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EDGE´S BIRTHDAY CARD AND PRESENT 2006!!!!

Hello Edgers!
Ever, I think, is a good idea, to give as a birthday´s present to a guy who has everything in this world: a Birthday Card and a Surprise Party. A party is a private thing...so, the card is a nice way to the fans. But this year...
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I would like to invite all of you to a campaign for a birthday present to The Edge: a donation in his honor to Music Rising, the cause which he and all the staff at Music Rising have developed to put instruments back into hands of Katrina and Rita´s victims. This time, I´m sure this is the perfect present to The Edge.

As a fan´s campaign, Music Rising´s website member named allezmusique, suggested, nicely, that the fans could donate $45.00 or $450.00 or more to celebrate the 45th Birthday of The Edge. (In fact you´re able to donate a minimum value of $5,00).

From my side, my contribution to this campaign is to make my own donation and a draw of 3 official Music Rising´s shirts to the fans who post a message to The Edge at EDGE´S BIRTHDAY CARD 2006. The shirts will be sponsored by myself. I´ll buy the shirts. The draw will be filmed and available on youtube (I´ll film it). This draw will happen on august 8th, and will retain the names of the fans who posted their message until August 6, 2006. Cutoff for claiming your shirt will be August 6th.

To post your message to The Edge:
You must to click on "comments :: 7.24.2006 :: "(IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE PHOTO AND THE MESSAGES); then will open a box, and you´ll write your name (Seu nome), your e-mail (Seu e-mail), your URL (Seu site) if you have one; after, type your message and click on "Salvar"; this box will be closed and will open another box, and all you need to do... click on "Fechar". I´ll copy the messages and I´ll past it on the post. This card will be sent to Cecilia Coffey-U2 World Service and to the P M Office in Dublin (I will copy the messages and will be sent by P.O.U2 - Principle Management / 30-32 Sir John Rogersons Quay / Dublin 2 / Ireland).
"Edge´s Birthday Card 2006":
http://www.reginaonumbcards.blogger.com.br

This is a campaign to present The Edge with a donation on his birthday in his honor; an increase in donations to Music Rising. Edge will be so happy to know in the time of celebrating his 45th B-Day, his fans increased the money to Music Rising´s goal. It´ll be great for him to know as we love him, as we love New Orleans and as we are with him, as he counts us in. This is in the name of love, and what love! The love to New Orleans there´s no limit. Edge knows it...

To donate to professional musicians:
To access an online application for Music Rising assistance:
To donate to churches, schools and comunity:
Go to
http://www.musicrising.org/
an click on DONATE

To buy the Music Rising tee shirt:
http://www.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/fanfire.woa/wa/product?sku=U2T38081&sourceCode=U2CWEB

To buy the Limited Edition Music Rising guitar:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/musicrising/

I encourage you to make a donation and mention your attitude when writing your message to The Edge, as I did. (OF COURSE, IT ISN´T NECESSARY, THE CARD AND THE DRAW NEED JUTS YOUR MESSAGE).

So, enjoy, wishing your best to The Edge and join him in Music Rising.

P.S. I must say, that I am not affiliated with Musicares or Music Rising. I´m just a fan who participates in Music Rising.

Any suggestion, critics, protests, additional info, support contact me:
reginaonumb@globo.com
http://edges-blog.blogspot.com

"I can´t imagine what it must be like to wake up one morning, to not have my guitar..." by Edge - Music Rising
 
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Thank you Regina! I have signed your card. :love: :hug:

This is a terrific idea and thank you for starting it. I will donate to Music Rising as well. I hope we can all reach a substaintial amount for this great charity.

:wave:
 
Carek1230 said:
:applaud: This is amazing. Wonderful idea. Thank you! I hope there is a considerable upward surge in the Music Rising coffers due to this endeavor!

oh thank you for your support. I´m sure the fans will give to The Edge this present.
 
Edgette said:
Thank you Regina! I have signed your card. :love: :hug:

This is a terrific idea and thank you for starting it. I will donate to Music Rising as well. I hope we can all reach a substaintial amount for this great charity.

:wave:


Edgette is a honor to have your name in this card. You´re one of the biggest Edgers in this planet. As devlin smith, as SpanishEyes21. I´m sure The Edge will be happy with the donations. Thank you so much Edgette, your name is a reference.
 
This man deserves all our efforts to UP Music Rising!

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Edge and his Gibson Explorer - Rio 2000 - It´s 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet!
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - nov 23, 2000. ATYCLB-promo tour. Just this year, 2006, Globo TV broadcasted it...5 years... Watch U2, with Edge and Bono on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm2YwpAatak

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'Where´s that champagne?"

