you're 15?!?
Actually, I'm 17 now. Take a look on the date of that post.
you're 15?!?
you're 15?!?
If we had the internet in the 80ies? Then here 'BOY', 'OCTOBER', 'WAR' fans would have bashed the "new U2 direction", U2 took with 'THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE' and 'THE JOSHUA TREE' and vice versa. Of course both groups would have slagged off 'RATTLE AND HUM' and would have blamed them of "sell-out" and "betraying their fans"
Actually, I'm 17 now. Take a look on the date of that post.
[...]I didn't listen to the NLOTH leak. Was I unbelievably curious? Hellz yeah. But I wanted that experience that I missed out on, being born when I was. I refused to listen to a single song (except Boots which had been released) until I had the album IN my hands on March 3rd. [...] I've tried my best to recreate that sort of fan experience on my own, but it isn't the same.
That being said...the internet amazes me nearly every day, because it connects us all over the world. I mean, without forums like these, it would be infinitely harder to make friends with fans who live all over the place. I can't overestimate the value that function has had for me. It's given me friends that understand me!! Going to sound sappy here, but I think U2 have an amazing ability to bring their fans together. The internet has been a very helpful middle man for that.
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oh god, yes. i wasn't on in the 80s or anything cool like that, but i remember buying bootlegs when i first started using the internet. and for other bands i liked (though i know this existed for u2 as well), buying vhs tapes of music videos, etc. these days i could just make a dvd.As a fan, it allowed me to obtain rare items. When I was a newbie to real collecting, I remember grossly over-bidding for a bootleg! LOL! Now I know it was worth a fraction of what I paid. Lesson learned and fast. But back then, eBay didn't even exist! U2 fans sold things on "newsgroups" like alt.music.u2.
I think we need a hot tub time machine