Everyone I know has at least heard of Bono. Most think he's a knob on some level. Nearly all begrudgingly accept that they have at least one U2 song they like, but find my 'passion' amusing!
I'd say 85% have heard of Edge; 10% of Larry and bugger all of Adam.
Well, I know several other 'fans' but each one of them isn't that die-hard like we here. Most teenages (I'm 19...) only care for hiphop and R&B or just the popular music. So when I start talking about U2, they now Beautiful Day and Vertigo, so they just happen to know the biggest commercial songs. I'm sure most of them never heard of The Fly etc.
my girlfriend didn't know Bono when we first met. I took a leap of faith in going forward with the relationship but things have came good and she knows all the lyrics to Love And Peace
I've never had that problemn, if for no other reason than everyone I know thinks he is a douche. (he does get on my nerves sometimes btw.)
lol that pretty much sums up my experience, and I agree with you about Bono...but just watching that new interview was great, it does get annoying sometimes when people always ask him about Africa and not U2, but i can't argue with him
Most of my friend know about U2 and Bono...cause I'm nagging about them all the time! xD
But once I talked to a girl that didn't have clue who George Michael or Bruce Springsteen were...
Alex!! amazing avatar!! love it!!
and getting back on topic...
it does happen every now and then... I have a co-worker who didn't! but well, poor guy only knows the name of 2 or 3 local bands.... asking him about foreign celebs or bands is way beyond his capacity.... LOL!!
Where I live (here in the UK) I have found more hate than love for U2. Probably every person I have spoken to, about U2, says that:
1. They are too old, and have no talent.
2. The Edge guitar playing sucks because he doesn't speed play, like other guitarists.
3. Bono is a hypocrite, and is only interested in increasing his ego.
4. They had one good album, which they ride their success on.
5. They should put their money where their mouth is.
These are just some of the things people make of point of saying to me. It grates on me like hell, and even if I try to put them straight, they are in denial.
I don't even talk to people anymore about my musical interests except on the internet, because people are so quick to criticise U2. I think the main problem is, the amount of media bs that is over here in the UK like in the newspaper such as The Sun - which a lot of people read. I mean, one person I spoke to thought Bono was a scientologist.
alot of ppl don't like Edges Guitare play because he has no insane solo ...
Have people besides all of us heard BTBS live?! Oh wait, crap... no . Only us. When I go to school, its like a bad twilight zone (music wise). I hate people
Where I live (here in the UK) I have found more hate than love for U2. Probably every person I have spoken to, about U2, says that:
1. They are too old, and have no talent.
2. The Edge guitar playing sucks because he doesn't speed play, like other guitarists.
3. Bono is a hypocrite, and is only interested in increasing his ego.
4. They had one good album, which they ride their success on.
5. They should put their money where their mouth is.
These are just some of the things people make of point of saying to me. It grates on me like hell, and even if I try to put them straight, they are in denial.
I don't even talk to people anymore about my musical interests except on the internet, because people are so quick to criticise U2. I think the main problem is, the amount of media bs that is over here in the UK like in the newspaper such as The Sun - which a lot of people read. I mean, one person I spoke to thought Bono was a scientologist.
1. WAY False!!!
2. I'd like to seem them do better!
3. Like hell he is! How dare they!
4. Every song on every album is better than fantastic!
5. They have!
hoge resolutie foto's We hebben 696 hoge resolutie U2 foto's beschikbaar voor je, de grootste collectie die je kan vinden. De laatste foto die we hebben toegevoegd is 'October'.
laatste site nieuws Jeremy, known as haytrain here, is the latest addition to the U2start crew. Jeremy will be a crew member specialised in bootlegs, he will mainly work on maintaining our bootleg collection, making it even better, more r.. (lees meer)
nieuwe fan in ons midden De meest recente fan die lid is geworden van U2start is commandos, welkom op U2start commandos! Als nieuwe gebruiker kun je jezelf introduceren in ons Welcome to U2start y'all forum.
wist je dat? Although instrumental, the song '4th Of July' was recorded on the 4th of July, it is about how they felt that day. The Edge was playing the guitar, completely unaware that Brian Eno (one of the producers) was recording it.
populaire concerten Volgens onze gebruikers recensies is 1987-07-08 - Brussels, Belgium het beste concert dat we in onze collectie hebben. Onze gebruikers denken ook dat 1993-08-28 - Dublin, Ireland een geweldig concert was, deze komt het vaakst voor in de lijsten met favorieten.
nieuws berichten We verslaan het nieuws van vele internationale U2 websites zoals U2.com, het meest populaire nieuwsbericht de afgelopen twee weken was 'U2 rocking O2 Arena ... as the support act' van atu2.com
statistieken Er zijn op dit moment 4,745 onderwerpen gestart op de fora met meer dan 208,094 berichten. Meer dan 13,259 fans zijn lid van U2start. De gemiddelde leeftijd van de U2start leden is 29, alleen de leden die hun geboortedatum hebben ingevuld zijn meegetelt.
populaire liedjes Het liedje Where The Streets Have No Name is het vaakst opgevraagd op onze liedjes pagina's en dus behoorlijk populair, volgens de lijsten met favoriete liedjes van onze gebruikers is Bad de eeuwige favoriet.
fan van de maand Elke maand zetten we een U2 fan in de spotlights, de fan van deze maand is gebruiker drewhiggins. Elke fan van de maand heeft een interview met ons, je kan het interview met drewhiggins hier lezen.
concert van de maand Elke maand hebben we een concert in de spotlights, de huidige vond plaats op 1989-12-27 in Dublin, Ireland. Je kan dit concert downloaden, recensies lezen of je eigen recensie schrijven op deze pagina. Je kan ook een deel uitmaken van de concert discussie in het forum.
''What a city, what a night, what a crowd, what a bomb, what a mistake, what a wanker you have for a President.''
-Bono on the Europe MTV Awards, referring to French nuclear testing.
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