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A small clip of the boys in the Vertigo plane, rehearsals in Spaign, and Edge asking for a champagne ["Where´s that champagne?"], so funny...Watch it on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2mlikJmHiw&search=the%20edge


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:love: This is such a wonderful idea, I signed your card and said all the things I would love to let him know. I will certainly try to make a donation to Music Rising, even if it is only a small one, since I'm a teenager with no job :|
Awesome idea!! :up: :D :heart:
 
Slopsy said:
:love: This is such a wonderful idea, I signed your card and said all the things I would love to let him know. I will certainly try to make a donation to Music Rising, even if it is only a small one, since I'm a teenager with no job :|
Awesome idea!! :up: :D :heart:

:hug: dear Slopsy, the beach is so beautiful, cause it has zillions of sand´s seeds...your attitude is so beautiful, and all of us are as the beach...each of us is a sand´s seed...and together, we able to transform ourselves in a beach, a beautiful beach in honor of Edge´s 45th B-Day and to support New Orleans. Congratulations, you´re a generous U2´s fan, as the band is!
 
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Ferociously bombard the audience

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U2 play 'The Electric Co." in Nice, France, on august 5, 2005. They so ferociously bombard the audience with its signature Edge riff that you can't stop bouncing until 'The Electric Co.' is finished. Watch a short clip of "The Electric Co. / Bullet With Butterfly Wings (snippet) / See Me, Feel Me (snippet)" on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxYVT063LGo This point in this photo is a light is Edge in the middle of the crowd.

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Swinging his guitar like a baseball bat

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Boston, MA - October 03, 2005 - TD Banknorth Garden - Bono spoke a lot about Aids and his One campaign and how Tom Brady of the Patriots was the 2 millionth member to join The One campaign before the show. Bono joked that Tom wanted to wear the cool "One" rubber thing around his wrist to help him with his football. He also joked that the rumor The Edge was rooting for Carolina in Super Bowl 37 wasnt true and that if Tom Brady still had a problem with The Edge that Edge would meet him at the place of his choice and that they could settle it like real men. (Edge was next to Bono during this swinging his guitar like a baseball bat) Bono then warned Brady that he has known Edge for a long time and you don't want to mess with a man that makes his living using hand to eye coordination. Bono appears dressed in a Red Sox jersey, and leaves it on the microphone stand as he leaves the stage at the end. At the end of 40 Larry puts on the jersey before leaving. Watch it on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNfAIN0a4yk
 
:bump:

After the past year and a half of giving so much and persevering through so much, Edge deserves all the happiness in the world. I've already donated and wear my MR shirt proudly.

Thanks for continuing the tradition of the birthday card.
 
PopDaisy said:
:bump:

After the past year and a half of giving so much and persevering through so much, Edge deserves all the happiness in the world. I've already donated and wear my MR shirt proudly.

Thanks for continuing the tradition of the birthday card.

:applaud: Congratulations for your atittude PopDaisy! You keep rocking in an EDGEWAY!
 
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Edge premieres 'Crumbs From Your Table'

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September 23, 2005, Minneapolis, MN - Target Center. After 'All Because Of You,' Edge starts to play 'Crumbs From Your Table' for the first time. FANTASTIC. Watch it on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KMPtNVZgTU

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He´s from another galaxy: he makes the best bridge!

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Chicago, IL - September 21, 2005 (United Center) Edge is from the future. And not just from the future, but another galaxy in the future and makes that noise. Those are beautiful notes. The best bridge in this world, is one of the things which he makes that are from another galaxy. Watch the bridge: "Pride" to "Where The Streets Have No Name" on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ENB87V1fw

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The 40th B-Day of Edge in Barcelona

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Barcelona, Spain - august 8, 2001 (Palau St. Jordi). A very warmth moment shared with all the people that filled the Palau S. Jordi. It was a celebration! On The Edge's Birthday, U2 prepared a special night with Bono(and 18.000 more) singing Happy Birtday when Edge and Bono got to the front of the heart, and with a surprise in Mysterious Ways: from the back of the stage appeared 6 girls carrying birthday cakes for our favourite guitarist and sitting on the screens portraying pictures of him (Joshua,Pop...). Watch 'Mysterious Ways' on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfKkyLICD7c

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"Original Of The Species" is the best video actually...and Edge, here, plays guitar

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November 14, 2005 / Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena. Bono and Edge shoot a playful video with fans outside the arena in the afternoon, which includes Bono interviewing fans about The Edge. As the show starts, Bono takes the stage with a handicam and focuses on Edge for the first half of Blinding Lights. Terry Lawless is on stage for Original Of The Species (as Edge plays guitar), U2's new U.S. single. It replaces Miracle Drug, which isn't played for the first time this year. Watch on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk5JsvhknFU

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u2wildhoney said:
It's an amazing idea, thanks for it!!

