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| | From:  LittleVoiceּ (Original Message) | Sent: 12/27/2004 12:26 AM |
| I was reading some Edge quotes tonight and came across this one. I thought it was interesting and wondered what thoughts you all had about it. It's a very unusual thing to be in a band like this. It's like being in a street gang. And it's all very well being in a street gang when you're 16, but it's bloody weird when you're 32. ~ Edge Is there a time in a rocker's life when they need to "grow up" and "act their age"? Or do you think it has nothing to do with age? What are your thoughts on what The Edge said? 
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I don't feel that you ever
have to grow up. Rocker or not. I think you are only as old as you
feel. Granted some days i feel older than others, lol. I think what
the edge was saying was that they never thought when they were 16, that it would
last this long. Yet i think he's so glad it
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I don't think that U2 are too old to be rocking & rolling on stage. When they do a concert, no one does it better then U2. No other band has more class & integrity then U2, no one. I know that they can't be rockstars forever, but they are great at it and aren't too old!!! |
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Great comments! Does anyone else have an opinion on this? |
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Is there a time in a rocker's life when they need to "grow up" and "act their age"? Or do you think it has nothing to do with age? What are your thoughts on what The Edge said? |
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I don't think so. Age shouldn't be a factor. I think if the 'rockers' are still producing good music, not repeating the same old stuff year after year, then I say, go for it. U2 is a prime example. All of their music and all of their albums are differnet and unique. |
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I totally agree with your view on this, Jenn! |
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I think if they are truly a great band, such as U2 or say The E-Street Band...they don't have any need to stop because of age per say. However, I do think they should naturally change styles a bit and adapt the stage show and so on. I think that has happened both with U2 and with Springsteen. The song quality is there the same as ever...better in fact; but they also mature. Look at ZOOTV and comapre the style, actions and outfits with The Vertigo Tour. Both are great, but Z00TV was younger in vibe in almost every way. |
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| | | From: hjay | Sent: 2/15/2008 12:05 AM |
U2 fans are second to none. I remember when I went to NYC to see our boys shortly after 9-11. The ticket to the show was a gift from another U2 fan and it was the most emotional concert I have ever been to (and I find U2 concerts emotional for me already). What an amazing gift, I will never forget that trip. When they played One at the end of the show they put up all the names of those lost that horrible day. The names floated to the ceiling like they were on their way to heaven and the young girl behind me started to cry uncontrollably and I didn't even think about it, I felt myself reach out to her, a total stranger and I held her hand while she cried and she summed it up best..."U2 fans are family" and we cried together. We share something incredibly special more than just music, more than a common social ideal, we are a family, we are one. |
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| | | From: hjay | Sent: 2/15/2008 12:08 AM |
Whoops...this post was supposed to be for: I clicked on the link: Is there something you would like to add to have added to this page? Do you have answers to this question that need a voice? Post them on this thread and we will add them to this page. We can't wait to hear from you! Sorry it ended up somewhere else...LOL! 
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Well, I guess I'd better fix that link! lol hj, you have totally moved me. Reading that was so incredible. I will make sure this gets to the right place and put on the page, too. Thanks for sharing this. I have tears in my eyes. Huggzz to you. |
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Pinetop Perkins and Honeyboy Williams, the great bluesmen, perform into their eighties. I do not see any limitations being put on musicians. The only problem is that the body breaks down after a while. I do not think it is ridiculous at all to see 60 or 70 year old rockers, indeed there are some great ones still around and playing. Rock ceased being just a teenaged thing in the 1960's. |
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I agree!  John Fogerty rocked at the Grammy's! |
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