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Me too.

Man I remember watching that video way back.

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Exactly, Bono marching with the white flag, his exchange with the crowd, "No More!", his breath visible in the cool air -- it is mesmerizing.

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anyone listened to their really early stuff like this?

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Kind of amazing how much better they got shortly after this.

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I agree with this, and since I DO love the studio songs on it, it's not totally fair to ignore it completely. But it factored in to them really wanting to move away from that JT sound. I really just see it as an "extension" of JT since it's main purpose was that it's the "Soundtrack" to the movie, which is mainly a live document of the JT but grew into additional sessions (Sun Studios stuff and Point Depot Recordings)...

But I can also discount it quickly since it's not truely a "studio" album. If I think studio albums I go.

Albums:
Boy, October, War, TUF, TJT, AB, Zooropa, Pop, ATYCLB, HTDAAB, NLOTH


EP's / Important Live Stuff and B-Sides / Live video (where they moved to after the R&H backlash):
Early B-Sides (Fire, War B-Sides) UABRS, TUF B-sides, Wide Awake In America, TJT B-sides, Rattle & Hum, Live from Sydney, Passengers, Live from Mexico, Live Boston/Ireland, Target EP, iTunes Exclusives stuff, Vertigo Chicago, Live from Rose Bowl, Wide Awake In Europe

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I'm in as well.

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Oh and I forgot to mention in my previous post the "Wide Awake In America" EP with the great live versions of "A Sort of Homecoming" and "Bad" from the Spring of 1985. I listened to that tape so many times on my Sony walkman during that Spring and Summer.

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I just think that R&H and its reception played too important of a role in the band's development to lump it in with live albums and iTunes exclusives.

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Same here again. And I STILL think "Love Comes Tumbling" not only should have been included on the album, but could have been the dang first single!



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I could have sworn that the fan club released something like that a few years ago as a premium.

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Looking at this thread, and from what I know of several of the members, it looks like whatever U2 era was happening when you were young was your favorite. Makes sense, I suppose.

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They all happened after I was young :). I'm the same age as Bono.

I did see them in 1983 when I was sort of young (22).

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[QUOTE=MBoyd;10827543]Here you go. This settles it. Achtung, Baby and Zooropa are the Zoo TV era. :lol: I will be buying the deluxe set.

Ditto. I'll pre-order this puppy the moment it's listed.

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wasn't even born :D

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I prefer early U2 because it had more of that post punk/new wave sound.

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Screw you!

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Nope:

Melon (Back in the Propaganda era)
then from u2.com
U2 Communication (CD ROM)
Live From Ireland CD set
ZOO TV Live
Artifical Horizon
Duals

(I think that is all the fan club cd's)

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You were probably born when New Kids on the Block and other crappy boy bands were popular


Same here. I think I only listened to Achtung in 1991 when I bought it from Costco and it came in a cardboard digipack which did not make me happy.

The U2 in the 90's was not my U2 with the crazy costumes, wearing makeup, & dressing up in drag in some videos. The Discoteque video really turned me off with the village people attire.


I bought Boy, War, and October after All That You Can Leave Behind and got back into U2.

I wish I listed to Boy when it originally came out but I was too young then.

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I love both Joshua and Achtung, both have a place in my top 40 albums of all time. But I would go for the Zoo TV era because I was a bit older then and it was the first time I really could really immerse myself into U2.

Sadly I've yet to see them live, the only time they came near me since 1987 was in 2001 and I couldn't get off work that evening.

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Everything up to and including Joshua Tree for me. So I guess the 80's era, though I didn't care for Rattle & Hum.