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I love reading posts where people share their parents or childrens perspectives on their love of U2. I hope when I have kids that I'll take an interest in the music they listen to and will be cool enough to want to make Larry my foster child, like someone's mom said they wanted to do.

So, on that note...who do you share your U2 adoration with and what do they think? I got my husband into U2 but he gets jealous when I look at pictures. He roles his eyes and goes, "Uugggh, THAT guy!" when he sees Bono!
 
I got my fiance interested in U2. He loves their music now, and he doesn't mind that I think they are all studalicious.
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"I don't know you,
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I got my ex-boss into U2! He put SIAM on repeat once, the acoustic version.

Mom thinks Adam is ugly and looks like a 60-year old, Larry is handsome and Bono and Edge are OK! And she has to laugh every time she hears Party Girl, she says Bono's voice is "funny" there. Oh well....
 
My family has been very supportive of my U2 obsession! My ex-boyfriend is also a big U2 fan, he still gloats about being at the ZooTV show, sadly I did not make the show! That bugger, he is lucky we are still friends!

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When you look at the world
What is it that you see?


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She is the dreamer....she's imagination
 
BROTHER #1: (Walk On vid) Lookit how low Larry's shirt is. This is U2 porn. He has man cleavage. Larry has man cleavage.

BROTHER #3: (MacPhisto wallpaper) Why is he dressed up as the devil? I thought he thought he was God or something....

MOM: (Elevation vid, seeing Edge) OO!! Who's THAT? Richard Gere?

MOM: (U2 calendar, seeing Larry) He's handsome. A lot younger than that guy (adam), though.

MOM: (Elevation vid) ...now, is this NSync or the Backstreet Boys? (she was completely serious)

ABUELA: ....what's a Bono?

MOM: ...Bono....? Bono what? Is that IT? Just....Bono?

MOM: He wiped his nose on his sleeve. He should get his wife to fix those sleeves. They're too long.

Then of course there's ME, calling the smoke detector "Bono"....

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~*Mona*~
LOVE me, give me SOUL


A little less circuitry ** A little more poetry

YOU KNOW I BELIEVE IT
 
LOL, I was just going to start a topic like this!
Let's see.. my uncle hates U2, my grandma sort of likes them, my father greatly dislikes them (unfortunately, he's been dragged along -- he's me and my mom's bodyguard, heh -- to 7 shows, the lucky fool), my aunt loves them but not nearly as much as me.. my mom is absolutely wild over them.. oh yes, my grandpa! He was indifferent to them entirely, but then a while ago, I asked him if he minded that I tape a U2 special on MuchMusic on his TV, because all the over TVs didn't get that channel or they couldn't be used. And he said yes, so I came back to check on the tape later, and he was singing along to Angel of Harlem with a big smile on his face! It was so cute
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heh.. I told Mona about this -- I watched Rattle and Hum in my grandparent's van twice, and my uncle sat there and actually WATCHED it! I was amazed. The last time I watched a U2 video in the car with him, he got a blanket and pillow out and covered himself up and blocked out all noise. :p He got twitchy during Bad though -- maybe he doesn't like Bono halfnaked in pants and suspenders? Hmm..

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Official Bono Ego Defender

"Don't call me Shirley." - Larry

"I was drunk, high on him, a shrinking, shadowboxing dwarf following in his foosteps...badly...STARSTRUCK.." - Bono, on meeting Frank Sinatra for the first time

"Bono? Bono is going to tie ropes around my neck? Wait a minute.." - Edge, when shooting the 'Numb' video

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I got my Aunt interested in U2. She is very open-minded about music at the ripe old age of 79. Also she's really involved in politics, (she being a retired history teacher), so she knows about Bono and his many crusades.
 
OOOO!!! A chance to share more parental conversations! Here's the premise: My dad and I are watching the American Music Awards in the living room and it comes to whatever award U2 and NSYNC are up for.
Me: U2 better win this...even though the award is stupid.
Dad: They both suck.
Me: They what? You mean both as in BOTH Justin and Lance suck right?
Dad: No, the bands.
Me: *throws pillow at dad and stomps to her room*
Dad: NSYNC won. Who's the better band now?

Yea, my dad doesn't seem to appreciate talent or anything...but whatever, at least I do right?

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It's the puppets that pull the strings.
 
I really like this thread!!!!!
My brother likes them, well he doesn't mind listening to them (he has no choice when we are in the car together!), my mother is like "Oh a U2 song!!!!", and she thinks Bono and Larry are cute, and my dad always says "Urgh, not them AGAIN!!!" lol.
I got lots of my friends to like U2, they say i'm like a contagious disease lol.

