Posts Tagged ‘ bono ’

U2 — Get On Your Bike

Jan 19th, 2009 | By Bock | Category: Bock rant, Music

So U2 have released their new single, but they didn’t just release it, like any normal band.
No. They had a world premiere.
A world premiere!
How’s that for inflated egos? A world premiere of a bad Alice Cooper pastiche.
You know something? Bono makes me want to heave what I didn’t eat. What a [...]



Beautiful Losers

Apr 29th, 2007 | By Bock | Category: Music

Well, we went to see I’m Your Man tonight, and I have to tell you I enjoyed almost every second of it.
Almost, Bock? Why not every single second?
Oh, that’s simple. I can answer that in one word: Bono.
Was there ever such a pretentious, self-obsessed, insincere twat as Bono? Is there a single [...]



You fukken gabhal!!

Oct 31st, 2006 | By Bock | Category: Language

A great old Irish word has survived intact within the Limerick dialect, as a term of abuse. Naturally, this being Limerick, they couldn’t have held on to a term of endearment.
The word is gabhal, pronounced gowl, to rhyme with owl. Contrary to what many people think, it isn’t a corruption of ghoul. [...]



Why RTÉ is Irrelevant

Apr 12th, 2006 | By Bock | Category: Media

Not all is miserable gloom-laden depression.
Not all is miserable gloom.
Not all is miserable.
Not all is.
Not all.
Not.
Oh, sorry. Sorry about that. Very sorry. I didn’t mean to do that and I apologise. I was just overtaken by a Beckett urge and I am so sorry. It must have been that Bono moment on the radio last [...]