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Name: Josh (m)
Born: 1992-06-01 (20)
Country: United Kingdom
Location: [ENGLAND]. Under A Blood Red Sky, The City Of Blinding Lights, Red Hill Mining Town, Where the Streets Have No Name, at the Moment of Surrender, West Midlands, England
Occupation: Student
Interests: U2, football, music, PS3
Forum posts: 2281
Registered: 4 years ago

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I was born in West Bromwich, England (very very proud)! I support West Bromwich Albion Football Club, very proud. Started liking U2 cuz of the HTDAAB album but months after it came out. U2 rock my world, I am a Christian and I have a girlfriend who I acctually love. I made her a U2 CD with love songs on called 'Love U2'. She actually liked it too. Love this site! I got into U2 2005, I'd love listening to Beautiful Day which my Dad had on his list of favourite CD. I went on this website my mate showed me called cdzinc.com and searched for U2. I found loads of their songs and couldn't keep away. My Dad had The Joshua Tree, All You Can't Leave Behind and Best of 1980-1990 on CD. I had these and listened to them none stop. Songs like The Sweetest Thing and Stuck In a Moment I had heard before and didn't know they were U2, but now I did. For my birthday I had some U2 albums and just listened to them more and more. Then I had the Elevation Boston 2001 DVd which was amazing and I loved. Eventually I collected all of the albums, loads of the singles and bought the Complete U2. I've got many live DVDs and I'm still obsessed and can't get enough!

On U2 and music in general

Been a U2 fan since:
2005

Favorite music album:
Best of 1980-1990

Favorite other music:
The Killers, Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Eminem, Rihanna, Arctic Monkeys, Mr Hudson, Lil Wayne, Coldplay

Favorite tour:
The Joshua Tree Tour and ZOO TV

Favorite U2 album:
Achtung Baby, Joshua Tree, No Line on the Horizon, Pop, HTDAAB, Boy, The Unofrgettable Fire, ATYCLB, War, October, Rattle and Hum, Zooropa

Favorite U2 band members:
Bono and Edge

Favorite U2 era:
1984-1992 1997-2010

Favorite video or DVD:
Elevation Live From Boston

Most valuable U2 item:
U2 by U2, all U2 albums, U2360 TICKET

Shows attended:
20/08/2009 - Sheffield, England - U2360 Tour

U2 song with favorite lyrics:
Bad and Ultaviolet (Light My Way)

Favorite songs

Ultra Violet (Light My Way)

Bad

Mercy

With Or Without You

Electrical Storm

I Will Follow

Like A Song

Until The End Of The World

Heartland

The Unforgettable Fire

Shows attended
2009-08-20 Sheffield, England - Don Valley Stadium

Favorite shows
2009-08-20 Sheffield, England - Don Valley Stadium
2005-05-09 Chicago, Illinois - United Center
2001-06-06 Boston, Massachusetts - Fleet Center
1993-11-27 Sydney, Australia - Cricket Sports Ground
2001-09-01 Slane, Ireland - Slane Castle
1983-06-05 Denver, Colorado - Red Rocks Ampitheater
1981-03-06 Boston, Massachusetts - The Paradise (2)
1992-08-16 Washington, District of Columbia - Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
1992-06-11 Stockholm, Sweden - Globen
1997-12-03 Mexico City, Mexico - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

