KristenCaNaDiAn
Blue Crack Addict
*became a fan after first seeing Vertigo and having that song stuck in her head for weeks.*
I was born at least 10 years too late!
I say we build a time machine and go back to Mount Temple days
*became a fan after first seeing Vertigo and having that song stuck in her head for weeks.*
I was born at least 10 years too late!
I say we build a time machine and go back to Mount Temple days
I don't see why it'd be different if it's a newbie or not. And for the record, the person has been here for 2 years. I'd hardly call it a newbie.
Really I don't see what exactly I did wrong. I just stated that it's kinda weird to go on a U2 forum calling yourself the biggest fan.
Well.. can I choose a different era? Say... 1997ish..
Or ZooTv would work well too.
Well.. can I choose a different era? Say... 1997ish..
Or ZooTv would work well too.
You don't see me run around and post that I'm their biggest fan. Because I'm realistic enough to know I'm not. Never did I say their username sucks. It's just unrealistic.
Whatever you want
But going back to Mount Temple before they met their "better halfs" would be my choice
Popmart sounds like such an epic party. I'd have loved to see it.I wish I could 1997 over again too. I did not see Popmart because life was kind of shitastic at the time.
If I could revisit 2001, I really wish I got a photo of Bono when he tore his shirt off at the Montreal show. Like, if I go return with the camera I had now. I was in GA but not the heart. It wasn't sold out so everyone seemed to push into the heart leaving me about 4 back from the tip of the heart - right at the time he tore his shirt.
Whatever you want
But going back to Mount Temple before they met their "better halfs" would be my choice
Whatever you want
But going back to Mount Temple before they met their "better halfs" would be my choice
FTW!
I know. My bad for only being 4 in 1975.
Popmart sounds like such an epic party. I'd have loved to see it.
I'd suggest you should go back to Copenhagen, July 6, 2001 then. Check the clip of Streets on youtube.
ohh, I like the way you think.
Time for me to head home, I'm done in the lab for today. Later guys.
Okay, topic for Edge's birthday.....
What year (birth and date) did you become a U2 fan? What was the 'thing' that got you hooked on the U2 Smack?
It was 1983-1987. I was 12 in 1983 and I loved the song Surrender. The infamous Carter Alan was on WBCN in Boston and played the War album all the time. In the spring of 1983, they played Surrender and I loved that song. I would be a fan of the music through the mid-80's. In 1984-85, my friend assigned the Edge as my U2 boyfriend. She liked Bono, and I was a little bummed out. Finally in 1987, she decided she wanted Edge and I got to have Bono. That would start my deep obsession with U2. So, I was a fan at 12, but became ravenous at 15-16. One of the reasons Streets hits a deep chord in me is I remember the trailer for Rattle and Hum. The red screen with their silhouettes walking on stage. The keyboards and Larry's drumsticks cracking together as they count down to the moment where Edge starts that amazing intro......still gives me chills almost 25 years later.
Okay, topic for Edge's birthday.....
What year (birth and date) did you become a U2 fan? What was the 'thing' that got you hooked on the U2 Smack?
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I loved your story, amy. Here's mine.
When I was in 7th grade (13-y-0, 1985 or 86) my friend Dave Young asked if I liked U2. I said yes. He gave me a copy of UF on tape since I didn't own anything except a copy of Surrender and Two Hearts that my brother had on a mixed tape. I put it in my dad's tape player that night and listened to it over and over - I would stop and start and rewind it so I could write down every lyric to every song, which I kept in a notebook and studied. When I went to boarding school in 1989 I lost touch with Dave but thanks to the miracle of facebook I found him and last year had lunch with him and got to thank him.
Oh, and the obsession in earnest happened when I was at a sort of (as GR would say) shittastic place in my life and went to see the Vertigo tour. I came home and knew I had to do that again. I asked my husband if I could fly to Salt Lake City by myself and buy a $200 GA ticket off of ebay. He said "Anything that makes you that happy, as happy as I saw you that night (at the concert) you should do as often as you can"
I just went on to see if any decision had been made about where and when (don't know why it would, this early) and there was an argument about tribute bands. Someone said they're sad and called this girl pathetic or something for seeing the same tribute band 180 times (not an exaggeration). The girl is NOT one to back down from an argument (I've had one with her before) and the two of them went OFF - last I checked there were 144 posts in the conversation.
I just went on to see if any decision had been made about where and when (don't know why it would, this early) and there was an argument about tribute bands. Someone said they're sad and called this girl pathetic or something for seeing the same tribute band 180 times (not an exaggeration). The girl is NOT one to back down from an argument (I've had one with her before) and the two of them went OFF - last I checked there were 144 posts in the conversation.
I just went on to see if any decision had been made about where and when (don't know why it would, this early) and there was an argument about tribute bands. Someone said they're sad and called this girl pathetic or something for seeing the same tribute band 180 times (not an exaggeration). The girl is NOT one to back down from an argument (I've had one with her before) and the two of them went OFF - last I checked there were 144 posts in the conversation.
I need to disable the emails from that group. They're blowing up my inbox and driving me crazy. And it's all convo from people I hardly know.
I need to disable the emails from that group. They're blowing up my inbox and driving me crazy. And it's all convo from people I hardly know.
Um, I added fuel to the fire with this gem....
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I'm trying to figure out the logistics of HOW you see a band 180+ times. Even if they played weekly, which is pretty unheard of, that's still like 3 and a half years of going EVERY week and never missing a show.
Even for the local bands that I never miss a show of, I don't think there are any I've seen more than *maybe* 30-40 times.
I'm trying to figure out the logistics of HOW you see a band 180+ times. Even if they played weekly, which is pretty unheard of, that's still like 3 and a half years of going EVERY week and never missing a show.
Even for the local bands that I never miss a show of, I don't think there are any I've seen more than *maybe* 30-40 times.