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U2 Live at the Rose Bowl
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Nate Watts, Music EditorThe O.C. Supertones
and Thousand Foot Krutch

Nate Watts, Music Editor

Some people say that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but fortunately for me, my wife would rather be skanking and singing along at a Supertones show as an anniversary gift.

Last Friday down in Redlands, California, the Orange County Supertones along with Thousand Foot Krutch rocked the night away and even held a mini-church service in the process. We got there a little bit late, so we missed local favorites, Silent Rise, but got to catch the tail-end of King Size Zero. They were fun, upbeat and a good intro for the Tones with their ska beats and dancing.

But the real fun came when Thousand Foot Krutch took the stage. This was our second time seeing TFK in concert, and unfortunately being further back from the stage took away from the overall show. They are a great in-your-face, loud rock band, so seats toward the back coupled with some sound problems in the sanctuary had us wishing we could jump in the non-existent pit in the front...

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U2 at the Rose BowlU2
Live at the Rose Bowl (Blu-ray)

What I've Been Looking For

It's been a while since I bought a U2 DVD. Sure, I've bought each of the albums the day that they came out, but the last music DVD I bought was probably the best of the '90s or Rattle & Hum. It's actually the first concert album/DVD of the band since Live At Red Rocks: Under A Blood Red Sky in 1983 so as you can imagine, the band's styles, sound, and ability for special effects have changed quite a bit.

But the thing that has always been attractive to me about U2 remains the same: the band's music speaks to me like the gospel of God's hope and grace for the world as told to humankind and transferred for the world.

Bono is a showman, maybe the greatest that I've ever seen, and his choir-leading tendencies are never more obvious than when he's leading the crowd in "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" which slowly morphs into "Stand By Me" nearly acapella.

The crowd is eager to go with Bono wherever Bono wants to go, and the figurative language of "she" easily dashes from the "Mysterious Ways" of Wisdom to a woman, but everything from "Magnificent" to "Beautiful Day" is a worship experience. In between, the Edge and Bono namedrop and present nuggets of wisdom and peace, and joke with each other...


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