I saw bits of 2 shows this week with people discussing music on them - one was Newsnight on BBC... there was one dude (well, I say dude, but he did actually look like Napolean Dynamite's nerdy cousin) discussing the relative merits of Duffy, arguing that she was more 'urban' & thus, more relevant than any of her contemporaries. (It might have actually been Adele he was discussing, but either way, that's kind of irrelevant).

The other was John Kelly's show on RTE (The View?).. they were talking about the U2 "3D" film - one bloke, who must be REALLY into his music, said that he only really got into U2 with their last two albums (their best 2 albums, obviously!) and that what really impressed on him from the film, was that this was just a 4 piece band playing - unlike the likes of REM who have "orchestras & backing singers" onstage with them. He did concede though, that Edge uses an array of pedals that "control things under the stage".