numb40ne said:
I'm in High School so there arent that many fans there. There are a few that i know of, but me and my best friend are easily the biggest fans at our school. When we go to a concert and come back with pictures and autographs, its more the teachers that are jealous, but even they think i like U2 a little too much. When i told one that my friend and I gave bono a toy train and showed him the pic, he told me i needed help cause i was too obsessed.
That's so true, of all the people I told my "I was right on the rail next to the band and I got a pick from Dallas" story to, the person that was the most impressed and jealous was my math teacher, no one else cared
and my chem teacher last year also loved U2.
...you gave Bono a toy train?? I wanna hear the story behind that one
My best friend has became a diehard U2 fan after years of me talking about them because he just couldn't ignore me anymore
I've converted one of my other friends to U2 fandom as well. I have a couple of friends who actually like what U2 songs they've heard, but they make fun of U2 around me just to piss me off. It's cool 'cos we're friends and it's all in good fun, especially since I know they don't actually hate U2. Some of my more casual friends, however... well, some of them
still haven't stopped obnoxiously shouting YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH or HELLO HELLOOOOOOOOO or WHY DOES HE SAY 14 in my face. And of course they make fun of me for liking Bono and all, but I don't really give a shit. U2's the best goddamn band in the world and Bono's a sexy motherfucker regardless of his age, they can get over it. I'm certainly not gonna hide my love for U2.
Most of the people that make fun of me for liking U2 do it in good fun, even if it's in an annoying and repetitive fashion. Last year, though... There was this one guy that was relentless. He was one of those self-righteous "indie snobs" (except a lot of what he liked wasn't indie. green day? please.) and I hardly even KNEW the guy, but his typical greeting was "U2 sucks" and sometimes he'd get around his friends (some of which were also my friends) and they would all rag on U2. It's fine when they're joking, but when they're dead serious and talking about it for an hour...
needless to say i'm glad that asshole graduated
but it was weird cuz the guy actually KNEW more than the typical "U2 sucks" kinda guy. His assertion was "Everything after War sucked. Okay, well, The Joshua Tree. Everything after that is awful." So he admitted to liking
some U2...but...anyone that doesn't think Achtung Baby is brilliant needs to get their head examined