sharky
New Yorker
so I was at Starbucks today and started to hear a song that sounded familiar and then smack! no way! I Fall Down. Does anyone else think this is odd that they were playing I Fall Down at Starbucks? Is this disturbing to others?
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I was standing in line at Starbucks last week listening to music overhead thinking to myself, "Gee, this piano part sure sounds familiar." When Bono's voice came in I admit I was was surprised and, yes, a bit disturbed. Must be on the CD they send out for every store to play.
Edited to add: Almost as weird as the time I was wandering through Home Depot when Kite came on.
Edited to add: Almost as weird as the time I was wandering through Home Depot when Kite came on.
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Strato Edge
War Child
I love "I Fall Down", never heard it at Starbucks though.
AvsGirl41
New Yorker
I was at Restoration Hardware once and they played their cover of "Everlasting Love."
It struck me as weird at the time.
It struck me as weird at the time.
~LadyLemon~
I Serve Larry's Stick
Yeah, I remember being at a Meijer (kind of like a wal-mart) when Kite came on. It was especially weird cos it was only Dec. 2000, only a few months after ATYCLB came out.
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popacrobat
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I was skiing at Mt. Snow in early 2001, (Jan or Feb) and they were playing Kite down at the bottom of the liftlines...really, really, really loud.
also, a week after that I was buying shoes at a shoestore, and they were playing In a little while.
also, a week after that I was buying shoes at a shoestore, and they were playing In a little while.
pub crawler
New Yorker
About 2 months ago at the local Starbucks they played 'Twilight' which, like your hearing 'I Fall Down,' really surprised me. I heard it again at that Starbucks a few days later. Would Starbucks actually let employees bring in their own CD's? I wouldn't think so.
martha
Blue Crack Supplier
I was at a demolition derby once, and the whole ATYCLB was played before the derby started. I thought that was kind of weird.
Oh, and AvsGirl, your sig is hypnotizing.
Oh, and AvsGirl, your sig is hypnotizing.
AvsGirl41
New Yorker
martha said:I was at a demolition derby once, and the whole ATYCLB was played before the derby started. I thought that was kind of weird.
Oh, and AvsGirl, your sig is hypnotizing.
Thanks!! Isn't it though!I snagged it from PLEBA, I don't know who made it. I guess no one minds that I'm using it.
Mrs.Clayton
Refugee
I was in the garden department at Home Depot and they were playing "Elevation"...I didn't need anything but I stayed until the end of the song. Also once my mother and I were trying on clothes at some store, and "The Sweetest Thing" came on, I started singing along, my mother thought I lost it.
I love it when I hear the boys in a store...
I love it when I hear the boys in a store...
~*Buffalo*~
War Child
Mrs.Clayton said:
I do that too. But then I feel guilty for not buying anything and spending so long in the shop ... oh, well, it's worth it for U2!
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I was driving home at about 3 in the morning and I heard "When I look at the World" on the radio. That freaked me out a bit, starnge selection.
flaming june
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Schmeg said:When my mom and I were on vacation we were walking by a house under renovation and The Sweetest Thing came on. The builders tried (unsuccessfully) to sing the falsetto parts at the beginning.
Sounds like something that would have fit perfectly on the Sweetest Thing video. I've heard IALW at Sears, and during a trip I made on a cruise ship they played ATYCLB songs all the time, and even a couple from R&H.
i was at a u2 concert and elevation came on... hmmm... actually come to think of it, that isn't very random at all
Yes, and I put a U2 CD on earlier, and of all the strange, weird, unexpected things that could've been on it, there were U2 songs. I was so shocked, I nearly fell off my seat. Since when were U2 songs on U2 CDs? It's just unheard of. The stupid people at the music store must've given me a dodgy CD ...
Moonlit_Angel
Blue Crack Addict
Hehe, I like this one classic rock station in Lincoln, Nebraska-they had a U2 liner one day recently, and had a string of clips of songs they play on there and stuff, and I realized that they do have "In God's Country". It hasn't actually been played on the radio yet when I've listened, but just the fact that it's there and they can play it was a shock to me, 'cause I'd never heard that song on a station before.
They also play some other songs that I'd never heard on the radio in my old town, not just on there, but on other stations, too.
And then I was watching VH1 Classic yesterday and saw a video for "A Sort Of Homecoming", which was cool, 'cause I'd never seen that before.
Angela
They also play some other songs that I'd never heard on the radio in my old town, not just on there, but on other stations, too.
And then I was watching VH1 Classic yesterday and saw a video for "A Sort Of Homecoming", which was cool, 'cause I'd never seen that before.
Angela
Did I miss something?
OH!!!!
once i walked in to my ap us history class and heard the song gloria (U2's that is), and i was like :confused". then i sat down and saw the october cd sitting up my the teacher's imac. turns out she's a huge U2 fan and we ended up listening to the october cd the entire class period!
i was surprised she picked that cd as that and zooropa are by far the most underrated U2 albums, but at least zooropa won a grammy! plus, she still had the folders from when she took the same class in high school, and she'd written "U2" and stuff like that all over them. this was in 99, and i know she still teaches there as i had a night class for my college in her classroom last year, but i don't know if the folders were still there.
once i walked in to my ap us history class and heard the song gloria (U2's that is), and i was like :confused". then i sat down and saw the october cd sitting up my the teacher's imac. turns out she's a huge U2 fan and we ended up listening to the october cd the entire class period!
i was surprised she picked that cd as that and zooropa are by far the most underrated U2 albums, but at least zooropa won a grammy! plus, she still had the folders from when she took the same class in high school, and she'd written "U2" and stuff like that all over them. this was in 99, and i know she still teaches there as i had a night class for my college in her classroom last year, but i don't know if the folders were still there.
sharky
New Yorker
we're going to have to take back your U2 Fan License now for forgetting the song. You're on probation.
Michael Griffiths
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I was at a very trendy, upscale grocery store that has a cappuccino bar and a restaurant built in, and all of a sudden U2 song after U2 song comes on. These were all the songs I heard, in this order:
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Like A Song
Kite
Everlasting Love
Angel of Harlem
All I want Is You
Where The Streets Have No Name
Out of Control
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Two Hearts Beat As One
The Ocean
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
I Fall Down
Gone
Mysterious Ways
Stay (Faraway So Close!)
Satellite of Love
MLK
Beautiful Day
After shaking my head in utter disbelief and relishing in the incredible order of songs assembled, I realized that I, in fact, worked at the place and burned that very CD, and requested it played.
So, if Starbucks is now playing 'I Fall Down', it's probably because of me (there was a Starbucks right next to us). Guess I'm a trend setter. 
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Like A Song
Kite
Everlasting Love
Angel of Harlem
All I want Is You
Where The Streets Have No Name
Out of Control
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Two Hearts Beat As One
The Ocean
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
I Fall Down
Gone
Mysterious Ways
Stay (Faraway So Close!)
Satellite of Love
MLK
Beautiful Day
After shaking my head in utter disbelief and relishing in the incredible order of songs assembled, I realized that I, in fact, worked at the place and burned that very CD, and requested it played.
So, if Starbucks is now playing 'I Fall Down', it's probably because of me (there was a Starbucks right next to us). Guess I'm a trend setter.
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