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Since we're all obsessive enough about this band to float on a message board all day, I'm sure many of us have knowingly or unknowingly taken on a few characteristics of Bono, Edge, Larry & Adam. What are yours?

Here are a few of mine:

1. Edge got me to learn guitar.
2. I've adopted Bono's dark-purple-shirt-unbuttoned-with-a-suit look. :wink:
3. I've gotten really into Africa stuff (and, as I'll graduate med school in a month, I've been thinking about international medicine..)
4. I have an Edge beanie..:reject:


P.S. - Mods, I figured ZC was the best place to put this, as it doesn't quite fit in EYKIW and there's a "no-U2" decree in Lemonade Stand. But, move it if it's appropriate! :wave:
 
Not a characteristic, but...when I was in middle school, my parents bought me a pair of boots that looked so similar to some boots I'd seen Bono wearing. I felt so darn cool. The soles were a bit slippery though...and one day in the cafeteria, I slipped, dropped my tray, and fell on my butt in mashed potatoes. I got a standing ovation. :reject: Stupid boots. :mad: :laugh:
 
I wear my favorite U2 shirt a lot, I went to Africa to see what the hell Bono's been blabbering on about...hm, that's about it. :shrug:
 
I live and breathe U2. Isn't that enough?

I talk endlessly about DATA, the One Campaign. I hand out white One wristbands.

I listen to U2 music all the time.

My house is filled with U2 and I wear my U2 shirts all the time.

I plunk around on guitar because of Edge, altho I can't play it (I wish!)

I am infatuated with everything Irish and am planning a trip to Ireland, because of U2.
 
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Carek1230 said:
I live and breathe U2. Isn't that enough?

I talk endlessly about DATA, the One Campaign. I hand out white One wristbands.

I listen to U2 music all the time.

My house is filled with U2 and I wear my U2 shirts all the time.

I plunk around on guitar because of Edge, altho I can't play it (I wish!)

I am infatuated with everything Irish and am planning a trip to Ireland, because of U2.
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WOW....that's amazing! :ohmy:
 
LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:
I wear my favorite U2 shirt a lot, I went to Africa to see what the hell Bono's been blabbering on about...hm, that's about it. :shrug:
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and thats about it thats huge!!!!! What an excellent trip!


Lets see, I talk about them and Bono all the time and talk about everyone in the world peacefully coexisting together.....my hubby calls me hippy chick....
:huh:
 
I find myself trying to promote peace with those that I am around. Really bothers me a lot when I see people going at each other. Oh and I listen to U2 constantly which I have always actually done,lol.
 
The Edge is probably a big part of the reason I play guitar, and I've tried to write some songs that have somewhat of a U2 sound (yet are original at the same time). When I play the guitar sometimes I do the Edge foot stomp :heart:

I do Bono's hand gestures! It's totally unconscious but my friend pointed it out to me once... "oh my god you looked just like bono when you did that, i was watching TV and he was talking and he moves his hands this certain way when he talks and you did the exact same thing!!" :huh: my friends make fun of my hand gestures :grumpy:

I dress sort of like Bono sometimes.

This is really bad - sometimes when I'm trying to explain something I slip into an irish accent and say "em" a lot :reject: :lmao: it just sounds better than "uh," okay?!
 
i play guitar because of the edge (hey thats new huh :shrug: )


i got myself an explorer :rockon:


i bought a pair of shoes because Edge had 'em (and they looked damn cool)


i tore the bottom of my jeans because the Edge did :cool:


i almost bought a bedazzler :shifty:


i have 2 pairs of Bono's D&G shades (different colours)



in front of an audience i don't intentionally do this but i always speak a little bit funny like Bono does -- stressing different words and pausing at funny times and things like that :shrug:
 
i have tried to play bass kind of like adam (the style and such...)

the song ive been writing definitely has some U2-esqueness to it

all my friends make fun of me and such because they know im obsessed with U2...lol

yeah thats about it...i have become more, i dunno, sympathetic to the stuff that bono preaches about (AIDS, poverty, etc)
 
I have several pair of Bono-esque sunglasses.

I've heard Bono say that Edge was a scientist. I've always wanted to be a scientist, but this made me want to do it even more. (I'm a biochem major).

I've been wearing a lot of black lately, which U2 tends to do.
 
Hmm...

1. I do the Bono-sleeve thing... not so much 'cos Bono does it, it's quite comforting
2. I have a few items of clothing that are Bono-like and I wear elevated boots
3. I say "y'know" quite alot (Bono does sometimes)
4. I suppose I have Pop-Bono hair
5. I started playing bass 'cos of Adam and now i'm in a band

Wow... listing all these make me sound like a Bono clone :huh: :wink:

I suppose i can identify with each of the band members but it's U2 as a whole that's most important to me, not any specific member
 
We got Bono sleeves; we got Edge-ish pants; we got too-thick shoes..
(Oh yeh, too much coffee, have I had!)
Ahem.
 
I would have to say idealism, for me. I know maybe it sounds silly, but it's true. My senior year of high school I had a really bad breakup/falling out with a guy that I thought I really loved (we'd known each other since fifth grade, and I was convinced we were "meant for each other," going to get married and all that rubbish :rolleyes: ), and as a result I became quite cynical about everything - life, love, you name it, I didn't have faith in it. Then I watched Live 8, and the whole concept behind it kind of appealed to me. After the event I was listening to interviews with various artists (okay, just Macca & Bono), and I have to admit, I just did it to listen to their lovely accents at first. :reject: But some of the things Bono said really struck a chord with me. "We can't fix everything, but what we can, we must. And that's what we're going to do." I don't know if that's the exact quote, word for word, but it's pretty close, and what I remember most is the spirit behind those words. "And that's what we're going to do." That phrase was definitely a turning point for me. When I heard that, it kind of made me stop and think - here I was, a cynical 19-year-old who's led a sheltered life, bitching and moaning about love and all, and here was this man who had twenty-some-odd years on me and yet still fully believed in making a positive difference in the world. I was practically in awe, and, as cheesy as it might sound, I think that was a life-changing moment for me. I realized that I didn't have to be bitter and cynical about everything, and that if Bono could help save the world, then dammit, so could I! :wink: It was a pretty great feeling, and I think I'll remember that interview and the way it opened my eyes for the rest of my life. I can't even really explain it in words, but I think that's the most prominent "U2 trait" I've taken on.
 
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