david
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I could see it being played in its entirety.. With the exception of Fez, that could just be piped in through speakers.
No. if they are not capable of acrobat live you can bet that some songs will be "lost"
well you could play on an accoustic guitar odd course
I doubt it.
But that would rock.
(If they go that route, I hope they play the whole album straight through. I've seen a live performance of Brian Wilson's SMiLE handled this way, and it rocked.)
This would be my ideal concert setup:
Opening: A piped-in version of FEZ (or something from the next album, a la "Zooropa"'s role in Zoo TV) could open the concert, followed by a few hits.
Main Concert: NLOTH in its entirety. No honest-to-god "B-stage set", per se, but a few songs (probably WAS and Cedars) would be best as stripped-down acoustic versions. This would probably require a considerable underworld, and, perhaps, Eno and Lanois on-stage.
Encore One: Similar to Vertigo's Zoo TV encores, with, perhaps, a few other 90s songs mixed in ("Last Night On Earth" and "HMTMKMKM" being good candidates.)
Encore Two: U2 tends to close their concerts on a quiet note, so perhaps a few songs from their "mellower" new album would fit the bill. Besides, crazy fans like us would appreciate the preview!
What do you think?
Didn't they open Zoo TV with a piped-in version of Zooropa? I'm not saying new songs are anything near likely on this tour, just that there's a slim possibility...I don't think U2 would play songs from an album that isn't out yet, and I think they would have some more time yet. They do play 2 hours. I'm sooo sick of One! But otherwise I'd like to see something like this! Open with the 11 new songs; then come back and play the second half from the catalogue.
I agree. I see many of these songs being difficult for them to play live unless they get stripped down considerably. If they do end up playing most live then they better sure as heck bring out Acrobat which as you noted they never could play well enough live. Interestingly they also had trouble playing Wild Horses and UltraViolet live though they did do so on occassion. If those songs were difficult for them then many of these will be also.
Didn't they open Zoo TV with a piped-in version of Zooropa? I'm not saying new songs are anything near likely on this tour, just that there's a slim possibility...
I like your idea, though. An hour (more or less) of new stuff and an hour of old stuff would be perfect!
I think every song will at least be tried.
And Acrobat they've never played live not because they can't play it, but because it's "too dark". A nice little acoustic version was rehearsed at Hershey and sounded fine, though.
Wild Horses was played on every concert of the first two legs of the Zoo TV tour, with a few acoustic renditions on the third leg, a handful of electric performances on the first two Vertigo legs, a handful of acoustic performances on the second and third Vertigo legs, and one odd quasi-electric improv performance at Honolulu, the last concert of the Vertigo Tour (fifth leg). It's definitely not that hard to play live if they have sequences and Edge playing something different with every appendage, something he's been doing (without complaining) since Zoo TV. The reason the electric version was dropped probably has more to do with them not being thrilled with the arrangement (or any arrangement). Ultraviolet is a odd little song - it was played more than occasionally during Zoo TV (almost every show through the end of the fourth leg), but Edge apparently can't remember his effects settings for the song. And Acrobat they've never played live not because they can't play it, but because it's "too dark". A nice little acoustic version was rehearsed at Hershey and sounded fine, though.
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This post was a pleasure to read- very interesting. Why can't Dallas and Edge work out a new effect for Ultraviolet? It's a pretty lame excuse to not play one of their finest songs. Acrobat also frustrates me- who cares if it's dark? That's what I want to see and hear. In fact you could get a fascinating mini-set out of hypocrisy and emotional turbulence- Dirty Day, Acrobat, Exit and God Part II. And I loved the original version of WGTRYWH- why they had to tamper with it I don't know.
This post was a pleasure to read- very interesting. Why can't Dallas and Edge work out a new effect for Ultraviolet? It's a pretty lame excuse to not play one of their finest songs. Acrobat also frustrates me- who cares if it's dark? That's what I want to see and hear. In fact you could get a fascinating mini-set out of hypocrisy and emotional turbulence- Dirty Day, Acrobat, Exit and God Part II. And I loved the original version of WGTRYWH- why they had to tamper with it I don't know.
The real question will be which songs (post Achtung) will remain in the set and how Streets will be performed.
For the upcoming tour, they could return to a "Zoo TV" format of playing the first 5 or 6 songs in the set from the new album... they all bled well into each other, which I think would be very possible w/ this new album. Then bust out the glorious standards. Heck, they could even re-create the Zoo TV "classics" sequence if they wanted. The visual intros in Berlin were straight from the Zooropa leg... could it be a clue.
The real question will be which songs (post Achtung) will remain in the set and how Streets will be performed.