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I'm just wondering, because I see old-timers(those who have been devoted to U2 since the 80s) and those who got into U2 with 'Beautiful Day' and the like(usually a few years younger than me - I'm about to turn 22) all the time, but I just don't feel like I see all that many people who first got into U2 in the 90s. I suppose there are a fair number who got into it with AB, but I'm not even talking about that. I'm talking about the mid-late 90s...1994-1999.
My first exposure to U2 was 'Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me' on the Batman Forever soundtrack in 1996 or 1997, and then I caught WOWY, SBS, and Angel Of Harlem on TV while on vacation in Turkey in July of 1998, after which I delved into the entire back catalog. Unbeknownst to me at the time, Popmart had JUST ended three months before I got deep into U2 in 1998. Anyway, by August of 1999 I had every LP released to that point and I was loving them all.
The point is, I got into U2 during that period of time where they were as far from the mainstream as they've ever been(which in reality may not have been that far, but you get my point).
Now, this may sound weird, but for whatever reason, I've always taken pride(no pun intended) in the fact that I got big into U2 over two years before anyone had ever heard of 'Beautiful Day'(not that there's anything wrong with BD), that I became I die hard during a period where a lot of people were turning away from U2, and that I fell in love with U2 completely on my own(that is to say, with only the back catalog and the subsequent release of The Best Of 1980-1990) rather than falling in love with them with everyone in the whole damn world and their mother when BD hit in 2000. I feel like I kind of 'squeaked in' before U2 became 'everybody's band' again.
So I guess I'm asking two questions:
1.Is there anyone else here who first got into U2 during that time period - 1994-1999?
2.If you did first get into U2 during that time period, can you relate at all to what I'm saying about taking pride in the fact that you became a diehard during that particular period where people were turning off of U2 a lot, and that you got to become a diehard in a time when it wasn't the 'in' thing to do, when you got to fall in love with U2 as 'your band' instead of 'the band' that they are now? Or am I just weird?
My first exposure to U2 was 'Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me' on the Batman Forever soundtrack in 1996 or 1997, and then I caught WOWY, SBS, and Angel Of Harlem on TV while on vacation in Turkey in July of 1998, after which I delved into the entire back catalog. Unbeknownst to me at the time, Popmart had JUST ended three months before I got deep into U2 in 1998. Anyway, by August of 1999 I had every LP released to that point and I was loving them all.
The point is, I got into U2 during that period of time where they were as far from the mainstream as they've ever been(which in reality may not have been that far, but you get my point).
Now, this may sound weird, but for whatever reason, I've always taken pride(no pun intended) in the fact that I got big into U2 over two years before anyone had ever heard of 'Beautiful Day'(not that there's anything wrong with BD), that I became I die hard during a period where a lot of people were turning away from U2, and that I fell in love with U2 completely on my own(that is to say, with only the back catalog and the subsequent release of The Best Of 1980-1990) rather than falling in love with them with everyone in the whole damn world and their mother when BD hit in 2000. I feel like I kind of 'squeaked in' before U2 became 'everybody's band' again.
So I guess I'm asking two questions:
1.Is there anyone else here who first got into U2 during that time period - 1994-1999?
2.If you did first get into U2 during that time period, can you relate at all to what I'm saying about taking pride in the fact that you became a diehard during that particular period where people were turning off of U2 a lot, and that you got to become a diehard in a time when it wasn't the 'in' thing to do, when you got to fall in love with U2 as 'your band' instead of 'the band' that they are now? Or am I just weird?