I became a U2 fan in 1990, when I was 12. I remember when AB came out; it was my Christmas 1991 present from my girlfriend at the time. I was shocked. And in awe. I went to my first U2 show in 1993, after sadly missing Milan 1992 (my parents thought I was too young -- we had a HUGE fight). What a surprise of an album, and what a show! Nothing like the 80's. ('Hey you! I remember you!' Shouted Bono every night at his past self -- only 5 years earlier...).
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Originally posted by dieder:Shit. I really should have been born in the seventies.
Originally posted by JuJuman:[..]
I became a U2 fan in 1990, when I was 12. I remember when AB came out; it was my Christmas 1991 present from my girlfriend at the time. I was shocked. And in awe. I went to my first U2 show in 1993, after sadly missing Milan 1992 (my parents thought I was too young -- we had a HUGE fight). What a surprise of an album, and what a show! Nothing like the 80's. ('Hey you! I remember you!' Shouted Bono every night at his past self -- only 5 years earlier...).
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Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
You speak the truth for me as well
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
From what I've been told, there was basically a full silence regarding U2 until a few weeks before The Fly was released. At least it was like that here in Spain, where U2 was EFFING HUGE after the R&H release, and the news-blackout after 1989 was very badly received - as well as the Fly release.
Originally posted by DerBFreund:[..]
I remember reading some time around the release of Get On Your Boots some news piece in a Spanish website that the new single was the worst since "that horrible The Fly song that nobody liked".
I thought, dude, you are incredibly stupid, thanks for participating. But now it seems like it was a nationwide hatred
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
Yes, it was definitely a nationwide hate back then. People had grown to adore the Joshua/R&H era so much that seeing the radical Achtung change wasn't well received at all, not only by the critics but mostly by the general audience. U2 struggled badly to sell out their 92 & 93 shows here (in fact, the Oviedo '93 show was far from sell-out and the Madrid '93 one sold out only after some strong promotion the days prior to the show, if memory serves well). Yep, I guess people are too traditional over here also when it comes to U2 ...
Originally posted by RUMMY:[..]
Pushing 40 ain't all that great, fellas.
