there is an article on yahoo right now about how bono’s poverty campaigning almost split up u2. and you know what, the rest of the band has every reason to be irritated or whatever about bono turning into a fucking politician. “But Bono said he now feels the other band members recognize that U2’s audience appreciates what he is doing.”….we appreciated it in the “off season” between albums, between making a shitty record, between tours. you are a bloody rockstar bono, act like it! more of us miss the OLD bono, than appreciate the NEW bono. i don’t care if you spend every dollar you have on political and economical causes, but first and foremost, you’re in a rock band. you can talk to president bush and everyone else til you turn blue about poverty, and african debt, etc. but when i go to a ROCK CONCERT i don’t want to hear about it. i don’t want to hear the declaration for human rights, i already know it. you’ve converted every fan that you can already, to your causes, to the one campaign. you’re not gonna reach anyone else. give it up. save it for the down time. “They are hugely supportive spiritually and financially of the work I do, but they are in a rock ‘n ‘roll band, and the first job of a rock ‘n ‘roll band is not to be dull,” Bono told British Broadcasting Corp. radio. and you know what, you ARE boring now. i’ve decided that’s my problem with bono and this year’s tour. it’s not exciting, it’s not fun. u2 has always been a political band, had a sarejevo hookup during zoo tv, always championed various causes. but it’s gone way too far now. i don’t care if bono supports the right for grass to grow in sidewalk cracks, i don’t want to go to a show and hear about it. it’s just become really obvious that bono cares more about his causes than this 25 year old music career. he even said it himself, that he’d rather be remembered for the good work he has accomplished politically than for his music. and it’s just beyond apparent now. you can tell when you see him, or read interviews, or attend a show. it makes me sad. i don’t want to go to a rock concert and listen to and see just another puffed up bull shitting politician. i can get that at home on the news. i want to go and see a good, exciting, fun rock show. and that’s not what you get from u2 anymore. sorry bono. i did love you. i just can’t right now. enough already. go back into the studio and create a good fucking record, leave the political work to the politicians.