Sunset, Friday, 2 October 2009

William Theodore Van Doren. Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on paper, 16 x 20.

Last night in the din and tumult as Bono was changing a few lyrics here and there to suit the occasion and the place, was I ever happy when, in the middle of “It’s a Beautiful Day,” instead of:

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you

I distinctly heard Bono sing:

See the world in green and blue
See the Blue Ridge right behind you

Wow! For me that was better than the many mentions of our over-referenced and -reverenced ‘Mr.’ Jefferson.

Or would have been. I guess some of us hear what we want to hear. What he sang was:

See the world in green and blue
See Larry Mullen, Jr. right behind you

Larry was behind Bono. But, anyway, ‘Blue Ridge’, ‘Larry Mullen, Jr.’ – they sound pretty similar, right?