The Octagon Bar: Been Around the World and Aye yi yi - Page 9

Merc · 06-24-2005, 10:01 AM

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Originally posted by beau2ifulday
Actually, funny thing - I got a call halfway though SYCMIOYO from a friend of mine who didn't know I was at U2 and doesn't like them apart from that one song. I had a completely delayed reaction - I answered the phone normally and it only registered with me that I was actually in the middle of a concert when she said 'why the hell are you playing Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own so loud?'

u2bonogirl · 06-24-2005, 10:01 AM

I "aquired" u2 as well

From my dads collection
All his U2 disappeared (it was a piss poor collection anyway)
but its been replaced and a whole lot more since

LarryMullen's POPAngel · 06-24-2005, 10:03 AM

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Originally posted by ewen

it said that on the other side

I love talking U2 with Ewen.

LarryMullen's POPAngel · 06-24-2005, 10:07 AM

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Originally posted by ewen

i'm an old fart

why is everyone nodding? especially at the 'fart' bit?

my sister got me into U2. she wasn't a fan herself, she just had October on cassette and I 'aquired' it. I didn't become an uber fan until Live Aid. creepy coincidence, the guy with the big tongue (lol icelle) on the other page, my nephew, was a little baby on my lap while I was watching Live Aid in 1985, on a black & white tv at my sisters.

I wasn't

ing at the old fart bit, either.

I wish I had a cute "so and so got me into U2 story" but it was really kind of just myself... I'm at fault for my own demise, so to speak.

Merc · 06-24-2005, 10:09 AM

I've just talked on msn with a bit

LB!

beau2ifulday · 06-24-2005, 10:11 AM

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Originally posted by LarryMullen's_POPAngel

I wish I had a cute "so and so got me into U2 story" but it was really kind of just myself... I'm at fault for my own demise, so to speak.

My family don't care for them much. My Dad thinks Bono is a twat and my Mum doesn't know anything by them other than Beautiful Day.
And hey. Let's not even start on what my friends think.

pax · 06-24-2005, 10:12 AM

My mom got me into U2.

I was telling Ewen that I can remember having the 45 of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"...and I wasn't quite 5 years old.

LarryMullen's POPAngel · 06-24-2005, 10:26 AM

I was 9 when I saw the WOWY video and became hooked (especially on Larry... he was my first crush that I can remember, haha).

Nine... to think some of you weren't even born yet (or much older than babies). Now I feel like the old fart!

Merc · 06-24-2005, 10:32 AM

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Originally posted by LarryMullen's_POPAngel
Nine... to think some of you weren't even born yet (or much older than babies). Now I feel like the old fart!

Next bar title:

The Octagon Bar: Filled with old farts!

beau2ifulday · 06-24-2005, 10:32 AM

I wish i'd been that astute at 9.
I think I was still drooling over Nick Carter and Ronan Keating

LarryMullen's POPAngel · 06-24-2005, 10:35 AM

Believe me, I went through that dreaded New Kids on the Block phase. I think I was 10 or 11 when that hit, but luckily I got bit by the U2 bug again when I turned 13-14, lol.

Merc · 06-24-2005, 10:36 AM

9...

...that was in '91/'92...

The beginning of the R.E.M./Queen-phase...

pax · 06-24-2005, 10:37 AM

U2 and I went through a long divorce post-Achtung Baby, I'm ashamed to say. In junior high I went all grunge, followed by a Lilith Fair-type phase when I was all Indigo Girls and Ani di Franco and Sarah McLachlan. It wasn't until my freshman year of college that I started to care about U2 again, and I rediscovered Zooropa and Pop after they completely went over my head as a young teenager.

Learning to love those two albums, oddly enough, really brought me back into the U2 fold. Now I still love them, and U2 really is my very favorite band. After all that...I've come full circle since age 4.

Merc · 06-24-2005, 10:40 AM

Dinner-time!

LarryMullen's POPAngel · 06-24-2005, 10:40 AM

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Originally posted by pax
U2 and I went through a long divorce post-Achtung Baby, I'm ashamed to say. In junior high I went all grunge, followed by a Lilith Fair-type phase when I was all Indigo Girls and Ani di Franco and Sarah McLachlan. It wasn't until my freshman year of college that I started to care about U2 again, and I rediscovered Zooropa and Pop after they completely went over my head as a young teenager.

Learning to love those two albums, oddly enough, really brought me back into the U2 fold. Now I still love them, and U2 really is my very favorite band. After all that...I've come full circle since age 4.

I lost my way with them when I was in the later years of high school, but I found them again with POP, oddly enough, and when I began talking with my ex. He and I were both huge U2 fans. He even taped and sent me a bunch of Virgin Prunes and Gavin Friday stuff once.

Ah, the advantages of having a SO who's into U2...

beau2ifulday · 06-24-2005, 10:40 AM

haha, Merc and LMPA - you two are so much more advanced in your musical taste than I was!!

Seriously, I was princess pop. I was 9 in 97/98 (I think), so there was plenty of poptastic bands around to fuel me.
I wouldn't have considered looking twice at U2 or R.E.M. I mean, my first real visual exposure to them was the 'Discotheque' video and I know that didn't do my opinion of them any favours.

Today, of course, is a completely different story. Those BOOMCHA!s get me every time

ewen · 06-24-2005, 10:40 AM

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Originally posted by beau2ifulday

My family don't care for them much. My Dad thinks Bono is a twat and my Mum doesn't know anything by them other than Beautiful Day.
And hey. Let's not even start on what my friends think.

