AN ASIDE: THE SUBLIME FROM THE RIDICULOUS

So am I still lame for actually liking U2?

yes

No, but what do I know, I’m old. I saw them play that song live, 20 years ago. I was probably wearing a members only jacket, too.

I was there. Caught a plane down that was mostly FDNY. Thanks to Southwest, drinks were on the house.

You’re now free to get shit-faced.

@ 1

Damn it.

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It’s funny that you’ve commented about “AMERICA FUCK YEAH” videos, as I’ve had this on constant repeat all day today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS-FoXbjVI

BED BATH AND BEYOND!!!!

I assume, since the clients block YouTube, that was the post 9/11 performance? Funny how sometimes a bunch of foreigners can say something meaningful to and about America, perhaps because they aren’t carrying the cultural baggage of locals and perhaps because they still believe.

The other day I was reminded that U2 also put in an appearance at the SuperDome for the first Saints home game after Katrina. Without malice towards U2, I don’t want to see them perform at a football game again any time soon. I think that they would understand that.

Still the greatest NFL halftime show ever — one of maybe two or three I’ve ever actually enjoyed.

“Funny how sometimes a bunch of foreigners can say something meaningful to and about America, perhaps because they aren’t carrying the cultural baggage of locals and perhaps because they still believe.”

like de tocqueville, right?

like de tocqueville, right?

But with more Guinness. It’s a push on sweaty leather jackets however.

U2 can and have coasted on their catalog up to Achtung Baby with some mediocre albums after it, and yet I still can’t get cynical about them.

I am waaaayy too fucking cool to like U2.

The thing about U2 is that Bono no longer seems Irish. He carries himself more like the Hollywood type that is wanting to be in fashion and “cool.” He still does good deeds though (like organizing the Ronnie Drew tribute) and appears to be a stand up guy when comes to helping others. But when I see him, I can’t help but see someone trying to be cool instead of someone who is cool, like in the original video for “Pride (In the Name of Love)”.

U2 had so much passion up to the Joshua Tree, now they’re a good band with some good songs.

When he opens his jacket it’s cheesy and silly. And the room gets slightly dusty.

Wow, is this the episode where Johnny Drama gets a “shout out” from Bono on his B-day?

@7

Spoken like a true Cromwellian.

I keed.

This and Prince halftime show are the only good ones in recent memory.

Performed in the Superdome during halftime. Security was tighter than a virgin on prom night. There was no getting a vehicle within almost a 1 mile radius of the ’Dome. Fighter jets and helicopters were thick as ’skeeters on a back bay on a windless night. It was fucking eerie seeing men with machine guns and battle gear patrolling the stadium perimeter. It still gives me chills watching that performance, though. Cheesy or not, it was a beautiful tribute to a horrible event, and it made everyone in that stadium stop and think.

Who knew that 4 years later Green Day and Bono would be back to help us heal a little again? I don’t pray at the altar of Bono, or worship at the castle Windmill (the studio where many of their albums were recorded) but there’s something about a U2 performance after disaster of epic proportions that just lifts everyone up. It even became an anthem down here, and it’s still used by the media in regards to the Saints (specifically) and the recovery (generally).

/melancholy reminiscing

This is profoundly affecting…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8p_aogGL2U

DrBundy @ 18 – I remember flying back to DFW out of NOLA that morning. There were twice as many security folk than normal at MSY to make sure no one could try to obtain a jetliner to fly into the Dome. It was truly a surreal scene.