Music Television and 22 years ago I was...

Have you seen Palladia? I called it The Butterfly Channel forever because of this logo.
Turns out it features the actual music from MTV, VH1, and CMT. Hmmm, you mean the music those networks don't show because they are busy showing crap like...well, I digress. I am a huge fan of The Butterfly Channel (old habits die hard) for wonderful things like the recent airing of U2's 1988 concert film/documentary Rattle and Hum.

As I recall, the film was considered a bit slow-moving and self-indulgent back then. We die-hard fans loved it though.

I saw Rattle and Hum in an old theatre in a very small town with a really cool friend of mine. I remember though that we were such U2 fans that we weren't sure if it would be packed because, after all, IT IS U2!!!!! or...it would be totally dead because the movie was being shown in a town that was, ahem, interested in other things. Turns out we were the only ones there.

The whole experience was still oozing coolness because we were watching a movie here.
The Ruffin Theatre is an art deco theatre built in the 20s, restored in 1937 after a fire, and became extremely dusty in the 80s when it ceased to be used as a movie theatre. (I think Rattle and Hum may have been the last movie shown). FYI: It is now used for live entertainment and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Now, back to the way the whole experience was oozing coolness...besides the whole 1920s theatre thing, we were watching U2 in what was basically a private viewing. I have to keep saying the word "oozing" because if my very cool friend ever sees this post she will cringe. She effing hates the word "ooze."

You know, I loved Rattle and Hum (and all things U2) so much that I had the video tape, the cassette tape, and the t-shirt. In 1988.

So, when Palladia aired Rattle and Hum in HD 22 years later, I simply had to DVR it. I just watched it. Still love it. It doesn't seem all that long ago to me. Bono sure did have a big ole mop of hair though and I would really love it if my very cool friend would find her way to FB and we could kill a few hours tormenting each other with crazy old memories.