Yesterday I went to see U2's latest video production-'U23D'-a blend of live musical action from my favourite musicians, a well filmed and well edited movie, and new 3D technology.
As a big fan of U2, I was extremely excited about seeing a new U2 concert on film-it would probly be the closest I would have got to seeing them live-especially because it was filmed in 3D using brand new technology. The first thing you notice is how immense the show is-the audience located in Buenos Aires is incredibly huge. The credits where actually interesting, too-which was a first. Because it was filmed using new '3ality' cameras it felt like you could just reach out and grab the letters. And then the band entered stage and singer/frontman Bono (Paul Hewson) sings the start of the song 'Vertigo', joining in with the already chanting audience-Unos, Dos, Tres, Catorce! And then the drums, Bass, and guitar kick in with an uplifting and highly energetic beat making me want to get up out of my seat and join in with the passionate crowd, jumping and singing. Hands and phones waving in front of me and the sparkling lights above, shining out from a huge backdrop with images flashing, I felt like a member of the audience.
The setlist U2 played made for a good combination of classics, new songs, and my favourites. Good performances included 'one'-a song from their 1991 album 'achtung baby' where U2 experimenting with new sounds and musical genres-It started with some very eerie and almost haunting singing which I was not familiar with for I had not heard it on the album version. I like how U2 alter and add bits to songs which gives a new texture and feel, plus something fresh and interesting. And there was the fly-a song which documents a conversation between a man on earth and a man in hell. Sumblimaball messages and phrases flashed on the screen along to the harsh sound of the guitar and piercing drumming. Bono sings this song dressed as a train conductor which realtes to a song called 'zoo station' which was often played as an encore during the tour but was not on U23D, which was a shame. I justs hope one day I see this for real at a U2 concert. That would be a whole new, and amazing I'm sure-experiance.
If your a fan of U2 or not, I would strongly reccomend going to see U23D. It is a magnificent blend of fantastic filming, music, action and editing not to mention the novelty of feeling so close to the band members. Technology just gets better and better.
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On Wednesday night there was an Earthquake, with a 5.2 marking on the rictar scale which is pretty big for England! I was dozing well untill I felt shaken and woke up at one o'clock in the morning thinking there was someone under my bed shaking it! Then my sister called my name and I went out into the hall and realised it was an Earthquake. Wow! Everyone was talking about it at School!
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New inspiration-Octavio Alegria from Cirque du soleils show Varekai. He's especially inspirational now that I am about to embark on a juggling adventure with larger juggling balls that I can spin and catch on my feet ETC. Also I have read about Nino Frediani. Sounds like a great juggler, to, though I have found so little info on him.
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