June 18, 2011
It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
A beautiful day
Touch me, take me to that other place
Reach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
What you don’t know you can feel it somehow
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
Don’t need it now
It was a beautiful day
U2
'Thank you Orange County for your patience, some of you are two years older than you were when you bought your tickets for tonight's show..." said Bono.
Yeah I bought the tickets in November 2009 for June 7, 2010, then Bono hurt his back. The concert was pushed back a year. I had bought 4 tickets. Jen had moved back to California so we originally thought Jen and Brian. Then they set their wedding date (June 5, 2010) and would be on their honeymoon. Court and David were coming for the wedding, so it looked like they would go. Bono hurts his back. Concert date was reset so it looked like Jen and Brian again. They moved to Texas. See Jen and Brian's blog for details on that.
http://jenandbrianingram.blogspot.com/ So my niece Christine and Betsy benefited from the postponement.
We were going to meet Chris and Betsy for dinner before the concert. Since it was at Angel Stadium in Orange County we had to drive what is usually about 75 minutes. This day we had trouble getting out of San Diego County. Traffic was horrible and it took over 2 hours. We met at The Lazy Dog . Chris and Betsy were waiting. We all had parked at the Honda Center (sports arena) within walking distance to the restaurant and stadium.
http://www.lazydogcafe.com/
After dinner we walked to the stadium and got in a huge line to get in. We were there right on time, but the show started late.
Here is a picture Betsy took from our seats.
Lenny Kravitz was the opening act. U2 had several different ones on the tour. This is not someone I would have gone to, but he was good and I knew more songs than I thought. He is not in my itunes, but he did rock it.
Into the sky
So very high
Just like a dragonfly
I'd fly above the trees
Over the seas in all degrees
To anywhere I please
Oh I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah
Lenny Kravitz
Setlist
1.Come On Get It
2.It Ain't Over Till It's Over
3.Always on the Run
4.American Woman
5.Fly Away
6.Let Love Rule
7.Are You Gonna Go My Way
8.I wish that I could fly
I am thinking of using this look.
Then it was time for U2 - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen. They walked out to the music of David Bowie's Space Oddity. The whole stadium came alive. It was a fantastic show. Hard to say what was the highlight. Loved the Achtung Baby start. I love the snippets of other songs like It's Only Rock and Roll, but I Like It at the end of Vertigo. Also loved Amazing Grace snippet beforeWhere The Streets Have No Name.
Johnny take a walk
With your sister the moon
Let her pale light in
To fill up your room
You've been living underground
Eating from a can
You've been running away
From what you don't understand...
Love
She's slipping
You’re sliding down
She'll be there
When you
hit the ground
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
O-o-oh
U2
'Saturday night in Anaheim, hope you like our big ol' rock show,' says Bono. 'Now I know this is Angels territory and miracles abound, but there's a magic trick that we'd really like to try tonight. It's called 'Shrink This Stadium, Turn It Into A Club...'
Last song of the night. 'I want you to think about the beautiful symphonic sounds that came out of a saxophone...' says Bono, referencing Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. 'This man carried music and music carried him until this day...' Moment of Surrender is dedicated to Clarence Clemons, who passed away today. Snippet of Jungleland at the end. A great tribute to the Big Man. Clearly a great concert and would see them again. Fabulous. Absolutely fabulous.
Where does this concert rank in ones I've seen? I'll need to judge that later, I've seen a lot of the big ones so I hate to rush to judgement. I guess I'll end with "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
Set List
Even Better Than The Real Thing
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Until The End Of The World
One
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Will Follow
Get On Your Boots
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Beautiful Day
Elevation
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy / Discotheque
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Scarlet
Walk On
Encore
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
With Or Without You
Moment Of Surrender
Someone you tubed (Daniel Raymond) the entire concert on 6/18/11. Check out the link below. Not sure how long it will be active. Good video. You can watch the whole concert or just the songs you like. If you watch the whole thing, look at the set list and start with Even Better Than the Real Thing and it will keep going. Fantastic.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PLE1D379E50252CEB9
