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Re: U2 and nostalgia value



Chris Emery wrote:

> > Jan k noted:
> > >most of us here on the list probably have some appreciation
> > for albums like
> > >U2' s _the joshua tree_.

Yup. Just had to get that out of the way. Best CD _ever_, imo.

> >
> > Heard "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" on a CLASSIC rock
> > station yesterday...made me weep for my lost youth.  I think
> > I'll start
> > listening to the backstreet boys to feel young again.....nahhhhh,
> > recapturing one's youth isn't worth that much.
>
> Backstreet Boys don't seem to remind me of my youth at all.

Ick. Me either. My youth had at least some semblance of taste and talent to it
musically...

> It's funny
> this subject came up, because last week I went on a nostalgia binge, and
> bought INXS _Kick_.  Talk about those memories!

I probably would pick _Listen Like Thieves_ over _Kick_, but it is definitely a
nostalgia disc. I've played some Costello and had The Smiths' _The Queen is
Dead_ on as well lately, in the way of nostalgic discs. And all that old U2.
Hearing "The Sweetest Thing" on the radio has made me dig out all those old
CDs. Not that they're ever really all that far from my player, I suppose.
Hadn't listened to _War_ in awhile. That _totally_ brings back memories. "Two
Hearts Beat as One" totally reminds me of my first real girlfriend back in the
9th grade. Heh... Anyway, what's the consensus on "The Sweetest Thing"? I mean,
I remember it as a b-side from _The Joshua Tree_. Can't remember which single,
though...

> > I'd like to hear OtR cover a little U2...that'd rock.  Have to think about
> > what song though...sometimes Karin and Linford's outfits make me think
> > Discotheque...
>
> Nouveau pseudo-bohemian.

Yeah. What he said. As far as them covering U2, Jack's just seems to be
figuring out how to cover Ric. I don't know how he'd do with The Edge...

> Chris
> NP: TStan's Trip-Hop Megamix on mp3

np: Unkle - _Psyence Fiction_
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