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This should be a doozy.
This should be a doozy.
U2 misery at Cowboys Stadium
Just rolled back in from the U2 concert, and I have to say what a bitter disappointment it was for me. It's not the band's fault; it's the new Cowboys Stadium. We had nosebleed seats, and the acoustics were horrible, by far the worst I've experienced at any stadium anywhere. The opening band Muse was so loud and garbled their set sounded like D-Day in a Dumpster. My kid and I had to go out into the concourse to get away from it. U2 was somewhat better, but the best way to describe the aural experience is to ask you to imagine that your downstairs neighbor bought the new U2 album and is playing it loud enough for you to hear that U2 is playing, but not clear enough to understand which songs they're playing (except those you can't mistake because you've heard them a thousand times). Bono sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher, Mrs. Othmar, every time he spoke. It was so bad where we were that a steady stream of people started leaving at about the halfway point. If I hadn't had a 10-year-old with me whose first concert this was, and who was desperate to stay, I would have joined them. By the time the show was over, our entire section had lost about half its people, and my son and I were the only ones left on our row.
Can you imagine leaving a U2 concert long before it was over? People were doing it in droves, at least in our section. You can't blame them. The sound was a muddy, garbled mess.
that HD screen is crazy big! yeah i was just outside the circle, i didn't hear about the debacle till after the concert......that's pretty unfair. We had some problems of our own in my area. People were just pushing and shoving, and there was a guy next to me who was videotaping, and the security guard jumped in the crowd and pulled him out......i guess he didn't get to see the rest of the show
Bono sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher, Mrs. Othmar, every time he spoke.
midnight...just made it back to hotel
the entry to the floor was crazy...double doors
The walk onto the floor was long...over 4 minutes
Have video of whole thing
Big clustereff regarding inner circle...security were goofs
heard mysterious ways...romi is almost off the hook
Ran into the kid who ran with bono...got to try on sunglasses. Have picture
Be home tomorrow to start uploading
-dan
I would like to state for the record that Ms. Othmar was Linus' teacher, not Charlie Brown's. Linus had a huge crush on her until he found out that she was against kids having security blankets.
I would like to state for the record that Ms. Othmar was Linus' teacher, not Charlie Brown's. Linus had a huge crush on her until he found out that she was against kids having security blankets.
That's hot.
Miss Othmar is often assumed to be Charlie Brown's teacher. In the mid-1960s, it was revealed that Charlie Brown's teacher's name was "Mrs. Donovan". However, Charlie Brown did show up in Miss Othmar's classroom (usually sitting behind Linus) starting in the late 1960s. In one series of strips, Miss Othmar continually selected Charlie Brown to pound the chalkboard erasers, filling his lungs with so much chalk dust that he exhaled it for days afterward.
Was he doing the whole show or just a few clips on and off? Ive recorded songs here and there and would not (obviously) want to get kicked out...
The line was super long and it took an hour to get checked in and on to the floor. Once down there, we went straight for the pit entrance (especially since the outer railing was already full with people). Thankfully, we got in! I'm not sure what the cut off number is, but somehow we just managed to make it because it looked like they weren't letting people in shortly after that point.
Once in the pit, we manuevered our way through the crowd of people towards the Edge's side of the stadium. We were about 20 yards away from the main stage (maybe 11-12 rows back) and it was perfect! I'm only 5'8, but as luck would have it, most of the people in my section were short as well. There were only a few tall people scattered about in that area.
It was a great experience! I loved getting to see the band up close and when I wanted to watch the video screen, I would just tilt my head up a bit! It was fun being in the center of all the action and on occasion getting to make eye contact with the different members of the band. I'm sure being out past the outer railing gives you a better overall view, but for me, the pit is where I want to be everytime! It's worth the trade off to be that close (in my humble opinion)!
Overall ... an amazing show with a great set list! I lucked out in Houston during the Vertigo tour and got to be front row on the Edge's side. That one is still my favorite memory, but last night in Dallas is definitely a close second or third (compared to my first overall GA experience - Austin Elevation ... and being on the floor ... although way back ... for Vertigo Berlin).
My only negative on the Dallas show was that the crowd wasn't as "into it" as they have been in the past. I think it's probably a combination of an older demographic (most people were mid-30s to 40s), a sometimes "too cool" Dallas socialite crowd, a Monday night show, and a massive stadium that wasn't as intimate as other tours. Sometimes, members of the band would walk right by or try to engage the crowd and many times people would just stand there and stare instead of jumping, singing or yelling. I'm not saying there weren't people into what was going on around them ... 'cause there were! But just overall ... people didn't seem to be engaged as much as European stadium shows in the past or U.S. arena shows.
Well ... that's my two cents! I'll be heading to Houston tomorrow, so it will be interesting to compare the two shows.
I would like to state for the record that Ms. Othmar was Linus' teacher, not Charlie Brown's. Linus had a huge crush on her until he found out that she was against kids having security blankets.