At a U2 Show
Larry Lootsteen, Conestogo, Ontario, Canada
In line at the show
Wondering what they'll play
Will it be my all-time favourite?
Or my favourite of the day?
Will they reach out a hand
To me way in the back?
Will he look right at me
On a laser-like track?
I know we'll dance
Like there's no tomorrow
And we'll sing out out hearts
With joy and sorrow
And Bono will know
That I'm there I'm sure
He'll have read my letter
Every single word
And Edge will play
A solo just for me
Jarring, jangling chords
Like I'm the only one he can see
Adam and Larry
Will exchange that look
A smile and a wink
Up to my little nook
We all feel that way
At a U2 show
A community of thousands
With a personal glow
And we know how we feel
Is something we share
And that personal touch
So lovely and rare
Challenge: Favourite Line Ever
Larry Lootsteen - Conestogo, Ontario, Canada
I am going to challenge you today. And it will be difficult at best. I found it borderline impossible but took a stab at it and picked. Could change with my mood. But you can do this. May make your head explode. Give it a shot!! i know you can!
Today's challenge:
Name your favourite single line of lyrics in a U2 song
Yeah, you heard me. I'll be nice and allow up to two based on stanza structure but no more!! Lots of people love this one, as an example: "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle'.
Give me your all-time favourite. Challenge each other and see who can top each other. And I am participating so here's mine:
"I'm hanging on, you're all that's left to hold on to" - Red Hill Mining Town
You may say that is a fairly simple lyric, why that? As one of my favourite songs of all time, that is something that rips my heart open every single time. Simple but also heaty-wrenching in meaning. Beautiful and breath-taking.
So what's yours? If you are up to sharing, feel free to explain why!
A U2 Spring
So here we are again. Spring is springing in the Northern hemisphere. Buds budding, flowers flowering. And a U2 album ready to break. As rumblings of listening sessions in camp filter out, I am left wondering when they will let us in the sound...
As perturbed as I've been over the possibility of a 'dance' album, I'm starting to come around about it. I'm at that point where that fear is turning to intrigue. This is U2 after all. And they may change things up but that won't change who they are.
As U2 heads into Season 5, album-wise, a fresh start and a new twist are required. I still wonder what that may sound like. But as spring breaks with a new season of possibilities, I am hopeful that they will bring it and bring it hard.
The gears of the machine that is U2 is slowly starting to grind. The build is done and now comes the execution of the plan. The work on the song order, the first single, plans for a video starting to come. The staging and the logistics of tour 2014 coming into focus. And the anticipation on our end is starting to froth.
This U2 spring is going to give way to the fire of summer and the explosion of fall colours of a glorious new album. Godspeed boys. We await, breath bated, as always.
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