The title goes two fold. First, the weather in NYC has been outstanding. I love fall. And with the changing of the leaves and the fresh, crispness of the air comes window opening at night and also more desire to do things in the great outdoors. I guess I’m backwards from most people because I like to be outside in the cool air. During the summer, I like to be stuck behind the frosty glass with AC. But thanks to my most recent power bill, here in the Empire State I am finding more reasons to leave it off. The Empire Strikes Back if you know what I mean. Anyway, last Thursday, after a day of sightseeing, Quinn, Melinda, Becky, and I went to the U2 concert at Giants Stadium. Q and M love the band and have seen them multiple times. Becky and I are more casual followers and this was our first show. We snagged some General Admission tickets the day before and then made our merry way to the venue after Becky got off at school.
We had heard horror stories from Steph about the show the night before. Apparently, Jersey Transit wasn’t prepared to handle all the folks getting to the show and between two hour lines to get tickets, too few trains, and lots of stranded people, we decided to get there early. Plus, we’d get a better place in line. However, I guess they got all the bugs out because the trains, etc were crowded, but we had no problems getting there, and actually got a really good spot to stand for the next three hours waiting for those Irish boys to hit the stage.
Once, the concert started, it was the most unbelievable thing I have ever seen, not to mention the best show. In a world of rock stars, Bono, The Edge, et al are cock of the walk. I mean these guys, were ROCK STARS! No question about it. And besides two encores, and playing for over 2 hours, their words have meaning and spread a message of hope to the world. None of this emo, whoa is me, crap. They really do want to change the world. And like the music or not, you have to respect what they are trying to do. They have officially won over two casual fans, and not even the swamps and stench of New Jersey could put a damper on that! Here are some pics…
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- waiting for the train…
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- the meadowlands, old and new giants stadium…
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- Becky’s first port-a-jon experience…
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- the general admission line…
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- their crazy stage…the play-dough monster…
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- right next to outer stage…not bad!
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- the ladies couldn’t stand that long…heels will do that to you
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- unbelievable…
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- bono on the massive video screen…
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- i wish i had a better camera…
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- bono and the edge…
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- bass is rockin
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- nice jacket
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- touch me…..
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- i just thought this mistake was cool…
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- master
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- rock star
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- nice angular features…
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- awesome spaceship…
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- yeah, we were close…
