U23D Rocked My World
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If you’re a fan of rock and roll shows — no, make that the connection you feel with the universe as a great band rocks 50,000 plus people under the pitch black sky above — you must catch this film in the theater.
Time and time again I got caught up in the emotion of the performance. One minute I was singing along with Bono and picturing myself smack dab in the middle of thousands of crazed Argentinians — imagining that it was my homeland, with my friends surrounding me — while the next had me smacking my water bottle in step with Larry Mullin Jr. and bobbing my head to The Edge’s riffs.
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The degree of detailed coverage in this film was outstanding. I mean, when Adam Clayton walked the ramp to drop his baselines, you could feel the opposite ends of the stage playing in unison. This isn’t your run of the mill concert movie; you are literally on stage while simultaneously being entrenched within the audience.
Such an intimate experience… I’ve been a casual fan of U2 for a long time now, going on 25 years, and for some reason I had never placed the harmonies dropped by The Edge on all these tunes. The guy has amazing pitch and I never made the connection until tonight because I had never experienced what it was like to be three feet in front of him as he harmonized!
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The vibe of the entire show danced around themes of our common humanity and I swear I almost lost it when Pride (In The Name Of Love) came on with the likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. splashing about in 3D.
What a moving experience. Be sure to catch it.