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Early U2
« on: September 03, 2012, 03:20:10 AM »
First tune I ever heard from them was "New Year's Day". The angry Irish boys.
Mesmerising sound.
I was hooked until they produced "Joshua Tree". One good tune on that album and everything that followed was pop garbage.
And has yet been pop garbage.
Were they to find their roots again...I might once again listen.

Bono went from angry Irish nationalist to Savior? By switching from edgy, political lyrics with world-class band work to the suck the tit, pop pablum with no meaning. And folks loved it.

I'm on the wrong planet.
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Re: Early U2
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2012, 09:42:20 AM »
I have always been a big fan of the War and Boy.  Sunday bloody Sunday is the song I wanted to hear the one time I saw them.  The lead guitarist play some crappy version that sucked.  Ruined the whole show for me.
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Re: Early U2
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2012, 12:39:21 PM »
I love the early stuff too. It just tugs at me. New stuff, not so much. They have a unique sound that you can spot a in the first notes, but have sold out, as we used to say. I agree too that if they'd get back to their roots, they'd get my money.
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Re: Early U2
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2012, 04:42:45 AM »
Well, I sure was disappointed when I opened this thread.  =|




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Re: Early U2
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2012, 09:20:35 AM »
Has U2 ever flown in a U2?
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Re: Early U2
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2012, 09:50:37 PM »
Shut up flyboys. We're talking music here.
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Re: Early U2
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2012, 10:50:46 PM »
I met U2 backstage a few years ago.


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Re: Early U2
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2012, 09:29:57 AM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on September 04, 2012, 09:50:37 PM
Shut up flyboys. We're talking music here.
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Re: Early U2
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2012, 09:32:08 AM »
I always thought I didn't like U2.  After hearing a couple of decent covers I realized I like their music just fine, it's their singing I can't stand.
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Re: Early U2
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2012, 01:05:29 PM »
Quote from: BobR on September 04, 2012, 04:42:45 AM
Well, I sure was disappointed when I opened this thread.  =|




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I was too until I got to your post.

I saw U2 in concert in 1987.  I haven't listened to them since.
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Re: Early U2
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2012, 02:13:29 PM »
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Re: Early U2
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2012, 10:30:30 PM »
"A sort of homecoming" always gets me.

Home for me was always my step-Grandad's house. I always slept well, there. I could let down my guard. And sleep. Gently drift off, and gently awaken.

Home now is where I make it and the onus is on me to make it a place where my daughter can do the same as I once did.

I hope, at some point when she's grown and has all the responsibilities of the world on her shoulders, that she can return and sleep that same sleep.

That's what I hear in "A sort of homecoming".

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Re: Early U2
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2012, 11:20:37 PM »
Oh, and as far as aircraft, I worked on some of the camera alignment/gimbaling servo software and how to integrate it with GPS/Navsat/Weather data for a defense contractor. Long time ago and none of it was classified.
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