EDIT: The first dream wasn’t a dream. I’m told. By Stephen Fry, and he (if anyone) should know.
:D
I had a lovely U2 dream today. It did not had a lot of U2 in it, but it was lovely anyway…
I was in a building (called ‘C’) and there was going to be a U2 quiz there. Anyone was allowed to join, so I happily joined the other 20 contestants. Now we had to wait for the presenters to arrive. The presenters of the quiz were Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie!!! :D The quiz started, but there were no questions about U2 in it. There were questions like: In which of these 5 videos acts Jeeves like John Cleese? (Stephen Fry is Jeeves in the series Jeeves and Wooster) I thought: “I should know this! I’ve seen Jeeves and Wooster, I know John Cleese and I have seen those 5 videos before on YouTube!” I answered that it was the 4th video, but I had it wrong! I somehow managed to survive this round and made it all the way to the semi-final. In that round you had to cook something. You were put in a team and my team decided to make spaghetti with a sauce. Another team was making tea with butter and for some reason I decided to help the other team (also big U2 fans). I successfully made tea, sliced the butter, put the butter in the tea and the only thing that remained to be done was to pour the tea into a cup. I tried to do it very carefully, but somehow I spilled everything! The man who I was helping watched me in despair and managed to say “We appreciate that you tried to help us.” I knew however that he was thinking that I wasted their precious time. I felt sorry for them and returned to my own team. The spaghetti looked OK, but the sauce was a disaster. It was fine until we added another ingredient to it and we had to make the sauce all over again. The time was now almost up and in the last minute we just added all the ingredients to the spaghetti in the hope that we would get some points. The spaghetti looked rather funny (it looked more like a salad bowl than spaghetti), so we hoped that Stephen and Hugh would give us points for that. They didn’t. At least not enough points for us to go to the final. I wasn’t that disappointed not to be in the final, because Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were doing sketches while the ones in the final had other things to do. We were sitting on the floor and watching the sketches. I don’t remember a lot from them, but I do know they were very funny! So funny that I was screaming out with laughter!
I had another (shorter) U2 dream today:
@U2 was holding a contest were you could win U2 tickets for any show you wanted! You had to sent in the robot you had designed. I thought this was very unfair, because I could not join… There were a few days left to sent in your robot design and I doubted whether I should try to design a robot. I decided not to design a robot and instead think about how lovely it would be if I could win tickets for a U2 concert…
And lastly a dream from yesterday:
I’m in a room with Edge and a couple of other people and we’re sitting round a table. The walls are the same colour as in my own room, but there are other U2 clippings and posters on the wall. I show Edge some photos and he listens very attentively. I also have a photo of U2 where they are about 20 years old. I don’t know how I got that photo, because I’ve never seen it before and it’s definitely not taken by me, because I would have been -10 years old. I remember how Adam looked on that photograph, because he had a little beard which looked rather silly. :P
Total U2 dreams: 69
Adam: 15
Bono: 23
Edge: 22
Larry: 13
U2 concert: 13
I can see Edge everyday!! Well, at least everyday I go to Amsterdam with the train :P
When I first saw ‘him’ I was obviously laughing and it still makes me smile every morning :P
This is what I’m talking about:
Can you find EDGE? :P
There are actually more Edges and in different forms. I think I’ve seen about 5 different types. There are small white curly ones which I saw before the big one above, but I actually doubted whether it really spelled Edge, because there was a weird dot above the ‘e’ and there is also a nice green Edge ;)
My favourites: 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 18, 25, 28, 29 but I actually like them all
I have to say that I was very surprised that I could give such a (brilliant) answer to the question in 5 :P
The old @U2 forum
Bono and Edge were holding a talent contest. If you won, they would teach you how to play guitar. I came into the room and I saw Bono and Edge sitting on a couch with a large window behind them. I told a story and I won!!!! Bono was laughing and Edge started to play guitar.
