If You Could Be a Fly On A U2 Wall...

[HelloAngel]

...what wall would it be? And why?

Would it be a band meal, a band tour rehearsal, an album recording session, etc?

As a writer, this would be a hard choice for me. A studio session would be tremendous, but I think tour rehearsals would be "it" for me - I love raw, intimate performances, and that would be the best! And who knows, U2 could always have a jam and create a new song right then and there - or rehearse an old one like "Red Hill Mining Town" or something

 

[U2Kitten]

There is so much to choose from! I would love to have been there in the early days when they were trying to get it all together and didn't have a clue. I'd love to let them know how great them would become.

 

[one4u2]

...what wall would it be? And why?

Would it be a band meal, a band tour rehearsal, an album recording session, etc?

As a writer, this would be a hard choice for me. A studio session would be tremendous, but I think tour rehearsals would be "it" for me - I love raw, intimate performances, and that would be the best! And who knows, U2 could always have a jam and create a new song right then and there - or rehearse an old one like "Red Hill Mining Town" or something

Ditto! OR a fly on the wall of their tour plane, but tour rehearsal would be the s@!t for me!!!

 

[U2democrat]

hmmm...tough one....the boys at the dinner table would probably hilarious.

 

[Axver]

Tour rehearsal with a video camera. Because I would be such a high-tech fly.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

I would have to say that I would love to buzzzz around their dinner table during the Zooropa tour and hear the shit they dealt with concerning Adam's drinking and such. And speaking of "shit," It would be incredibly hard to resist following one of the band members to the bathroom. The opportunity to sit on their shit (as a fly) would be like us going to Heaven.

 

[Katey]

emm it would be for me the planning ..sitting at a table throwing ideas around .. getting down dirty an creative.

But a tour rehersal.. that would be fantastic to see how they work through that..U2 raw brilliant

 

[Diane L]

I think I would have buzzed around their van when they were first starting out...young, enthusiastic, talking about their hopes and dreams and the gig they'd just played and all.

 

[one4u2]

I would have to say that I would love to buzzzz around their dinner table during the Zooropa tour and hear the shit they dealt with concerning Adam's drinking and such. And speaking of "shit," It would be incredibly hard to resist following one of the band members to the bathroom. The opportunity to sit on their shit (as a fly) would be like us going to Heaven.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Most defenitly an album recording session(s)!! That would be absolute heaven for me!

 

[starsgoblue]

Erm...I'm going to have to say I'd love to be a fly on the wall at a bar with U2 celebrating the completion of one of thier albums! I'd love to be able to hear them talk about what their hopes are for the LP and what they believed they've expressed. It'd be pretty funny to see them goofing around, giddy and buzzed on excitment and beer!

 

[ylimeU2]

That's a hard question, but I think I would have to be a fly on the wall for a band tour rehearsal. I would love to be able to hear raw music, and maybe have the chance to see and hear the development of a new song. That would be the most amazing thing, I think.

 

[theSoulfulMofo]

I'd rather do the Bill Flanagan thing... write a biography and getting the behind the scenes story... like conversations about art and philosophy at a local Dublin pub.

 

[starsgoblue]

I'd rather do the Bill Flanagan thing... write a biography and getting the behind the scenes story... like conversations about art and philosophy at a local Dublin pub.

Hells yeah!

 

[Seabird]

In the castle for the UF recording! They looked like they were having so much fun.

 

[DaveC]

I'd like to be a fly at Hansa Ton in 1990-91 when they were having all those troubles. Just to really see how bad it got.

 

[brownda7]

Being from Sydney, and having attended the only concert that a member of the band didn't play, i have to say being the fly on the wall when they were discsssuing what to do on november 26 1993, probably around 2-3pm when it was clear that adam was well and truly, "tired and emotional" as they say.

 

[Salome]

as long as it involves Clayton I wouldn't care where

 

[isabelle_guns]

Good topic. I would want to be a fly on the dressing room wall. Not for "those reasons" but 'cause I have always been curious what band members say to each other before they hit the stage etc. I only wouldn't mind looking at Larry dress

 

[U2girl]

Album studio. It would be really interesting to watch the birth of U2 songs.

 

[babyman]

definitely while composition, to see how their art borns!

 

[babyman]

u2 girl