http://www.atu2blog.com/2005/09/22/foggy-memories/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.atu2blog.com/2005/09/22/foggy-memories/#comment-564 Roeli Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.atu2blog.com/2005/09/22/foggy-memories/#comment-564 I remember an old interview from the eraly nineties, which I can't find right now, where at least one of the band members rows across the river from the studio, taking in a joint.... I remember an old interview from the eraly nineties, which I can’t find right now, where at least one of the band members rows across the river from the studio, taking in a joint….

]]> http://www.atu2blog.com/2005/09/22/foggy-memories/#comment-563 Watts Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:38:00 +0000 http://www.atu2blog.com/2005/09/22/foggy-memories/#comment-563 Yeah, it seems odd they weren't drinking ;-) People smoked pot back in the 80's, too, and though U2 doesn't endorse this, you'd have to be pretty naieve to think that they haven't all done it at some point. I don't see how this dubious, 20+ year old, pot-smoking revelation could damage the band's reputation, I mean, they're rock stars, right? Yeah, it seems odd they weren’t drinking
People smoked pot back in the 80’s, too, and though U2 doesn’t endorse this, you’d have to be pretty naieve to think that they haven’t all done it at some point. I don’t see how this dubious, 20+ year old, pot-smoking revelation could damage the band’s reputation, I mean, they’re rock stars, right?

]]> http://www.atu2blog.com/2005/09/22/foggy-memories/#comment-562 DonnaU2fan Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.atu2blog.com/2005/09/22/foggy-memories/#comment-562 I thought the exact same thing when I read the article. We -- the hardcore/true fans -- know more about the band so we can recognize these instances of suspect "reporting." But for people who don't follow the band so closely, it damages the band's reputation unjustly. I think it is highly irresponsible "journalism." I thought the exact same thing when I read the article. We — the hardcore/true fans — know more about the band so we can recognize these instances of suspect “reporting.” But for people who don’t follow the band so closely, it damages the band’s reputation unjustly. I think it is highly irresponsible “journalism.”

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