gmplace0401
The Fly
I don't think this is the first time its happened, but this morning I had one of those pre-wake up weird dreams. This time I was at a U2 concert in Ottawa.
Here's what I remember:
* Its a massive outdoor show, but it is not a regular tour stop. Perhaps it is a tv special.
* Crowd in front is chanting "Play New Stuff...Play New Stuff...Play New Stuff"
* Edge says into a mic "We'll play whatever we f*ing feel like playing"
* Band launches into an amazing rendition Stuck in a Moment to open - a post-punk, dirty electric version with all four members singing chorus and...somehow the rendition worked.
* Beautiful Day
* I Will Follow
* Vertigo
* Elevation
* Electric Co.
* Mofo - fans freak out, but half way through the song, the whole crowd is gone because of a security threat...band keeps playing and for some reason, I'm watching from the stage.
* I chat it up with the band while we wait for the crowd to return, and for some reason, Bono needs a new shirt...so I give him my Sam Roberts Band t-shirt and he wears it the rest of the show.
* Crowd returns
* Bono gets behind piano and starts playing Mercy...band join in. Very rough as bono plays numerous off notes...guess he should have had a few more lessons. But awesome to hear Mercy played at all.
* Large African-American choir comes on stage. U2 picks up horn instruments and provides the music for some new gospel song. Choir sucks. U2 on horns aren't any better. Boy in middle of choir starts a disruption and choir is cut off half way through song.
* Edge gets on synth and begins an intro that sounds very much like Coldplay's "Clocks"...wait a sec, it is "Clocks". A Coldplay cover? Half way through song, they totally lose sound.
* Concert comes to an abrupt end and I wake up!
Weird but very cool at the same time.
Anyone else have a bizarre U2 concert dream?
Here's what I remember:
* Its a massive outdoor show, but it is not a regular tour stop. Perhaps it is a tv special.
* Crowd in front is chanting "Play New Stuff...Play New Stuff...Play New Stuff"
* Edge says into a mic "We'll play whatever we f*ing feel like playing"
* Band launches into an amazing rendition Stuck in a Moment to open - a post-punk, dirty electric version with all four members singing chorus and...somehow the rendition worked.
* Beautiful Day
* I Will Follow
* Vertigo
* Elevation
* Electric Co.
* Mofo - fans freak out, but half way through the song, the whole crowd is gone because of a security threat...band keeps playing and for some reason, I'm watching from the stage.
* I chat it up with the band while we wait for the crowd to return, and for some reason, Bono needs a new shirt...so I give him my Sam Roberts Band t-shirt and he wears it the rest of the show.
* Crowd returns
* Bono gets behind piano and starts playing Mercy...band join in. Very rough as bono plays numerous off notes...guess he should have had a few more lessons. But awesome to hear Mercy played at all.
* Large African-American choir comes on stage. U2 picks up horn instruments and provides the music for some new gospel song. Choir sucks. U2 on horns aren't any better. Boy in middle of choir starts a disruption and choir is cut off half way through song.
* Edge gets on synth and begins an intro that sounds very much like Coldplay's "Clocks"...wait a sec, it is "Clocks". A Coldplay cover? Half way through song, they totally lose sound.
* Concert comes to an abrupt end and I wake up!
Weird but very cool at the same time.
Anyone else have a bizarre U2 concert dream?