U2 Talks Ever-So-Pretentiously About the Spider-Man Musical
Bono and the Edge have composed the music for the still-can’t-fucking-believe-it’s-happening Spider-Man musical (“Turn Off the Dark!”), and in this interview, try to compare comic books and rock and roll and U2 and Spider-Man and confirm themselves to be the most pretentious, least rocking band in the entire goddamn world. My hate and disgust currently knows no bounds at their awfulness. There’s so much douchebaggery jam-packed into this two-minute video that I was vomiting vinegar by the end of it.
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