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  1. I think it was a magazine called Select, as my mate came round with it and said ''have a read of that!''. We were quite excited, especially as neither of us liked ''when love comes to town!''
  2. Looking at U2 as a band during Lovetown Tour, they were drastically different when it came to the release of 'The Fly'. Imagine watching the 'The Fly' video in September 1991 – a mere 20 months after you last saw them perform in any state. The band look badass; the sound is massively unique and different from what it was two years back; and they've already shaped the 90s. I'd be absolutely gobsmacked and unbelievably excited for the prospect of Achtung Baby. Listening to Achtung Baby nowadays gets me excited. The first time I ever listened to it improved my fan status of U2 exceptionally.

    If you were old enough to appreciate the development of U2 during the 80s progessing into the 90s, then I am completely envious of you. It's something that any U2 fan would love to have witnessed.
  3. Originally posted by KieranU2:Looking at U2 as a band during Lovetown Tour, they were drastically different when it came to the release of 'The Fly'. Imagine watching the 'The Fly' video in September 1991 – a mere 20 months after you last saw them perform in any state. The band look badass; the sound is massively unique and different from what it was two years back; and they've already shaped the 90s. I'd be absolutely gobsmacked and unbelievably excited for the prospect of Achtung Baby. Listening to Achtung Baby nowadays gets me excited. The first time I ever listened to it improved my fan status of U2 exceptionally.

    If you were old enough to appreciate the development of U2 during the 80s progessing into the 90s, then I am completely envious of you. It's something that any U2 fan would love to have witnessed.

    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...).

    End of nostalgic post!
  4. Shit. I really should have been born in the seventies.
  5. 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...).

    End of nostalgic post!


    I remember how it was to me back then:

    I was about 12 or 13 when Rattle and Hum came out and i really loved the album, and also the older material.
    But when 2, 3 years later i came in puberty i started to change my image and i really thought that the band i loved don't fit me no more, with
    that new image i supposed to live.

    But then they came with Achtung Baby... and the problem was solved!
  7. 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...).

    End of nostalgic post!

    Sounds like a keeper that girlfriend
  9. 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.

    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
  10. 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

    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 ...
  11. I actually can't believe that The Fly had such a bad rap back then. Even before I had listened to any of the live versions, I found myself very fond of the song. What a weird time it must have been...
  12. 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 ...

    oh my you should have seen the elbowing queues outside the selling point under the snow early in the morning, or better night, to get those Forum tickets hehe
    it was not at all like cursing on a confortable armchair in a warm room in front of a monitor hehe
    oh dear old times
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