Jupiter9

Everyone likes it. Take no notice of me and Sparkle. :P

I wish I had just turned 40 :(

Ohhhh..... Not his best look :lol:

From http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/With-new-a...-239510191.html With new album U2’s Bono says the best is yet to come 40 years on Dublin’s rock legend claims performing comes upon him like a twitch and song-writing is therapy By SEAN DUNNE, IrishCentral Staff Writer Published Friday, January 10, 2014, 5:00 l The best is yet to come for Irish band U2 according to Bono. With a new album due in April, Bono says things are only getting started for the aging rockers. "I'm humbled that in our little post-punk combo from the northside of Dublin, to think that maybe our best work might be to come, even if the odds are against us," he said at the Palm Springs Film Festival in California. "There's no one, no band, who has done their best work, who has been around for 30 years. That's not true for filmmakers, that's not true of a novelist, that's not true of a poet, so why should that be true of a rock 'n' roll band?" Despite the band being formed almost 40 years ago and members hitting their mid-50s, the Dublin rocker vowed the group still had the ability to forge classic songs. The Dubliner admitted that he used song-writing to fill a void within him, and that it was a form of therapy. He spoke of his ability to write and perform and how it depended on what was happening in his personal life. "Performing for me comes on like a twitch, really. I have no choice. The songwriting piece is different. It comes out in two ways: despair and attempt to put things right that have been wrong, or joy, just ebullience, you know, it's just overflowing." The band's new album, which is rumoured to be titled "Ten Reasons to Exist," is said to be a return to their roots with Talking Heads and The Ramones being mentioned as influences. The U2 musician caused a storm recently in Dalkey, Co Dublin by happily photobombing a wedding photo. Sinead O’Sullivan and David O’Connor were just finishing up their wedding photo shoot in Bono’s neighborhood when they bumped into the Irish rock star. Their photographer Carol Ryan told the Irish Independent the couple were “stunned,” but found him “very charming.” Ryan explained, "He was walking with his daughter (but) he was happy to jump into some shots." ^_^

Winter 2010 was the 'best' recent winter we've had. I was stranded at work and had to sleep on the floor. It was terribly exciting :w00t:

They'll likely get an Oscar nomination too. Have U2 ever won a soundtrack song Oscar before? :unsure:

New thread time. ^_^

New thread time ^_^

Thanks folks :wub: :wub: :wub:

Kerr-chingggggg!!!!!! :lol:

I have only one of those albums. And I didn't even buy it. Sparkle knows which one I'm talking about :P

Was this posted anywhere? UK best selling albums of 2013 From http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...s-of-2013-2708/ The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums Of 2013 1 MIDNIGHT MEMORIES ONE DIRECTION 2 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS EMELI SANDE 3 TO BE LOVED MICHAEL BUBLE 4 SWINGS BOTH WAYS ROBBIE WILLIAMS 5 RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME OLLY MURS 6 UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX BRUNO MARS 7 TIME ROD STEWART 8 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS 9 SINCE I SAW YOU LAST GARY BARLOW 10 HALCYON ELLIE GOULDING 11 BAD BLOOD BASTILLE 12 LES MISERABLES MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING 13 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 EMINEM 14 JAKE BUGG JAKE BUGG 15 BABEL MUMFORD & SONS 16 RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES DAFT PUNK 17 HOME RUDIMENTAL 18 18 MONTHS CALVIN HARRIS 19 ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS PASSENGER 20 THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE PINK 21 THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 22 TAKE ME HOME ONE DIRECTION 23 LOVED ME BACK TO LIFE CELINE DION 24 GRAFFITI ON THE TRAIN STEREOPHONICS 25 THE NATION'S FAVOURITE ELVIS SONGS ELVIS PRESLEY 26 THE NEXT DAY DAVID BOWIE 27 RED TAYLOR SWIFT 28 PRISM KATY PERRY 29 CHRISTMAS MICHAEL BUBLE 30 JAMES ARTHUR JAMES ARTHUR 31 THE LUMINEERS LUMINEERS 32 NIGHT VISIONS IMAGINE DRAGONS 33 IF YOU WAIT LONDON GRAMMAR 34 LONG WAY DOWN TOM ODELL 35 OPPOSITES BIFFY CLYRO 36 MECHANICAL BULL KINGS OF LEON 37 MOON LANDING JAMES BLUNT 38 EVERY KINGDOM BEN HOWARD 39 UNAPOLOGETIC RIHANNA 40 SETTLE DISCLOSURE

No Brit award nominations for Robbie this year... :( http://racers-republic.com/entertainment/b...e-snubbed-5350/

I think he'll re-join... :P

I preferred him in his beardy UFO phase....

They are amazing photos though. Reminds me of that film The Day After Tomorrow. Yikes! :cry:

I'd love to experience that Polar Vortex thingy. :w00t: The UK would totally grind to a halt though. Till about July....

That's the whole point. We need Mods who can put in the time and effort to make it busy again. :w00t:

So was I :cheer:

Did my ears deceive me or did Robbie just describe Gary Barlow as 'extremely charismatic' in that clip? Come on. GB is many things but..... :unsure:

Is that a waxwork? It looks like a waxwork :unsure: :blink:

Thanks Biggy and Flatty. I got loads more chocolates. And I haven't even finished my Xmas chocolates yet. This is not good. :( My diet is doomed....

It's my birthday? :unsure: Damn I forgot :P Thanks everyone. I had to work late today so haven't had time to celebrate. I'll wait till the weekend. Midweek birthdays are rubbish. :(

We need a new News Thread btw.... :P

I'd love to experience weather like that. I love extreme weather :wub: