The Interference Thread Survivor - Preliminary Nostalgia

iron yuppie · Sep 21, 2012

bono_212 said:
Also, seriously, I don't know which thread specifically would be the one to add, but did no one mention this:

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f288/good-morning-friends-97289.html#post1737245

???

Good lord, that one is harder to fall for than the Lichtenstein whaling benefit show.

Also, just browsing through these threads, I have found arguably the best username ever: U2Granny.

LemonMelon · Sep 21, 2012

gvox · Sep 21, 2012

ls the Achtung Baby Remastered Thread Series™ the "Streets" of this contest, ie it should be excluded? :wink:

the tourist · Sep 21, 2012

I just read through Kunstmuseum again. Classic.

BoMac · Sep 21, 2012

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f296/post-here-and-i-will-give-an-archnemesis-157888.html

elevated_u2_fan · Sep 21, 2012

I miss beav

lazarus · Sep 21, 2012

El Mel, how could you NOT include Shuttlecock, or the Beatles remasters? Those each have multiple installments that destroy almost everything else on Interference.

Reggo · Sep 21, 2012

Axver said:
Fuck was I gullible when I was 17.

Ah, the Real Fake Edge. I love that one.

Reggo · Sep 21, 2012

elevated_u2_fan said:
I miss beav

GFY

I do too

Axver · Sep 21, 2012

LemonMelon said:
OK, by my count, the following threads are must-haves in the final bracket (generally by receiving multiple mentions in this thread):

I'm going to keep coming in to bat for I'm Disappointed In Everything U2's Ever Done until it's there.

cobl04 · Sep 21, 2012

Even A_Wanderer fell for The Edge.

Someone who was around at the time, how did you all fall for it? What was the back story that made it seem true?

Pearl · Sep 21, 2012

cobl04 said:
Even A_Wanderer fell for The Edge.

Someone who was around at the time, how did you all fall for it? What was the back story that made it seem true?

I guess it was the excitement of the new CD that added to the gullibility. And the fact U2 is very much aware of this forum. But yeah, I fell for it. Sigh!

ETA: I just checked out the first page of that thread. Oh God, were we a foolish bunch!

cobl04 · Sep 21, 2012

How do we know they're "very much aware"?

Also I'm trying to find where Ol' Whiskey started but having some trouble.

Pearl · Sep 21, 2012

cobl04 said:
How do we know they're "very much aware"?

Also I'm trying to find where Ol' Whiskey started but having some trouble.

Well, we're a large forum that's been around for many years. And I think one of the mods once said that the band and those who work for them lurk from time to time.

Correct me if I'm wrong! :silent:

gvox · Sep 21, 2012

cobl04 said:
Someone who was around at the time, how did you all fall for it?

As far as I recall (and it might not be totally correct), there was at least some indication or implication from mods that it was legitimate. After the fact, I think Sicy or someone posted that they had done some diligence on it and felt it to be verifiable.

So, that was after the fact of course, which begs the question how did rational people actually believe it before all that came out..well..I know for me I was relatively confident that the mods would never knowingly allow an imposter to play that cruel of a game on the board, and the very fact that it was allowed to continue seemed to indicate to me that they must have done some sort of check and believed it to be true. I had alot of faith that the people who run the forum would be all over that kind of thing, being huge U2 fans themselves. Is/was there also a rule about not being allowed to call yourself "Bono", "The Edge", "Adam Clayton", or "Larry Mullen Jr"? I think there was/is. In other words, for a person to have even been allowed to set up the account and start posting as "The Edge"..it had to be real. That was just my belief on it, can't speak for others. :shrug:

cobl04 · Sep 21, 2012

That Morrissey thread is really awesome until it descends into an argument, which I participated in at the time.

Aside from "truth becomes self-evident", that thread also started "the internet is America" - http://www.u2interference.com/forum...o-u2-at-glastonbury-211098-3.html#post7242333

IWasBored · Sep 22, 2012

cobl04 said:
Even A_Wanderer fell for The Edge.

Someone who was around at the time, how did you all fall for it? What was the back story that made it seem true?

