One Tree Hill, Auckland Superthread

[KhanadaRhodes]

I was thinking it was a strange time to be seeing you here....

yeah. they won't let me go to sleep

 

[coolian2]

It goes in the modem, you fool!

*holds mug up to CD drive*

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

It goes in the modem, you fool!

i don't have a modem!

 

[Axver]

Can you imagine what Boy woulda sounded like if Martin Hannett had produced it, like he was meant to, but didn't cos Ian Curtis died? U2's whole career coulda fallen over there!!!!

Yeah, judging by how he failed to fully achieve 11OTT's potential, Boy would have just flopped. He suited Joy Division's sound perfectly, but he would've been no good for U2. Worryingly, The Ocean might have been a standout ...

 

[coolian2]

No, but it was only a chord or two so it didn't matter. He got to look like he was a rocker and actually contributed something at the same time.

Since then he looks like less of a rocker and contributes a few words.

 

[coolian2]

what do you think? it's bono.

It was the early 80s, before U2 became teh crap.

 

[Axver]

So, ATAP. This song fucking rocks. It's also the oldest song here besides SATT.

 

[coolian2]

i don't have a modem!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

here we go...ib hi ya!
yiba ha!
cheese on he trabanta!
eech hibaya, you skin ha
lemon cheesecake harbour

 

[Axver]

yeah. they won't let me go to sleep

The thread needs your postwhorishness.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

yeah. they won't let me go to sleep

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

fuck, i forgot to check the box...this is quoting ian

 

[Axver]

here we go...ib hi ya!
yiba ha!
cheese on he trabanta!
eech hibaya, you skin ha
lemon cheesecake harbour

I just about hear "he's Harbhajan", which you won't get but Ian will.

 

[coolian2]

So, ATAP. This song fucking rocks. It's also the oldest song here besides SATT.

Awfully hard not to rock the fuck out on the bus when it comes up on my iPod.

The demo version I've heard isn't too great, though.

 

[coolian2]

IS THAT ALL?

Wait...

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

The thread needs your postwhorishness.

well we better hurry! my comp's running out of jooooce

 

[Axver]

We've passed 700 posts in 3 hours, with only a few of us here. Imagine if we got a good bunch of us and really tried to kick through a thread as fast as possible.

 

[coolian2]

here we go...ib hi ya!
yiba ha!
cheese on he trabanta!
eech hibaya, you skin ha
lemon cheesecake harbour

I hear cheesecake too!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I just about hear "he's Harbhajan", which you won't get but Ian will.

harbhajan singh?

 

[coolian2]

I just about hear "he's Harbhajan", which you won't get but Ian will.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Yeah, judging by how he failed to fully achieve 11OTT's potential, Boy would have just flopped. He suited Joy Division's sound perfectly, but he would've been no good for U2. Worryingly, The Ocean might have been a standout ...

I like 11OTT.

U2 could have been footnote in 80s music history, like the Psychedelic Furs, who I love, but noone remembers much anymore, except for fucking Pretty in Pink which was fantastic till Molly Ringwald got near it (I also love Molly Ringwald by the way)

 

[Axver]

Awfully hard not to rock the fuck out on the bus when it comes up on my iPod.

The demo version I've heard isn't too great, though.

Yeah, though it's not nearly as dodgy as some of the other early demos!

 

[Axver]

BOY, STUPID BOY!

Fuck, this song is so awesome.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I like 11OTT.

me too! it's great live but i love the studio version too.

 

[coolian2]

Yeah, though it's not nearly as dodgy as some of the other early demos!

It's light years better than Twilight.

 

[Axver]

I like 11OTT.

U2 could have been footnote in 80s music history, like the Psychedelic Furs, who I love, but noone remembers much anymore, except for fucking Pretty in Pink which was fantastic till Molly Ringwald got near it (I also love Molly Ringwald by the way)

11OTT was so much better live, though. On the UABRS video, it rocks so awesomely hard.

Honestly, I must admit that I'm not sure I'd mind all too much if U2 were just a footnote. They'd have been a fucking good footnote, rather than the overblown chapter they are now.

 

[coolian2]

IF YOU DON'T KNOW
UHLECTRIC CO

 

[Axver]

harbhajan singh?

Oh, you do know Harbhajan?

 

[coolian2]

harbhajan singh?

Was Google your friend?

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

if you don't know...electric co.

thanks bono, i didn't know.