“That Was Mad!”

Bono laughingly spoke those words to the crowd after a rousing rendition of “Streets.” The crowd was screaming and cheering so loudly that my ears began to ring. The whole evening was mad! It was nothing short of incredible. I’ll write a full review later but I wanted to post a few snippets about my day here now.

1) I got to the arena around 11am and hung around the will call box hoping that a few extra GA tickets might become available. After a while I felt a little guilty waiting in line with people who didn’t have any tickets so I got out of line and walked to the players entrance hoping to catch a glimpse of the band.

2) I caught a glimpse of the band when they arrived an hour and a half after they were scheduled to. They arrived at 5:40ish and the doors opened at 6pm. There was no sound check.

3) I met some great people and had a great time hanging out at the arena.

4) The show was wonderful. I’ll remember “Miss Sarajevo” and “The First Time” for years to come. Bono hit every Italian note just right. Bella!

5) I loved the image of the man walking to the beat of “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” and the exiting the frame as the bridge began.

6) “Where the Streets Have No Name”

7) I know that fans laughingly compare a U2 show with a church service but when the band ends the show with songs like “All Because of You,” “Yahweh,” and “40” you begin to really to understand that there is some truth to that comparison. I think I heard an “Amen.”

8) As Beth mentioned in a comment below, Adam Clayton did look happy to be there. I kept thinking that the small smile on his face could be described as “reserved gleefullness.”

The set list was as follows:

City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, The Electric Co., The Ocean, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (In a Little While), Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One (Ol’ Man River)

1st Encore: The First Time, Stuck In a Moment, Angel of Harlem, With or Without You
2nd Encore: All Because of You, Yahweh, 40

Dallas Morning News Review

Stuck In a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
All That You Can’t Leave Behind
U2

I’m not afraid of anything in this world
There’s nothing you can throw at me
That I haven’t already heard
I’m just trying to find a decent melody
A song that I can sing in my own company

I never thought you were a fool
But darling, look at you
You gotta stand up straight, carry your own weight
These tears are going nowhere, baby

You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of
Don’t say that later will be better
Now you’re stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it

I will not forsake the colours that you bring
But the nights you filled with fireworks
They left you with nothing
I am still enchanted by the light you brought to me
I still listen through your ears
And through your eyes I can see

And you are such a fool to worry like you do
I know it’s tough and you can never get enough
Of what you don’t really need now, my oh my

You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it
Oh love, look at you now
You’ve got yourself stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it

I was unconcious, half asleep
The water is warm till you discover how deep
I wasn’t jumping, for me it was a fall
It’s a long way down to nothing at all

You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it
Don’t say that later will be better
Now you’re stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it

And if the night runs over
And if the day won’t last
And if our way should falter
Along the stony pass
And if the night runs over
And if the day won’t last
And if our way should falter
Along the stony pass
It’s just a moment, this time will pass