Sunday, March 08, 2009

"Women of the future hold the big revelations." ~u2

I almost forgot about posting "Get on Your Boots!" I love Bono's dancing. :D

Friday, March 06, 2009

"It's a beautiful day, don't let it get away." ~u2

Night #4 on Letterman. Interview:


Performance ("Beautiful Day"):


Tonight is "Get On Your Boots."


I'm seeing Guys & Dolls (again) tonight on Broadway! I'm excited. I won a ticket contest. Hopefully the seats are good.

Thursday, March 05, 2009

"The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear." ~u2

Night 3: My favorite song from the new album, "I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight." I've had it memorized for awhile, can't stop listening. I love the fact that it is pure, unabashed, pop. It's just so fun and catchy. I think Bono said it's this album's "Beautiful Day."




Another highlight of the show: U2 presenting the Top 10. My favorite was #5. Oh, Edge. And I loved the way Larry said #3.


Random piece of news: Ice-T came to my school today. Hehe. Some of my kids went crazy. They liked listening to him speak. I wish they would listen to me.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

"Go, shout it out, rise up. Oh, oh. Escape yourself and gravity. Hear me, cease to speak that I may speak. Shush now. Oh, oh." ~u2

This is U2 week. Just so you know.

The opening line is from "Unknown Caller" on U2's new album, which I've been listening to nonstop for the past couple of weeks. My thoughts on "Unknown Caller:" the first time I heard it, my immediate reaction was that the melody reminded me of "The Hands that Built America." The chorus makes me think of "Numb." The theme of "Unknown Caller" seems to fit with Zooropa/ZooTV, which I absolutely love (yes, I'm one of the few who ADORED Zooropa). I like it.

I'm just going to share these all week. Here's last night's U2 Letterman performance. I didn't like it as much as Monday's (I'm not as crazy about "Magnificent" as I am about "Breathe"), but still, they're amazing.



On tonight's show they're playing my FAVORITE song from the album, IGCIIDGCT (even typing out the acronym takes a long time!). Watch it. It will be fabulous, I guarantee you. Or tune in here tomorrow for a video.

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

"I don't want to talk about wars between nations." ~u2

I'm on Twitter now (not sure how much I'll use it, we'll see).
http://twitter.com/Clairvoyant94

U2 is on Letterman all week. Yesterday I called the standby ticket line in the morning and miraculously got through. When I got there in the afternoon I made it through the first cut. We stood outside for about an hour. I was #15 (out of 40-something). They only let in seven standbys. I was so bummed. It was snowing, it was freezing, we stood outside for an hour, and didn't get in. And then, to rub salt in the wound, they ended up playing a knockout version of "Breathe." My second favorite song on the album (right behind "I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," which I have listened to about 100 times and cannot get out of my head). Arg! I know I'm lucky to have seen them live in concert three times already, and I will see them on this tour and will see them play "Breathe," but still. It would have been cool to be at that taping. I'm going to try again on Thursday.

Another highlight of the show (besides the performance): the boys shoveling snow outside the studio. It was hilarious. Edge is the only one really working. Bono is dumping snow towards Adam, who tries to dump it back towards Bono. And best of all is Larry, who is standing still and smoking a cigarette. Oh, Larry.

Go buy No Line on the Horizon. It is on sale today and it is brilliant. Seriously.