New Respect for the Laser Show

Tonight, I partook in an Atlanta tradition. I went to the Stone Mountain Park Laser Show. This has always been a highlight of my summer, heck, I even worked there one year and sold the glowy things. I know, all parents hate people like me, cause we are the cause of them wasting their money to get their kids to stop whining. But, the Laser Show has always been near and dear to my heart. As I have gotten older, I have really realized the true redneckness of this tradition. You can always find that gross couple making out, people hooping and hollering for songs such as Rocky Top, Sweet Home Alabama, and the sports teams they advertise. (I definitely fall into the temptation to holler for the Dawgs) Every year, Stone Mountain tries to find new songs and new ways to attract people to the laser show and give them a "popular" song to sing along to. For more than one year, this song was that really annoying swing/jive song (one, two, three four five, everybody...). This was not a good thing and really I dreaded that part of the show. Last year, I saw the laser show twice and was pleasantly surprised to the see that the jive song got the boot and none other than NickelCreek graced the side of the mountain. Props for the laser show. I really didn't think they could top it. I really had little faith that the laser show would break into the uncharted territory that it, in fact, broke into tonight. The second or third song was. . . Okay, are you sure you are ready for this? Remember, the Laser Show is all about the USA, soldiers, the South, country music, and such. Okay, tonight, and hopefully for many future laser shows, they definitely played Beautiful Day by U2. You think I am kidding, but I am not. An Irish band, a rock band, and pretty much the greatest band of all time actually made it to the Stone Mountain Laser Show. Bono should be proud and honored, he is BIG TIME now!!!