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^come west young lady, come west!
^come west young lady, come west!
If anyone needs the video file of both U2 songs from the show, PM me for the link. It's a huge ass file, but great quality! I hope everyone had a great time. I tried texting Amy about half hour before the show, but don't know if she got it, or like you said ntalwar, possible no service...
No kidding it's a huge ass file, it's taking about 4 hours for me.
Great pics cydewaze! Was the pictures that seemed centered where you guys were in the scheme of things?
Great pictures, Paul. This was the weekend I should have come visit, eh?
Yeah that was tiring.
Fortunately, getting to the venue was a LOT easier than I expected, probably because people were slowly trickling in throughout the day. The first sound check sounded pretty good, but then it seemed like they shut off half the speakers or something. Our whole section was screaming variations of "turn it up" for much of the pre-show. I was pretty warm, except for my feet, which were frozen numb.
For some reason, they waited until an hour before the main portion of the show to get our jumbotron working. This was crucial because there was a huge viewing platform for all the "important people" that totally obscured our view of the stage. Without this viewer, we would've been totally blind. I'm glad they got it working, even if they only got the sound half working.
We were in a section of Beyonce/Shakira/Usher fans who all sort of looked puzzled when U2 started playing. I even heard one woman behind me say - during Pride - "Oh, they dun changed this song to make it about Martin Luther King!"
Afterwards, we walked a few miles to Chinatown and stuffed our faces. We tried to go with Mia to the Brickskeller, but someone *cough*Jess*cough* forgot her ID, so we could't get in.
Getting home was no problem.
I'll post pics soon.
How beautifully written! Hopefully we will be able to meet you next time!
I'm too tired to write much either, but wow COBL really did make the looooooooooooooooooooong wait worth it.
Left side of the pool, all the way up front against the rail, centered on that smaller jumbotron that was mounted on the left side of the VIP stage.Hey, where were you? I was in the same area!!
it was a great experience. very cold. and nearly impossible to see anything since it was obviously staged for the cameras. the biggest disappointment was bruce, sadly, as "the rising" just didn't translate that well with the choir. U2 was very good. "pride" was solid, "COBL" may have just earned itself all-time U2 classic status as it was thrilling, and was very well received, and i heard someone behind me yell out, "damn, they have good voices!" also props to Garth Brooks and John Mellancamp for being the other great performers.
i, however, did make it to the Brickskeller and had many beers with Unico, onion rings be damned for ever and ever.
That pretty well mirrors my feelings too . I told my mother, "Besides U2, you know who I enjoyed the most? Mellancamp and especially Garth Brooks. And I hate country. "
Sorry I missed you guys at the Brickskeller. I ran into a delay even before the metro station, when I was walking along 17th street and the crowd was stopped for either a motorcade or an ambulance (never did determine which one). And then it took a while to find a blue line with enough space on it for people to even get on.
It was a fabulous experience though
kellyahern , I was about where you were but on the opposite side , cool pix , thanks for sharing , hard to descibe the feeling and performance to people that weren't there ... special time