In 2002, U2 released the song “Electrical Storm,” which was accompanied by this steamy video. Favoring the drummer for years (who is the romantic lead in this one), I was immediately smitten and fantasizing about becoming the band’s “tour mermaid,” the next time they took to the road.

The entire history is detailed here in an essay I wrote for @U2 back in 2007.

But for the purposes of this story, I wasn’t just any old mermaid, I was the U2 mermaid, and my friend Teresa was her own interpretation of Bono’s stage character, The Fly.

We rocked.