show	performance	audience	sound	overall
2010-08-06 Turin, Italy
Performance: It was a really good performance, Bono's voice was as strong as its been on the tour and he sounded good. Miss Sarajevo was very good. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me was amazing, so glad its back. But overall the performance was very good with a few mistakes. Audience: Good audience from what I could here Sound quality: Really good audience recording, great, I'm very impressed. Overall: Highlights: Batman (especially the intro with the why so serious thing, it was perfect) 3 new songs were good Discotheque snippet was cool, should have been the whole song. Lows: None really, except the simular setlist to last year but I was expecting that.
2009-08-20 Sheffield, England
Performance: Amazing performance, on fire, perfect from every band member, no mistakes a magnificnet night. My favourite songs were Boots, Vertigo, Elevation and Unknown Caller and ISHFWILF! It felt and still feels like a dream to be honest, I've been waiting four years and it was worth the wait! Audience: Absoloutely amazing audience singing their hearts out all the way though, I was one of them!! The crowd love the band I have a feeling the band loved the crowd. Sound quality: Perfect sound quality, thank you so much 100% 5 Stars, Best of this tour! Overall: highlights: ISHFWILF, amazing corwd singing all the way though Verigo, full on rock song Boots, full on rock song Elevation, full on rock funk and groove song Beautiful Day, beautiful song, beautifully played Crazy Remix, wow so funky and popmarty Lowlights: When it finished, i wanted more Everything was perfect about the bootleg if I'm honest!
1981-12-13 Lido Beach, New York
Performance: Brilliant early performace, great to see/hear!!! Audience: Good audience in a little club. Sound quality: Perfect sound quality, as good as you will get on any concert. Overall: An Cat Dubh, well the whole setlist, I wish they would bring some of these back with so much raw energy!
2009-06-30 Barcelona, Spain
Performance: Good performance there was always going to be a few little mistakes but its great to hear the old classics brought back like mlk and ultraviolet and tuf!!! Audience: brilliant spanish crowd ready for the brand new tour to begin!!! very eager and vocal throughout Sound quality: It is a really great sound, not 100% perfect but very enjoyable to listen to and very audiable, i love it and i'm very impressed! Overall: Highlights: TUF Unknown Caller, Streets, In a Little While, Ultraviolet (although not the best performance by a long way, that includes The Unforgettable Fire too. One was suprisingly enjoyable for me as they messed up a few times but managed to get it back and they had the confidence and drive to finish it. Lowlights: I have to say bonos voice was good but some parts of Ultraviolet souded a bit lazy, he sounded a little stretched sometimes.. Oh well great concert, one that will go down in u2 history and I can't wait for Sheffield, 20th of August!!!! Thank you so much for uploading!!!
1980-01-15 Dublin, Ireland
Performance: Perfect, loads of energy, fun song, great!!!! Audience: Studio audience Sound quality: Perfect, recorded from the TV really Overall: Great song, great performance, nice and cool! No low points at all, except its only 1 song, but they weren't famous then!!
2009-05-29 Dublin, Ireland
Performance: Wicked performance, probably the best of this song. Bono sounds great, everyone plays well. What it on youtube if you want, its good! Audience: Cheering at start and end Sound quality: Perfect TV boardcast!! Overall: Magnificent, a brilliant live performance in a studio, sounds like live in a studio to me.
1992-06-11 Stockholm, Sweden
Performance: This part is only rated, not commented on. Audience: This part is only rated, not commented on. Sound quality: This part is only rated, not commented on. Overall: W G R Y W H, Dancing queen is ace, Ultra violet is also mega classss!
1987-07-04 Paris, France
Performance: It is a brilliant show, everyone plays great, Bono's voice is awesome!!! Audience: Normal, maybe a bit quiet though Sound quality: I'm going to say what other people have said because I bought my edition of this concert from iTunes and that would be 5 stars, perfect, but i don't know about this recording tbh. Overall: Higlights: With or Without You, amazing, they stop half way through because someone has let off tear gas at the front of the crowd. He stops and says "I thought we'd enough tears in this song", class. Then they carry on playing and Bono sings a cool verse he makes up about Paris, its really is special! TUF and Bad are very very good!!! October into NYD is class too ! No low lowlights...
1986-05-17 Dublin, Ireland
Performance: I agree with what the guy above me says ! Audience: Agreed again! Sound quality: Perfect sound 100% class! Overall: All of it is great, love it, Dublin, they are all of fire, Bono's voice is really special here!
1981-10-14 London, England
Performance: Cool to hear Boy-Girl a couple of years on! Good performance, Edge sounds very good vocally. Presenter calls With a Shout, With a SHOT, haha. Audience: No audience, in a studio. Sound quality: Bit fuzzy, not great, good for 1981 though. Does sound like it was recorded from a cassette first though, which it probably was... Overall: All songs are Highlights, sound cool, Bono sounds good! Love early stuff, love all stuff tbh!
2009-01-18 Washington, District of Columbia
Performance: Cool when Bono does an American Impression during COBL! Great performances!! Audience: Tonnes of them, mega crowd. Sound quality: Really good sound, very very good! Overall: Only two songs, but they are both great, bit of history for you here!
1989-12-26 Dublin, Ireland
Performance: Amazing performance, better than the 31-12-1989 concert imo Audience: Brilliant audience, they love it Sound quality: perfect song 100% quality Overall: Amazing performance: Highligts: God Part II, Gloria, AATW, WTSHNN, BTBS, RTSS! Lowlights: None!!
