U2-3D : a very personal review
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jpinsdI'm not going to talk about how awesome the movie was, or how fucked the theater was: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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.
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.
