D0CT0RL0VE's Blog

...I was going to start this blog with..."it was twenty years ago...today"...but that seemed too easy...

...so...instead...let's just start with...back in 1987...what probably should have been my senior year in college...or...my fourth year as a freshman...1987...you know...Ronald Reagan...thirtysomething...$25,000 Pyramid was alot of money game show...1987...Atari had a game console...the XE...Mattie and Dave hadn't "jump the shark" yet...1987...when I was at a record store...yes...I said RECORD...trying to decide between...Rick Astley...not really...PussieGalore's album...Right Now!...or a weirdly titled album...I thought...at the time...The Joshua Tree...by U2...

...well...I bought the 12 inch vinyl disc by the dudes from Dublin...went home...powered up the Denon stereo system...yeah...that's how I rolled back then...dropped the needle on the album...cranked the volume to "11"...Pattie...that's from a movie...plopped into a Papasan chair...and felt each wave of music...from this musical genius...wash over me...I may or may not have had some "help" in that department...and watched everything in my apartment...rattle and hum...

...today...as I was walking through the aisle of Fry's...I saw a sign that read..."reserve your copy of the re-release of The Joshua Tree...out November 20th...20 year anniversary edition"...20 years?!?!?...WOW!!!!...in those two decades of decadence...the record stores gave way to Fry's...albums all but pushed aside for CDs and DVDs...my Denon stereo abandoned for my Sony home theater...my Papasan chair...replaced by theater seating...I gained 30 plus pounds and a few gray hairs...while Bono was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize...knighted...and named Person of the Year...hmmm...almost fair trades...

...while U2 is no...Van Halen...Motley Crue...or Poison...Bono has penned some of the greatest lyrics of all times...Where the Streets Have No Name...With or Without You...In God's Country...I had no idea he wrote..."When Love Comes to Town"...FOR BB King...so...I will get the re-release version of The Joshua Tree...crank the Sony to "11"...plop into the Palliser WITH bass shaker...no "help" this time...well...maybe a different kind of help...because...I STILL haven't found...what...I'm looking for....

...I don't know...that's just me...

...late...

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