The lichtenbergstein thing looks pretty stupid, and incredibly unbelievable from the perspective of not being there at the time. The fake edge debacle does too, but it had the backing of the mods. sicy was a rather tyrannical mod of all mods at the time (btw, is she even still here?) who ran around telling people to move their conversations to AIM because this place discourages chat threads (oh how things have changed now), and she handed some "official" word down from Elvis saying this is the real edge and you should all be ashamed for doubting it. It was almost a little old testament in its "the word of the mods have been handed down and you will believe them or burn in flames!" sicy as Moses nonsense. I almost believed it for a day or two. :shrug:

gvox · Sep 22, 2012

Weird how some stuff catches people at different moments of gullibility or whatever: I knew from post 1 of the Kuntsmuseum that it was a big joke, probably because of who started it. Or, at least that's what I tell myself :lol:

Caleb8844 · Sep 22, 2012

A must: http://www.u2interference.com/forum...anything-about-the-new-album-here-188125.html

Reggo · Sep 22, 2012

...Uhh...Is it just me or is that Loris startlingly accurate?

ETA: And now I'm certain he's just talking out of his ass.

bono_212 · Sep 22, 2012

BoMac said:
http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f296/post-here-and-i-will-give-an-archnemesis-157888.html

YES! I was going to post this last night, but was too lazy to go look for it. Yes, a million times over.

cobl04 said:
Even A_Wanderer fell for The Edge.

Someone who was around at the time, how did you all fall for it? What was the back story that made it seem true?

What Gabe said (though I wasn't here at the time, I read pretty much every post relating to the event, there were several threads).

Caleb8844 said:
A must: http://www.u2interference.com/forum...anything-about-the-new-album-here-188125.html

YES again!

And for someone who really wasn't on the Shuttlecock train, I definitely agree that the first thread was fucking hilarious.

bono_212 · Sep 22, 2012

I know that the whole thread isn't funny, but seriously, for the few pages that this went on, it was amazing: http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f287/nfl-superbowl-thread-171967-12.html#post4260500

lazarus · Sep 22, 2012

IWasBored said:
sicy was a rather tyrannical mod of all mods at the time (btw, is she even still here?) who ran around telling people to move their conversations to AIM because this place discourages chat threads (oh how things have changed now), and she handed some "official" word down from Elvis saying this is the real edge and you should all be ashamed for doubting it. It was almost a little old testament in its "the word of the mods have been handed down and you will believe them or burn in flames!" sicy as Moses nonsense.

LemonMelon · Sep 22, 2012

lazarus said:
El Mel, how could you NOT include Shuttlecock, or the Beatles remasters? Those each have multiple installments that destroy almost everything else on Interference.

I said that I didn't include Shuttlecock's original thread because I was in a hurry and couldn't find it at that moment. Of course this puppy is a classic and will be included:

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f287/shuttlecock-192262.html

I'll have to revisit the Beatles Remaster threads, as I don't remember a lot about them offhand.

iron yuppie · Sep 22, 2012

cobl04 said:
That Morrissey thread is really awesome until it descends into an argument, which I participated in at the time.

Still astounding to me that the bloke would not just admit that he didn't know Satellite of Love was a Lou Reed song and not a U2 original.

gvox said:
Weird how some stuff catches people at different moments of gullibility or whatever: I knew from post 1 of the Kuntsmuseum that it was a big joke, probably because of who started it. Or, at least that's what I tell myself

I still laugh when I think of the one song that had the Rowena's Theme snippet. That some people still believed the show was real after that is about the most extreme gullability I have ever seen here.

cobl04 · Sep 22, 2012

Dabiggestu2fan was not happy.

The Sad Punk · Sep 22, 2012

I never really saw Edge as the type to use triple exclaimation points and needless all-capitalisation of words, but hey, I say this now.

corianderstem · Sep 22, 2012

I thought kunstmuseum started off funny and then turned mean-spirited because it just became fodder for mocking the gullible ones.

:shrug:

LemonMelon · Sep 22, 2012

Noooooo, I didn't think you were one of *those* people, Cori.

lazarus · Sep 22, 2012

El Mel, is this the first instance of someone 'cockifying song titles??

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f287/shuttlecock-192262-2.html#post5748454

If so, Bravo, sir.

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