My I Will Follow story:
My dad worked for Aramco, I was there visiting (they didn't let American teens live there). I was in a tape shop & I heard that riff coming from a store across the street and I somehow found myself in that store, saying "I need that. Now." This was in a store, and there were blocks of these stores -- it never entered my mind that they were bootlegs. I thought if it was wrong, they'd hide or something. The guy in the shop said to come back in an hour, and I had my first U2 album. Yes, I later bought a legit copy -- probably when I was in college and understood t