Forgive me now – I’m working on about 5 1/2 hours of sleep. If I ramble more than usual it’s because I’ve nodded off mid-sentence. The U2 concert last night, in a word, was magnificent. Truly. Only one other time have I left a concert feeling deeply moved, and that was Santana, whom you might expect it from. But wow. What a night.
The boys and their music didn’t disappoint, and the whole place vibrated with this connection to everyone around us. It’s pretty amazing stuff to be able to evoke that kind of emotion from 64K+, and at first I thought it was just me thinking that way. But as we were leaving, the buzz was still going. Everyone walked calmly amid a massive wall of people. Trust me – in this area, that’s an astounding accomplishment to see people cooperating and not taking the “me first” attitude.
One really cool highlight – as the band finished Pride (In the Name of Love), the crowd kept going. We sang what I call the “oh oh o o” part long after they’d put down their instruments. Then we quieted down, taking it up again to sing Happy Birthday to Nelson Mandela.
We were in the car by midnight and home by 2.
As a result, I won’t be posting anything remotely coherent today. I’m glad now that I worked ahead and got my projects done that were due today. If anything else comes in, it’s better that it waits until Monday.
Happy weekend, everyone.
Sounds like a great night. Have a wonderful and restful weekend.
And you have a "Beautiful Day" Wade. 🙂
I'm so jealous. My sister & b-i-l saw U2 in Chicago last week (rescheduled from last year when Bono hurt his back), and may be heading to Canada to see them again in a couple weeks.
I was lucky enough to see U2 in Chicago about a month after 9-11. Emotions were still high from the tragedy, and the band's songs really had healing properties for the crowd. I'm glad to hear the positive energy I experienced wasn't only due to the troubling times.
My weekend will be spent indoors as much as humanly possible, preferably close to the sole window AC unit. Tomorrow isn't supposed to be bad – "only" around 90. After that they're predicting 5+ consecutive days of mid-to-upper 90s, high humidity and heat indexes in excess of 110. Did I mention I hate summer?
Hi Lori! I'm behind on reading your posts, so forgive me. I was at the U2 show, as well! Down front in the sea of humanity, no less. U2 never fails to amaze me at how, with so many people in the crowd, they manage to touch everyone personally. This was my third U2 tour and I can't wait for the next one 🙂
🙂 I saw u2 in East Lansing on the same tour- late June. Loved it.