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April 9, 2008
U23D
We saw U23D last night, and even if you're not a mega-fan I suggest you go out and see it. It was full on 3-D which was a little annoying at first, but after my eyes got used to the glasses and Bono being waaaaaay too close to me, it's was quite a concert like experience.
I grew up around live music, and concerts always send me back to my days as a warrior youth. For those that remember my Bjork entry, you'll recall that I walked out of there ready to join the Peace Corps. I was fired up, energetic and full on ready to change the world.
Bono did very much the same thing. U23D features coverage from the band's Buenos Aires Vertigo tour. Even though the song Vertigo makes me break out in hives, I enjoyed the concert. They played a nice selection of their music including "Vertigo" "New Year's Day" "Beautiful Day" "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" "Love and Peace" "Sunday Bloody Sunday" "Bullet the Blue Sky" "Miss Sarajevo" "Where the Streets Have No Name" "One" "The Fly" "With or Without You" and, "Pride (In the Name of Love)".
During "Pride" I got sentimental and hopeful. They showed the crowd, thousands of people crowded into one area, yet no riots took place. Thousands of people jumping up and down, in perfect synchronicity shouting about love and peace. Is it possible to scream these words and not understand the message behind them? Will any of these people who watched the background video of Martin Luther King speaking do anything to make this world better? Will I?
During this performance my thoughts were disrupted by earlier news stories: A girl getting beaten by 8 classmates over a MySpace page, a 7 year old being raped while her attacker videotapes - horrible, horrible images of violence and violations. How can these different thoughts occupy the same mind? It's a pollution of my peace, and i'm pissed off in a quiet rage today, wanting desperately to do something *good* and not really knowing how.
Posted by lysa at April 9, 2008 9:47 AM
Comments
Give to one of Bono's many charities and teach your children to be respectful, considerate, and how to appropriately fight back. 'Sbout all anyone can do.
When TP3D comes out, I may have to quit my job.
Posted by: Kbee at April 9, 2008 10:53 AM
Actually, they've been discussing showing football games at special 3d equipped theaters and showing 3D games. I dont know if i'd go, seeing how when i spit at Eli for throwing another incompletion id really just be spitting at the massive man in front of me.
Agreed with K though, unless youre ready to join the peace corp (which, as your fiance and your fellow future mid-life-crisiser its information that could be useful to me YESTERDAY), i think you have to start small and try to engage people with respect and kindness. Hopefully they'll pay it forward. If not they can burn in hell.
Posted by: booboo at April 9, 2008 3:43 PM