Daniel Amos Message Board | Print: For U2/DA Fans..

Posted by wakachiwaka on 03-02-2010 at00:48:

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Originally posted by Ritchie_az
I'm no U2 expert, but didn't those guys go to church together as kids? It doesn't surprise me too much that they knew about DA.

They actually met in high school around age 15-16 (around 1976) - when Larry M. posted a notice on his school bulletin board that he wanted to start a band, the other three were among the respondents. It was maybe a year or so afterward that all but Adam Clayton became interested in Christianity and began attending a home fellowship together.

Bono was apparently a fan of Andy McCarroll's band Moral Support, so DA's not that big a reach - Greenbelt would certainly have been a possible point of exposure.

Posted by dennis on 03-02-2010 at07:40:

I could see the U2 fellas being into HD and iAlarma!

Posted by audiori on 03-02-2010 at19:57:

This from Terry (via Jerry)... this would have been a year or two before the photo was taken.

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Terry tells me that he spoke with a guy who worked at a Christian bookstore somewhere in the Eastern U.S. during U2's first American tour. He said that Bono came in and bought a copy of Alarma...

Posted by dennis on 03-02-2010 at20:13:

Wow.
Holy Cow! Right????

Bono hunting down the cool records in the states!

Posted by pegotico on 03-02-2010 at20:36:

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Originally posted by dennis
Wow.
Holy Cow! Right????

Bono hunting down the cool records in the states!

who knows

maybe he was desperate to get it, no one can blame him for that Tongue

, even the pros need to listen to very good music!!!

Posted by dennis on 03-02-2010 at21:37:

Yeah.... I guess so, right?

Posted by Pfiagra on 03-02-2010 at23:39:

I hope this doesn't come across as condescending, but has anyone ever written U2 to ask them if they were DA fans back in the day?

I know that it may be a hopeless action, but there is a remote possibility one of the U2 guys might actually see the letter and respond.

Posted by audiori on 03-03-2010 at00:30:

Not yet.. just confirmed that this photo existed Sunday evening.

maybe we should offer to send them copies of Mr Buechner's Dream & the Midget.... Happy

Posted by dennis on 03-03-2010 at03:23:

I wrote U2 a couple of long and freaky fan boy letters in the 80s.
Someone who worked for them sent a postcard back each time.
The first one said they were on tour and could not reply.
The 2nd one said they got way too much mail to answer it.
Good times!

Posted by Ritchie_az on 03-03-2010 at09:37:

I think it's interesting that not only did they have the button, but chose to wear it at a photo shoot.
Well, it's been "confirmed" that Bono purchased a copy of iAlarma!. We also know that the button would have been difficult to get outside of attending a Daniel Amos concert. We don't know which came first: the button or the album?
It's very interesting, though.

Posted by joey on 03-03-2010 at11:00:

Shocked

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Originally posted by dennis
I wrote U2 a couple of long and freaky fan boy letters in the 80s.
Someone who worked for them sent a postcard back each time.
The first one said they were on tour and could not reply.
The 2nd one said they got way too much mail to answer it.
Good times!

wacky fan letter? Tongue

Posted by pegotico on 03-03-2010 at13:05:

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Originally posted by audiori
Not yet.. just confirmed that this photo existed Sunday evening.

maybe we should offer to send them copies of Mr Buechner's Dream & the Midget.... Happy

i can feel the bombs near me at this point lol

but thats a good idea, Mr Buechner's Dream has to be if not the best (IMHO the best), and maybe for others one of the best from DA.

ok ppl now you can attack me!!!

Posted by joey on 03-03-2010 at13:10:

i just want to hear bono say that dfbb inspired achtung baby...
just once! Big Grin

Posted by dennis on 03-03-2010 at15:10:

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Originally posted by joey
i just want to hear bono say that dfbb inspired achtung baby...
just once! Big Grin

Posted by Ritchie_az on 03-03-2010 at17:47:

Doing a little research....
According to this, Larry Norman was a musical influence to a young Bono. So it is certainly not far fetched that he knew who DA was and perhaps even owned some DA music.

Also, according to this, Crystal Lewis, who performed on Fearful Symmetry and A Briefing for the Ascent, once (in 1999) performed on stage with Bono. While this is surely not related to the DA button, it is another connection.

Posted by dennis on 03-03-2010 at18:54:

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Originally posted by joey

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Originally posted by dennis
I wrote U2 a couple of long and freaky fan boy letters in the 80s.
Someone who worked for them sent a postcard back each time.
The first one said they were on tour and could not reply.
The 2nd one said they got way too much mail to answer it.
Good times!

wacky fan letter? Tongue

Yeah, it was pretty bad.

Posted by joey on 03-03-2010 at21:24:

Tongue!

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Originally posted by dennis

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Originally posted by joey

quote:

Originally posted by dennis
I wrote U2 a couple of long and freaky fan boy letters in the 80s.
Someone who worked for them sent a postcard back each time.
The first one said they were on tour and could not reply.
The 2nd one said they got way too much mail to answer it.
Good times!

wacky fan letter? Tongue

Yeah, it was pretty bad.

will you be in minneapolis any time soon??? Tongue

Posted by Audiori J on 03-03-2010 at23:19:

U2's old manager Dan Russell, was Mark Heard's old manager... we worked with Dan Russell on a CD or two.

Posted by dennis on 03-04-2010 at06:10:

Wow, it is a small world after all.

Posted by Captain Pedantic on 03-05-2010 at04:27:

Just dug out my copy of U2 by U2 and there it is on page 128 and 129 of the hardcover edition.