daisybean
Rock n' Roll Doggie, FOB
Okay lately I've been feeling kinda blah.....about many things.... one of which being U2...almost wanna say tired of listening to them. Their new song and video are 
but the "magic" was gone. I had even stopped reading alot of the U2-ey threads here, just had no desire (*zing*) to.
Anyway, when I'm on my way to work, I usually listen to the radio and then put on Beautiful Day (it gives me that boost to have a good day at work). But this morning I decided to put in the Joshua Tree. The strangest thing happened.....it was like everything around me was in tune to the music....I could feel WTSHNN in the open fields, as the sun was slowly rising and the dew and fog were burning off. I could see ISHFWILF in the faces of children waiting for the bus. I could almost hear some of the older houses sing Red Hill Mining Town. I could feel the road beneath me breath with those songs. You could have taken a camera and filmed my drive with JT playing in the background and they were perfectly in sync with each other.
My route to work is the same everyday and I never really noticed it before. However, when I listened, actually listened to the music I was able to see beyond the same old road and signs and cars. I could see the gracefulness of the birds, the gentle rustling of the corn fields, the joy of a rising sun. And in turn I actually felt the music for what it really was again. I remembered what initally got me hooked on them.....how even 15 years after it's release the Joshua Tree is still as new today as it was then.
I actually had goosebumps and chills for the entire drive. Everytime the song changed, the scenary changed a little.... it is something that I won't soon forget....how a once routine half hour drive got it's voice.
but the "magic" was gone. I had even stopped reading alot of the U2-ey threads here, just had no desire (*zing*) to.Anyway, when I'm on my way to work, I usually listen to the radio and then put on Beautiful Day (it gives me that boost to have a good day at work). But this morning I decided to put in the Joshua Tree. The strangest thing happened.....it was like everything around me was in tune to the music....I could feel WTSHNN in the open fields, as the sun was slowly rising and the dew and fog were burning off. I could see ISHFWILF in the faces of children waiting for the bus. I could almost hear some of the older houses sing Red Hill Mining Town. I could feel the road beneath me breath with those songs. You could have taken a camera and filmed my drive with JT playing in the background and they were perfectly in sync with each other.
My route to work is the same everyday and I never really noticed it before. However, when I listened, actually listened to the music I was able to see beyond the same old road and signs and cars. I could see the gracefulness of the birds, the gentle rustling of the corn fields, the joy of a rising sun. And in turn I actually felt the music for what it really was again. I remembered what initally got me hooked on them.....how even 15 years after it's release the Joshua Tree is still as new today as it was then.
I actually had goosebumps and chills for the entire drive. Everytime the song changed, the scenary changed a little.... it is something that I won't soon forget....how a once routine half hour drive got it's voice.
