***Official U2 Appreciation Thread***

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  • TFlyer
    TFlyer DMV (dc,md,va) Posts: 881
    PJ_Soul said:
    TFlyer said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    TFlyer said:
    helplessdancer said:
    been in the fan club for over 17 years and i can only say good things about it and the experience.
    this tour was amazing. so was their new cd. best cd in a long time
    hoping for a fall leg of the tour....
    That's good, someone has to have a positive experience to keep the cash flowing...I can't honestly recommend something to someone however where the rules are so ridiculous that I was restricted from posting simply because I voiced my concern over a membership item which I paid for that had not been shipped going on a full years time. And in a thread specifically made for the topic of discussing the membership item no less. 

    Honestly what good is it for me to have paid for something that I can't use (but I have paid for through 2019) and people have the right to restrict me from posting on with no warning simply for voicing my concerns in a polite manner? 
    This is literally the first time I have ever read a scathing review of their fan club. I'm thinking you just got unlucky with it, which sucks. Most members sing its praises for a reason.
    So what exactly did you do to get kicked off a forum while talking about a membership item issue in a thread about a membership item issue? You must have really been raging or something for that to happen....
    Not at all, I literally was just saying that I still hadn't received my JT membership vinyls and that I kept getting conflicting answers from people depending upon if I called or emailed and I was asking if anyone could help me. I had sent in numerous email at that point which I actually had gotten no response to and when I called the "help number" nobody knew what was going on and they kept telling me different things.

    As I said earlier I was posting in a thread specifically made to talk about the membership items. I was restricted from posting for "abusive behavior" for trying to figure out what was going on when I hadn't gotten any information for something I paid for a year ago. I basically wasted money on this "fan club" because when I did end up getting the records one is warped and the spines are messed up. 

    Well I dunno then - maybe they felt you were insulting the hosts of the board somehow while you were expressing your frustration. Too bad your experience wasn't better - most people seem to love it.
    All I know is I paid for a fan club and I cant even post in the public section of the forums  :o
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    achtung baby will be arriving tomorrow.  Oh baby!!! can't wait to spin this one!!

    I got email notification for arrival of Achtung Baby and Zooropa. But I don't get them until August 8.

    Can't wait. Achtung Baby is unreal. And Zooropa has significant personal value for me.
    Spinning it right now....sounds so damn good.  I'll get zooropa in the coming weeks.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    achtung baby will be arriving tomorrow.  Oh baby!!! can't wait to spin this one!!

    I got email notification for arrival of Achtung Baby and Zooropa. But I don't get them until August 8.

    Can't wait. Achtung Baby is unreal. And Zooropa has significant personal value for me.
    Spinning it right now....sounds so damn good.  I'll get zooropa in the coming weeks.

    Beauty!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,679
    Yeah, these represses are great and better than the original pressings. 
  • Patrick_Sea3
    Patrick_Sea3 West Seattle Posts: 935
    TFlyer said:
    I'm sure there are people who have had positive experiences with the U2 fan club but mine has been anything other than that and I couldn't ever honestly suggest something to someone where I genuinely felt like I was shafted out of my money. And I know I'm not the only one because there's large threads on their forums expressing related stress. 

    Answer me this...if you were in my position, where you were restricted from posting in the forums (that is supposidly part of what you paid for) and your membership item came a year late and damaged would you feel happy with what you paid for? 

    I still enjoy the music that the band makes but I think that their fan club is an absolute load of nonsense, especially after being part of the 10club and seeing how well things are handled here.
    It's been a joke for me too, I have everything shipped to my work address, in December of last year they shipped the JT vinyl singles without my name on the shipping label, and no email notification they were shipped, so they were shipped back since my name wasn't in the shipping label, been waiting for the records ever since, and the 10inch set from the previous year, I keep getting the same answer that they are currently out of stock.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    achtung baby will be arriving tomorrow.  Oh baby!!! can't wait to spin this one!!

    I got email notification for arrival of Achtung Baby and Zooropa. But I don't get them until August 8.

    Can't wait. Achtung Baby is unreal. And Zooropa has significant personal value for me.
    You are a big zooropa fan?  
    On a side not, ordered pop on vinyl after I saw them this past tour and really really love it. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • CJ260717
    CJ260717 Posts: 414
    edited July 2018
    I need to get these albums.  I always thought Pop was a great album and played the shit out of it when it came out.  They were still willing to not be like old U2 and and I think they really pulled it off.  This week I pulled out my Pop CD and threw it in my 5 CD player in my barn where I do stuff that doesn't really need to be done or takes longer then necessary.  Check back with me in October - that CD will still be in rotation.

