Night//Two

Thank God for a second night to see the band in San Diego. Thank God for seats. Thank God for the INCREDIBLE lighting they produced for the stage. Melissa doesn't have a blog, so I will post her review of the show. She hits the nail on the head:

"Well, we experienced our boys second show last night. I have to say it was better over all than opening night. For any of those who don't want to know anything about the set list, skip down. Un Cat Dub was mercifully taken out and replaced by Gloria! This helped things to flow much better. We were also blessed with a bonus song, With or Without You! Nothing was taken out in it's place. Bono pulled a Spanish speaking guy onto the stage to translate to the fans that had come up from Mexico that, "Dublin is full of love. Love is a drug." Then they played miracle drug.

The best Bono quote of the night came when the boys came back onto stage for the second encore when he asked the people in the inside of the "Egg" how the people in the "Bomb Shelter" were doing. What a great name for the pace that most of us GA ticket holders will never see! Bono had also said toward the beginning of the concert that "they had a great night the night before, it was called practice! He went on to say that they are trying to become familiar to the new music and each other again on the stage. This got much applause from the audience who attended opening night that was full of songs Bono couldn't seem to remember the lyrics too. As last night's show went on Bono forgot major lyrics to Elevation, the Fly, and 40. During 40 he asked the Lord for forgiveness as he messed up the psalm! Larry was laughing at Bono and shaking his head as he messed up on Elevation. But over all Bono's energy seemed to be up from Monday night and the show flowed much better. It is still obvious that he is not his normal self due to the back issues he has been having.

Love and peace was still by far my favorite song and performance of the night. Having seen the show on Monday night I knew what was coming but I was still SO excited to see Love and Peace again. All of you who aren't a fan of the song must be smoking some bad crack. Hopefully seeing it live will bring you into the light. I still can't seem to get over City of Blinding Lights opening the show. Nick thinks it works but I still feel that it's not pumped up enough. It feels like the show doesn't begin until Vertigo is played. It was such a different experience to see the show from the seats than from the floor. When we were on the floor we could not see the lights that ran along the stage and cat walk. This element really energized the show, especially Vertigo. Vertigo sounded much better last night too.

The worship section of Yahweh and 40 that closes the concert was broken up last night by Bono making sure the audience noticed that Adam was playing the Edge's guitar and that the Edge was playing the bass. He make a joke by going over the Adam and showing him how to play the right A chord for the song during 40 . This broke up the feeling of the song making it not quite the worship song it was Monday night. Bono seemed to not know what to say to transition into this section of the night. It was a bit awkward. They did solved the problem of the show ending and the audience continuing to sing on and on only to be left out in the cold by running "credits" on the big screens. Who the people are and what their names were doing up there was never clear. They said thank you a few times during the song that really made the audience know the show was coming to a final end.

The show was so much fun and improved from opening night. I am looking forward to seeing them a few more times on the tour to see things really take shape. I can't wait to hear what you guys think as you see them the end of this week and next week. "

Here's hoping that Anaheim can live up to San Diego. Our seats are further away and the Pond is so much bigger than the San Diego Sports Arena that my expectations aren't great. Maybe we'll get some minor diversion from the set list...