Oddly enough, this song was written prior to a relationship that seemed to mimic the story rather closely. A cat known as Pod from the Virgin Prunes was working as a roadie for U2 on their American tour in support for October, and he fell in love with a woman named Julie. She had been let on stage to dance with Bono at either the March 17th or 18th show at the Ritz. Anyhow, Bono's not exactly sure who Julie in the song was based on, but that's really odd coincidence.
But here's one even odder.
This song was first played live April 17th, 1981 at the show at Bogart's Club in Cincinnati, Ohio. The following night they played their first show in Detroit, Michigan, my hometown.
The last time they played the song was purportedly April 18th, 1985 at the The Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts.
I've been a fan of U2 since I was four and I first caught the With or Without You video on MTV. I think it was probably that E-Bow The Edge was using, maybe it was the overall harmony, I don't know. They've been my favorite band ever since, and I wear the mark "U2" on my right shoulder in thick, black-inked letters with pride (pun intended).
It wasn't until 10 years later when I got a book for Christmas that had some fairly accurate outlining of U2's tours up until the first few shows of the PopMart tour (which I'd been to a couple months earlier) that I read what really, really blew me away.
The first time they'd ever played my hometown was two years to the day before I was born. The fact that this song's first and last play so closely matches that date two years on both sides kind of creeps me out and gives the song some special meaning for me.
The song was a "coincidence" for that relationship, I really wonder if it's a "coincidence" for me.
Oddly enough, this song was written prior to a relationship that seemed to mimic the story rather closely. A cat known as Pod from the Virgin Prunes was working as a roadie for U2 on their American tour in support for October, and he fell in love with a woman named Julie. She had been let on stage to dance with Bono at either the March 17th or 18th show at the Ritz. Anyhow, Bono's not exactly sure who Julie in the song was based on, but that's really odd coincidence.
But here's one even odder.
This song was first played live April 17th, 1981 at the show at Bogart's Club in Cincinnati, Ohio. The following night they played their first show in Detroit, Michigan, my hometown.
The last time they played the song was purportedly April 18th, 1985 at the The Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts.
I've been a fan of U2 since I was four and I first caught the With or Without You video on MTV. I think it was probably that E-Bow The Edge was using, maybe it was the overall harmony, I don't know. They've been my favorite band ever since, and I wear the mark "U2" on my right shoulder in thick, black-inked letters with pride (pun intended).
It wasn't until 10 years later when I got a book for Christmas that had some fairly accurate outlining of U2's tours up until the first few shows of the PopMart tour (which I'd been to a couple months earlier) that I read what really, really blew me away.
The first time they'd ever played my hometown was two years to the day before I was born. The fact that this song's first and last play so closely matches that date two years on both sides kind of creeps me out and gives the song some special meaning for me.
The song was a "coincidence" for that relationship, I really wonder if it's a "coincidence" for me.