Stewart Mason wrote: > I'm sure I've told this story here before, but I was at that concert. And > as cool as it looked on MTV, let me tell you: we were frickin' FREEZING in > that rain! To Which I Reply: I was watching that show from the safety of my living room in northwestern Connecticut. I was a mere stripling of a lad at 13, and we'd just gotten MTV for the first time. One of the first videos I ever saw was the live clip for "Sunday Bloody Sunday," and it just blew my head off. Until then, my musical diet had been a pretty steady dose of 80s AOR. But that performance just blew my head off. The stadium rock gestures may be a little dated 25 years down the road, but as a transformative moment for me, it was just huge. And after that, I went off and found REM and college rock radio. Nothing was the same for me after that. john micek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stewart Mason" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: Re: Greatest Live Albums > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John L. Micek" > >>I may have told this story before, but I wouldn't be playing music were it >>not for "Under a Blood Red Sky." Seeing that concert on MTV inspired me to >>pick up a bass guitar, and sparked the love affair with pop that's endured >>to this day. >> It's a priceless record, and U2 has rarely sounded so ferocious. > Interestingly, I just ran a Google check to > remind myself of the exact date of that concert (the same week was the > equally looming-in-my-memory show that was the last time I ever saw the > English Beat, with Bow Wow Wow and some kids called R.E.M. opening) and I > found a bit of what strikes me as revisionist history: the Alarm's website > claims that their set was cancelled because of the weather, specifically > saying that they were unable to play on the day of the show due to the > rain. On the other hand, my memory is that the Alarm started their set > and were booed off after only a couple songs, because the crowd was > exceedingly cranky due to the general cold and wetness. It's truly > testament to U2's power as a live act that they started off with a crowd > that was basically out for blood, or as out for blood as a Boulder crowd > can be (what can I say, it's a mellow place), and they turned the entire > vibe around. As crap as many U2 records have been in the nearly quarter > century since then, I've never entirely dismissed them because of that > memory. > ======================================================================= > Detailed Audities-List information: > To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: > >