On the four-hour trip to Phoenix, I was delighted to read messages on the I-10 Freeway such as "Don't move in mysterious ways; use your turn signal" and "It's a beautiful day to buckle up." (Or something to that effect. My mind is a bit muddled by now.) Seriously, I want that job.
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| Wow. It's really them. |
After I got over the fact that, yes, they were actually there in front of me, the band I have followed for 20+ years, it was amazing. But if I had my choice, as much as I enjoy The Joshua Tree album, it wasn't my first love as far as U2 goes. I came around soon after Achtung Baby was released. It was the first compact disc (that's what CD stands for young'uns) I ever bought.
Side note: I shudder to remember that I purchased the debut album (first and last as far as anyone on the Earth is aware) of the Spin Doctors at the same time. I was young and reckless then. And stupid.
But I loved Achtung Baby. Every second of it. Still do. "One" is obviously the best song ever composed. "Ultraviolet" always lifts my spirits, and "Love is Blindness" still gives me that familiar ache in my chest. Can I request an Achtung Baby tour?
But still. Those guys are larger than life, as was the show. It was a little too much, in fact. When it ended after two glorious hours, my back was aching, my ears were underwater and I was more than ready to go. (I had stood in the same spot through Beck, so total of 5 hours sandwiched between my family and drunk girl who likes to push. Next time I'm sitting in a chair.) We had dragged the boys along with us, and I wasn't sure how they would react, but when Jaden told me, "That was crazy," I knew he meant in a good way.
Cross that one off the bucket list. That's two in one year. The other was my trip to the Grand Canyon in May, and I'd use the same four sentences to describe that experience as well.
J. L. Dodd
Love is Blindness -
Love is blindness
I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night
Around me?
Oh my heart
Love is blindness
In a parked car
In a crowded street
You see your love
Made complete
Thread is ripping
The knot is slipping
Love is blindness
Love is clockworks
And cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel
Squeeze the handle
Blow out the candle
Love is blindness
Love is blindness
I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night
Around me?
Oh my love
Blindness
A little death
Without mourning
No call
And no warning
Baby, a dangerous idea
That almost makes sense
Love is drowning
In a deep well
All the secrets
And no one to tell
Take the money
Honey
Blindness
Love is blindness
I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night
Around me?
Oh my love
Blindness
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