Originally posted by Caledonia:I bought the hardback of this from back in the day, just pulled it off my shelf - still haven't read it /hangs head in shame. So many words and not enough pictures to colour in.
A distant memory comes back to me about some sort of controversy over this book and Eamon Dunphy - weren't the band a bit unhappy about it for some reason?
Originally posted by Caledonia:Sounds fascinating, I knew I remembered a little unease about it at the very least. I've got some downtime this next couple of weeks, so think I will make a start on it, can't believe I've never gotten round to it.
Originally posted by daymo1202:[..]
The band felt Dunphy delved a little too deep into their past. I too thought it an excellent read and for me is by far the best account of U2's early years, especially during the Shalom Fellowship period.
"A good friend of mine from Dublin had a friend that was heavily involved with the Shalom Fellowship too and went to the same meetings attended by Bono, Larry and The Edge. There was a wedding in 1980 in which my friend was there and both Bono and Larry were there too. Bono was so out of it he couldn't utter any words at all. One or two others were trying to goad him. There were the makings of a brawl in which Bono might have gotten "battered" - who knows though, I heard he could always handle himself anyway." lol
It's a good read especially the chapter dealing with that famous 1983 Red Rocks performance. I always wondered why there were some red streaks on the original VHS recording. I can't recall which songs off hand but the book details why this occurred.
Cheap copies avaialble on Amazon
Originally posted by revjisok:check it out from a library.word on this book is it is full of inaccuracies.
Originally posted by revjisok:[..]
streaks are caused by the old light filter in the video camera this was before ccd.
any other reason given is false.
Originally posted by revjisok:[..]
streaks are caused by the old light filter in the video camera this was before ccd.
any other reason given is false.