And in the spirit of giving it up to one’s art, and giving it up to someone else’s, here’s U2.
This is “Where the Streets Have No Name,” live at Slane Castle in 2001. I adore this performance. The band is tight, Bono is gone on the song, the crowd is practically lifting the entire country of Ireland into the stratosphere… It’s a great performance musically and a chance to see the artists living right in the core of their art.
If the tech from “Dangerous Space” existed, this would be a performance I’d want to feel. Sometimes I just yearn to mainline other artists….
I want to feel sunlight on my face,
And see that rain cloud disappearing without a trace,
But I can dance, dance, dance in the dirty rain
Where the streets have no name.
That is one hell of a performance. I am really beginning to understand why they might be worth waiting in line for 12 hours.