1984-10-23 Nantes, France
Performance: Great performance, Bono's voice is strong and they all play really well Audience: ... Sound quality: Nearly perfect, great for 1984! Overall: Some rare songs here, like: Wire, Indian Summer Sky, Love ASOF and 11 O'clock Tick Tock. Tonnes of great songs on here, amazing show!!!
1993-08-11 London, England
Performance: Cool, unexpected Zooropa and Babyface... Audience: Greta audience, they understand what Bono is saying, they don't just cheer to whatever he says like some crowds!!!!!! English crowds are always the best Sound quality: Great song, nearly perfect Overall: Zooropa and Babyface are highlights, cool gig. Dunno what the person above is saying about British audiences, what is wrong with them, at least they understand what is going on!
1980-02-26 Dublin, Ireland
Performance: Great early performance, sometimes hard to tell what Bono says but some songs are very easy to recognise and sing along to. Silver Lining is an early version of 11 O'clock Tick Tock and Trevor is an early version of Touch. Very cool and historical moment for U2. Audience: Can't hear them...except when one of them has a right go at someone, swearing and stuff, quite comic but I don't know what he is on about! And then Bono sings.."Thank you, don't mension it", its very funny! Sound quality: Amazing sound!!! For a radio recording in 1980 its perfect. Slightly hidden but I'm not complaining, better than the remastered versions on iTunes! Overall: Very iconic, historical, enjoyable, interesting, cool. Highlights: All of the songs I didn't know that existed, most of them! Bono says "things will not be the same in this city for us", he was right! Lowlights: This isn't on DVD
1989-12-31 Dublin, Ireland
Performance: Brilliant, first seconds of a new decade, amazing performance! I think they should have started with New Year's Day! Audience: They love it too! Sound quality: Best ever sound Overall: Amazing, very historical for U2, in their home town. Highlights: One Tree Hill, God Part II, Bullet the Blue Sky (love the little 11 O'clock Tick Tock part!), All Along the Watchtower, Gloria, Van Diemen's Land and Running to Stand Still. Should have started with New Year's Day though!
1992-08-16 Washington, District of Columbia
Performance: Amazing performance, class, one of the best of the Zoo TV performances, along with Stockholm and Sydney. Bono's voice is great on here, particularly Sunday Bloody Sunday Audience: Normal U2 audience I think, can't really hear the but its not suprising... Sound quality: Perfect Overall: Highlights: Bad, Sunday Bloody Sunday, ULTRAVIOLET, With or Without You. Bono's voice is great - New Year's Day isn't as bad as everyone is making out tbh, couple of mistakes, nothing drastically awful! Lowlights: No that I have found...
1984-11-21 Dortmund, Germany
Performance: Brilliant, Bono's voice is amazing on this!!! Audience: Great Sound quality: Perfect, 100% Overall: You only get 10 songs, you don't get 11 O'clock Tick Tock, A Sortt of Homecoming or the Unforgettable Fire! However the 10 songs you get are great!
2002-02-27 Los Angeles, California
Performance: brilliant performance especially at the end Audience: good Sound quality: sometimes crackles! but otherwise very good Overall: great performance, the crackling might be my speaker but i dont think so.
2005-11-02 Los Angeles, California
Performance: Brilliant and only performance of this great song. Really good, Bono's vocals are great, Edge's vocals are amazing!!!! Audience: Great audience! Sound quality: Perfect sound quality 100% Overall: Brilliant song perfored brilliantly!! Recomended, watch it on youtube if you want first!!
1987-12-19 Tempe, Arizona
Performance: brilliants performance of WTSHNN, WOWY, OTH, basically loads of them Audience: normal standard, there were tonnes but its a soundboard recording Sound quality: brilliant recording from the soundboard, class sound. Overall: Great, mut have, worth downloading just for Where The Streets Have No Name to be honest!
2009-03-11 Somerville, Massachusetts
Performance: great amazing performance Audience: brilliant audience Sound quality: pefect sound 100% perfect Overall: low - start of vertigo but hey... highlights, magnificent and breathe and crazy great concert in a little small place, wish it had more songs though must have!
2005-05-12 Chicago, Illinois
Performance: This part is only rated, not commented on. Audience: This part is only rated, not commented on. Sound quality: great sound Overall: sound is great they play gloria and the ocean and bad and ABOY. Its a great concert.
1997-04-25 Las Vegas, Nevada
Performance: not very good by u2 extrmemely high standards. they mess up staring at the sun and then start again ad its much better so credit to them realising and admitting their mistake. some good rare songs on here. Audience: Fine, normal Sound quality: Perfect Overall: low - bono's voice isnt very good, some songs seem to have been poorly rehersed eg all the ones from pop highs - do you feel loved (rarity) as well as if god will send his his angles, i downloaded it for thoses few rare songs to be honest. Edge singing Daydream Believer is really really cool, I love it, what a legend
2005-03-14 New York, New York
Performance: Great performance, still rocking even though the crowd wouldnt move (ive seen UTEOFW on youtube) Audience: Lots of posh people in the audince to be fair. Can only hear a few faint cheers. Sound quality: Perfect sound, couldnt ask for more. Overall: low - crowd but who cares lots of speeches i didnt really care about high - end of the world, amazing the performance is just class!!!
1993-11-27 Sydney, Australia
Performance: Amazing performce, perfect, great sngs, Bono's voice is class on the old Zoo TV days, still is Audience: Great audience, in a big stadium, I would be just as loud Sound quality: Perfect sound quality, 100% perfect, from the Zoo TV DVD so absoloutley perfect Overall: Brilliant show/concert/perfomance the best prformane of one of the best on Zoo TV, flipping class!