Nice thread!
Ehm... here's my favorite parts of the tour... going in order of concert experience... I think...
[*]Seeing them in concert for the first time in 3 years.
[*]Hearing Stay (Far away, so close!) for the first time *ever*, April 24, 2001
[*]They played KITE!
[*]Meeting Larry for the first time (RAWR)
[*]Taking a picture with Larry
[*]Making my concert t-shirt with all the funky rhinestones
[*]Meeting Disco in Vegas
[*]Studding my pants (I still wear them...
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[*]Meeting all the Inteference People at HRC
[*]GA line at Vegas was so much fun!
[*]MY FIRST HEART EXPERIENCE!!!!
[*]Standing close enough where I could see the expressions on their faces
[*]Losing my voice (well, it kinda sucked, but it was still funny)
[*]Adam laughing at my sign
[*]Larry reading my sign
[*]Girl standing next to me with sign that read, "Adam, I'll ride your wild horses!"
[*]Larry smiling after seeing a sign that probably said, "Larry SMILE!" (he looked like this:
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[*]Larry walking to the mic and saying "Thank you" - guy yells from behind me... "HE SPEAKS!" LOL!
[*]Talking nonstop from Vegas to LA - caffeine is great, but the after-effects are no fun.
[*]Shooting stars
[*]Pimp guy in Vegas, complete with wad of $100.00 bills, a saucily-tipped hat, and a cigarette holder in his mouth.
[*]Sunset on the Stratosphere (I have a thing for dusk and sunsets) To bad the thing I have for Larry couldn't have joined along with the thing I have for dusk can sunsets.
[*]Mysterious Ways! OHMYGAWD!
[*]Sleeping outside a train station across from the Staples Center at dawn.
[*]Disco and I traveling by the same stop we were sleeping next to and getting so excited and taking pictures of it - people on the train seemed to be scooting farther away from us. I think they thought we were weird.
[*]Meeting up with all my friends from U2LA
[*]mbi16 and her very sharp wit... I had to ask her to repeat a funny comment she made in Vegas the day before because my brain couldn't function enough to remember... and I had to write it down so I wouldn't forget. Something about In 'N Out burgers and how animal style can be misconstrued for something else entirely, and, well... I'll leave it at that.
[*]Disco experiencing In 'N Out burgers for the first time. YUM!
[*]Meeting Edge and him signing my plate.
[*]Saying something utterly inane to Edge, must have been because I had been standing on my feet for about 10 hours, and not sleeping for almost 48 hours.
[*]Getting a pick from Dallas
[*]Karma was with me.
Not-so-fun stuff:
[*]Girl trying to rip my foot up off the floor because she thought I stepped on a pick, then proceeded to try and push me out of the way. Not very nice of her. A friend of mine named Monster (dressed in black vinyl - looked pretty scary, but was actually very nice) came to my rescue and pushed her away from me. No pick. But guess what? I got a pick from Dallas later on - she didn't. Neener Neener.
[*]Getting up at 2:50 AM and getting to the Thomas & Mack Center at 4:00 AM, only to discover nobody was around and having to leave.
[*]Finding out a big group of people were already lined up across the street.
[*]Losing my voice so badly, that I affected my singing voice as well.
[*]BRONCHITIS!!!!
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[*]Mean people in LA who weedled their way to the front of the heart where we were standing, oblivious to the fact that other people were there first.
[*]Drunk guy acting like a pin ball in the heart, bouncing around all over the place. What an idiot.
Still, the good far outweigh the bad.
I had a blast.
I enjoyed myself and will never forget the awesome time I had with everybody, including enjoying the concert with my closest friends. Thank you for that!
Moonie
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If you ask me, I think it's all about drums.
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"If a student with an accordion had come along, I would've played with them ya know...that was where I was at, I was that desperate to play with somebody."
(Larry, about his Mount Temple days, before forming U2)
*Larry, I played accordion. Can I have a drumstick?*
From the heart, on a blue sign, 11-18-01, Vegas
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Tonight the moon has drawn its curtains
It's a private show no one else going to know
I'm wanting
(If You Wear That Velvet Dress)
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Hit Gurl