I remember my father (RIP) banging on my bedroom door when I was a teenager, telling me to "turn that rubbish down". Lets say he didn't care much for U2. He was a Johnny Cash fan....if he had been alive a few years longer he'd have heard Johnny Cash doing The Wanderer on Zooropa! woah, would I have gloated on that!!

oh, and of course Cash's version of 'One' too a few years later.

U2Girl1978 · 06-24-2005, 10:46 AM

My dad got me into U2.

ewen · 06-24-2005, 10:47 AM

It was Rattle and Hum that lost me. The movie rather than the album. I love the live footage (yes, ok, so do the PLEBAns!!!) but the part with BB King!!! I can't believe Bono's arogance (spelling?) but we won't go there. I totally went off U2 after seeing the Rattle and Hum outtakes too. Again, I won't go there if you haven't seen them. Anyway, Achtung Baby brought me back. They also lost me with ATYCLB but not to the same degree as with R&H because I Loved the Elevation tour, just not the ATYCLB album.

beau2ifulday · 06-24-2005, 10:48 AM

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Originally posted by ewen
It was Rattle and Hum that lost me. The movie rather than the album. I love the live footage (yes, ok, so do the PLEBAns!!!) but the part with BB King!!! I can't believe Bono's arogance (spelling?) but we won't go there.

No - go on. Enlighten me - I don't know a whole lot about that era of U2, to be honest.
What was up with Bono's arrogance?

06-24-2005, 10:01 AM	#162
u2bonogirl Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Back on the blue crack after a long break Posts: 6,726 Local Time: 06:08 PM	I "aquired" u2 as well From my dads collection All his U2 disappeared (it was a piss poor collection anyway) but its been replaced and a whole lot more since __________________

06-24-2005, 10:12 AM	#167
pax ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ewen's new American home Posts: 11,412 Local Time: 06:08 PM	My mom got me into U2. I was telling Ewen that I can remember having the 45 of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"...and I wasn't quite 5 years old. __________________ and you hunger for the time time to heal, desire, time Join Amnesty.

06-24-2005, 10:37 AM	#173
pax ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ewen's new American home Posts: 11,412 Local Time: 06:08 PM	U2 and I went through a long divorce post-Achtung Baby, I'm ashamed to say. In junior high I went all grunge, followed by a Lilith Fair-type phase when I was all Indigo Girls and Ani di Franco and Sarah McLachlan. It wasn't until my freshman year of college that I started to care about U2 again, and I rediscovered Zooropa and Pop after they completely went over my head as a young teenager. Learning to love those two albums, oddly enough, really brought me back into the U2 fold. Now I still love them, and U2 really is my very favorite band. After all that...I've come full circle since age 4. __________________ and you hunger for the time time to heal, desire, time Join Amnesty.

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06-24-2005, 10:09 AM	#165
Merc Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,977 Local Time: 12:08 AM	I've just talked on msn with a bit LB!

06-24-2005, 10:26 AM	#168
LarryMullen's POPAngel Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'll be up with the sun, I'm not coming down... Posts: 53,698 Local Time: 05:08 PM	I was 9 when I saw the WOWY video and became hooked (especially on Larry... he was my first crush that I can remember, haha). Nine... to think some of you weren't even born yet (or much older than babies). Now I feel like the old fart!

06-24-2005, 10:32 AM	#170
beau2ifulday Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 5,512 Local Time: 10:08 PM	I wish i'd been that astute at 9. I think I was still drooling over Nick Carter and Ronan Keating

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LarryMullen's POPAngel Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'll be up with the sun, I'm not coming down... Posts: 53,698 Local Time: 05:08 PM	Believe me, I went through that dreaded New Kids on the Block phase. I think I was 10 or 11 when that hit, but luckily I got bit by the U2 bug again when I turned 13-14, lol.

06-24-2005, 10:36 AM	#172
Merc Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,977 Local Time: 12:08 AM	9... ...that was in '91/'92... The beginning of the R.E.M./Queen-phase...

06-24-2005, 10:40 AM	#174
Merc Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,977 Local Time: 12:08 AM	Dinner-time!

06-24-2005, 10:40 AM	#176
beau2ifulday Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 5,512 Local Time: 10:08 PM	haha, Merc and LMPA - you two are so much more advanced in your musical taste than I was!! Seriously, I was princess pop. I was 9 in 97/98 (I think), so there was plenty of poptastic bands around to fuel me. I wouldn't have considered looking twice at U2 or R.E.M. I mean, my first real visual exposure to them was the 'Discotheque' video and I know that didn't do my opinion of them any favours. Today, of course, is a completely different story. Those BOOMCHA!s get me every time

06-24-2005, 10:46 AM	#178
U2Girl1978 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: At the altar of the dark star Posts: 19,374 Local Time: 06:08 PM	My dad got me into U2.

06-24-2005, 10:47 AM	#179
ewen Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,887 Local Time: 05:08 PM	It was Rattle and Hum that lost me. The movie rather than the album. I love the live footage (yes, ok, so do the PLEBAns!!!) but the part with BB King!!! I can't believe Bono's arogance (spelling?) but we won't go there. I totally went off U2 after seeing the Rattle and Hum outtakes too. Again, I won't go there if you haven't seen them. Anyway, Achtung Baby brought me back. They also lost me with ATYCLB but not to the same degree as with R&H because I Loved the Elevation tour, just not the ATYCLB album.