Music into books

[trinityofone]

I want this so badly it hurts.

From U2.com:

24.07.2006
‘In Their Own Words’

It will be the definitive U2 story. It will have stories never before told and photos never before seen. It is ‘U2byU2’ and worldwide publication is just two months away, on September 22nd. [Amazon says the 26th. Possibly Ireland and the UK get it earlier. Grr.]

For the first time each member of U2 – and manager Paul McGuinness - has told their own story from their earliest childhood memories to their first meeting with each other, from those opening chords in Larry’s kitchen to becoming the biggest band in rock’n’roll.

Ever wondered what it’s like being in a band with your school friends for your entire adult life?

Ever wanted to have a conversation with the band themselves ?

‘U2byU2’ is the ultimate conversation with Adam, Bono, Edge, Larry and Paul McGuinness in which they tell their own side of the U2 story.

Featuring more than 1500 images including previously unpublished photographs from the personal archives of the band, this hefty 350-page tells the U2 story from the perspective of those who know it best – and it brings it right up to date in 2006.

‘U2’s story is an extraordinary one and we are proud to be publishing this book.’ said Trevor Dolby, Publishing Director of HarperCollins Entertainment. ‘U2byU2 is a book not just for the fans but for everyone interested in music and modern culture.’

*flails* wychwood! Eeeeeeeee. And is it bad that I think, "Hmm, there may be more Puddlejumpers material in this"?

Also, in the BWAH? department: Neil Gaiman wrote a biography of Duran Duran?

Comments

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

I must get that book!!!!!

My love of U2 and them being my favorite all time band is still going strong...*sigh*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

There's something epic about them, you know? I can't think of another band quite like that, where all the original members have been there since the beginning and they've been together for so long. I mean, they met in high school, and Bono and The Edge still live next door to each other. It's incredible.

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

And just think what would have happened if no one answered that little post about joining a band.

The best is that, with the exception of Larry, none of them were that exceptional on their instruments..and Adam..oh Adam, that HAIR he had.

I think the thing is that they are at the core friends, they all let Bono have the spotlight, but at the same time, they are all equals, I think that is the real key.

Plus they are incredibly nice guys too..that really does have to help as well.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I know! Their meeting has a fantastic element of DESTINY to it. So do some of their early songs. I mean, I know I've mentioned it before, but these lines in "The Ocean" just kill me:

And I felt like a star
I felt the world could go far
If they listened to what I said.

He was 18 when he wrote that. Well, the world certainly has, Bono!

none of them were that exceptional on their instruments

Have you seen the "Street Missions" video? Oh, boys. *g* And yes, the hair was bad. Though I don't think it's fair to single Adam out. While the blond fro was...something, they all had bad hair at one point or another. Larry spent years looking like a muppet, Bono had horrible long '80s hair, and frankly, losing his hair was one of the best things that ever happened to Edge. ;-)

The friendship...that's what really astounds me. To live and work with the same people, over all that time, and still be close? That's epic, whether you're rock stars or not.

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

I single Adam out because he's my favorite. *yes, I do have a favorite* which all in all is surprising because I ususally love drummers..anyway, they all had bad hair, it's not a big deal.

I still have many MANY old Rolling Stone magazines with them on it, my love of them goes way back, Oh, damn, I have '45's that they put out (although a lot of them are from "The Joshua Tree")...I was a youngin' then..*sigh*

Anyway, I think it's BECAUSE they are all friends that they have stayed together, it becomes family, they let one fly..knowing he will return home because as much as I love each individual one, I think that each one is not more important than the sum of the whole.

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

Yes, Neil wrote a bio of Duran Duran. I, too, was shocked. Well, not really, since I believe Neil used to write for magazines, but seeing his later work? Quite different subject matter.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I even find Don't Panic!, which I've had for years (since before it was reissued--check out my cred, yo!), to be a bit weird, 'cause it's not all that well-written. But I'm just...DURAN DURAN? I've read some of Neil's old magazine pieces (there are a few in Angels & Visitations), but a whole book... Have you read it?

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

Thing is, I have to have read it. I was such a huge Duranee when I was a kid. I had everything! I still have a few things, but not, I think, this particular book. I'll have to look through my stash.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Do you remember how it was? Like, in comparison to the other books about them?

