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I'll put it this way, since I think the term "nostalgia fest" became an even bigger cliche than all these band reunions and full album performances that seem to overwhelm the rock music scene. I'd rather see U2 doing an Achtung Baby set than making an average or shitty new album that will cause me headaches when looking at the whole history of the band. Especially if supported by a tour with a mediocre setlist and tired performances of overplayed songs (*cough* 360 *cough)...

If I were to choose, I'd want a great new album. But I don't feel so optimistic right now. If then the next best thing - a hypothetical Achtung Baby tour - would put them into "dinosaur territory", so be it. I would be fucking stoked! :drool:

Oh, and something else from U2tour.de; it looks like So Cruel was an acoustic version...
 
I'd kill for an Achtung set at Glastonbury. An Achtung Tour would be heaven. U2's new shit just doesn't cut it for me. I'm probably more stoked about the AB remaster than I am about the possibility of a new album next year. U2 just aren't the same band anymore, they are almost a pale shadow of what they did 20 years ago. But if they can still play their best work to a high standard, I'm happy to stay aboard the train.
 
MikeyJB said:
As much as I would love it - they really shouldn't use Glastonbury to play a 20-year old album end-to-end. Cumon guys, they're meant to be a going concern. If they were to do this it would push them well and truly into Rolling Stones/dinosaur territory.
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This.
 
lemonfly said:
I'd kill for an Achtung set at Glastonbury. An Achtung Tour would be heaven. U2's new shit just doesn't cut it for me. I'm probably more stoked about the AB remaster than I am about the possibility of a new album next year. U2 just aren't the same band anymore, they are almost a pale shadow of what they did 20 years ago. But if they can still play their best work to a high standard, I'm happy to stay aboard the train.
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Oh well they dont cut it for you anymore so should ditch everything to do with a new album
 
lemonfly said:
I'd kill for an Achtung set at Glastonbury. An Achtung Tour would be heaven. U2's new shit just doesn't cut it for me. I'm probably more stoked about the AB remaster than I am about the possibility of a new album next year. U2 just aren't the same band anymore, they are almost a pale shadow of what they did 20 years ago. But if they can still play their best work to a high standard, I'm happy to stay aboard the train.
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:down:

The day U2 starts doing this is the day I stop seeing U2 live. I'd much rather hear new U2 than a 20 year old album played all the way through. New U2 may have a few bumps - just as JT and AB did - but there is always enough fresh, fun, innovative and outstanding material to justify the album's existence. When U2 starts doing nothing but old material (and people are already complaing about 360 featuring too many old songs), that will indicate that they have nothing left. ZOO TV was fantastic, but they won't be able to recapture that magic. Besides, 360 still has enough "magic" for me.
 
Originally Posted by DoctorGonzo
And somewhere during this time they were reminded of the fact they've gone from "One" to "Get on Your Boots", "Unknown Caller", "Stand Up Comedy" and "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight".

Tears were probably shed.
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And then, somewhere else, they recalled going from "Trip Through Your Wires", "Elvis Presley and America", "Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World", "Some Days are Better than Others" and "Discotheque" to "No Line on the Horizon", "Breathe", "Moment of Surrender" and "Magnificent".

And they toasted for still being brilliant at 50. Adam had a virgin... drink. :)
 
doctorwho said:
:down:

The day U2 starts doing this is the day I stop seeing U2 live. I'd much rather hear new U2 than a 20 year old album played all the way through. New U2 may have a few bumps - just as JT and AB did - but there is always enough fresh, fun, innovative and outstanding material to justify the album's existence. When U2 starts doing nothing but old material (and people are already complaing about 360 featuring too many old songs), that will indicate that they have nothing left. ZOO TV was fantastic, but they won't be able to recapture that magic. Besides, 360 still has enough "magic" for me.
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Really? You wouldn't want to see U2 play AB from start to finish? I respect your opinion but find that incredible. It would be the equivalent of The Beatles (if they were all still alive and together) playing Sgt Pepper from end to end, or The Stones doing the whole of Exile On Maine Street. I think U2 playing AB in it's entirety is the MOST magical thing they could do live.
 
To be clear, I don't think anyone is talking about Achtung Baby: The Tour, they're saying an anniversary, one off show would be pretty cool. And it would. No big deal, book a theatre, stream it online, for-the-fans. I don't think that would have them labeled as a nostalgia/dinosaur act or anything. I think the only negative would be that they're certainly not the first band to do it. So, dinosaur? No. Bandwagon? Maybe.

Edit: Now I see some are actually suggesting Achtung Baby: The Tour. And I agree, that would be naff. But a one off? Great.
 
Off off anniversary show? Sure that would be awesome.

