snowbunny00774
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ETA: misinterpreting again...I'll leave for good at this rate!
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The first U2 song where you "got it"
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redhotswami
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no i meant you haven't been around
lynnok
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I grew up with U2. My Father liked them and bought all their music. He played guitar and he and my Brother played the songs by ear. To me they were always in the background, like furniture, never really paid close attention.
The song that got me isn't my favorite. The song that got me most is 'Acrobat' . My Mother died suddenly a couple years ago, I was going through a real hard time when she passed and the last letter she wrote me arrived a few days after her funeral, at the end was:
And I must be an acrobat
To talk like this
And act like that
And you can dream
So dream out loud
And you can find
Your own way out
And you can build
And I can will
And you can call
I can't wait until
You can stash
And you can seize
In dreams begin
Responsibilities
And I can love
And I can love
And I know that the tide is turning 'round
So don't let the bastards grind you down
I didn't know where that was from till a couple days ago when I reread that letter. Up till then I liked U2...Now I'm connected
The song that got me isn't my favorite. The song that got me most is 'Acrobat' . My Mother died suddenly a couple years ago, I was going through a real hard time when she passed and the last letter she wrote me arrived a few days after her funeral, at the end was:
And I must be an acrobat
To talk like this
And act like that
And you can dream
So dream out loud
And you can find
Your own way out
And you can build
And I can will
And you can call
I can't wait until
You can stash
And you can seize
In dreams begin
Responsibilities
And I can love
And I can love
And I know that the tide is turning 'round
So don't let the bastards grind you down
I didn't know where that was from till a couple days ago when I reread that letter. Up till then I liked U2...Now I'm connected
OP
OP
Canadiens1131
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Man look at this awesome thread I made with lots of replies 
I grew up in the 80's and liked the popular U2 songs from UF and JT. I lost interest when they went through Zoo and Pop phase. Then I got obsessed with the song Bad hearing it on alternative radio station regularly, which I never noticed as a teen in the 80's. That got me back into U2.
miracledrug83
The Fly
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I was exposed to U2 growing up at various stages... my brother had the best of 1980-1990 but I never really listened to it.
It all really began with Beautiful Day... it really hit me over the head... but being all of 12 I just got the single. Then Stuck came out... and I was impressed (shoot me). Then came Elevation and again I enjoyed the song. Then one Saturday morning, Walk On (Brazil Version) came on Rage... this was THE moment. Granted, it took me four singles to realise it, but I immediately knew I had to have whatever album the songs were off. After a quick trip down to the shops, I had ATYCLB and I was hooked.
If I had to choose one other moment that sealed the deal for me it would probably be one Friday night a few weeks after buying ATYCLB. I had the house to myself and had hired out the Sydney ZOOTV video. I was watching it through the stereo with the volume WAY up, and all of a sudden Running to Stand Still segued into Streets... the red light, the intro notes echoing throughout my lounge room... this was the first time I ever got goosebumps listening to Streets (or probably any song for that matter). From this point, there was no turning back.
It all really began with Beautiful Day... it really hit me over the head... but being all of 12 I just got the single. Then Stuck came out... and I was impressed (shoot me). Then came Elevation and again I enjoyed the song. Then one Saturday morning, Walk On (Brazil Version) came on Rage... this was THE moment. Granted, it took me four singles to realise it, but I immediately knew I had to have whatever album the songs were off. After a quick trip down to the shops, I had ATYCLB and I was hooked.
If I had to choose one other moment that sealed the deal for me it would probably be one Friday night a few weeks after buying ATYCLB. I had the house to myself and had hired out the Sydney ZOOTV video. I was watching it through the stereo with the volume WAY up, and all of a sudden Running to Stand Still segued into Streets... the red light, the intro notes echoing throughout my lounge room... this was the first time I ever got goosebumps listening to Streets (or probably any song for that matter). From this point, there was no turning back.
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neutral
genius of compression, Forum Moderator
In God's Country, without a doubt.
Zoots
Blue Crack Supplier
neutral said:In God's Country, without a doubt.
Dusty Bottoms
Acrobat
This was a good thread until Zootlesque ruined it.
For me, I would say Mysterious Ways for personal reasons.
For me, I would say Mysterious Ways for personal reasons.
Zoots
Blue Crack Supplier
Nice to meet you too, Dusty! 
U2isthebest
ONE love, blood, life
Zootlesque said:Nice to meet you too, Dusty!
I still love ya Zoots
even if ya are a thread killa
Sister Shine
The Fly
I got into U2 a little late in the game. I only started to really like them back in December of last year. 
So...for me, it was actually Window In The Skies. I remember I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For back when I was small, but I hadn't known it was U2 back then. Same with Pride.
So...for me, it was actually Window In The Skies. I remember I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For back when I was small, but I hadn't known it was U2 back then. Same with Pride.
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
Perhaps for me it includes Mysterious Ways. I remember walking into school one day singing it to myself. There is still something special to it.
BVS
Blue Crack Supplier
U2isthebest said:
I still love ya Zoots
BTW Zoots you may not know it, but I do too...
You bring a lot to this community.
Bug
War Child
One Tree Hill I think.
sulawesigirl4
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Initially, it was With or Without You.
In God's Country and Streets pretty much clinched the deal tho.
In God's Country and Streets pretty much clinched the deal tho.
jobob
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
First album I bought: JT.
The song when I really got it: Bad live on the Vertigo Tour.
and no, Zoots did not ruin this thread.
The song when I really got it: Bad live on the Vertigo Tour.
and no, Zoots did not ruin this thread.
*browneyedgirl*
Rock n' Roll Doggie
one tree hill too
LikeNoOneBefore
Refugee
Beautiful Day
MandyMarie
Acrobat
I'd been a casual fan since my mom first started playing their albums, but it was Red Hill that pushed me full speed into this insanity.
bugo
Acrobat
Beautiful day - first one I heard and Elevation - first one I bought.
Don't listen to either of those tracks often enough these days!
Don't listen to either of those tracks often enough these days!
TranceEnding
Refugee
Two Hearts .... I loved this song
flybabe
Blue Crack Addict
With A Shout
you cannot beat this song
you cannot beat this song
Varitek
Blue Crack Addict
SBS
midnightlemon
The Fly
Definitely One Tree Hill for me. Coincidentally, the first time I heard it was on my iPod as I was driving through Joshua Tree National Park. I think that may have had something to do with it.
Zoots
Blue Crack Supplier
Tonight. That was the one. 1979. I remember it like it was yesterday! 
theFly51
New Yorker
Elevation music videio
God Part II
The Fly
1981...a little video of some haphazard looking, seemingly penniless Irish lads called "Gloria"...I was only nine years old, but was immediately floored. For a lover of Duran Duran and The J. Geils Band, I instantly knew I'd just encountered something on a much higher, more refined plane.
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