As we are headed to Duluth to see country/folk musician John Prine [our debate in the car (me: "it's country, admit it"; him: "no, it is folk") was settled by Wikipedia], we are listening to U2's Joshua Tree album again.
Last night's discussion of this tour being the 30th anniversary of the first Joshua Tree tour reminded me that I'm kinda old.
It apparently has been 30 years since I was a freshman in high school, meeting the cool, public-school skateboarding boys at the library, trying cigarettes in Jones Park (so glad they were disgusting), listening to this album a ton, agreeing with my friend Adrienne that the drummer was the hottest member of the band (uh, not anymore - yikes!).
It is amazing to me how things like scents or music can strip away decades and return you to a point in time.
When my grandma was in her final years, she mentioned to me that her body felt old and she surely was wiser, but she still felt like the same person as when she was a young girl. I get that, especially when I sit here singing about running to stand still and one tree hills.
1. Did you like the show (both Beck and U2)?
ReplyDelete2. If you don't like Larry anymore, which band member took his place?