Party Girl_75
War Child
My sister and I arrived at the Philips arena yesterday at 4:30PM and hung around the back of the arena until 7:15 PM in hopes that we would see either Bono,Larry,Edge or Adam...unfort. we did not see any of them before or after the show. We did however see some security staff, and other staff members tending to the tour buses and some woman walking around with 4 bags of laundry. Oh yeah, I also saw about 4 dogs that belonged to the drivers of the trucks...which was pretty funny. Because two of those dogs did not get along at all...I befriended a very nice lady from N.C. who drove to Atlanta to see the show by herself... I apologize if this review is a little choppy and scattered, but I am still coming off of my high from seeing the Greatest Band in the World. Anyway, the show was AMAZING,AWESOME, FANTASTIC, and FULL OF ENERGY. I did not know if it could out do their show in March, but it did. What an emotional night it was for my sister and I. Bono's voice sounded awesome, it was smooth and beautiful. He was amazing. The crowd was amazing. (Can I say Amazing a little more?) Bono is a great man, he pulled a fan out of the stage to play People get ready with the band. The fan was so happy and played so well, he had the whole arena cheering for him...Bono also pulled a girl on stage from outside the heart at the end of "UTEOTW", however this girl was wearing what looked like to be a tube top and was having problems making it to the stage, the fans had to carry her over the tops of their heads to Bono. But by the time she made it to the stage, it looked like her top was coming off...OOPS! She did not stay on stage that long at all...
I could not believe how great the set list was, personally I do not know if it could be any better. We were treated to "angel of harlem (the full band played)", "I still haven't found what I'm looking for (full band)", "My Sweet Lord"(which was amazing, this was played for George Harrison which had the whole crowd singing along and cheering), "Whose Gonna Ride your wild horses (it was not the full song, because it was added to the end of Bad)", "People Get Ready", "What's Going On", "Pride (which I was very happy that they played Pride, because they did not play it the last time they were in Atlanta). I was shedding tears before the show from the excitement of being at the show and managed to cry a little during show. I almost lost it completly during "One"...How beautiful and touching that song was with the names of the victims of the Sept. 11th airplane crashes, NYPD and FDNY scrolling...My brother and his wife were at the concert also but they did not sit near me, my brother told me that my sister-in-law started to cry her head off during this part and had to sit down after she heard a man tell his 10 year old son why there were names on the screen...The crowd honored those victims with loud appreciative applauses and cheers...you could hear family and friends of vicitms cheer when they saw a name scroll...it was so moving and made me very proud to be an American and to have U2 reach out to those victims and to this country. The band played a snipit of Peace on Earth as an intro. to Walk On, which induced more tears from me... It was just an amazing and emotional night...and I thank U2 for adding Atlanta to their final leg...
Anyway, I alone took 50 + pictures and I had a bought a disposable camera for a friend to take pictures of Larry, because her seats were right behind Larry.
As soon as my pictures are developed, I will post them...
The band was so full of energy last night. I lost my voice, my hands were swollen red from clapping so much. My feet are now killing me, because I never sat down once and I was wearing my stacked heel boots. But I will suffer thorough the minor pains again and again to see this band. I am not disappointed at all that I did not have GA's and that I did not meet the band. I am happy that I was able to get tickets, to spend the day with my sister, who introduced me to U2's music and to be in the same building as U2.
This band is like a drug, you cannot get enough of them.
Just a side note, Bono told the crowd that on Thursday night they got a little too drunk...And made some comment about Edge and how proud he was of him (I could not hear what exactly the comment was) but after Bono made the comment about their events the night before, the spotlight switched to Edge...when this happend Larry, Adam and Bono were laughing and clapping for Edge. Edge looked like he could have been blushing...LOL! God knows what those men were up to the night before, but all I know is that they must have been raising a lot of hell and having a great time doing it...
I am editing this, because I forgot to mention one other song we were treated to... how could I forget about "Out of Control"?! When U2 broke out in this song, it just rocked the house...It was so so so rockin!
The Atlanta crowd was so in to this concert last night and sang their hearts out with U2....
This by far was the best concert I have ever seen in my life...
[This message has been edited by MissVelvetDress (edited 12-01-2001).]
[This message has been edited by MissVelvetDress (edited 12-02-2001).]
I could not believe how great the set list was, personally I do not know if it could be any better. We were treated to "angel of harlem (the full band played)", "I still haven't found what I'm looking for (full band)", "My Sweet Lord"(which was amazing, this was played for George Harrison which had the whole crowd singing along and cheering), "Whose Gonna Ride your wild horses (it was not the full song, because it was added to the end of Bad)", "People Get Ready", "What's Going On", "Pride (which I was very happy that they played Pride, because they did not play it the last time they were in Atlanta). I was shedding tears before the show from the excitement of being at the show and managed to cry a little during show. I almost lost it completly during "One"...How beautiful and touching that song was with the names of the victims of the Sept. 11th airplane crashes, NYPD and FDNY scrolling...My brother and his wife were at the concert also but they did not sit near me, my brother told me that my sister-in-law started to cry her head off during this part and had to sit down after she heard a man tell his 10 year old son why there were names on the screen...The crowd honored those victims with loud appreciative applauses and cheers...you could hear family and friends of vicitms cheer when they saw a name scroll...it was so moving and made me very proud to be an American and to have U2 reach out to those victims and to this country. The band played a snipit of Peace on Earth as an intro. to Walk On, which induced more tears from me... It was just an amazing and emotional night...and I thank U2 for adding Atlanta to their final leg...
Anyway, I alone took 50 + pictures and I had a bought a disposable camera for a friend to take pictures of Larry, because her seats were right behind Larry.
The band was so full of energy last night. I lost my voice, my hands were swollen red from clapping so much. My feet are now killing me, because I never sat down once and I was wearing my stacked heel boots. But I will suffer thorough the minor pains again and again to see this band. I am not disappointed at all that I did not have GA's and that I did not meet the band. I am happy that I was able to get tickets, to spend the day with my sister, who introduced me to U2's music and to be in the same building as U2.
This band is like a drug, you cannot get enough of them.
Just a side note, Bono told the crowd that on Thursday night they got a little too drunk...And made some comment about Edge and how proud he was of him (I could not hear what exactly the comment was) but after Bono made the comment about their events the night before, the spotlight switched to Edge...when this happend Larry, Adam and Bono were laughing and clapping for Edge. Edge looked like he could have been blushing...LOL! God knows what those men were up to the night before, but all I know is that they must have been raising a lot of hell and having a great time doing it...
I am editing this, because I forgot to mention one other song we were treated to... how could I forget about "Out of Control"?! When U2 broke out in this song, it just rocked the house...It was so so so rockin!
The Atlanta crowd was so in to this concert last night and sang their hearts out with U2....
This by far was the best concert I have ever seen in my life...
[This message has been edited by MissVelvetDress (edited 12-01-2001).]
[This message has been edited by MissVelvetDress (edited 12-02-2001).]
