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trinityofone

Music into books

Jul 28, 2006 12:26

I want this so badly it hurts.

From U2.com:

24.07.2006
‘In Their Own Words’

It will be the definitive U2 story. It will have stories never before told and photos never before seen. It is ‘U2byU2’ and worldwide publication is just two months away, on September 22nd. [Amazon says the 26th. Possibly Ireland and the UK get it earlier. Grr.]

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inthekeyofd July 28 2006, 19:34:56 UTC

I must get that book!!!!!

My love of U2 and them being my favorite all time band is still going strong...*sigh*

trinityofone July 28 2006, 19:40:19 UTC

There's something epic about them, you know? I can't think of another band quite like that, where all the original members have been there since the beginning and they've been together for so long. I mean, they met in high school, and Bono and The Edge still live next door to each other. It's incredible.

inthekeyofd July 28 2006, 19:47:14 UTC

And just think what would have happened if no one answered that little post about joining a band.

The best is that, with the exception of Larry, none of them were that exceptional on their instruments..and Adam..oh Adam, that HAIR he had.

I think the thing is that they are at the core friends, they all let Bono have the spotlight, but at the same time, they are all equals, I think that is the real key.

Plus they are incredibly nice guys too..that really does have to help as well.

trinityofone July 28 2006, 20:00:52 UTC

I know! Their meeting has a fantastic element of DESTINY to it. So do some of their early songs. I mean, I know I've mentioned it before, but these lines in "The Ocean" just kill me:

And I felt like a star
I felt the world could go far
If they listened to what I said.

He was 18 when he wrote that. Well, the world certainly has, Bono!

none of them were that exceptional on their instruments

Have you seen the "Street Missions" video? Oh, boys. *g* And yes, the hair was bad. Though I don't think it's fair to single Adam out. While the blond fro was...something, they all had bad hair at one point or another. Larry spent years looking like a muppet, Bono had horrible long '80s hair, and frankly, losing his hair was one of the best things that ever happened to Edge. ;-)

The friendship...that's what really astounds me. To live and work with the same people, over all that time, and still be close? That's epic, whether you're rock stars or not.

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roaringmice July 28 2006, 19:42:55 UTC

Yes, Neil wrote a bio of Duran Duran. I, too, was shocked. Well, not really, since I believe Neil used to write for magazines, but seeing his later work? Quite different subject matter.

trinityofone July 28 2006, 20:03:19 UTC

I even find Don't Panic!, which I've had for years (since before it was reissued--check out my cred, yo!), to be a bit weird, 'cause it's not all that well-written. But I'm just...DURAN DURAN? I've read some of Neil's old magazine pieces (there are a few in Angels & Visitations), but a whole book... Have you read it?

roaringmice July 28 2006, 20:15:55 UTC

Thing is, I have to have read it. I was such a huge Duranee when I was a kid. I had everything! I still have a few things, but not, I think, this particular book. I'll have to look through my stash.

trinityofone July 28 2006, 20:24:35 UTC

Do you remember how it was? Like, in comparison to the other books about them?

It's so sad: I'm such a fangirl that I kind of want the damn thing now.

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raven_lore July 28 2006, 19:49:21 UTC

Also, in the BWAH? department: Neil Gaiman wrote a biography of Duran Duran?

This just killed me.

:::is dead::

trinityofone July 28 2006, 20:04:11 UTC

It boggles the mind, doesn't it? I wonder if hardcore fans occasionally try to get him to sign it. I wonder how he'd react!

raven_lore July 29 2006, 08:14:08 UTC

You shouldn't say things like that... not when there's a Neil Gaiman's signing coming up in September...

ponders finding a copy and have one of her friends to try to get him to sign it... ;)

lordelessar July 28 2006, 19:52:08 UTC

The U2 book comes out on Frodo's birthday. I thought you should know. :-p

trinityofone July 28 2006, 19:54:33 UTC

Well, all four of 'em are short like hobbits...this MEANS something!

lordelessar July 28 2006, 20:48:59 UTC

It means that Bono is a descendant of the Baggins clan. He is Frodo's second cousin, 963 times removed.

trinityofone July 28 2006, 20:59:05 UTC

I like this idea so much, you have no idea. *g*

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anjak_j July 28 2006, 20:04:28 UTC

That book actually looks very interesting. Great band as well.