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"Midnight is when the day begins"
 
Awww.... those are such sweet stories!

Everyone in my entire family loves U2, something we can all share besides dysfunction.

Dad: The seats for Wednesday night's show are behind the stage...

Mom: So? I get to stare at Larry's ass for 2 hours!

My sister comes home from school every day, complaining that no one in her class likes U2, and has arguments w/ her friends constantly about Bono not being old....
My 5 year old brother wears the shades and one time spent 2 days only responding to the name "Bono"
My 3 year old sister runs around singing
"If you walk away walk away, walk away walk away... I will follow!"
And my 1 year old brother... we'll make him a fan...

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The Palm-Fanning-Lotion-Rubbing Ambassador to Guam

"No matter how much we wrap it up in tinsel and television, I'm still the geezer with the white flag." ~ Bono

"It's a cliche to say were back on form, but in this case, it's true" ~ Bono

If I could through myself set your spirit free...

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Originally posted by On The Edge:
*lol* Do you think she'd mind me quoting her in my sig?

lol, go ahead
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~*Mona*~
LOVE me, give me SOUL


A little less circuitry ** A little more poetry

YOU KNOW I BELIEVE IT
 
Forgot to mention what my grandma did..
A couple weeks ago, I was over at my grandparent's house, and she asked me to hang up the cordless phone, and I complained, and she said,"Go on, hang it up, and you might get a hot call from Bono!". And I said,"Oh, yes, right, Bono will call ME for a steamy hot call.."
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Official Bono Ego Defender

"Don't call me Shirley." - Larry

"I was drunk, high on him, a shrinking, shadowboxing dwarf following in his foosteps...badly...STARSTRUCK.." - Bono, on meeting Frank Sinatra for the first time

"Bono? Bono is going to tie ropes around my neck? Wait a minute.." - Edge, when shooting the 'Numb' video

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Well, here we go.

My dad does not like them at all - "NO U2! I'm not listening or watching anything U2. Period."

My mom like them a lot and really love Bono's views. I always catch her singing along to the songs, especially "In a Little While", "One" and "MW". It's very funny. She updates me on things she hears in the news, even though I've usually heard them (bless her little heart). She also thinks Larry looks very young for his age and Edge has a handsome face. Alright Mom!!

My younger sister has resently become a fan (because of me). But she does have her limits and still gets sick of them if she hears them to much, unlike myself. She has started to get all of her friends into them too.

My friends hate if I even mention U2 or anything even slightly related to them. They role their eyes at me. So, I'm not aloud to play U2 or talk about them when they're around. This is annoying because some of my friends have their obsessions (Brandon Boyd of "Incubus" being one) and I try to be sympathetic towards them. But they are not at all sypathetic towards me. It kinda sucks.

Anyways.... I like this thread a lot! I love reading how other peoples family and friends react to U2. Very interesting.

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Oh great ocean
Oh great sea
Run to the ocean
Run to the sea
 
Everyone in my family HATES U2. Except for a cousin I have. Shes been staying for vacation at home and now she plays EVERYDAY the Elevation tune!!! I just love her *cries of joy* She thinks 'and I agree' that his voice is soooo sexay!
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She just luoves the yeah! yeah! part. As me
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Hummmmm...my dad would rather not talk about or hear U2. My mom constantly makes fun of Bono's shades, she says the band should be renamed"We wear stupid shades" She has called Bono 'Sonny'(like sonny bono)and Edge is 'Rim'(instead of an edge, he's the rim).
Larry is her foster child, she wants to take him home. She thinks Adam is really good looking, but obviously she doesn't want him as a foster child, so I'll take him.
My sister calls herself a fan, she tells people she likes U2, but she wouldn't go to the concert. She loves Edge, so she calls herself "Mrs.Edge" (although when she does that, I think of our Mrs.Edge).
 
well...my whole family is into U2 really (wow, am I lucky)
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My dad sings along to U2 in the car and my mom likes to watch the Elevation DVD over and over again (she likes Adam too)

I don't have any brothers or sisters but, em...my cat stares at Bono whenever he's on TV... It's really funny 'cause my family might be watching "Friends" or a Mel Gibson movie and suddenly we change the channel to MTV or something and Bono's on it...that's when my cat wakes up from sleeping on the couch and starts staring at Bono (and I'm dead serious about this)

HELP! I've warped me cat!!
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WARNING: Insanity is highly contagious!
 
she'd kill me if she knew i was doing this:

my 17 yr old sis Laura at the Boston 3 show:
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My other sis (age 20) Jenny you can see her during Beautiful Day on the DVD.