It's so sad: I'm such a fangirl that I kind of want the damn thing now.

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

Nah. I mean, god, I was, like, 12. Totally! (laughs at self)

I'm lucky I remember that I was once 12, never mind how this book was. But I remember all D2 (see, I'm so cool...D2...I'm such a geek) books being pretty bad.

[raven-lore.livejournal.com]

Also, in the BWAH? department: Neil Gaiman wrote a biography of Duran Duran?

This just killed me.

:::is dead::

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

It boggles the mind, doesn't it? I wonder if hardcore fans occasionally try to get him to sign it. I wonder how he'd react!

[raven-lore.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't say things like that... not when there's a Neil Gaiman's signing coming up in September...

[lordelessar.livejournal.com]

The U2 book comes out on Frodo's birthday. I thought you should know. :-p

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Well, all four of 'em are short like hobbits...this MEANS something!

[lordelessar.livejournal.com]

It means that Bono is a descendant of the Baggins clan. He is Frodo's second cousin, 963 times removed.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I like this idea so much, you have no idea. *g*

[lordelessar.livejournal.com]

idea? idea???? no my dear, It is fact.
=D

[anjak-j.livejournal.com]

That book actually looks very interesting. Great band as well.

[wychwood]

*posts you a paper bag for ease of hyperventilation control*

Now, repeat after me: The Puddlejumpers are Not U2. The Puddlejumpers are Not U2. Perhaps if we say it often enough we'll even believe it *g*.

That sounds really interesting, though. I am torn between WANTING TO KNOW EVERYTHING and my usual desire not to know anything about the actors / musicians / performers so I can keep my little illusions *g*.

Also, it comes out on my sister's birthday!

Neil Gaiman wrote all sorts of weird things back when he was a starving young journo. And I too own Don't Panic, bought lo these many years ago when I first fell in love with H2G2, and long before I'd even heard of Gaiman *g*. It was only much later than I realised the book was by him!

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

The Puddlejumpers are Not U2. The Puddlejumpers are Not U2. Perhaps if we say it often enough we'll even believe it *g*.

Yes, I was thinking along those lines, too. *embarrassed grin* And while I have liked U2 for, oh, 15 years or so, the overwhelming urge to pre-order that book probably stems from listening to the Puddlejumpers way too much during the past few months.

Re Neil: I guess comparisons of his early and current work just indicate how far practice can actually take you! Not that I think Don't Panic was that badly written.

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

*makes incoherent noises of excitement*

Why do I have no U2 icons? In the top ten events of my life so far, seeing U2 in Celtic Park on the Zooropa tour, in Murrayfield on the Popmart tour and in Manchester on the Vertigo tour all make the cut.

*goes off to check out preordering* Also, I got given the Bono on Bono: Conversations with Michka Assayas book by my publishing friend - if you haven't read it I can recommend it as very interesting indeed.

[cunning-maz.livejournal.com]

Also, in the BWAH? department: Neil Gaiman wrote a biography of Duran Duran?

*sings* It's a small, small world!

[seratonation.livejournal.com]

And is it bad that I think, "Hmm, there may be more Puddlejumpers material in this"?

No, not at all. *Fangirls the Puddlejumpers*

bridesmaid dress

[taurendur.livejournal.com]

I got it! don't know how to get it to you yet.

Re: bridesmaid dress

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it be easiest if I just got it when I came up on the 31st? I know that it's cutting it close if there are any problems, but I can't think of any other solution that isn't horribly complicated or expensive.

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

Oh, that book just looks so, so good. Ngh. Can't wait for it.

And, you know, sort of joining the chorus of people who would so not at alllllll be sad to see more Puddlejumpers. Um. Yes. :D

Also, just cos I found it out the other day and thought it was a neat piece of trivia - there is apparently a guitar pedal/type of doohickey called a P90, which just made me have all kinds of fannish glee...

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

there is apparently a guitar pedal/type of doohickey called a P90

OMG! I have to work that in somehow! *plots*

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

As soon as I heard my friend mention it I sort of flailed a bit and then had to wander off into mental puddlejumpers territory, so, yes - figured you might like to know and slot it in somewhere eventually. *grin*