[Wyatt's Torch]

My family and I were going on vacation that day and I set a 6 hour videotape to record as we walked out the door. One of the last things it caught was the U2 performance. I had been a U2 fan since the "October" record and had watched Live at Red Rocks a billion times but had never seen a performance like Bad. I wore the tape out over the next few years watching and re-watching that performance. I still have never seen them live in person. I need to hear 40 live once before I die...

[Senator Goldwater]

"Live at Red Rocks"

Still their best as far I'm concerned. Eleven O'Clock Tick Tick and all that.

I caught them live a few months before the Live Aid gig, and they were still a hungry act. This was before all the cowboy hats, golden arches, wrap shades, leather and Ipods.

Caught them again during the ZooTV thing, and wondered what the hell happened to them. Despite having some good songs left in them at that point.

Now Bono is a fixture on C-Span. Oh well, at least Van Morrison can still get it done representing from the Emerald Isle.