Wow Wow Wow! That was great. First and foremost, if you are desperate for a ticket and you find one of the obstructed view seats, TAKE IT. There's just no mad seat in the house, and this was the proof I needed. Sound was just as good as on the floor. View was excellent, I could still see the video board because I was a little to the left, it was far better than I could possibly have imagined.
As for the show, Bono was really not with us for the first like 9 or 10 songs, barely talked, kinda seemed like he didn't want to be there, his throat went out on him during the first verse of EBTTRT, etc. I honestly think they're getting bored, which would be a good thing, of course. Change shit up.
But Mysterious Ways was the catalyst for the rest of the night, for certain. Once the great dancer got pulled up on stage, and that little blow blew David from last night out of the water, Bono was certainly far more into it. I had been so settled into the idea that the rest of the show would be a "dull" as the beginning that when he snippeted "Yellow" instead of "I Remember You" that gave me a small jolt...Then of course, AIWIY...wow. I have no idea who decided we needed a hard rock version of that song, but THANK YOU. That was amazing. And when I saw the guitars being flipped at the end of the night, I was basically shrieking I was so excited. I've seen 40 before, but it's been a while.
AOH and WLCTT were far better live than I expected and I had so much fun during them. I've never seen either and they were great, plus BB's vocal being pumped in was very moving.
Tonight, though, man tonight Bullet and Pride really got to me. I can only imagine what that's going to be like in cities like Chicago and Boston, but I am almost glad I won't be in attendance, because I already got quite overly emotional during his speeches tonight. I think it was that American flag that did it. That visual reminder that we're not a country, but an idea
. Anyways, enough cheese. I'm all out of shows, and I'm so glad I got to see this one.