I wrote a message to MR. The Edge, and I'm gonna donate Music Rising!:yes:

:wave: congratulations u2wildhoney! You´re such a generous person. I wish the universe give you twice back!
 
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Edge playing keyboard and guitar: PERFECT!

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Vertigo tour - it´s Edge´s work during 'New Year´s Day'. Watch on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4D0Q-iPwR4

Edge singing 'Pride' :
This song was developed when U2 were in Hawaii, on November 1983...
http://www. y o u s e n d i t .com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=784308F54EF2033C

The greatest rhythm guitar player
B.B. King talking to Steve Cropper: "That´s the greatest rhythm guitar player in the world, pointing to The Edge...
Listen to Edge singing a verse of 'When Love Come To Town'
http://www. y o u s e n d i t .com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=0785A0AF4971F251

Watch Edge singing this verse of 'When Love Come To Town' during ZOOTV Broadcast-the documentary (at 18:20 minutes) and also you´re able to see a Morleigh´s short interview at the start :
http://www.s e n d s p a c e .com/file/vr9tyd

Watch the others three segments of the entire documentary on
http://www. s e n d s p a c e .com/file/end5sf (1st part)

http://www. s e n d s p a c e .com/file/mq6rjx (3rd part)

http://www. s e n d s p a c e .com/file/4bvnhp(4th part)

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awww regina your edge posts warms my heart. you've got so much love for that wonderful genius, it's so great that you're spreading it and sharing it. it makes me really happy =)
rock on! <3
thanks for all those links!
 
tuwie said:
awww regina your edge posts warms my heart. you've got so much love for that wonderful genius, it's so great that you're spreading it and sharing it. it makes me really happy =)
rock on! <3
thanks for all those links!

dear, dear, is Edge who moves us in the name of love!
 
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Edge´s solo during 'Love And Peace Or Else': killer guitar, you wouldn’t want to go there!

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"...Every time we listened to the out-takes it always stood out, so we came back to it on this record, and Edge came out with this killer guitar part and glued it together." by Adam. The Edge: “The solo comes from a very deep and dark place. You wouldn’t want to go there.”.
Watch Edge´s solo in San Jose on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLBWmywFaRE

and the performance in Sao Paulo, on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF4vHDNrz_U

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Edge dancing!GORGEOUS!

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Here, he dances during 'Mysterious Ways' in Sao Paulo, on january 31, 1998. The girl which Bono has on his arms is called Claudia, she told me this story she will tell to her granddaughters and grandsons...Watch Edge on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrdIdJnk29g
'One of our sexiest tunes. It's got an incredible groove, and Adam's contribution to the low end is just amazing. The girls like the bass -- they like it a lot [laughs]. What's also nice about that song is that it grew into this incredible piece live, and it's another song that on one level is just a great pop song, but it's got legs. It's still as potent as it ever was. And a great mix from Flood." Edge on 'Mysterious Ways' - Billboard - december 11, 2002. And now watch Edge dancing during 'Mysterious Ways' - Chicago - may 12, 2005. So sweet, watch on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQsUuFSts8k

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Freedom and justice without violence

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"We write songs about what hits us at that time. We wrote a song about Northern Ireland on the "War" album (Sunday Bloody Sunday") and I wrote a song called "Van Diemen´s Land" which touches on that on the new album. I was interested in the history of this character, John Boyle O'Reily. His monument in County Meath. At the entrance to it was this faded brown newspaper clipping which gave the history of his life. How he was a member of the British Army in Ireland. He left the British army and become a Fenian and wrote Fenian poetry. He was arrested by the British Government and was charged with writing material that was deported to Australia for 20 years' hard labour. He was, to me, a prisoner of conscience in a way. He was not a man of violence and he was sent way for 20 years so I wrote a song about that."
by Edge - NME - october 22, 1988.
Listen to Van Diemen´s Land: http://www.y o u s e n d i t .com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4D145582039FFEE2
Watch 'Mothers Of The Disappeared' in Argentina, where Edge played sharango, is wonder, watch on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1cpuMrNk4Q
Watch 'Peace On Earth & Walk On' from Tribute To The Heroes, when U2 played with Dave Stewart, having Morleigh Seinberg and Natalia Inbruglia as two of the three backing voclas. Sublime, watch on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnkcYMONF9Y
And watch Edge singing solo their 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' exactly one day after the 26th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCp8WPdCqQA

