ironically the only rocker with a bigger self-love dildo up his rump than you and your pal Boner).

Bono is a c*nt. Nothing more needs to be said.

Yes, Bono is a cunt, a shit, whatever. He also has way more talent, more money, more influence, and more fans than anyone on this board. Why is U2 still around after all these years? Because unlike 90% of musicians and American Idol losers that are around today, U2 actually makes great music. It just sounds like you are all jealous, that's all.

Seriously guys? You forget Spidey has already been fucked over by musical numbers. Click on the link and than tell me that the U2 musical could be any worse.

Bono is a dried semen stain that wanks round the world in his private jet telling governments to spend more of their taxpayers' money. This Spider-Man arse-dropping is just another money maker for U2 Inc.

Maybe when he gives up some of his own hundred of millions of dollars I might start listening to him. But until then fuck off you wanker.

And his music is soft cock shite.

I'm totally forgiving of U2 and Bono's pretentiousness because I think they're one of the greatest rock 'n roll bands of all time. In a way, I think they can get away with occasional douchebaggery.

Also don't forget that for however much Bono preaches, his actions match his words. I believe he really does care about helping the less unfortunate, and I can't understand putting him down for actually doing good in the world. I'd like to think that if I had his influence, I'd do the same, but I unfortunately doubt I'd be as charitable.

Everyone's going on bashing U2. People seem to forget one thing...

A SPIDER-MAN MUSICAL IS A DUMB IDEA!

I don't care who writes it, this is just silly. But it'll make a ton of money ethier way.

It's like making a "Twilight" musical. Singing, sparkly vampires is just flat out stupid. But it would make a bazillion dollars from teenage girls seeing it on Broadway over and over.

People talking pretentiously about a MUSICAL? Why I'm sure that's never happened before.

Personally, I've got nothing against U2, even if I do prefer their older stuff to the Coldplay clones they seem bent on becoming. You're a rock band, freaking act like it.

Let me just state up front that the confluence of a Spider-Man musical, U2 and Julie Taymor sounds like a disaster in the making, but I honestly don't think anything these 2 said was all that pretentious.

An arguement certainly can be made for the connection between rock & roll and comic books. They're both distinctly American art forms. In the 50s, both were considered outlaw media that were contributing to juvenile delinquency. in the 60s, both were embraced by college intellectuals for their philosophical themes. Certainly many rock bands were influenced by comics, the Ramones and XTC come to mind instantly.

And their statements in the second part are exactly the same type of thing we've heard for years from Stan Lee, Joe Quesada, Brian Bendis and virtually everybody who's ever worked on Spider-Man. Bono and the Edge just relate it to thier own adolescence and to becoming a rock star. Which I do admit, is a bit of a stretch.

Their song from Batman Forever was one of the few good things about it. Also, the Edge's song for the cartoon The Batman was pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31bd0bNI-jA

The Batman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgKDtueytA

Don't forget the remixed Mission Impossible theme from the first movie, which was pretty great.

Alan Burnett dumped The Edge's Batman theme when he took over from the Jackie Chan guys, didn't he?

as if i was in need of another reason to fucking hate U2

U2 did a great batman song when Tim Burton had it.