Stories And Performances

The other night, I think I found too many musical pairings that I love. I don't know if I'll ever have time to post them all.

And YES, in hindsight, clearly Axl's jacket should've received mention in the last post. I think four people emailed me to tell me about my mistake. I was shocked that four people had actually read it.

Let's keep the good times rolling........

Bono again. This time, with The Edge. And with Pearl Jam.

Why this is awesome:
- they named their collaboration "UJam"

- Bono strictly follows one of the Rules Of Duet Greatness. At least one performer must enter stage mid-song, regardless of how long the song has been going on (not very long), or how impactful it is (not very). I wish this wasn't a rule. You're not going to top "Ladies and gentlemen -- MR. ELTON JOHN!" And you're certainly not going to top Axl Rose's entrance at Wembley, so you may as well get to the stage when the song starts.

- the two ingenius prophets love reading-from-my-notebook style poetry so much during their OWN concerts, that when they play together, it's one big poetical douche-off. Did the song really need new words? Were Bono and Eddie Vedder sitting in adjacent stalls before the show thinking them up? Isn't the song about poverty already?? They should've called the pairing "UDouche." Or "DoucheJam."

And on top of all that......it still totally kicks ass.

This post was originally going to be more stories from South America. Including an anecdote about an Argentinian woman at a club telling me she didn't like American men because "most of them are like him" and then pointing to an intoxicated gringo at the other end of the balcony. Who was my travel companion. Wynn. Who will now be upset that I wrote this. But he knows I love him. The next story will hopefully involve something equally embarrassing occurring to me.