U2 at the Rose Bowl
In 2005, I saw U2 during their Vertigo Tour at Twickenham Stadium along with 70,000 other people, and it was phenomenal.
This past weekend, I got to see U2 during their 360 Tour at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena along with 96,000 other people, and it was OUT OF THIS WORLD.
The setlist:
- Breathe
- Get On Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways
- Beautiful Day / In God's Country / God Only Knows / The Maker
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me
- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- No Line on the Horizon
- Elevation
- In A Little While
- Unknown Caller
- Until the End of the World
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo / It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Two Tribes
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- MLK
- Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone
- One / Amazing Grace
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
Here are a few pics from the evening.
Links of the Day, September 24
In Maastricht, Netherlands, a church is converted into a bookstore.
News
- An experimental HIV vaccine may reduce infection.
- Paul Kirk will be named to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat on an interim basis.
Health care
- Pastor Joel C. Hunter, David Gushee and Ron Sider separate fact from fiction on the Ryan-DeLauro bill (aka the abortion reduction bill).
Green
- In case you had no idea what cap-and-trade was (which apparently applies to 76% of Americans), here's a four-minute summary:
Miscellaneous
- U2 hit up New Jersey last night. Here's the NY Times review.
U2 – “Magnificent”
In my opinion, easily one of U2's greatest songs.
Magnificent
Oh, magnificentI was born,
I was born to be with you
In this space and time
After that and ever after
I haven't had a clueOnly to break rhyme
This foolishness can leave a heart
Black and blueOnly love
Only love can leave such a mark
But only love
Only love can heal such a scarI was born
I was born to sing for you
I didn’t have a choice
But to lift you up
And sing whatever song you wanted me to
I give you back my voice
From the womb my first cry
It was a joyful noise
Oh, ohOnly love
Only love can leave such a mark
But only love
Only love can heal such a scarJustified till we die
You and I will magnify
Oh, the magnificent
MagnificentOnly love
Only love can leave such a mark
But only love
Only love unites our heartsJustified till we die
You and I will magnify
Oh, the magnificent
Magnificent
Magnificent
Today's news
- I have tickets to go see U2 when they come to the Rose Bowl here in Pasadena in October 25. Obviously, I’m still not even sure if I’m going to be in Pasadena, but still … I’m so excited!
- The G20 summit is going on; let’s hope they can figure something out.
- At 9:30am on Tuesday April 7, Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, will hold a press conference on the steps of City Hall to declare by proclamation that Los Angeles is a “ONE City” fully committed to the work ONE members are carrying out every day to end global poverty and preventable disease. Go here to sign up if you want to attend.
U2’s No Line on the Horizon, first impression
Standout tracks for me: “Magnificent” (track 2), “Moment of Surrender” (track 3), “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” (track 5), “Get On Your Boots” (track 6), “White as Snow” (track 9, sounding eerily like “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”), and “Cedars of Lebanon” (track 11).
Yes, I know I named more than half of the album … what’s your point?