You make me feel like I could fly so high, Elevation!

In honor of my getting to go see the greatest rock band of all time with one of my favoritest people of all time, this post is dedicated to all things U2. First a brief history:
In 1976, Larry Mullen Junior posted an advertisement on the notice board at Mount Temple High School for people who were interested in forming a rock band. Out of the group came Bono (Paul Hewson), Adam Clayton and the Evans brothers David (christened by Bono as "The Edge") and Dik. Although the group could not play very well, they nonetheless declared themselves a band. And so Feedback was born. However, the name was not kept very long and they were soon known as "The Hype"In autumn of 1977, the band performed at a talent contest at Mount Temple high school where they were well received. However, after the performance, Dik Evans left the band to join the Virgin Prunes, and the band's name was changed to "the Hype". Dik left citing a difference of opinions in the way the band was heading between him and the members - "They became very intense about it and I wasn't, it was almost a generation gap type of gulf between us. I just didn't fit in, the attitude more than anything".Their first break came in 1978 with a win in the Harp-Lager Talent contest in Limerick, 1978. This came as a shock to the fledgling band as Adam explains "I think at the end of the day, it's because there's a spirit in the band that comes across". The prize was 500 pounds, and a recording session at CBS Sony.In the same year, the band had changed their name again, this time to U2, a name suggested by Steve Averill, the lead singer of The Radiators from space who later designed the band's album covers. Bono commented on the decision of the name - " we called ourselves U2 to take ourselves out of the category of the Sex Pistols, the Clash, even Led Zeppelin- so that people would hear the name and say "What sort of band would that be then?". This unusual name also provided the band with a brilliant marketing tool for promoting themselves.
What they leave out is the part where in the Irish wilderness the band gets confronted by God, who makes them play for Him. And as a reward for thier service, God promised that U2 would never have a bad album and that they would live longer than normal men. And to Bono, in return for a promise to use his fame to help the world, God inspired him with the album The Joshua Tree which would become the greatest album ever composed.
Thats what I think happend. I've also heard good arguments that U2 sold thier souls to the devil for thier success but I refuse to believe that could be possible. WOW, I'm going to get to see U2 LIVE in concert. WITH Mr.. Monroe. If I had gotten a job this week too, this could have been one of the greatest weeks of my life. sigh... Im excited. I need to sleep, cause tomorrow is a big day. Ill take pictures, and until later, Ciao!