it's a fab tune. sometimes i get moody about it though. Sometimes i listen to it and it's spectacular sounding..and other times i'm feeling slightly different...i can't put my finger on what it is. But yeah...it's one of U2's finer moments. Glad to be around to hear it!

So tonight I had to go to a funeral/wake service for the mother of a couple of girls I went to grade school and high school with. One of them was a dear friend all through grade school. I still see her every few years in passing and it's always good to see her. The other sister was a few years older than me but I always knew of her through my friend. This sister I ended up doing some work for professionally after college and now actually stay in touch with her via Facebook all the time (weird how FB can bring casual acquaintances closer together). When I was in the 6th grade, the girls brother, only a few years older than me and good friends with my uncle, died in a motorcycle accident. It was the first funeral I ever went to. Tonight, going to this wake...well, things just felt like they've come full circle. Even though I'm not super close with these friends, it was a something I felt obligated to attended without question. It's just one of those things you do as an adult. The family was very happy (and surprised) that I showed up. I'm glad I went.

I got in the car to head home and put in my current favorite, "Moment of Surrender." Within a few seconds, I completely lost it...just broke down crying. The song took on an entirely new meaning to me. Suddenly it's about growing up, being the adult, being the caregivers for our parents and grandparents, and struggling with death and mortality.  Here I sit, a couple hours after the wake, and I just keep listening to MOS on repeat. I'm fine....not depressed or anything...I guess I just needed this unexpected cry (dealing with some sickness in my family) and was amazing by the power of this incredible song.

Thanks for listening...I hope some of this made sense!

glad it helped you get these feelings out.  i can completely understand!  U2s been there for me so many times, its like they're my closest friend.  i've had a similar experience with "with or without you."  there're some times i hear it i just break down.  brings back memories of someone i lost.  keep heart anakin!

Thank you!!!

I had very similar experiences when my dad first got sick right when HTDAAB came out. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own helped me wrap my mind around my emotions through many many tears.

When ATYCLB came out, I just ended a nasty breakup after dating somebody for a few years; things got messy when a few friends got involved and I ended up divorcing myself of a group of 10 or so friends, actually moving to a new city....So the first time I heard Walk On was almost a religious experience for me. It's like U2 wrote that for me! A few years later, my best friend's brother got killed in Afghanistan. They sprinkled his ashes on a beach in San Francisco -- as my friend experienced all of this happening, there was a little kid flying a Kite right in front of him on that beach. Kite has become my song for my best friend.

Scary how deep some of these songs run with our lives, isn't it?

no kidding! it gives me chills whenever a song connects on that level.  no other band can do it.  that experience with your friend is really something...definitely makes you wonder.

So tonight I had to go to a funeral/wake service for the mother of a couple of girls I went to grade school and high school with. One of them was a dear friend all through grade school. I still see her every few years in passing and it's always good to see her. The other sister was a few years older than me but I always knew of her through my friend. This sister I ended up doing some work for professionally after college and now actually stay in touch with her via Facebook all the time (weird how FB can bring casual acquaintances closer together). When I was in the 6th grade, the girls brother, only a few years older than me and good friends with my uncle, died in a motorcycle accident. It was the first funeral I ever went to. Tonight, going to this wake...well, things just felt like they've come full circle. Even though I'm not super close with these friends, it was a something I felt obligated to attended without question. It's just one of those things you do as an adult. The family was very happy (and surprised) that I showed up. I'm glad I went.

I got in the car to head home and put in my current favorite, "Moment of Surrender." Within a few seconds, I completely lost it...just broke down crying. The song took on an entirely new meaning to me. Suddenly it's about growing up, being the adult, being the caregivers for our parents and grandparents, and struggling with death and mortality.  Here I sit, a couple hours after the wake, and I just keep listening to MOS on repeat. I'm fine....not depressed or anything...I guess I just needed this unexpected cry (dealing with some sickness in my family) and was amazing by the power of this incredible song.

Thanks for listening...I hope some of this made sense!

glad it helped you get these feelings out.  i can completely understand!  U2s been there for me so many times, its like they're my closest friend.  i've had a similar experience with "with or without you."  there're some times i hear it i just break down.  brings back memories of someone i lost.  keep heart anakin!

Thank you!!!

I had very similar experiences when my dad first got sick right when HTDAAB came out. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own helped me wrap my mind around my emotions through many many tears.

When ATYCLB came out, I just ended a nasty breakup after dating somebody for a few years; things got messy when a few friends got involved and I ended up divorcing myself of a group of 10 or so friends, actually moving to a new city....So the first time I heard Walk On was almost a religious experience for me. It's like U2 wrote that for me! A few years later, my best friend's brother got killed in Afghanistan. They sprinkled his ashes on a beach in San Francisco -- as my friend experienced all of this happening, there was a little kid flying a Kite right in front of him on that beach. Kite has become my song for my best friend.

Scary how deep some of these songs run with our lives, isn't it?

no kidding! it gives me chills whenever a song connects on that level.  no other band can do it.  that experience with your friend is really something...definitely makes you wonder.

It may make me wonder, but more importantly, it makes me love this band more and more every day!

The song is actually quite "magical".

I turned on the song and my friends listened to it the first time. But suddenly, they could sing the first part straight away. The "OH OH OOOOH OH OH OH" part.