About a week or so ago, I had a discussion with my teenage step-daughter.  She’s hip.  She keeps one eye covered with hair at all times so the world can’t see her face.  She’s not emo tho.  Be sure to understand that.  During some strange dinner time conversation, she questioned the fact that I seemed to have a David Bowie comment about anything pop we discuss.  She really seemed to think I was stretching things a bit.  I explained to her that the reason I focused on the world according to David Bowie is because he sort of is in the middle of everything musical for the last thirty years or so.  I was fairly confident in my claim.

We then hopped in the car and drove to Atlanta, Georgia, to watch U2.  Now, the only U2 connection was the fact that Bowie worked with a fella named Brian Eno.  Brian Eno would later hook up with U2 to produce an album called The Unforgettable Fire.  That was a pretty good mix.  Bowie and Eno were a good mix as well, delivering one of Bowie’s most recognizable songs to this day.  Eno has again teamed up with U2 to produce the album U2 is supporting for this tour.  So, imagine how I felt when U2 was preparing to hit the stage and they played one song over the PA before the band came on:

David Bowie of course. And, in deference to Eno in some way or another, not a song Eno had anything to do with. They could have done Heroes…….

Needless to say, I had to get a dig in on the young and inexperienced step-daughter.

Tomorrow I’m taking the boy to see a movie that features this song:

During their shows, they often do Heroes, a Bowie/Eno collaboration.

And, they opened for U2 a time or two.

Small world huh?