I suck at blogging... or my life is too boring to fill more than one paragraph every two weeks. At any rate, I finally have something interesting to say.
Last Monday, Karen, Mike, Chris, and I went to the U2 concert at the Palace. I'm still reeling from the experience. For one thing, I left fully determined to save humankind. For another, they played "Miss Sarajevo", my favorite song- that was unexpected. It was never a "hit" and doesn't actually appear on any of the regular albums (besides the "Best of" 1990-2000 album). ...I completely lost it when Bono started to sing a NEW verse!! (I love it when he does that!) The whole thing was even better than I imagined it would be.
I also have to mention that the opening act was Gavin Rossdale's new band. Ha! I wasn't expecting to fulfill a pre-teen dream at this concert... (It's funny to think of Gavin as a "teen idol"... but he was the best we had in the mid-90s.) I suddenly want to wear flannel and avoid showering...
The strangest part of the whole experience is how much different I feel about a lot of things. I think the right thing came along at just the right time... and it has me thinking about everything. Or maybe it's just those female hormones talking.
The day after the concert, I was driving home from work, listening to "With or Without You", when I went past a small Catholic graveyard in the middle of nowhere. There was a teenage girl there, sitting cross-legged and facing a tiny grave. She was all bundled up, like she planned to be there for quite a while. I saw her from pretty far away- there's never anyone in that graveyard. As I drove closer, I noticed that she was obviously shaken... and her lips were moving. It broke my heart, and I can't get her out of my head.
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Wow, lucky you!! You went to a U2 concert. The only time I got to see them live was when their POP tour came into my city. It was such an AWESOME concert. I thought I was a HGUE U2 fan but I never even heard of Miss Sarejevo. Bono has such a voice, and I love Edge and Clayton on the guitars. I know it's just music, but for some reason their notes sound like their coming from the heart whereas a lot of bands nowadays, it just sounds like they go "oh, a C chord sounds good here followed by a G chord."
My favorite song from them right now is Sometimes You Can't make It On Your Own. it has a lot of meaning to me too. I sing it everytime I goto this Karaoke place that has it and I always end up tearing a little.
As for the girl sitting in the graveyard, that's quite a moving experience.
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