U2 Response

The below was written by Chrissy who emailed me after reading my review of the U2 show I attended in June this year in another forum. I asked if I could copy it here & he agreed. I do so because I thought it may provoke some discussion about the aforementioned U2 & I also thought what he had to say was insightful, thought provoking & very interesting. My original post can be found just below this entry under the title 14.6.5.
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Robin, did you write this? I have to say that whole post had me in tears. It's so true & so beautiful. I swear to god, that was one of the most moving things I've ever read & it fits what I feel deep inside as well. More so now to me personally than ever. And I so very much doubt it was the weed giving it that feeling. Ok, it might have added to it but even so, it was all real. That's what being in U2 company, listening to their music, shows etc does for
me. It's something I can't quite explain. And feeling that coming from an entire audience of people & feeling the immense emotion coming off of them, I mean LITERALLY feeling it is something so surreal, & unreal. It's definitely a spiritual moment. Some may call me (us) crazy but whatever. It's hard for a lot of people to understand until they are a part of it or if they are blind & cold.

I always felt music itself was a living thing in a sense. A living entity, but U2's music seems to transcend even that. Some may say it's all in our minds but then how do you explain when someone who hates U2 goes to one of their shows after being dragged to it by a friend & leave after completely seeing the band in a whole different way & turning their opinion a whole 180 degrees?

I was never one to fall into the "traps" of media induced fan mania or whatever you wanna call it & even went through periods of questioning U2, & my own
sanity, & well, it's worthless. There's a magic there within that music & within the band themselves that radiates from somewhere so very magical and it's something I've never experienced before! I'm not in any way saying that Bono or anyone in U2 are the second coming of Christ, just that they have been able to reach this other level when together, like a magical equation. I dunno. Maybe there is something divine going on. I have no idea. But there surely is SOMETHING there. Believe me, I've questioned it & analysed it so much over the years & it's something that just is.

I agree about 'Beautiful Day' & the biblical reference. Some may see it as a sort of so-so song but it really does go much deeper. It's the spirit of it that takes it to so many other levels.

'With Or Without You' & 'Where The Streets Have No
Name', these songs live within their own dimension. They are their own entity & it's becoming to even overpower the band for God's sake. How can you watch a performance of such a song (be it live or even on a DVD) & not tell me that that's damn fucking special in a very divine way.

They take on a whole life of their own.

I don't know what it is about U2 but they do indeed have a way to open up depths of peoples souls that are otherwise closed off and who knows what the trick is. It just exists. But nothing compares to actually being there and experiencing it in person & feeling the cathedral & energy & joy from everyone & everything there. Each & every single word, guitar note, bass line & Bono vocal yelp says its own thing.

It enlightens you & wakes your soul up. No matter how much you try to fight it you'll give in. Been there done that LOL.

Ok, now I'm making U2 sound like some sick mind programming cult or Bono's doing some mass manipulation of the people but no, it isn't like that. The band knows it too. I think. That there's a
magic there & they have it. He feeds off it. It's what makes him live & he gives that off to the fans. Very weird.

Their music has a way of bringing everyone together & mending souls & relationships in such an immense way. It makes you really think and re-arranges those twists and knots in your soul and helps ease them.

It's something very much on a higher level. I'm not sure what but it is there.