Okay, I am going to be long winded here, so bear with me
Let me start by saying that U2 has been the soundtrack of my life. Every song carries a memory, "The Joshua Tree" being played in the car enroute to the annual family summer vacation. Watching the open road lip sync to the songs. Knowing in my 11 year old mind, that there was something in those songs I couldn't fully understand, but I knew they were there. Hearing "Angel of Harlem" for the first time on the radio, and thinking "wow, what a cool song, I wonder who sings it." Staying glued to MTV waiting for "Where The Streets Have no Name" to come on.
Time passed, and I became more aware of myself and the world around me, "Achtung Baby" taught me that people were "One, but not the same, and we've got to carry each other." I was 16, and the underlying sexual nature of the album paralleled my own teenage hormonal urges. I still have the vivid memory of my prom and looking over the balcony to see people dancing cheek to cheek with "One." When I graduated form high school, I was reminded of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for," and how poignant it was, how there was so much ahead of me (and still is). I was given strength with "Stay," that I didn't have to continue with an abusive relationship, that I could be strong and brave and make change happen for myself.
Some more time passed and I was a Junior in College, getting up early to get to the record store to buy "Pop." At first I was dissapointed with it, it wasn't the same comfort the previous albums brought me. It turned out I wasn't ready for it, and the spirit of it came to me exactly one year later, the lyric "You're already gone, felt that way all along," resonated loud in my ears when I got the call that my father passed away. The upbeat tempo of "Discoteque," kept me from stumbling into depression.
Even more time passes, my life rolls on good and bad, and I am given "All That You Can't Leave Behind" and I can't leave it behind. I am reminded of the hope and love in the human spirit. The simple joy that is "Elevation," to my own connection with loss in "Kite." It has been a good summation of my life, although some times may be tough, things will get better. Some times you just need to hear someone say "I know how you feel, I've been there too," and that is what the album is about.
Now with that said, why I loveth PLEBA. I believe hippy touched on this earlier, and the sentiment is the same. Aside from what I call "respectable lust" for the boys, there is a great friendship and love amoung the PLEBAns. I don't know many people in my area who feel the same way I do about U2, I don't even think they'd understand it either. At least here, I don't feel so "freakish," in my love for the band. It is this commonality that binds us, and I feel as close to some of you as I do my "Offline" friends. Strange how you can feel so connected to people you've never actually met in person, but it doesn't make the PLEBA Spirit any less valid.
*sniff*
I love you girls (and boys) and I love PLEBA.
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*wink*
Daisy
I'm wide awake.....I'm not sleeping
