Much as I sort of love U2, I consider Half Man Half Biscuit's 'Achtung Bono' a finer album than any of U2's. Who could not be moved by tender and yet strangely incisive songs such as 'Joy Division Oven Gloves', 'Restless Legs', 'Surging Out Of Convalescence' or 'Depressed Beyond Tablets' (haven't we all been).
The album has, genuinely, got me through some of the lowest times of my life. It is, however, a bit British, by which I mean it's occasionally slightly sweary in a characteristically British manner and some of the references are reflective of British working class culture. It's quite 'grounded'.
I love U2.
Much as I sort of love U2, I consider Half Man Half Biscuit's 'Achtung Bono' a finer album than any of U2's. Who could not be moved by tender and yet strangely incisive songs such as 'Joy Division Oven Gloves', 'Restless Legs', 'Surging Out Of Convalescence' or 'Depressed Beyond Tablets' (haven't we all been).
The album has, genuinely, got me through some of the lowest times of my life. It is, however, a bit British, by which I mean it's occasionally slightly sweary in a characteristically British manner and some of the references are reflective of British working class culture. It's quite 'grounded'.
https://youtu.be/_E5i0w_YNJw?si=pMbd6DMJqbZHyzlM