Lucked into a seat...

for U2 at the Garden tonight. What a blast.
I'm not going to say that these shows are as big a deal as Springsteen at the Meadowlands Arena or Giants Stadium, but it's close. U2 is an event.
To see Bono live is to see a rock star - one who is so supremely comfortable in the role of "rock star" is very rare. There are times when he mixes the cadence of a line, or waits an additional vamp before starting a song seemingly just to taunt the audience, who hang on his every word and movement and sing along with every note (even to the songs they don't know).
They stage their shows brilliantly - every seat's a pretty good seat. I know this because I had pretty crappy seats, but still saw the whole thing and enjoyed the shit out of it. There's great lights and sets, nice moments staged all over the place.
And The Edge just blows my mind. It used to be U2 had a singular guitar sound, and every song sounded similar because of it. Now he's learned how to bend his notes and create amazing riffs (Vertigo has an all time great Edge riff all over it. Pity Bono couldn't write a coherent lyric for it.) The Edge just kills all over the place.
Anyway - I've got tennis this morning, so I'm off to bed.