U2-3D : a very personal review

[jpinsd]

I'm not going to talk about how awesome the movie was, or how fucked the theater was: kingfuraday, bearringsd, pinner123, sluggobear, and bubbabearsd will probably blog about that. I need to talk about 2 special people.

My ex, Christopher, looked exactly like Bono. Exactly. The only difference was his chin cleft: Bono's is a vertical bump, and Christopher had more of a dimple. Other than that, Christopher and him looked exactly the same. I was with Christopher from 1989 to 1990. We went to see Laurie Anderson in concert in Feb of 1990, and went backstage to talk to her. She had to do a triple take when she saw him, because he looked so much like Bono.

Christopher died in 1992 from AIDS.

My best friend in high school was Greg. He was a big, burly straight guy who didn't care much that I was gay. He was also a huge Police fan, and a U2 fan. He's the one who turned me on to U2. We would go driving in his Ford Escort, or I would take my mom's RX-7, and we would go cruising along Hilltop Road. Hilltop was a semi-rural road in Pittsburgh that wound through some pastures and farmland. We would just crank up the music (Police, or U2) and drive. Or pull over, climb on top of a hay bale, smoke a bowl, then get back in the car and drive some more, listening to the Police or U2 blasting outta that awesome soundsystem in the RX-7.

Greg was a good guy, and his heart was in the right place. But his heart wasn't strong enough. He died at 26 from a heart attack.

Watching U2-3D was a very emotional experience for me. I kept seeing Christopher on stage singing, instead of Bono. I kept remembering driving with Greg, and being silly and stupid like high school buddies are. At the start of every song in the movie... EVERY song... i found myself fighting back tears from all these memories.

Christopher and Greg; you guys were such an influence on my life. I miss you both very much.

Comments

[fallen-x-ashes.livejournal.com]

:-(

*hugs*

[grande.livejournal.com]

i don't have anything deep to add, but i felt the need to say this was a really great post.

[sluggobear.livejournal.com]

Sweet post.

(I really hope I didn't piss all over your evening with the sound thing.)

[bubbabearsd.livejournal.com]

ditto on that for me JP-- I wished now I would have sat in my seat and not got all worked up. Hugs~

[jpinsd.livejournal.com]

Thanks guys. No,it was fine. Actually, it was welcomed. You provided a nice diversion for me; I really wasn't in the mood to explain why I was being so quiet and mopey. I don't like being all emotional in public, so it was nice to have something else going on.

And you're right. the sound sucked. :-)

[jaybehr.livejournal.com]

Hugs, memories like that are how people never really leave us. It sneaks up on us when we least expect it and we miss them, but at the same time we smile.

[kodanuki.livejournal.com]

A touching post....thank you

[thecollywobble.livejournal.com]

That is an amazing post. I became a little teary eyed while reading it.

*WOW*

[coryblank.livejournal.com]

Heavy post, brother bear.

Thinking of you...

*HUGS*

Cory

[raisincub.livejournal.com]

Hey Bubba. I can totally relate with you on how certain things make the memories flood bad. *Super Squishy Bear Hugs*

(I am so glad I got to meet you and have you as part of my life.)

[kingfuraday.livejournal.com]

thanks for sharing that with us JP... was wondering why you were so quiet afterwards...