I woke up (in my dream) and went downstairs. I opened the door and I saw Adam behind the computer. I acted like it was the most normal thing in the world and sat next to him. When I really woke up I walked quickly downstairs hoping that Adam would be there, but that did not come true…
A few weeks for my birthday I dreamt that U2 were coming to play in the Netherlands (where I live) on my birthday. I really looked forward to the concert, but then I woke up. (I had this dream 6 times! :O)
I am in my old school playing golf with Larry, Bono and Adam. That’s not so weird to me, but we are playing golf in a small room with computers in it. There is one computer standing in the middle. Larry smiles a lot and looks like he is REALLY good at golf. Adam goes first and hits a computer on the right and then the computer in the middle. Then it’s my turn and Bono helps me. I have exactly the same shot as Adam and I feel really proud. Then I think “where is Edge?”. That’s when I woke up with a big smile on my face.
This one is also weird. I am in Math class and my teacher asks: “who is a big U2 fan?”. I raise my hand immediately and he asks me what my favourite songs are. I tell him that I love all their songs, but also say that I like One and Love Is Blindness the best. Then he starts to explain Love Is Blindness(!!!!!!). He draws triangles and I think “yes that makes sense, that’s Love Is Blindness!”. Then we have to make a test and the only question I can remember is: “U2 already have a poet, what do they need more?” I answered all the other questions, but got stuck on this one. Then I finally have an answer and think it is the best answer on the world: time…
I am in a street (with no traffic) and I see Adam and Edge on the other side of the road. Then Bono runs past us and he’s chased by the PopMart Bono (the muscle Bono). Adam is laughing and then Edge get chased by the PopMart Edge. I start laughing and that was the end of that dream. When I woke up I almost forgot it, but luckily I remembered it :P
I was in my room and saw the book U2 by U2. So I sat down and opened the book. But when I saw the first page I thought there must be something wrong with the book, because it began with the title “Stuck in a moment” and was about the ATYCLB album. I thought this was very weird and went looking for the beginning of the book. I found the boy era at the middle of the book and then I thought the book was OK (I thought for a few seconds it might show the future of U2, but with the boy era in the middle I knew that it could not be so) and started with the first page of the book. When I had read that (can’t remember anything) I turned the page and there was on the right a page called: “Rattle and Hum Special”. I thought “Wow, I did not notice this the last time I read this!” I read it and then my dream ended.
I was in the car with my mum and dad on my way to U23D in Amsterdam. Then my dad asks where it is and I am a bit worried, because I don’t know what the address is. We drive past a lot of IMAX theatres, but not the one from Amsterdam. Then my dad says “Ohh, we need to go to Amsterdam!”. I thought he already knew that, but I was very relieved. My mum says “I don’t know if we should go to U23D, I read somewhere that it was dangerous to watch the movie”(!!!) all I can think is “NOOOOOOOOO I WANT TO GO!!!!!”, but we turn around and went home.
I was in a building (a sort of sports hall) and there was going to be a Lenny Kravitz concert. I knew that U2 was going to be the support act and that was the only reason that I was there. I waited and finally it started. I saw Edge and I was the only person who looked at him (all the others looked at Lenny), I started waving at him and he saw me and he smiled I was so happy when he saw me, it all looked very realistic and it took me a while to realise it was just a dream. I thought “Wow, I have seen Edge and he smiled at me!….. Ohh right it was only a dream…”
We (U2 and me) are in a small red room. Bono is playing drums very enthusiasticly and Larry is standing behind him playing guitar. Larry watches Bono all the time (to make sure that Bono isn’t damaging his drums). I’m standing between Edge and Adam and are very happy that I’m hearing U2 play. The only thing that I can remember about the song is that it was an instrumental song (Bono can’t sing when he is so busy drumming).
I was watching a daily Dutch soccer quiz on tv called “Play like a Champion”. Suddenly I see that Bono is one of the guests. I’m very surprised and think myself very lucky for watching it exactly the same day as Bono is a guest. My luck didn’t last very long, because in the commercial break (the real show hasn’t got any commercial breaks) my tv broke down. I ran downstairs and turned on the tv. I’m looking everywhere for the same channel, but I couldn’t find it any more…
I was in Rotterdam at a U2 concert, but I was very early in that building (there were about 20 other U2 fans). There were big screens everywhere and then a man from the crew came to us and explained what the screens did. “On the right is the Bono screen and there’s Edge, Adam and Larry” I was standing on a sort of high platform in the middle so I could see all the screens. The man of the screens moved on and went to the other U2 fans to explain about the screens. Then someone else from the crew told me that with the Live From Milan dvd Bono doubted between putting the Miss Sarajevo from Milan on the dvd or the Miss Sarajevo from Rotterdam on the dvd. I asked why, because I loved the Live from Milan version. He then showed it to me (I was there at the concert :S) and when Bono ended the song every single one in the crowd started to sing 40 (starting with: “I waited patiently for the Lord”) I was now standing next to Bono and we were both just standing there not believing or ears. I could understand why Bono doubted between Milan and Rotterdam. I was back with the member of the crew and he told me that Bono liked the Rotterdam version better, but that it would be weird to put Miss Sarajevo Live From Rotterdam on a dvd that said Live From Milan.
Then I woke up and looked at my watch and thought “11 O’Clock…” and in my head I could hear bono say: “TICK TOCK” The concert had started! :)
U2 are playing a song and then a man hands Edge a flute. Edge says he has never played flute before but would like to try it. He starts and the man stands next to him explains where to put his fingers. Edge doesn’t need much help and is “on fire”. I was surprised that Edge could play flute so good, but the rest of the band did not seem surprised and they just played on…
In my dream Bono was playing drums (again! but this time he was able to sing at the same time). Bono was on his own in a the middle of a stadium. I felt like I was a cameraman, because I could get really close and there were no fans around me. Bono was playing drums really well, but I could not help thinking Larry could do this better. When I woke up I totally forgot it but then it slowly came back to me and I tried to remember the song he was playing and I now think that it was Pride.
I found out that the new album was to be delayed at 22:00 so when I went to bed that was all I could think of. My dream of that night went like this: It was morning, and when I went into the living room my mother says something like “Have you heard the news?” and I said “Yes I know the new album is delayed to early 2009″ but then my mum says (very surprised) “No I meant the new U2 movie” I: “What?!!!!!” “U2 have made a concert movie. A sort of Rattle and Hum, I thought you knew that…” I started panicking because I did not have tickets for the première of the movie. So I quickly went to the site where you could get tickets and I see that there are 38 tickets left, I’m now panicking even more, because I thought that every second the tickets would all be sold out… I did manage to get tickets, but my ticket said that I could get in 1 hour after the movie started. It said: “enter after 1 hour, when a man in a big T-shirt interviews U2″ I then wondered whether it was going to be in 3D, but I knew the answer myself: it was not in 3D but it was going to be in HD quality and I thought: “Well HD is also very cool” END
I always wake up with a CD and this time I had HTDAAB in my stereo, so that Vertigo was going to wake me up. I dreamt that my alarm went of, so I heard Vertigo (very clearly!) in my dream. I woke up for real but found out it wasn’t my stereo but a dream. I found this funny but went to sleep again since I could sleep for more than an hour before my real alarm went of. Then I dreamt again that I heard Vertigo and it woke me up again, I did not think it that funny any more and went back to sleep. After that I had the same dream again! Then I started to think it all very ridiculous. I now had a few more minutes before my alarm really went of and then I could listen to Vertigo all over again.
I’m talking to Edge, but that’s about all I can remember. He said something smart about Staring At The Sun and something very funny about Bono and I thought “I really have to remember this line!” but I didn’t…
From the ‘new’ @U2 forum
I’m in a small house (in a forest) and U2 will be holding a concert there. I’m waiting with 12 other U2 fans and then the organiser tells us that U2 is not going to play a 3 hour concert but a 1.5 hour concert and after that they will go to a big stadium where they will do two shows of 3 hours (in a row). We (the other fans and me) get a bit angry, because we paid for a 3 hour concert. Then the organiser gets confused, because he thinks a 1.5 hour concert is better than a 3 hour concert… U2 arrive and we’re all very happy. There’s no stage and we can actually touch them. I remember that they played Walk On and Wake Up Dead Man. Then the show ends and they go into another room. I follow them into that room and they’re staring at me like “What is she doing here?” I realise that I have to say something and say “Oh, I’m sorry to interrupt, but I have a question.” I did not have one, but quickly thought of one and I asked Bono “Can I give you a hug?” (that was the best I could come up with :D) Bono said: “Yes of course!” and he gives me such a tight hug that he almost broke my shoulders. I remember that I thought: “Who else could say that their shoulders were broken by Bono?” :D and then I gave Larry a kiss on his cheek and then I went to Adam who told me that his guitar tasted like cherry. I was a little surprised and asked if I could taste his guitar and it did taste like cherry! :D
In the next dream U2 are holding a show in China and Bono asks a sweet little girl (about 8 years old) on stage. The girl did not walk to him but held out her hand (as if asking for money) Bono walks to her and the girl says: “People in Africa need money” Bono did not expect this but he was very much touched by this. Suddenly I’m backstage and someone says: “Bill, put all Bono’s money on the bank now!” (because if that wasn’t done quick Bono would give all his money to Africa)
Larry picked me up with his car at ‘my school’ (it wasn’t my school, but I thought so in my dream) We had a long drive and I was very happy. I can’t remember that we talked, but after a long time we arrived at a summer house (I don’t think it was from Larry) There were other people in there and it was a very small and weird house. There were only two rooms, one with a kitchen and bed in one room and no windows and the other room was also very weird. So all of us made plans to move the furniture and we were very busy making drawings of how it was going to look. And that’s about it :P
I see that I have 50 mails from my mailing lists and it turns out that Bono is in the hospital, because he has lost his voice (nothing serious)
I get a new cd and dvd from Passengers, but it takes ages to take the plastic of… At least it looked nice ;)
I am sitting on a very little chair on the front row listening to U2 :)
Adam and Edge are wearing black Allstars (yes that was all :P)
There is an Monty Python sketch where they perform movies and speak in morse and things like that
it really starts after 1 minute :P
And in my dream Adam was going to play in the Wuthering Heights bit and John Cleese gave him a tour around the set.
Two of my friends have been to an U2 furniture sale (apparently that exists :D)
I ask (a little sad) “Why haven’t you not told me there was one? I knew nothing of it” :(
Then they say “Oh, but why should we tell you? You don’t need furniture do you! And what on earth would you do there?!” “Well… I could look at it… I would love to have seen U2 furniture…”
“That’s just silly and stupid!!” I almost started crying :(
It was 27 February and I was racing home to hear the new album. I got there really late (around 18:00) (how on earth did I manage to need 4 hours to get home?) I went to my room, put the cd in the cd-player and pressed the play button… The song started with a heavy bass line and some drums where added after that. It reminded me a little of ‘Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come’ I was really excited and it sounded very VERY great, but then my dad comes in my room and asks a silly question. I give an answer and he goes away. A few seconds later he’s interrupting me again and again and again, so I could not hear more than the first 10 seconds… (but it sounded great!!! :P)
I went to a U2 concert in my dream! but it was very weird…
I was on the front row and my dad stole my ticket! (he’s not even going) but no one checked if you had tickets so it didn’t matter after all… After some time U2 came on stage, but all they were doing was drinking Orange Juice… all the time… :S
I dreamt that I was filming the videoclip for Magnificent!
I was in a white room and I was filming with a simple camera. I remember thinking “Now I have to film Edge with Infinity is a great place to start on the background” but it never got to that point…
I dreamt that I finally knew who the support act for 20 and 21 July was going to be… It started with an J, but I wasn´t very happy with it…
In the first dream (13 January) I heard it in my dream and when I woke up I tried to put it into words and I described it as: Quick! Very U2ish and similar to Vertigo. I remember that I really liked it.
But in the second dream I heard it again (about 2 days later) and I didn’t like it any more, so I did not know what to expect after all…
EDIT: two forgotten dreams
I get a U2 iPod on my birthday :D
There’s a U2 special on television at 00:30 but I forget it! Luckily they are repeating it the next day, so I can still see it. Edge is the only one who is appearing in the special and he is explaining some things about the new album: “When is the new album going to be released?” Edge: “December, January, February, March.” They are recording the album in Zeewolde (a town in The Netherlands) and I find it incredibly funny that Zeewolde would appear on the album credits next to Fez, Dublin, New York and London… XD
Bono, you’re (EDIT: No longer!) the (only) winner of this dream survey! ;)
You now have to share the top spot with Edge :P (I hope you don’t mind) XD
I forgot ‘my dream’ from my NLOTH ‘review’ XD
Here it is:
Watch more television!
U2 knock on my door and ask if I’ve got a television. I’m very shocked and surprised that U2 should knock on my door, so I stare at them for a few moments. Then I say: “Yeah, I’ve got a television… Do you want to see it?” Larry: “No, well actually we want to use it. You see, Edge said in the Letterman show that he sucks at guitar hero, well that was a joke, but we sort of made a bet that we can all be better than Edge at guitar hero.” This is the last thing that I expected, but I say: “Well, you’re more than welcome to test that here!” So they come into the house, install the wii thing and the guitar. Edge has to go first and is a bit nervous, because he has never played guitar hero before and really wants to beat the rest at it. Edge picks a Jimi Hendrix song. Bono and Adam are making a lot of jokes “If you play Jimi Hendrix you’ll have to demolish your guitar at the end of the song!” Edge tries not to laugh at these jokes. He made a few mistakes, but he has a very high score (86%). It’s Adams turn and he is really really good at it. He’s about halfway through and has not yet made any mistake, but then Edge stands up and whispers something in his ear and they just can’t stop laughing. Bono and me are very curious after that joke, but they can’t speak any sense for minutes, so it’s Bono turn. Bono is playing really well, but he’s also very distracted by Edge and Adam rolling over the floor, so Bono scores 78%. Now Larry says to me that it’s my turn, so I play a song and score 95%! Larry is not very much impressed by my score and is ready to beat it. Bono and me are now watching Larry play the song flawless and Bono says to me: “we have to distract him, but with what?” Edge and Adam are obviously not distracting him so we’re both thinking of a better joke. Then right before the end I say: “Wenn ist das numstuck git und Slotmeyer? Ja… Beiherhund oder die Flipperwalt gersput” Larry survives The Killer Joke, but he does make some mistakes at guitar hero, so in the end he has a score of 92% I realise I have won and I am cheering. Larry congratulates me and makes a bow and Bono says to me “Thank you so much! It’s almost impossible to bear a Larry who has won a game.” Adam and Edge have stopped laughing and everyone is leaving. I’m at the door waving at them and then Edge walks back and whispers into my ear: “Beachball…”
Here’s a list of all my favourite things of U2 (There are 39 questions!). If you miss something, want to fill in the same list, have an opinion or simply read it… feel free to leave something in the comments :)
Favourite album
No Line On The Horizon!! ;D No I love them all… Favourite song
Aargh! Why on earth did I make this list! Favourite dvd
I can answer this one! My favourite dvd is Popmart Live from Mexico. “Do something funky The Edge!” Favourite concert you’ve been to
I haven’t been to an U2 concert :’( Favourite member
The man who’s not ready to re-enter earth’s atmosphere until he’s taken a slice of the moon! Favourite soundtrack
The Hands That Build America… I have seen Gangs of New York and thought it was a very good movie and although I really like Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me I have seen better movies than that… Favourite album art
Achtung Baby, but that’s also because I have a lot of HUGE Achtung Baby posters, so I see it everyday :D Favourite quote (1 or from every member 1)
The Mirrorball Man/Bono: “I HAVE A VISION I HAVE A VISION” What’s the vision? “TELEVISION TELEVISION!”
Adam: “In the early days our ambition was just to end the song together!”