It was both of their first concerts, they are in like I am now... Laura even brought 3 of her friends with her to the Providence shows.

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My 13 yr old brother claims he doesn't care, but he calls me up every time he hears Stuck on the radio or sees U2 on TV
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"Songs are the language of the spirit... the melodies are how you sing to God. It's a deep language. But they can't explain everything, because really great songs touch places that you can't explain." -Bono

U2 Take Me Higher

MPS: "Evil shouldn't look this good"

"The way I might look at you" ~Adam
 
well, i was introduced to U2 at an early age. Thanks to my older brother and sister,I was introduced to U2's music when I about 7 years old. And thanks to MTV, I developed my first crush on U2 because of a video called "Gloria", from that moment on U2 became apart of my life. Thankfully most of my family likes U2, this includes my siblings and my mother, my father could care less about their music. When Rattle and Hum came out my cousin and I really got into U2, and the obession hasn't stopped.
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I have now passed on U2's music to my 9 & 10 year nephews. They really like their music and now have favorite songs and band members. They really like Edge! They have requested that their mother and I take them along to the next U2 concert. *wipes tear from eye* I am so proud of my nephews.
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however, their father, who has much respect for U2 gets very jealous when my sister goes on and on about how sexy Bono is. Since my brother-in-law sings, he has decided to add some U2 songs in his set when he and his band performs. LOL!!!!!!!!
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*sigh* My silly family just doesn't understand. They put up with me and my U2 obsession...but I have to refrain from speaking around them a lot because everything I say recently has to do with something U2 and they just kind of roll their eyes! Though they did get me some cool U2 stuff for Xmas...silly family...if they only knew...
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And your earth moves beneath
Your own dream landscape

You can dream, so dream out loud!

"The way to be optimistic is not to shut your eyes and close your ears." -Bono

Create Light, Create Unity, Create Joy, CREATE PEACE!
 
My family puts up with me b/c they have no choice. (although my mom admits it is a harmless obsession..at least it is not drugs or alcohol).

When i told my dad I was sleeping over at the arena to wait for the show he said "i thought you were my sane one!" He also calls Bono "Chespirito" which is a character in a spanish comedy show...Oh, and when he caught me kissing the tv screen and yelling at Bono "I love you BABY!!" during the Boston concert, he said I desperately needed help.
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My sisters say.."but he is too old!! what do you see in him? when I mention Bono's sexiness.

But something good.. both my mom and my lil' sis Lucero (who don't speak English) can sing along w/ the chorus to Walk On, BD, and MW. And anytime Lucero hears a U2 song..be it at home or a store, she runs to find me and screams at the top of her voice.."Fatima it is Bono!!"

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Awesome stories! (Fatima it is Bono! So cute!)

Here's how my fam feels about U2:

Husband--he turned me into a fanatic. We were friends in college and one night I went to see him in his dorm room. He was watching ZooTV. That month, I bought every U2 CD I could find and my obsession officially began, even though I'd been a fan for many years.

Sisters--They like U2, but not as much as I do. When I told my sister Sara that UTEOTW was about Judas, she was really impressed. One night over Christmas break, my sisters and I all three fell asleep on the hide-a-bed sofa while watching ZooTV. My parents were amused to find their three grown daughters all asleep in the same bed the next morning with the TV screen blue.

Parents--Mom always lets me know if she hears any U2 songs or news and calls me if they are going to be on TV. Dad likes their music, and I even made him a U2 mix tape.

Students--I teach college and on the last day of classes, I showed U2 videos to my students. They loved it! One even asked me to burn her a U2 CD so she could hear more! Another gave me a hug and said I was the best teacher ever. I don't know about being a great teacher, but my students and I shared a moment watching Walk On together.

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Nah. My family and friends think I'm kind of a freak when I start talking about U2...they just kind of glaze over....so I tend to keep it all to myself. I do admit I have *one* friend who lets me indulge in talking incessantly about them to her, God love her!
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however, I did hear this aft. that the stepson of one of my good friend is now VERY interested in Edge and his guitar playing! He's really getting into U2 and is now learning guitar because of Edge. Think I'll reward the lad with some rare boots!
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My brother hates them. He bought Joshua tree when it came out but sold it quickly. I wasn't a fan at the time so I got to hear this later.

My parents don't care. They don't have anything to say about them. But they like that they make me travel so they never say anything when I say that I will go half around the world to see U2.
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And I got a ticket to the Popmartshow in birthday present, but I had to buy it myself because they weren't released when it was my birthday. But they don't lift a finger to anything U2ish for me, I have to do it myself or they don't bother.

