bonocomet
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Michael's got some amazing blue eyes. Gives that other blue-eyed singer a run for the money in the blue eye department.
So sad about R.E.M.I love them.
I've just found this photo and its description says it was taken by Mike Stipe:
Yep, I was crushing on 1993 Michael Stipe and Bono at the same time. Zooropa vs. Automatic For the People....
Awww, thank you so much for these great pictures! So many sweet photos. Michael and U2, Bono especially really are very close. I remember Bono saying in "In Conversation" that most people have no idea how close he is to Michael and how much his friendship means to him. Also, there's a very sweet dedication from B to Michael at the end of "U2 by U2". I love seeing them together and I wish they'd sing/play together again. So sad R. E. M. won't be making any more music, but at least we have all their albums to listen to, which is indeed a great gift
I'd like to post what Bono said about Michael in "U2 by U2", because it's very adorable.
Bono:
I remember walking backstage (a concert in Milton Keynes in 1985) and saw this odd-looking bohemian with tiny little plaits in his hair, scribbling on a piece of paper. He looked like Lucky from „Waiting for Godot“, with a striking, tragicomic face. I sidled up beside him and said hello and he had a beautiful, mellifluous, southern twang, with perfect manners. That was the moment I met Michael Stipe. He was reading something and so was I, I can't remember what we were reading but it was a mine's-more-interesting than yours moment, and there was that dance when two contemporaries kind of work around each other. That began a relationship that is one of the most important of my life. Michael Stipe's friendship means more than I could ever tell you. He's one of the most consistent people you can have as a friend. I consider myself very loyal but unreliable. He's very reliable.
I've just found this photo and its description says it was taken by Mike Stipe: