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U2: Faraway So Close

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A warning: If you are looking for an easy-to-read book to enjoy on a nice afternoon or before bed, this is not for you. While the content of "U2 Faraway So Close" is nothing short of absolutely fascinating, the book's layout is highly stylized and can be visually assaulting and rather difficult to read.

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If you want fabulous pictures and fun, often hilarious, anecdotes about the greatest band in the world (U2...duh!), track down a copy of "U2 Faraway So Close" and snatch that puppy up as fast as you can!

"U2 Faraway So Close" takes you on the Zoo TV tour with U2, as seen through the eyes and camera lens of B. P. Fallon (before he got kicked off the tour, but that's a story you can learn more about in "U2 at the End of the World" by Bill Flanagan). Fallon shows us the band in concert, partying, relaxing, with friends. He captures a couple of great shots of Adam in his famous skirt, as well as some faboo pictures of Bono's wife (she's gorgeous!), The Edge's Morleigh (she's gorgeous too!), and Adam's then-fiancee Naomi Campbell (no comment from me on her). All the photos are accompanied by entertaining, sometimes roll-on-the-floor-laughing hilarious, stories from the tour, offering some juicy tidbits for people who just can't get enough U2.

While its format doesn't lend itself too well to bedtime reading, "U2 Faraway So Close" does make a great coffeetable book, gift or obsession-feeder for U2 lovers. Go snag a copy and enjoy!

A book about U2 with pictures included seemed to me a chance to find out more about U2 than I ever wanted to know. In some cases that was true, but I came away from this book wanting to know more! I wanted to scream, "Where are more pictures? Where are more stories?" B.P. Fallon gives us a glimpse of life on the road for U2,and after reading this book I wish that I could have seen it through his eyes. It is a quirky diary, however, and the time sequences change enough to drive you batty. You wil be page flipping back and forth. But the craziness was worth it. While the book uncovers U2 on tour, the pictures provide more mystery than ever about the world's greatest band.

This book allows you to do what every U2 fan has always wanted to do: go on tour with U2. It is told through the eyes of someone who is doing just that, in a plain, day to day format. Although the arrangement is a bit random, it lets you peek into the offstage life of the band. The pictures alone are worth the price of the book.

I think that if anyone likes U2 then they will want to read this, it has great photographs of the band, bono's wife (beautiful), and the Belly Dancers from the Zoo tv tour. I liked it and was very interested in it, it was fun to read and in a since unique. From the bands bad days to its good days it is wonderful to read! Thank you

Simply brilliant pictures & incite into U2's life on the road. Author fancies himself quite a bit though, but despite this, it's a 'must have' for both die-hard & not so die-hard fans.

Brilliantly written by B P this book really make you think that your are with them on their tour.

This is an excellent book, with an excellent way of presentation. The stories are funny, and interesting. The photos are marvelous. If you like U2 you'll love this book!

The photography in this book is outstanding. If you want the best in U2 pictures this is the book for you. There is however one problem with the book with so many great pictures, there seems to be little or no caption for what the picture represents. If you, however are a big U2 fan you should know what the pictures represent. A stunning look into the best band in the world.

BP Fallon is a mutant of rock n roll. He has extensive history in the business and writes with a hippy-esque, off the cuff tone. The photographs are excellent as is the text. Beep takes you along the wild ride of Zoo TV in all its magic and mystery, creating the perfect sidekick for Flanagan's At The End of The World. And he does it with style, natch. The ultimate U2 coffee table book.

I can't see why every U2 fan wouldn't have this in their collection. The pictures in this book are amazing. It is by far the best behind-the-scenes photo's collected in one book for U2, if not any band. If you love the band (especially the 'Zoo TV' period, in which this book thoroughly chronicles) then grab this book.