U2/Bono copied military/naval uniforms look from the Associates?
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MissVelvetDress_75
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that/those bastards!
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financeguy
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Well, Bono said that he copied much of his early stagecraft from MacKenzie, but personally I see more of an influence in the 1990s than the 1980s.
coolian2
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and i should give a flying fuck because....?
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Well wan't it the whole band and not just Bono? And yeah I think the military did it first...
eviltwin
The Fly
I think Bono copied that Lennon look circa Pop, not Zooropa, which is more like the Who
U2 were possibly mocking Keith Moon's propensity for all sorts of outlandish uniforms including Nazi outfits:
Moon wasn't the only one, as this pic of the Stones' Brian Jones in SS uniform shows:
BTW, this is Lennon reading about Jones:
Both Jones and Moon were only taking then current fashions to their most shocking limits, and dozens of Punk band would imitate them ten years on.
Note that U2 were also using Nazi clips (from Riefenstahl's "Olympia") during segments of Zooropa, and Bono's Zoo Station opening act is clear homage to Dr. Strangelove (also with Nazi references)
EDIT it was Riefenstahl's Triumph des Willens, around the 42:00 mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPAxaFxjiDk
Some other iconic examples:
U2 were possibly mocking Keith Moon's propensity for all sorts of outlandish uniforms including Nazi outfits:
Moon wasn't the only one, as this pic of the Stones' Brian Jones in SS uniform shows:
BTW, this is Lennon reading about Jones:
Both Jones and Moon were only taking then current fashions to their most shocking limits, and dozens of Punk band would imitate them ten years on.
Note that U2 were also using Nazi clips (from Riefenstahl's "Olympia") during segments of Zooropa, and Bono's Zoo Station opening act is clear homage to Dr. Strangelove (also with Nazi references)
EDIT it was Riefenstahl's Triumph des Willens, around the 42:00 mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPAxaFxjiDk
Some other iconic examples:
Galeongirl
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That's like saying Bono stole the idea of his Sgt. Pepper's jacket he wore during the encore on Vertigo from My Chemical Romance.
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Ummm...Elvis?
Bono wrote an introduction for a biography of Billy Mac that came out after he died in the late 90's.
Bono wrote an introduction for a biography of Billy Mac that came out after he died in the late 90's.
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Do you have to keep digging up threads that have already died?
redhotswami
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Bono needs to give me my fuckin' jacket back already.
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financeguy
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You're right.
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