![]() They go to the record store on the day a song is released and they buy it. The Friday before the show, my friends and I all headed into Exeter's City Center to go to the record store. Exeter's student union was half the size of an average high school gym - widthwise! Now here's the part of the story that always makes people jealous. They were slated to play in the school's student union where, the day before classes began, I had seen a brilliant performance by another band with an interesting name: Echo and the Bunnymen. The fact that they were Irish totally enticed me.Ī few weeks later, the University announced its second campus concert of the year on 7 November 1980: U2. Needless to say, I was in fucking heaven!) On the train from London to Exeter I read a tiny article about an energetic young band from Ireland that was starting to create a buzz. I'd find a rickety table out of the dart board's line of fire and there, in the smokey haze, much to my “mates” amusement, I'd read the paper from cover to cover nursing my pint of Devinish like it was a grande latte-long before such a thing ever existed-and making mental notes of records to buy and bands to see. (This would become a weekly routine for me every Thursday afternoon: walk down to the news stand after my last class, pick up a copy of the weekly music paper for 50p, and then walk across the street to The Vic a rank-smelling neighborhood pub with mismatched furniture and dim lighting. I think the first thing I did when I landed in London was buy a Melody Maker and a pint. ![]() My introduction to U2 and love for their music goes all the way back to 1980 and my junior year abroad in England. Five Grammy Awards! Wow! Not bad for a band that's been kicking around for over 25 years! And while I really don't need the Grammy's to tell me what I already know…damn, it sure is nice to be reminded that U2 are the biggest and best band in the world.
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