1. Well, I was going to go to bed, but I thought I'd do this first.

    8000.

    Info topic time.

    This is an exciting time to be here and thanks to all the usual but especially Gerard, Remy, Jeremy, Sergio & Nate; my fellow crew members for helping make this one of the best places to waste hours on the web.

    Then mentions to Drew, Harry, Ali, Casper, Nikki, Gary for great conversations along the way.

    Spiral, Asso, Risto, Dieder for their uploads.

    Yeah for keeping us sane

    And you new guys Mark, Nick, Steve, Katie, Aussie, Daley, Jana, Kirsten and the thousands of others I've just pissed off by not mentioning. I'm truly proud of this site and love being part of it.

    Hoping to catch up with some of you along the tour this time.




    "The Wanderer" is the tenth and final track from U2's 1993 album, Zooropa. It features country legend Johnny Cash on lead vocals. It is one of a few U2 songs not to feature Bono on vocals at any point (apart from a country style howl at the end) - although The Edge does provide harmonising backing-vocals throughout the song.
    The lyrics describe a man searching for God in a post-Apocalyptic world. Although neither U2 nor Cash ever performed it live in concert until U2's latest tour, U2 played it in a television special entitled I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash, following Cash's death in 2003. The special performance of the song featured The Edge adding dramatic falsetto background vocals.



    As there is no guitar riff, Adam Clayton's synthesized bassline is the prominent musical sound throughout the song, although Larry Mullen's drumbeats can be heard clearly in the background.
    The song is followed on the album by about twenty seconds of a constant siren sound.
    An extended version of the song featuring an extra verse is included on the soundtrack to the film Faraway, So Close! The extended version is 5:16 in length.
    The song was included on two Johnny Cash compilation albums, The Essential Johnny Cash (Legacy/Columbia, 2003) and The Legend of Johnny Cash (American/Island, 2005).

    ARTIST: U2
    TITLE: The Wanderer
    Lyrics and Chords


    [Sung by Johnny Cash with U2; capo -1]

    I went out walking
    Through the streets paved with gold
    Lifted some stones, saw the skin and bones
    Of a city without a soul

    / G - / / C - / G - /

    I went out walking
    Under an atomic sky
    Where the ground won't turn, and the rain it burns
    Like the tears when I said goodbye

    Yeah, I went with nothing
    Nothing but the thought of you
    I went wandering

    / Em C / G D / Em CD G - /

    I went drifting
    Through the capitals of tin
    Where men can't walk, or freely talk
    And sons turn their fathers in

    I stopped outside a church house
    Where the citizens like to sit
    They say they want the kingdom
    But they don't want God in it

    I went out riding
    Down that ol' eight lane
    I passed by a thousand signs
    Looking for my own name

    I went with nothing
    But the thought you'd be there too
    Looking for you

    I went out there
    In search of experience
    To taste and to touch and to feel as much
    As a man can before he repents

    (/ C - G - /) / C - / G - / Em C / G D Em CD G - /

    I went out searching
    Lookin' for one good man
    A spirit who would not bend or break
    Who would sit at his father's right hand

    I went out walking
    With a bible and a gun
    The word of God lay heavy on my heart
    I was sure I was the one

    Now Jesus, don't you wait up
    Jesus, I'll be home soon
    Yeah I went out for the papers
    Told her I'd be back by noon

    Yeah I left with nothing
    But the thought you'd be there too
    Looking for you

    Yeah I left with nothing
    Nothing but the thought of you
    I went wandering


    http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/4022/

  2. Great post, and I agree with everything you said. But thanking me for uploads is too much honour.... legends as Risto (Chris) and Asso.... I can never match them Nice to see some people noticed my few uploads though

    I hope you will stay here as long as we all do.
  3. Let me be the first second to congratulate you, Dan. Always good to have you around!
  4. Congrats Dan
    Always nice having you around here for some great discussions
    And a great crew member too
    Here's to another 1000

    BTW Maybe to make it complete you can put this in your post? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4mUq3hYyA
  5. Its been a long time since you last posted one of these topics, another great read, Well done
  6. Congrats, excellent landmark-post as usual I passed to 9000 last week but I barely noticed it, I'm way too excited with all the album&tour hype
    Originally posted by djrlewis:This is an exciting time to be here and thanks to all the usual but especially Gerard, Remy, Jeremy, Sergio & Nate; my fellow crew members for helping make this one of the best places to waste hours on the web.
  7. 'Waste hours'. Whats happened?

    Just kidding dude. Massive pleasure as ever.

    PS : Hit 10k before August and i'll buy you a pint before the gig.. . . . .
  8. very nice post and CONGRATS here's hoping for another 8000 posts!
  9. Originally posted by dieder:Great post, and I agree with everything you said. But thanking me for uploads is too much honour.... Nice to see some people noticed my few uploads though

    I hope you will stay here as long as we all do.


    Thank you.

    And you deserve it for all that work last week if nothing else.
  10. Originally posted by germcevoy:'Waste hours'. Whats happened?

    Just kidding dude. Massive pleasure as ever.

    PS : Hit 10k before August and i'll buy you a pint before the gig.. . . . .


    You're on.....

    Cheeky fucker.