Doing this at Glasto or a whole tour? No fucking way.

Some people are stuck, and nostalgia can be a bitch...
 
I think the prevailing opinion is that U2360 is becoming a greatest hits show in that they're not playing much of NLOTH, but that their selection of those hits sucks. More Achtung Baby in those hits is better in most people's eyes.
 
For better or worse, (I still think better) U2 are striving to create, make new sounds, write new songs, reach new audiences. If an individual doesn't like what they are doing now, that is their choice. A nostalgia tour would put a serious dent in their capacity to be regarded as a current powerhouse. Just because I like every other U2 era more than I am enjoying this one now, they are still better than 99% of bands out there, and I would hate to see them make a move that would catapault them directly into the company of the Rolling Stones et al.
 
I still think they should play their usual AB songs, PLUS one of the rarer songs each night, and release live versions of the entire album with the remaster.
 
Maybe all of this time spent with AB stuff will remind the band how deep, and far out, they went on that album, and might inspire them to do the same with the new stuff.
 
okay i take it back Achtung in full at Glasto isn't the BEST idea, but just once or twice they should bust out the whole thing. even if it's just a special one-off separate from 360! but just the thought of getting to hear some of the less-played songs (even just So Cruel on its own in the 360 set) is very exciting :hyper:
 
I don't like this new idea of bands performing whole classic albums. You know half the setlist before you get there! By all means increase the quota of songs or even perform them all over a tour, but dont try and shoehorn songs in where they don't fit within the set
 
djerdap said:
Oh, and something else from U2tour.de; it looks like So Cruel was an acoustic version...
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I swear, if they pass up the opportunity to play on tour or re-record acrobat, the fly, love is blindness or lady with the spinning head, in favour of playing on tour/ re-recording an acoustic so cruel, i will be very disappointed. :madwife:

It would be like how, up until recently, the only songs u2 had been playing from zooropa for years were stay and for the first time, and they weren't even full band.

But, playing tunes like EBTTRT, Ultraviolet, Batman, and Zooropa makes me think they really have a newfound faith in their 90's work, so i'm sure any additions we see will be epic :up:
 
YES! now THAT would be nice :drool: i mean when you're remastering digitally as opposed to analogue, it doesnt really make sense then putting that onto vinyl...but sure it would still make the difference having that on two nice, heavy slabs of vinyl running at 45rpm hehe

desperately need to update my copy, i put it on yesterday, this thread having got me in the mood for it (and once again, it moved back up a place to number 1 in my top five U2 albums.....it's just too good haha) and its in a terrible state :( warped slightly, skips like a bitch during love is blindness and that's covered in a layer of crackle too. so i look forward to re-buying this album very much, been putting it off simply cause of this remaster taking its sweet ass time :lol:
 
If they re-recorded Achtung Baby, that would be incredible. I've always said the biggest flaw is the original production sound. A more live sound would be sensational.
 
I think U2's performance in Glastonbury will matter more. If the band is tight and play much of their best songs (new and old) in good enough quality that people would like to watch them on youtube again and again, that will be a major success.

If they could be as awesome as Crowded House on their Goodbye Australia DVD it would become a classic performance.

U2 may be forced into being a nostalgia act if each new album doesn't take fire but I think they will still try to innovate regardless.
 
gareth brown said:
YES! now THAT would be nice :drool: i mean when you're remastering digitally as opposed to analogue, it doesnt really make sense then putting that onto vinyl...but sure it would still make the difference having that on two nice, heavy slabs of vinyl running at 45rpm hehe
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Man, a 45 RPM double-vinyl edition of Achtung Baby would sound amazing.
 
KEVIN051269 said:
I don't like this new idea of bands performing whole classic albums. You know half the setlist before you get there!
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I think it can be successful.

What the Cure did on their 2002 Trilogy Tour was phenomenal. They played 3 albums (Pornography, Disintegration & Bloodflowers) back to back then an encore of songs from other albums with a similar feel.

I could imagine U2 playing a select few concerts (The Cure did just a few nights in Germany & Belgium) in Europe or US playing Achtung Baby and Zooropa back to back with an encore of maybe Night & Day, Spinning Head, HMTMKMKM & Salome. That'd be awesome.
 
What are the odds of them actually re-recording the album (or even just one or two songs) though?
I mean, is it really likely at all?
(not that i wouldn't love for them to, of course)
 
thousands upon thousands of people already think U2 are a dinosaur/nostalgia act.

maybe it's just me, but i would so much rather hear Zoo Station through Love is Blindness than Every Breaking Wave, North Star, Glastonbury...

i definitely don't want a rerecorded AB. remastered, yes, but i wouldn't even listen to a rerecorded version.
 
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