Finally seeing U2 was surreal. It still feels like I wasn't really there. I think it's because the band is older now and so iconic. So it may have been better if I could have seen them a few albums ago, when things were still green and musical experimentation was still prevalant. I'm not saying that I had a bad time at all. I just don't remember it all. It was all a musical-spiritual daze of sorts that I can't entirely remember. So I'm going to go purchase their concert on DVD when ever I have the funds and rewatch what I experienced. I guess I just felt so lucky to finally be seeing one of my all time favorite bands, so it was all so surreal.

It was kind of funny because Docia and I felt younger than most of the people sitting around us. One (already a few beers to the belly full) guy talked with us before the concert. He didn't think we were true U2 fans..........what a freak. When I told him the first time I heard and watched U2 was back during Boy (heard-on a record and saw-recorded broadcast of U2 performing I Will Follow). He was taken aback with that info and then changed the subject. The girl beside Docia asked us if we were the type to scream through the whole concert. What a freak! You paid $100+ for your ticket and you are not going to scream!? She had basically seen U2 a ton of times (and was a few years older) so she was set in her old timer ways. Luckily I was sitting beside a guy closer to my age who definitely knew his U2. We both lost it when the old stuff started playing. Some old Irish rebel jumped in me when songs from War started up....my fist was pounding in the air, singing my heart out, having some sort of spiritual moment. It's all a blur of sorts. And no, Docia and I didn't have any alcohol, ha.

It was definitely amazing but I hate that I don't remember every detail of the experience. I definitely have the U2 concert fever and am ready to see them again if they decide to do another tour, which is unlikely.

I was impressed with how many older songs the guys played. I mean, the new stuff is great but I feel like it's more of the stuff the older crew enjoys. You could tell that at the concert. The older people were rocking out to everything, but harder to the "Beautiful Day"/Atomic Bomb sets. Where, I have a hard time getting into that stuff./ It appeared that U2 enjoyed performing the Achtung Baby/Zooropa set the most. Throughout that whole section they surrounded Larry and just rocked out. They weren't even looking at each other-just staring at their instruments, feeling the vibe. Even Bono wasn't out and about the stage. He was right there with them.

Something that surprised me is that I ended up watching the Edge more than Bono throughout the concert. The Edge was amazing..........

I was sad that they didn't play "I Will Follow" but all in all, the set (songs played) was amazing. Here are the songs I remember (minus the last two records since they have taken missing from my cd collection). It will be in chronological order, so this isn't necessarily the order in which they were played.

Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
Two Hearts Beat As One
40
Desire
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Angel of Harlem
Bullet The Blue Sky
Where The Streets Have No Name
With or Without You
In God's Country
One
Until the End of the World
Mysterious Ways
Miss Sarajevo
Staring at the Sun
Gone