U2 did not really pop out for me until i was 15 , my parents are basically stuck somewhere between the 60's and the 90's if where talking music. First I have to recognize their influence on me. My dad always had records, shitloads of them, I always loved listening to the beatles together with him , and to bob marley with my mom. (( for me those are 2 pretty big links)) then , he bought shitload of cd's , and now he's buying shitloads of dvd's and blurays too.
So : Music ment more that average , to my parents , which they obviously passed on in a much worser variant on me.
So I grew up with allot of classic rock , which also included u2.
at the age of i think, 15 I all the singles and tracks of ATYCLB.
I started to realize what u2 was, mostly that guy with the shades. But sill no real connection. I didn't listen to anything that closely, those days.
U2 is usually pretty deep stuff and when I was little (still am) I didn't need that,
I needed good melody's and happy tracks.
I also remember a year. I was watching the movie Sunday Bloody Sunday((link 3)),
and when I heard and saw it with u2's track under it ,
it teared me up. First time I cried at a movie , ever.
I remember going up to my bedroom afterwards, and began drawing stuff about it. ( thats the weird shit artist do
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This must have been between now and 8 years since it was at the house where I now live. But I can't remember when.
In 2004, was really the year for me I began listening, focusing on lyrics.
Lyrics started to make me feel good, confident , or either soothed me , or gave me a thing to lean on. I was having a shit time. Which I read back allot here to , so the emotional state of a person obviously infects the u2 -fans around, because thats when you develop your emotional side so much, and also kind of start choosing sides and opinions to..
This all was mostly triggered by Greendays American Idiot.
Now where are coming to the link. Greenday collaborated with u2 in the saint are comming video. (( Link 4 )) And there is U2 in my picture.
The vertigo clip couldn't be missed each day. It was massive , and so thats where they basically cought my interest. The man in the shades and the long hair bouncing up and down, really got my attention and interested me so much.
You can tell he is great front man.
Then I bought the HTDAAB album. (( Link 5 to total fandom )) Wich blew my brains away.
Started exploring more of their albums , and found out they where basically so talented, and diverse. Which I find really important.
You can listen to this band in every mood.
Basically it kept on coming back to me. Thats my story basically , hope that helps tough.
I pretty much never post in here . (Sorry for any spelling errors, English isn't my native language but you know that
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