Larry: “It’s a musical journey”
Edge: “Bass players get the weirdest fans. I tend to get the bespectacled M.I.T. students. Bono gets the poets. And Larry, unfortunately, gets the girls. We should have gotten a Ringo.”
and also from Edge: “What ever you do, do not get into a car with Bono. He’s not great at the old driving.” Favourite opening track (album)
Zoo Station Favourite last track (album)
40 Favourite track to wake up with
Zooropa, it sounds to me like a city slowly waking up :) Favourite opening track (tour)
Wake Up by Arcade Fire Favourite song to end a concert with
How long… to sing this song…. HOW LONG…. to sing this song… HOW LONG… HOW LONG… HOW LONG TO SING THIS SONG Favourite live song
Love Is Blindness (Live from ZooTV Sydney is brilliant) Favourite bootleg
2001-07-31 Arnhem, Netherlands – Gelredome
Bono speaking Dutch!!! Alles goed? Prettige dag verder! Favourite U2 site
U2.com and AtU2.com Favourite U2 thing you own
My favourite things from U2 are my posters :) Second is my promo cd I won at @U2 with my blogpost! :D And third is my Elevation T-shirt Favourite book
U2 By U2 Favourite Dalton Brothers song
Lucille (Lost Highway is a close second :P) Favourite Dalton Brothers member
Alton Dalton Favourite Passengers song
Slug (What!? you didn’t already know that?! *getting suspicious* Hmmm, you haven’t read all my previous posts have you?) Favourite song you can play on piano or guitar
October! I can play the whole song on piano :) It’s the only song I can play from beginning to end. Other song I can play bits of on piano are: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Streets, The Sweetest Thing, One, Love Is Blindness, All I Want Is You and New Year’s Day. On guitar I can also play a bit of 40 :) Favourite duet
U2 and Bruce Springsteen with Stand By Me Favourite funny non-music video from U2
Difficult question! There’s A Day In The Life Of The Edge, The Maffia Sketch, Edge doing a trick with his hat and many more…. Favourite music video
Possible answers: Elevation, Stuck In A Moment, Lemon, Beautiful Day, If God Will Send His Angels; Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; One (Berlin), Electrical Storm, Numb, Window In The Skies, New Year’s Day, Original Of The Species, Discothèque or Please… (and now I’m surely forgetting others!) Favourite overall lyrics
Walk To The Water Favourite haircut
The mullet!! ehh, well not really… My favourite is ehm… Let’s put it this way: it’s not Bono’s mullet and it is not Larry with long hair Favourite alter ego
Mr Macphisto Favourite cover (song)
Happy Birthday! Favourite karaoke from Edge
I Love You Love! Favourite Drum part
The Refugee Favourite Guitar part
Sorry folks, but I can’t answer this question Favourite Bass part
That has to be With Or Without You! Favourite Piano part
October :P Favourite opera part
Miss Sarajevo (Live From Milan), it’s so beautiful… :’) Favourite U2 joke
Why did Bono fall of the stage?
He was to close to The Edge XD Favourite Achtoon Baby
November 2007, L’il U2 and the Secret of the Tower Favourite U2 dream
Hmm, I have now had 20 U2 dreams :D so it’s difficult to pick just one… I think I’ll take the one in which I had a major breakthrough :D
(the dream was longer, but this is a little bit of it)
I was making a ‘math’ test, but all the questions were about U2 :D I could answer all the questions except the last one. The question was: U2 already have a poet what else do they need? I pictured U2 on an deserted island (with Eno and Lanois :P) and tried to imagine what they would need. I could think of nothing, but in the last minute I came up with what I thought was the best answer in the world: ‘Time’ (I was so happy when I thought of that!) Favourite U2 questionnaire I have filled in
That has to be this one ;D
What have I been doing lately? Well I’ve been busy with school (still am actually) AND I’ve been enjoying the U2 Ipod commercial :D ohhh that brings back so much fond memories of having a new U2 album!!!
I can’t wait any longer I can’t wait till I’m stronger I can’t wait any longer To hear what you hear When you hear the new U2 album doesn’t beat the original, but completely reflects how I feel :D
I LOVE Edge in this video! Look at him: here: 0:18 there: 1:01 everywhere! 1:08, 1:29, 1:34 and 1:40
