The First Song You Share with the Non-obsessed

Originally posted by gener4:[..]
Brilliant. Most 30-somethings don;t have a clue, so It must have been quite the scene with a bunch of 11-12 year olds

Originally posted by gener4:[..]
Brilliant. Most 30-somethings don;t have a clue, so It must have been quite the scene with a bunch of 11-12 year olds

Originally posted by flowerchild:[..]

it was awkward for me, because I was all excited about this band and then there was basically no reaction coming from anyone well. at least I made sure 30 kids heard one u2 song in their life.

Originally posted by MattG:I try to explain the diversity of the music and how big of a risk they used to be willing to take, by playing through 30 seconds or so of each song on side one of The Joshua Tree.

Then I shut it off, and say "without the internet, or any way to hear their progress or direction until the new singles or new album came out, you walk to the record store and see there's a new U2 record out. So you buy it, you take it home, you pop it on, and this is what you hear."

And I crank the speakers and start Zoo Station.

And they're usually pretty confused. But it opens the door for a lot of conversation about it.

Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
well there's definitely no doubt who the coolest kid in that class was!

Originally posted by MattG:I try to explain the diversity of the music and how big of a risk they used to be willing to take, by playing through 30 seconds or so of each song on side one of The Joshua Tree.

Then I shut it off, and say "without the internet, or any way to hear their progress or direction until the new singles or new album came out, you walk to the record store and see there's a new U2 record out. So you buy it, you take it home, you pop it on, and this is what you hear."

And I crank the speakers and start Zoo Station.

And they're usually pretty confused. But it opens the door for a lot of conversation about it.

Originally posted by MattG:I try to explain the diversity of the music and how big of a risk they used to be willing to take, by playing through 30 seconds or so of each song on side one of The Joshua Tree.

Then I shut it off, and say "without the internet, or any way to hear their progress or direction until the new singles or new album came out, you walk to the record store and see there's a new U2 record out. So you buy it, you take it home, you pop it on, and this is what you hear."

And I crank the speakers and start Zoo Station.

And they're usually pretty confused. But it opens the door for a lot of conversation about it.