U2: Larger than Life

Last night's U2 concert was certainly larger than life, a spectacle of lights, flashes, crazy loud sound, and masterful music. Sigh. Highlights: I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, Beautiful Day, City of Blinding Lights, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, One...

The set list:

09/29/2009 FedEx Field - Landover, Maryland, USA
Breathe, Magnificent, Get On Your Boots, Mysterious Ways, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet), Elevation, Your Blue Room, Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet), New Year's Day, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of, The Unforgettable Fire, Mofo (snippet) / , City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (snippet), Sunday Bloody Sunday, MLK, Walk On
encores: One / Amazing Grace (snippet), Where The Streets Have No Name, Ultra Violet (Light My Way), With Or Without You, Moment of Surrender

Of course, there was preaching. Iran. AIDS. Africa. Burma. Teddy Kennedy. Ugh. And this review encapsulates the concert the best I've seen. Yeah, it was a shorter show. Yeah, Blue Room? Yeah, nada from Zooropa? Hell, I was happy they skipped Pride, which is now tied with New Year's Day and Sunday Bloody Sunday as my least favorite, way over-played U2 songs. I also wanted to hear The Fly. And yeah, it started out too slow. But hey, the music is awesome. So glad I went.

I believe this is the show I saw them last.

U2 on the Big Screen

Well, U2 at in the Imax was quite cool. Very cool, in fact! They performed tons of great songs--Vertigo, Beautiful Day, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Miss Sarajevo, Where the Streets Have No Name, With or Without You, One, Pride, Bullet the Blue Sky, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love or Peace Or Else, and my favorite the Fly. Only sad they didn't perform Mysterious Ways and Walk On and City of Blinding Lights. The 3D was amazing, and there were times that Bono seemed to be looking right at me!! The stadium crowd was amazing. Bono of course had his political peace messages (Christian/Jew/Muslim), but such is Bono. I really enjoyed it. They really are THE best live band.

Cincinnati, Weekend, and The Week

I was in Cincinnati yesterday, for work and to visit P&M. They have a great new place in Mt. Adams that is almost completed. I'm very excited for their wedding! And baby Veronica is so cute. She looks just like her parents.

We are seeing U2-3D tomorrow night. Very excited to see Bono so close up! It will be a good start to the weekend.

All Songs considered is fabulously webcasting many of the concerts from South by Southwest. Awesome. I'm currently listening to REM, but many more to come: Vampire Weekend, Shout Out Louds, the Whigs, Jens Lekman...

I also bought the new Missy Higgins. Love "Where I Stood."