Soooo. Remember that one time when I was sitting at home yesterday and I was passed-out with exhaustion and thinking maybe I was going to just throw some mac 'n cheese at the kids and go to bed at like 5:30 in the afternoon because frankly I was still totally jet-lagged from going to Ireland with the Husband of Awesomeness, and I was totally the Wife of ZZZZZZ-ness?
And then, like, my friend called and said they had a surprise for us and would we like to go to the U2 concert with them in an hour? And I said, "Certainly, I would be delighted to go."
Except what I really said was "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHREALLY?NOFREAKINGWAY!OMIGOSH!YES!YES!WE'RETOTALLYTHERE!" And then we went and it was amazing?
Yeah. I remember that too.
OH. MY. HEART. So I pulled myself together and slammed up to Salt Lake–And what a great night. Want proof? Here it is:
Blurry Trax ride to the stadium. It got crowdeder and crowdeder. Sorry. More crowdeder.
Waiting for Bruce to show up so the concert can start: Me, my friend, and her daughter who looks like a Greek goddess. I mean, doesn't she? Trying not to SQEEEEEEEE! Because we don't believe in that.
Oh look! Mr. Fray is here. The Fray did a mighty fine job. Whackadoo stage layout, yeah?
Frayed Rocky Mountains
And then, who should arrive but . . .
Cute-Boy! Attending a U2 concert in a business suit! Because that's how we roll!
NOW, the concert can start.
Oh look, it's Mr. Bono. *adrenal failure*
Wait! There he is again!
Annnnd again. Yeesh. Dude's a real attention-hound.
(And may I say what a nice boy he is? Such good manners. So gracious. So stinkin' hott and rockin'.) (He's also a major philanthropist and humanitarian–showing clips of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, thanking U2 and their fans along with Amnesty International and everyone else who helped obtain her release. Also clips of Desmond Tutu, and a host of others. Some really moving songs went along with this. Really great program.)
Enough! You're here to see Bono, right? Even though you're going to have to see short clips! Even though I can't remember to turn my dang phone sideways so you don't get a vertical letterbox display! Even though the first song of the show hasn't finished processing on my Youtube account yet! You. Want. Bono.
So, here he is:
Wait! The first song of the show did process. Trés Cool!
The bouncing picture? That's the entire stadium bouncing to the enthusiasm of the audience. My feet were planted firmly and my hands weren't shaking. It ain't me. Promise.
Coolest video display ever:
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Those little screens expanded and retracted, strobed and displayed the band members differently with every song.
In the end, U2 wound us down with a little bit of this:
And a whole lotta that:
And *sigh* It was a gorgeous evening.
So lucky.
Way Cool!
And so the year of Janiel’s Irish Adventure continues, complete with lovely green scarf . . . How cool is this?!?!? And awesome videos. I mean, I felt like I was actually there. Well, almost.
Thanks! You are correct. This has been a year of awesomeness. 🙂 The concert clips are actually longer than I was able to transfer on here. Whole songs. But they were too big to email from my phone, and I didn’t have time to figure anything else out. Plus, is it legal to upload whole songs from a concert? I do not know.
Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed it, Maegs!