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Good words around Edge

From an anti-nuclear song passing for his speeches! The acoustic guitar that opens "Seconds" and drives it was 'The Edge´s idea. "A smart move", Bono observes. "...All this lead guitar stuff never meant much to him." "Seconds" is a tour-de-force from The Edge. For the first time he sings lead vocals. In fact was The Edge´s voice that U2 tended to double-track for harmonies. There was musical irony in the juxtaposition of The Edge´s jaunty acoustic pop confection with lyrics about the imminence of nuclear catastrophe. "The whole spectacle of these girls (a 1982 TV documentary entitled "Soldier Girls") going through this incredible routine of training seemed perfect to slip in here in the middle. It´s not obvious but if you listen close you can hear the refrain: 'I want to be an airborne ranger / I want to live the life of danger'. It´s very disturbing". Edge told Carter Alan on WBCN in 1983. Still, in december 18, 1983, in London, happened "The Big One", a peace concert organised by CND-Campaign of Nuclear Disarmament to protest against American nuclear missiles at Greenham Common. Edge sings a moving version of "Seconds", its anti-nuclear lyrics never more appropriate. List to Edge´s voice on 'Seconds':
http://www.y o u s e n d i t .com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=7F788D3F363281D4

His speeches are awesome:
Edge: Well, uh, we seem to have lost our bass player. He went to the loo a couple of minutes ago and he's still in the back. Oh, Adam, this way. Here he comes. I don't know about you, but I'm still recovering after Whitney Houston. Um. Ok. I have a bit of a list here I want to read out. It's just a few people we thought we should thank. Um, I've got to be careful of this list 'cos it's got the lad's votes and, uh, stuff on the back. Ok. Uh, first I'd like to thank our lawyer and friend, Owen Epstein, who couldn't be with you, us tonight. Um, thanks go to Paul McGuinness our manager for the loan of yet another suit, uh, our management team in New York and Dublin, Ellen and Anne Louise, Island Records, Atlantic Records and WEA, Frank Barcelona and Premier Talent, everybody in college radio (I don't know where we'd be without them). I'd also like to thank, uh, I'd like to thank Jack Healey and Amnesty International for all their work, Desmond Tutu for his courage, Martin Luther King. I'd like to thank, uh, Bob Dylan for "Tangled Up In Blue," Flannery O'Connor, Jimi Hendrix, Walt Disney, John the Baptist, George Best, Gregory Peck, James T. Kirk, Morris Pratt, Dr. Ruth, Fawn Hall, Batman and Robin, Lucky the Dog, Pee Wee Herman, the YMCA, Eddie the Eagle, sumo wrestlers around the world, and, of course, Ronald Reagan."
Watch, by mrsbono on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgRErUkTdFM

SONG OF THE YEAR -- BEAUTIFUL DAY 2001
Edge: Wow. Wow. Well on a personal level this century has been going so well for us. We finished our album, I had a little baby boy a while ago, the Jubilee 2000 work has been incredible - everything has been great. Theres also been some really great breakthroughs in science, the disposable mobile phone has come through, the 3 blade razor and now the female orgasmatron which is great. Now this. So listen...thanks everybody, our record company has been incredible, our management has been incredible, our producers amazing. Thank you.
Watch by mrsbono on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kepGBza8iPE

Edge inducting The Clash:
Watch by TheEdge9091 on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2xAvArwmM&mode=related&search=

Edge during U2´s induction in 2006:
Watch by saizhoo on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWdIj2h7cbM

Edge during Grammy 2006:
Watch on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWdIj2h7cbM

And Bono said, in 1989, about the fall of the iron curtain:
'Because of one man...The Edge!'
http://www. .com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=2CEED9BF456EE28E

Bono afirms:
'Edge is god!'
http://www. .com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=DDE50402468BBFC5

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In the future it is your birthday everyday!

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'What a birthday present...' says Bono, for a guitarist who is from the future. 'In the future it is your birthday everyday!'...'Every year we say to The Edge , 'What do you want for your birthday? And every year he says, 'I want to play Barcelona!' And as Edge receives a Barcelona football shirt and Bono pops open a bottle of champagne to celebrate, it's time to strike up Party Girl for the Birthday Boy....During the day off Edges birthday was celebrated with a great night in Canne and a great birthday cake too. Photos and comments from an exactly year ago...in Barcelona...it was August 7, 2005

Watch a short video of Edge receiving the shirt
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CKivA7gDLRI

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The winners of the three official Music Rising shirts!

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As a part of Edge´s 45th Birthday celebrations, we made a draw with the fans' names who posted a message to The Edge at
http://www.reginaonumbcards.blogger.com.br/. The lucky winners are: Jennifer, Belinda Compton and Karen&David Evan. I´ll contact them by mail and I´ll send their shirts. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE NICE FANS WHO WROTE A MESSAGE TO TE EDGE. You can wath the draw on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SpiMQgGbD4
 
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