tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889658833051243065.post7985248022727576009..comments2023-04-03T13:43:43.375-04:00Comments on Kubla Kong: U2 Live from Outer SpaceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889658833051243065.post-29724381219693190012009-10-04T00:43:26.597-04:002009-10-04T00:43:26.597-04:00I have to admit I really enjoyed the show. The be...I have to admit I really enjoyed the show. The best U2 concert yet. For the spectacle, if nothing else. Of course, I preferred U2 in disco mode than in inspirational mode. Muse, the opening act, was fantastic. A real find--and I almost would have preferred that U2 open for two solid hours of Muse, rather than vice versa. U2 did not open any new territory, but, then, they didn't need to. The light and video show was outstanding, and if the 360-degree presentation did not entirely create, as Bono announced, "intimacy on a grand scale," it did much to create Vegas in miniature. "Intimacy" is hardly the word for this show, in which all stops were pulled--Bono pulled a little boy out of the audience to sing to, a disco ball exploded with light, reverent homage was paid to Aung San Suu Kyi, Bono sang "Amazing Grace," Bono plied the crowd with gratuitous references to "Raleigh" and "North Carolina," even managing to weave the names into a few of his songs, Bono wore a suit lined with red lasers, the giant disembodied head of Desmond Tutu admonished the audience to support U2's charitable organization ONE, and Bono announced that the families of both John Edwards and Jesse Helms were in the audience, cooing, with detectable smarminess, "Only in America." Everything but the kitchen sink. Of course, if you pitch this much shit, some of it's gonna stick. For my money, though, Muse provided the only art of the evening. But U2 cannot be faulted for tons of splash and dazzle, which were riveting.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03931398523674902390noreply@blogger.com