My ex boyfriend thinks they are ok and admires Edge (he's a guitarplayer) and have been more then frustrated when he can't get it right at home when I forced him to learn some U2. But he was too jealous for the relationsship to work, I could never mention U2 at home, either he ignored me and acted like he didn't hear me or he got mad. After I gave him a ticket to the show this summer he's a bigger fan but hates to admit it infront of me.

My best friend thinks they are cool and loves Larry and are actually considiring lining up with me this summer. SHe's cool because she likes to watch U2 when she come to my place and she's interested, asking question ut her biggest thing is Nirvana so....

So, I'm all alone in my fanship here, it's really boring, noone to share it with. THat's why I'm here all the time....
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"U2 on it?s own is a very interesting group and all. But U2 with it?s audience is a culture" - Bono

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Originally posted by HelloAngel:
I got my entire boyfriend's family into U2!!
How cool is that???

My sisters try to brush me off when I talk--er, ramble about U2. They think I'm just bored, so I have to be obssessed about something.
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My eldest sister actually teases me and picks on U2, because she knows I get really affected. Hmp! She goes on to say that Larry actually looks his age, etc., etc. Whatever. I think she should have her eyes checked.
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My little bro, OTOH, has picked Elevation as one of his fave songs. Yay! Got him a copy of ATYCLB.
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And, OMG, I think he's trying to learn how to play guitar. I might have to put an Edge-y cap on him one of these days!
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well way back when, my boyfirend of the time dragged me on a party bus to Buffalo to see a group I didn't know - but I had a blast. That was my first meeting of U2 and it hasn't been the same since.

As time passed and my obsession grew for the band - I was way younger then!
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- I got my nephew listening to them. I remember taking him to see Rattle n Hum. It was wierd, being many years his senior but sharing the same passion for the music.

So then I did a dumb thing. I was older right? So I said to myself, Self, why not let him enjoy all of your treasures that you amassed over teh years. Firguring I was older, priorities changed, marriage, etc, why not.

So I made the plunge, I passed the torch. He knew how important they were to me and he took good care of them.....until last October when I asked for them back...See I was having a get together with people I met at Hamilton show and thought I'd show them what a person collected years passed....only to find everything gone....

I won't even go there again....but families and U2 - don't share, it's evil I tell you!!


PS - my daughter who is 7 is dying to go with me to a concert - she says mommy please can we go see U2 as she sings ELEVATION !

God no, I'm far to self-absorbed for that to ever happen
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Most of my family actually likes U2, but some of them are against my devotion and 'obsession'- I took a LOT of flack for talking about the band too much, going to multiple concerts and having a U2-related email address. Some have even go so far as to hold it against the band and refuse to listen to them- it's not U2's fault, how lame is that?!
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I wish that I had a family full of U2 fanatics, but sadly, I do not. Here's the rundown:
Mother-Doesn't know much about music, but I showed her a picture of the boys and she said that Larry was cute, and that Bono was "nothing special".
Father-Teases me about my obsession and calls me a "12 year old girl". He does like U2 better then any other music that I, or my siblings listen to. Once he borrowed my car and he listened to ATYCLB. Usually he just switches on the radio
Sister-Listens to POP music, and thinks that U2 are old. She does like "Walk On", and thinks that Larry is cute. She always goes on about how Bono is gross, and just this morning said "Eeeeewwww" when he popped up in the "What's going on?" video that we were watching while getting ready for work/school. I think that she does it to tease me. I am working on her though.
Brothers-Don't like U2 at all. One listens to Punk music, and One listens to Hip Hop.

As for my friends, well alot of them are U2 fans, but not like me. My three closest girlfriends have all seen U2 live, and all own some cd's. Only between 3-6 per person though. Not the whole collection like me. One of them says that U2 is tied for her favorite band with Dave Mathews, and one of the other one's says that U2 is tied with radiohead, and r.e.m. I have talked the DMB girl into lining up (overnight) if we have to, to get into GA.

My boyfriend is not a fan. He tolerates U2 because he knows how much I love them. He does tease me sometimes about how he hears nothing but U2 in my car, but he also says that he doesn't mind since they have so many cd's, and at least I alternate. He owns War, and Joshua Tree on tape, but would never listen to them if I wasn't around. I think that they used to belong to his older brother.

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I don't mean to be arrogant, but ...I do feel that we are meant to be one of the great groups. - Bono, Rolling Stone, 1981
 
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