[speaker001:] I actually just got back from uh U2 uh last week
[speaker002:] yes they were in Atlanta uh recently
[speaker001:] yeah they they started down in the south and then they headed up the coast
[speaker002:] how many shows did they play um
[speaker001:] they played well we saw them in Wister
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] and they played once in Wister and once in Providence and then Saint Patrick's Day in Boston
[speaker002:] I see I see so you you just caught one show uh
[speaker001:] yeah um the way they rigged things where you had to call an eight hundred number and and you know two tickets two tickets per a person and
[speaker002:] yes oh I see
[speaker001:] there there where two million call attempts in in an hour to get the tickets so it was like by the time we got through there I mean we had separate seats seats but we lucked out we got a second and a third row seat
[speaker002:] really yes how about that
[speaker001:] yeah so we were we were pleased
[speaker002:] yeah yeah um uh so so um specifically um that's the sort of music you like
[speaker001:] well I mean it it's more my fiance's tastes um I go more into Celtic music um Celtic Celtic folk uh
[speaker002:] I see really that's interesting sort of new age stuff
[speaker001:] well Still I Spin and Silly Wizard uh Fair Port Convention you know kind kind of folk rocky kind of stuff but with a strong Celtic element
[speaker002:] yeah I I I see I see
[speaker001:] uh also Tangerine you know all sorts of pseudo new agey stuff Tangerine Dream and Micheal Field and and anything semi electronic
[speaker002:] yes is um so the appeal of that music is the quality you know the relaxing quality to it
[speaker001:] well I I like the harmonies and and and and the sounds of of Celtic music and I like like the uh um the uh the the uh I'm trying to remember the name of it Tin Whistle the the variety of songs tone you can get out and I find the singers tend to be better less screaming and more more uh
[speaker002:] yes melodic uh
[speaker001:] melodic and attention to phrasing and and hitting the notes rather than you know just belting them out
[speaker002:] yes I see I see
[speaker001:] uh sound you sound like you probably are down in the uh country and western belt there
[speaker002:] I yeah well uh well you see um uh down here there is a big you know there's a huge Country Western influence um particularly what I like um the Blues and uh you know various forms of um
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] you know of uh um Delta Blues and uh getting back to um really elemental forms
[speaker001:] well I I find I prefer Delta Blues to like you know what a lot of people think the Blues are because I find you know kind of the more the the more uh conventional as where blues I I find kind of repetitive and unmelodic
[speaker002:] well it um you know I can see that argument but and as far as the emotion and the feeling that comes out you know even though it might be repetitive um
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] the the emotion that comes out of it I really think is a lot of it you know it you know where as the quality of the Celtic music seems appealing the raw power and you know whether
[speaker001:] um um-hum yeah well it it's a very it's a very minimalist form because you've got duh duh duh duh or something like that you've got a very simple base line with
[speaker002:] uh yeah uh uh just a one four five progression over and over again yeah
[speaker001:] right yeah I think I was singing like my dog yeah
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] yeah I mean I I think with that the quality kind of it it's much more based on you know how much the person can impart I mean I've heard some Blues that it's like you you know did not strike me as as anything special because it's like yeah okay you know life's been tough to me too and you know there's just so much you can hear of that
[speaker002:] right so uh so so perhaps the connection with it wasn't there uh
[speaker001:] yeah I I mean you know well I've heard some Blues I really liked where they're imparting more than just you know I'm yet another guy who got treated bad
[speaker002:] yes yes
[speaker001:] I'm trying to think whether there was something interesting or unique because I think it depends a lot more on the actual message being imparted it it certainly certainly you're not listening to it for its lifting melodies
[speaker002:] right right right right um I also like Jazz and um you know how do you think the two um you know complement each other do do right
[speaker001:] well uh Jazz is is a much more I I I think you've got to be a much more uh spontaneous person to be playing Jazz you know you've got a long time to think about that next verse in uh Blues
[speaker002:] yes right
[speaker001:] where as in Jazz you know it just is is moving and um
[speaker002:] and create a flowing in different directions
[speaker001:] right I mean and you've got to be very I mean in many ways Jazz and Celtic if you ever go to like a
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] um it's very much like a a a an extemporaneous or a uh uh you know just a a jam session Jazz because you know there may be a basic pattern you know if you're playing a reel or a jig you know that's the basic melody of the jig but people are just going off and doing their own things and these are people who may have never played
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh uh never played together and uh never there uh apparently in the Celtic is there any set form that um
[speaker001:] right um there is to some extent I mean you know there's the basic tune of the jig or the real
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] but you know someone will just come in and you know who's going to who's going to you know take lead on this verse who's going to you know it you know I want to uh there's a group called which is an Irish