I came to U2 later in life.
Back in the day, my musical tastes tended towards post-punk, indie and hardcore. To me, U2 was white-hat jock territory. Then again, I’m completely ahistorical in my musical influences — I thought “Mrs. Robinson” was a Lemonheads song the first time I heard it and, to my cultural Philistine ears, there was no discernible difference between the Beatles and the Monkees. Sad, I know.
My wife, who has made me a better man in so many ways, introduced me to U2 (and the Beatles, Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel and many other seminal artists. I can’t get her to like Depeche Mode, though. Yet.). She is smart and cool.
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