posted by Susan Sueiro
I attended my first rock concert in 1985. It was just a few months after U2's The Unforgettable Fire was released, and I had been playing it several times a day for months. That show was possibly the best night of my fifteen-year-old existence to that point.
In the years since, I've been lucky enough to see them many times, and lots of other fantastic shows as well. But there is nothing quite like a U2 show. If I had the time (or thought you cared), I'd write pages about the many reasons why I continue to find their shows, music and people so compelling, or try to pull out some b-sides or other interesting nuggets for you. But given that I am taking a few days off this week to go another state to see them, well, I'm swamped.
So for one quick music monday, I'll just share a song I am looking forward to hear live for the first time in what has to be over a decade. The Unforgettable Fire is apparently a fixture on the setlist this tour. It's always been one of my favorites off that old favorite record, but it seems tough to pull off live, both due to the difficulty of the orchestration (Edge to play piano and guitar simultaneously?) to the buzzkill tempo for a stadium show. But its a gorgeous piece of music, and I can't wait to hear it again.
