TheBrazilianFly
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
I was wondering if anybody here has read BP Fallon's "U2 - Far Away, So Close"? I want to buy it but I also want to know what everybody thinks of it and how good is it. Thanks. 
BP Fallon's "U2 - Far Away, So Close"
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Popmartijn
Blue Crack Supplier
In the Content section of Interference there was a review of this book recently. It's maybe good to look there.
I think this is the link for it:
http://forum.interference.com/t93038.html
*bought it recently and thinks it's a good snapshot book*
I think this is the link for it:
http://forum.interference.com/t93038.html
*bought it recently and thinks it's a good snapshot book*
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TheBrazilianFly
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Thanks for the help Marty, but the review says the book is out of print. 
I'm still going to look for it anyway.
Does the book have good stories about U2? It can't possibily be better than the great At The End Of The World.
I'm still going to look for it anyway. Does the book have good stories about U2? It can't possibily be better than the great At The End Of The World.
biff
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
I was able to buy a copy through Amazon, even though it is out of print. I had no problem. The book really compliments the Flanagan book, as Flanagan and Fallon were both on the same tour, and tell some of the same stories from a different perspective. Fallon also has some original stories of his own. He was arguably closer to the band (especially Bono) than was Flanagan, and you can tell from a couple of particularly interesting anecdotes (one involving a visit to a live sex show, no less!)
He also managed to get some really great pics, something Flanagan's book was a bit weak on.
All in all, I think you need to have this book.
He also managed to get some really great pics, something Flanagan's book was a bit weak on.
All in all, I think you need to have this book.
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TheBrazilianFly
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
I want to read about that sex shop story! 
Thanks Biff! 
Thanks Biff! 
MissMaCo
Rock n' Roll Doggie
that book is one of the best that was made about U2
hope you'll find it soon !
hope you'll find it soon !
biff
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Maybe he'll come back from New York with a copy (and tons of other great stuff as well). Hope he's having a wonderful time.
MissMaCo
Rock n' Roll Doggie
can't remember that sex shop story... 
is it possible that it's not part of the French version I have ?
can someone tell me this anecdote ?... maybe I just forgot it !
is it possible that it's not part of the French version I have ?
can someone tell me this anecdote ?... maybe I just forgot it !
Popmartijn
Blue Crack Supplier
It wasn't a sex shop story, but a sex show one. Can't remember the details though, but I'll look it up.
biff
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
B.P. went with Edge and Bono to watch a live sex show in Hamburg, on the notorius Reeperbahn. It was, hilariously, set to the music of The Phantom of the Opera, with the two "performers" in costume and lip-sincing to the soundtrack, while at the same time having sex on stage. Edge asks, "Is this sick?" to which Bono replies, "Yes, but there MUST be something interesting about it. I mean, we're still here. Aren't we?"
It's a really fun book, with, as Marty says, great "snapshots" of the band.
It's a really fun book, with, as Marty says, great "snapshots" of the band.
starsgoblue
Blue Crack Addict
biff said:
eeewww
saltwaterkiss26
War Child
Maybe I'll have to check this out... I loved Bill's so much.
biff
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Yes, you really should. They compliment each other well, with stories of many of the same events told from a different angle, but with WAY more pictures.