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    achtung baby will be arriving tomorrow.  Oh baby!!! can't wait to spin this one!!

    I got email notification for arrival of Achtung Baby and Zooropa. But I don't get them until August 8.

    Can't wait. Achtung Baby is unreal. And Zooropa has significant personal value for me.
    You are a big zooropa fan?  
    On a side not, ordered pop on vinyl after I saw them this past tour and really really love it. 

    I am.

    One day, when we are having beer and eating pizza that I order... I'll detail why Zooropa is huge for me!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    edited July 2018
    Sounds good to me bud!
    That intro to the album with the piano and static is amazing.  I wish they had a whole song like that.
    Did you see them live in the early 90's?
    Post edited by mcgruff10 on
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    Sounds good to me bud!
    That intro to the album with the piano and static is amazing.  I wish they had a whole song like that.
    Did you see them live in the early 90's?
    No.

    Wished I did though.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • TFlyer
    TFlyer DMV (dc,md,va) Posts: 881
    patrickwieczore said:
    TFlyer said:
    I'm sure there are people who have had positive experiences with the U2 fan club but mine has been anything other than that and I couldn't ever honestly suggest something to someone where I genuinely felt like I was shafted out of my money. And I know I'm not the only one because there's large threads on their forums expressing related stress. 

    Answer me this...if you were in my position, where you were restricted from posting in the forums (that is supposidly part of what you paid for) and your membership item came a year late and damaged would you feel happy with what you paid for? 

    I still enjoy the music that the band makes but I think that their fan club is an absolute load of nonsense, especially after being part of the 10club and seeing how well things are handled here.
    It's been a joke for me too, I have everything shipped to my work address, in December of last year they shipped the JT vinyl singles without my name on the shipping label, and no email notification they were shipped, so they were shipped back since my name wasn't in the shipping label, been waiting for the records ever since, and the 10inch set from the previous year, I keep getting the same answer that they are currently out of stock.
    Exactly! This is what I was trying to discuss in the forum! That I couldn't get an answer from anyone as to what was going on with my package and one of the mods blocked me from posting. He sent me a message saying something along the lines of "stop repeating yourself you're being restricted for abusive behavior."  When mine was eventually delivered it just showed up. I got a message saying it was allocated and being prepared for shipment and weeks later they arrived in poor condition. I feel like it's useless trying to get a hold of anyone at this point after the horrible experience I've had so far! And I couldn't even contact anyone of the forum if I wanted to...

    I had no sort of warning or anything (about the ban) and I wasn't repeating myself I was simply trying to figure out what was going on and trying to get help in tracking down my package. 
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    I got Zooropa and Achtung Baby in the mail today.

    Listening to Zooropa right now!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 3,773
    I don't know why but mine have been shipping separately. I got the "singles" a couple days ago, achtung is on the way and haven't received anything on Zooropa yet... strange shipping method.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I got Zooropa and Achtung Baby in the mail today.

    Listening to Zooropa right now!
    And?!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Pop & Zooropa, man oh man. Just so good. 
    www.cluthelee.com
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Pop & Zooropa, man oh man. Just so good. 
    Yeah definitely.  I really like these two albums now. Talk about two different types of sound for the band: from Joshua tree and achtung baby to zooropa and pop. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,679
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I got Zooropa and Achtung Baby in the mail today.

    Listening to Zooropa right now!
    And?!
    Cut and mastered well. Sound amazing. Flat and quiet. 
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I got Zooropa and Achtung Baby in the mail today.

    Listening to Zooropa right now!
    And?!

    Lemon!!!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I got Zooropa and Achtung Baby in the mail today.

    Listening to Zooropa right now!
    And?!

    Lemon!!!
    Just ordered zooropa on vinyl...will be here Saturday. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I got Zooropa and Achtung Baby in the mail today.

    Listening to Zooropa right now!
    And?!

    Lemon!!!
    Just ordered zooropa on vinyl...will be here Saturday. 

    I've been really busy the last few days, but I've managed to spin the whole album. Solid. Exactly what I had hoped for.
    "My brain's a good brain!"

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