Being U2, how does that feel?
PARIS 6-7-8 SEPTEMBER 2009
EDINBURGH 29-30 SEPTEMBER – 1 OCTOBER 2009
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Imagine kicking around the streets with your school pals and saying, let’s get a band together..we are 15, none of us can play anything, but let’s give it a go? We might just make it, you never know…we might be as famous as the Rolling Stones one day, imagine, dream….but who’s gonna play what, who’s gonna be the singer?
So you ask mum n dad..could I get a guitar for my Christmas, could I get some drums, could I get an amp and mike..
And then you surprisingly get signed a few years later, oh well, maybe you will get some pub gigs, and support slots, make a few bob for a few years before the reality kicks in..and you have to get a ‘real job’ cos your parents say so..
And then you are still here 25 years later! Packing out stadiums all over the planet, and 90,000 plus people are screaming for you?
What must THAT feel like? Not far from being GOD?
I would be so humbled, I think I would cry and run off the stage!
I think…multiply your best orgasm times 1,000 and you’re still not near it…but you have to give up something for that orgasm…
It must feel great…up to a point!
I don’t envy U2′s level of fame, actually I would hate it! Not being able to pop out for milk, anon, would be really odd.
I like the thought of success, not fame, and you can have one one without the other?
U2 were fantastic tonite, awesome, brilliant, amazing!
But I have some things that they can’t ever have again. I bet they think about that, just…well…sometimes.
Credit due though, no rehab, no kiss n tells, no Wacko Jacko behaviour. This is may be due to the grounded beginnings, good family, and that they still have their original support, same soundcheck guy since they were 17, etc. None of them have presidence, but we all know Bono more? Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, The Edge, Bono. It’s kind of like…you know every member of the Rolling Stones, so you know every member of U2. Each has credit for their talent.
It worked, the whole set up, school pals…and not burning candles at both ends either. You can’t have this prof and energy at 48-50 if you are? I bet they did burn candles when they were younger though, hehe. They have grown up with us.
U2 know.. How To ROCK!
This was the ’360 Degrees Tour’, the amazing set design made sure that they could be seen and experienced from 360 degrees, screens all round, bridges all round, and interacting with the immediate audience from a curved arc, an addition to the normal stage.
My favourite U2 song..is..this one.
Something you should experience ‘live’ in your lifetime…
