Originally posted by U2Kitten:
WOW!! So awesome I'm blown away! That is so cool and I'm glad you're finding all your old stuff. More!
Icelady, do you ever feel like this, I have been wanting to ask someone who has liked them as long as I have. It's weird sometimes, looking at Bono singing, and thinking about young Bono and, well I don't know, sometimes it's just like he's the same guy and sometimes I just can't believe it's the same U2 I fell for back in the 80's. Sometimes in concert I could see glimpses of the past, and sometimes I had a hard time believing it's the same guys, all these years later! I know I'm just rambling, I don't know how to explain it, it's just this feeling I get sometimes. When I look at that pic you just posted of Bono with his mouth wide open, it looks just like Bono now, and yet, I'm still like, no that's not the same band, is it? It's like, different, but the same! It's computers....San Dimas High School Football rules! (Bill and Ted quote from the jock who realized he couldn't explain what he was trying to say)
Anyhow back to the treasure chest!
Well, I just look at it as evolution I guess. Times change, people change, at least you hope they do. You hope they grow as individuals.
Growing up and liking them now as opposed to liking them now I don't think makes any difference. The only difference is time. Back then I used to be like most on this forum. You sort of obsess for lack of a better word. But that was then.
At this point in my life although I still enjoy their music and their looks!
it certainly doesn't start and end with U2. I have grown and matured and priorities change. I'd like to think that at the end of the day they are no different than you or I. They have a job - albeit a little more exciting then mine, they have a life, they have a family.
I think the only thing that maybe stays constant would be mannerisms and his mannerisms although they have changed somewhat are still the same - the crossing feet, the standing on toes, the grabbing of his arm, the long sleeves. So maybe in seeing his mannerisms you see him as the same then and now....
Now you have me babbling on.....
I'll post some more for you in a sec