Swandiver, just from what I've seen with Bono and the way he acts on stage, I'm sure he'd find a way to incorporate a mother-daughter dance into the concert.
. That'd be awesome if that happened to you guys (by the way, I understand your daughter's pain...only not for U2, but for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. My dad got to see them a good, what, 8 to 10 years back, and granted, I hadn't been a fan of them at that time, but still...he got to see them live and I didn't! No fair! *Pouts*).
Stories for Boys said:
neither of my parents were u2 fans before i was...but now they are. my mother is so cute...she likes a lot of their stuff and sings along harmony to songs like ishfwilf. she loves the joshua tree and atyclb (of course) but she loves all the songs i do too cause she hears them more than once...so basically she loves most of their stuff.
my dad is getting to be a rather big fan. i've bought him uf, the new best of, and rattle and hum, and he bought himself jt. when i was making myself a u2 shirt, he asked me to make him one...i ended up making him 2 and he loves both of them. he even came down to chicago with me to see elevation usa, and LOVED it. he is thirsting for u2 knowledge...he'll start talking to me about them and say a few facts and i'll say "dad, i know..." and he'll reply "yeah...but i want you to know that i do too". . he is also the one who goes through our newspaper every day and if he finds anything u2 (even an ad for a cd) he'll clip it for me. he stole edge's wedding pictures out of a magazine from the autobody shop for me!
my parents and i went to the rock hall this summer to see the u2 exhibit. mind you, i'd already seen it twice at the fan celebrations, but i suggested (and they agreed) that they'd enjoy it too. and they really did! they watched part of the making of the jt and the last 8 or so songs of zoo sydney on the big screen. and they each had their own interpretation of rtss from it too. they really did enjoy it.
That's really cool!
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Originally posted by Stories for Boys
i love having parents that like u2. i mean, my mother thinks the male action hero role model u2 dolls are hilarious! and the menu i made with some u2 midwest people...my dad gave some suggestions for it. they totally are cool with my craziness and it is wonderful. i mean, they let me drive their car to nebraska to see bono...along with about 20 other road trips i've made...
i my parents...
. So do I. I love it when my dad decides to play music on the computer and he puts in a bunch of U2 songs-some of his absolute favorite songs of theirs are "Discotheque" (he loves the bass at the end of that song, how crazy it gets-he likes to play air bass at that part), "Last Night On Earth", "Electrical Storm" (he just goes on and on about how awesome Bono's voice is on this song and how cool Edge's guitar playing is in it in particular), and "I Will Follow". He also sings along with some of them. And he tells me the story about how the first video he remembered seeing from them was "New Year's Day", and about how, when he used to work at an underground rock station, they'd play all of U2's albums (at the time he worked there, U2'd only had
Boy to
The Unforgettable Fire come out), or, when he used to be a DJ at bars, he'd play U2 ("I Will Follow" was quite popular there). And he's sat and watched a bunch of my U2 stuff with me and everything.
And my mom will occasionally ask me questions about them, just so she can learn a little more about them. And if she sees any U2-related stuff in her e-mails from these music clubs she's a part of, she forwards it to me and everything, and lets me know of any T.V. appearances of theirs I might not have heard about yet.
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Your parents sound really cool, Stories.
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To those of you whose parents do not share your love for U2...maybe one day that'll all change. At least, with some of you, it seems like they're pretty good about your love for the band and everything.
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Angela